Lenny Kravitz

Personally I think he should be the male prototype. I've been obsessed with this man since I was seven years old, and it has only enhanced with age. He's like fine wine; he only gets better with age.

Winter 2008-'09 Men's Fashion

I've noticed there's been two interlocking consistent themes in men's fashion for the winter season. It seems as if draping isn't limited to women clothing any more. With designers such as Jeremy Scott, Marc Jacobs, Stefano Pilati, Bernhard Willhelm, Gareth Pugh, Raf Simons and Henrik Vibskov producing garments with mass oversize draping, you can see where Kurt Cobain's grunge era meets Givenchy's edgy classicism.
The look for men this season can be called "grunge chic" the oxymoron of this category is as attention grabbing as the class suggests. Look out fashion students it seems as if women's wear training can now be applied to menswear.
Below I've featured some looks from what has been gracing the backs of New York fashion forward men.

Dead Animals as pets?

More like carpets on their backs. Seems like the status of a fur has trickled its way down to the glamored up wanna-Be's. I wished I had a bucket of pigs blood to stain their fake furs with. Fur once stood for wealth, now with faux-fur, and fur being made out of the same materials used for some carpets; it's no wonder the essence of owning a fur has become derogatory. The manner by which I've seen fur being handled and referred to as, is hilarious to me. For this season faux-fur has blessed many runways, and has found it's way into Urban Outfitters and H&M. Not only is faux being sold in companies suh as UO and H&M, but they're in the Givenchy boutiques, Christian Dior's fall 2008's couture line as well as many others.
Are we being environmental friendly, or have we just become more cynical by knowing the price of everything and the value of none? Has society's influence been re-placed on a pedestal for the lost ones to look up to and try to mimic?