Nico Tortorella & Christian Scott in Dior Homme Fall 2009
If you’ve managed to catch the 2 episodes of “The Beautiful Life:TBL” before it was recently canceled, Nico Tortorella’s character on the show might not be too fond of the whole fashion scene. Yet in real life, Nico seems to know a thing or two about fashion after all. Seeing as walking in Lacoste’s Spring 2010 show practically qualifies you to be a legitimate model.
At GQ’s cocktail party last month to honor Kris Van Assche, who is rumored to be leaving Dior Homme, Nico showed up with his on set/real life flame Sara Paxton. Wearing a look completely thought up by the night’s guest of honor, the actor decided to play a little game of mix and match.
Instead pairing his button handkerchief collar poplin shirt with 17.5 cm grain de poudre trousers, and an open back grain de poudre vest.
Since the shirt seems to have gone South and lost most of it’s magic that it had on the runway, he could have done better, but not bad over all.
Clearing not afraid of exploring the side of menswear that you don’t normally seen out in the spotlight (runway lights not included), at the launch of David Beckham’s new pairing with Adidas on Wednesday, Christian Scott took apart a few looks from the Dior Homme Fall 2009 show and created a whole new look of his own.
Decked out in nothing but Dior Homme, except for his Adidas of course, the jazz musician focused more on the less than form-fitting side of Kris Van Assche’s collection by pairing a grey cardigan over his button handkerchief collar poplin shirt and satin waist grain de poudre pleated trousers.
Though it does seem like one big mash-up of a clean-cut and refreshing show, it’s hard to blame a man for trying. Seeing as it’s a different alternative to the suit seen a million times before. This may be one of those rare cases where copying a complete runway look would actually help.
What are your thoughts on seeing Dior Homme’s runway looks out and about for a change?
I love that shirt, the collar is so amazingly intricate. I'm so proud of Kris, as a fellow Belgian, he can do no wrong in my eyes! I have to say I'm really glad I discovered your blog, these posts are so good!I applaud the guys for trying, they seem to really enjoy fashion and dressing up.Sara Paxton's dress I find a bit boring, she's still so young, that dress is so classic.bye!
The collar really is intricate, so I’m guessing it would be beyond difficult to take it from off of the runway. I 100% agree with what you said about Sarah, it’s a Dior by John Galliano dress, and even though I love Galliano, it ages her a bit.
as much as i love KVA, it's obvious that his passion lies in his own babies than at dior homme. i was really hoping the pugh rumors are true. though i do LOVE the dh boots from this fall. it tortures me everytime i see them!!!i think i like the 1st guy's option better than the 2nd.
I hope the Pugh rumors are true too. I think KVA is genius, but he really should take his own line a little further. It's a shame though that everyone still compares him to Slimane. Talk about big shoes to fill..
the shirt is very interesting. although i wud imagine the collar can start to get annoying because it seems like it would constantly be in the way, and it would be hard to eat!
I'm LOVING that people are actually realizing how fabulous Dior Homme really is. That funnel collared shirt was my fav. piece from the collection. Had you not posted these photos, I would have never seen them. So, thank you (as usual).I'm all for replicating a runway look in this case on account of the runway look already being quite basic in terms of the suit.@Blank Label – that collar would NEVER get annoying. I'd live in in.[K]