Urban Battlefield - Combat Inspired Footwear With an Urban Twist

With the city heating up, and the slow (and wet) progression into the summer months now upon us, one of my favorite recent trends of the season is making it's mark on the fashion battleground, that being combat inspired boots with shorts. This trend has been seen pacing the catwalks of Givenchy, Rick Owens, Damir Doma, Kris Van Assche, Balmain, Maison Martin Margiela, Ann Demeulemeester, and Dior Homme, yet remains fresh and current due to the creative interpretations offered by each design house. Whether offered in military form (Balmain), refined and urban form (Demeulemeester), avant garde form (Doma), or classic chic with a twist (Givenchy), these boots can be dressed up or down, and paired with everything from a pair of Lanvin shorts, Oak jersey cutoffs, black skinny jeans, or even one of Tisci's kilts, a la Marc Jacobs. I have included some of my favorites, yet with so many to new options introduced this past season as well as being introduced in the upcoming seasons, it will truly be a battle to pick just one (or three).

Left to Right

Ann Demeulemeester $816.00 - Givenchy $442.00 - Damir Doma $860.00 - Balmain $1290.00 - Maison Martin Margiela $601.00

-Stephen Fisher-

All shoes featured can be found at www.LUISAVIAROMA.com

(Limited sizes available)

Lindsay Lohan as photographed by Hedi Slimane

I came across this series of images while doing a unsussessful search for fashionable yet edgy street fashion, however I am glad that I found these due to the fact that it made me appreciate Hedi Slimane's work not only for the way that he photographs, but also in the way that he manages to capture every essence of the subjects character and soul through the lens of his camera.

I have always been a fan of great edgy photographers such as Steven Klein that manage to push the envelope and deliver an image that assaults the senses in a daring sort of way, yet have also been an equal fan of classic softer black and white photographers such as the great Bruce Weber and Demarchalier. I believe that Hedi combines both the crispy edge of a razor sharp black and white image with that of a sense of raw energy and striking visual honesty that someone like Weber can not replicate in my opinion.

In this set of images Lindsay is not set up and posed for a traditional and pretty sitting, but instead is photographed with a raw sense of energy and fatigue, cigarette in hand, body coquettishly contorted, hair tousled, and exposing a personality and attitude that is enticingly raw around the edges, bringing to mind both the minimal and refined lines of Slimane's work at Dior Homme, and the raw emotion that can be conveyed to the viewer through an image that is left in a raw and true state.