COS.

Cos has slowly become one of my favourite stores. Compared to the rest of the high street, Cos has a sense of originality and oozes chic, simplistic style. I don't know any other high street brand who would use architecture as one of their inspiration sources, which is clearly shown through sharp cuts and structured dresses. For someone who is not big on too much colour or pattern Cos is heaven. Colour is minimal, with the main bulk of their clothing being white/grey/black/blue with the occasional splash of soft gold and greens. There is a small area dedicated to the more colour and pattern brave, but i've never lingered long there. My recent purchases have been a short sleeved white shirt, which is elasticated giving it some added comfort, and a sports jacket in soft gold. For a size 8 it is still quite over sized and the colouring and cut of the colour prevents it from looking like something out of Nike. My only criticsm is, Cos is not a friend of the big breasted. The small cut European sizing doesn't cater for much above a B, seeing as I managed to make a shirt gape for the first time in my life. Being smaller/taller than average is useful for their longer styles, as being an run of the mill 5,5 most of their midi styles sat awkwardly on me. However, despite these MILD criticsms, I would happily spend my life dresses head to toe in Cos.


http://www.cosstores.com/

 

All images courtesy of Cosstores.com

Chadwick Tyler.

I've been obsessed with Chadwick Tyler ever since I bought Grey Magazine Issue 5 back at London Fashion Week in September. Tyler did a editorial spread with Mercedes Benz, which was both beautiful and eerie. That however is a consistent theme within his work and takes fashion to that uncomfortable edge which not many photographers can do. 

www.chadwicktyler.com/

All photographs courtesy of Chadwick Tyler's 'Tabernacle' series.