Day 13 - Those UGGly-ish boots - 16 photos, biggest post yet!

They are everywhere. Those boots that are made of sheepskin or something pretending to be sheepskin. The UGG boots and their subsequent versions changed the street style when it comes to winter footwear. I have heard that they are very warm. 

The can look good, however on a very slim leg only. Otherwise they are uggly and make the leg ugglish too. That's is my impression, but have a look at a wide selection of boots encountered on the street!

 In some cases they are obviously not the right choice
no matter what.

 Their only advantage it seems to me is that they are warm and so we are flooded with them on the streets of London

However there is no doubt at all in their global appeal.

 UGGs and cousins break through age barriers.

Day 12 - Damp

Our struggle with the precipitation and low temperature continues.
We are trying to maintain warmth and cool levels...

Day 11 - Winter head gear - anything goes (as long as it is warm)

It is all about the hat and caps in this post

As I have mentioned several times it is really cold in London these days. So we do our best to keep warm and hopefully be a bit stylish in the process. Though stylish takes a back seat in these low temperatures.

Day 9/10 - Far Eastern Treat - South Korean Street Fashion

During a visit to the British Museum today I had a special treat - a large group of tourist from South Korea were spending a day at the establishment.

Taking into consideration the biting cold that is still dominating London I saw a color, prints and patterns. Overall a bolder approach to dressing than I usually encounter on our streets.

Another interesting point - The Tan Handbag seems to be a fashion statement across the globe.

Day 8 - A Tan Handbag

 The photo is not taken by me,

Gone are the days, thankfully, when most women used to wear very similar looking handbags. Structured with metal clips at the top in a shape of two marbles kissing or some other interesting design.. Square things with medium length handles worn on the wrist or elbow. As nice and as nostalgic they may be they are mainly symbols of another time.

These days handbags have a life of their own, their own meaning and status. They also very much convey the status of the wearer. Like men and their watches, woman use handbags as shorthand to try and find out a bit about each other.

In my journey through the street fashion I have noticed that apart from the obvious black there is a certain handbag that is often seen on the street. A Tan Handbag. Tan is an interesting colour but not one that is quite easy to wear. With a bit of luck it can work really well.

Today an update - photos of tourists from South Korea with their own tan handbags!

Day 7 - style in cold weather

It is not easy to look stylish in cold weather. I find the English winter especially hard to gage when it comes to dressing. The wind is ice cold and also my feet get cold quickly.

Today was a very cold day. Looking around north London most people are just bundled up and rightly so. Every now and then someone manages to look stylish and be warm. Sometimes that requires fur. I do not think that anyone other than people closest to the North Pole should wear fur.
I will however, accept that it was a very cold day...

Day 6 - a statement of an individual

Today I enclose only one photo. I took this in Belsize Park. This is a woman who is not young but her style is cool, fresh and different.

I can easily imagine this look on a catwalk of a Japanese designer. True street cred fashion. Exciting!

Day 5 - a sunny winter day

Today I had a chance to see a lot of black again -  this time at St John's Wood High Street. I am starting to think that all the creativity that goes into producing a fashion collection is not coming through into the every day life the way it could or even the way it did 30 or 40 years ago.
Though fashion is and should be open to interpretation, what I keep seeing on the street is this or that variation of black. The idea that a woman needs to be a certain weight and shape in order to look good in fashion has pushed wast majority of women out of the major interesting trends. Add to that the fact that black is supposed to make a woman look thinner than she is and most women could just easily turn to black and leave majority of fashion in the shops.

The young lady with the two dogs manages to pull away from the generally dark outlook.