Things to come...

So I've been doing a lot of soul searching lately and pondering on what I want to do with my life what I want to be. I've always been "artistic" and "creative", and I always wanted to pursue a career as an artist when I was young. So I did. I went to art school, got my degree and found myself a job. I love design. I love designing. It's fun and a gives me a great feeling when I create something. But I've come to realize that I will never be a great designer. I will always be "good enough". I want to do more than good enough. Thus, the soul searching. After much pondering, I realized that my largest passion (besides my love of music), is fashion and style. I've always been drawn to it... even when I wasn't a 100% sure what to do. It's what led me to my Gadzooks job in high school and to start reading fashion magazines in college. I feel I'm at a point in my life where I have my own sense of style and what it is. So after realizing all this, I sat. I sat and I sketched to see if I could translate my sense of style. These sketches here are what came of that session. I am very proud of them. They give me hope. They give me sense of where I should go with my life, my passion, my art. So I am sharing them with you, my friends; my readers. I feel this is the start of something for me. I feel this is something I can be great at. So without further ado, the sketches of what will hopefully someday soon be the first line of The Cut of the Jib. Please feel free to post any critique you'd like. I am open to all forms of criticism; be it constructive or not. Oh, and the inspiration/theme behind this line is "disproportional elegance".

Style Icon: James Bond

Yes. James Bond. A fictional character is this months Style Icon (for those of you that need it, you can picture Daniel Craig. Eff that Pierce Brosnan Bond. He was a joke. Nothing against PB, He's just no Bond). Fictional character or not, James Bond has copious amounts of style (side note: copious is such a great word). I present the newest movies in the Bond franchise as Exhibits A and B. Obviously Daniel Craig is by far the most stylish (not to mention badassest) Bond of them all. For Quantum of Solace, Tom Ford was the exclusive tailor for the movie. I remember reading a quote that they went through something like 40 bespoke suits during filming. Brings a tear to my eye. Also, in the latest films, Bond wears several pairs of John Lobb shoes (you may recall these from my first "desires" post.) OH! How can I forget? Bond also rocks Persol. And you all know how I feel about Persol. Bond's style has always been casual cool, sophisticated/classy and first-class. The man is always dressed for the occasion; whatever it may be. Bond's sense of style originated in the Ian Fleming books but was brought to life in the movies. If I strive to be like any one person style-wise; modern day Bond would be that person. Except for the Omega watches. I like my watches a little classier/dressier.