Paris Fashion Week - Chanel, Grand Palais, Stripes

Some Clown at Fashion Week

Courtesy of Nedim Nazerali

Courtesy of Nyanzi Report

Courtesy of Nyanzi Report

LWF '10...The Purple Jumper

What a difference a well-chosen accessory makes! Without the purple of the jumper, it would be the most bland look, but suddenly it's absolutely stunning with the added colour. Very nice

LWF '10...A Blaze of Colours at Ashish

Fantastic digitally printed fabric dress with the ever-present ankle socks. Gosh, I do hope it's not going to become a trend (is it too late?) or, mon dieu, cross over to the high street, as then it'll get very annoying very quickly. Right now, it's the hottest look around

LWF '10...A Blaze of Colours Part 2

LWF '10...A Blaze of Colours at Burberry

LWF '10...David Nyanzi of the Nyanzi Report

The always stylish David Nyanzi. He's getting more and more bold with his colours. Good on you, matey!

Yellow and Pink!

This chap just could not understand why I'd be so interested in him which made him even more extraordinary to me...

Lately I've been thinking a lot about what makes us "like" something and dislike others...Is it merely a matter of taste or the cultural influence of our peers, the media, or our aspirations? Or is it perhaps that our senses are triggered by an earlier memory so embedded in our brains that we are no longer able to pinpoint that formative experience, be it a building that we connected with, a bunch of flowers we spotted at a Vienna basement window, or the colour of our mother's petticoat, which all form a value system that becomes a guide to help us make instantaneous decisions later on in life.

So, the scarf and the trousers made me think today, why indeed do I like this unusual combination? After much brain racking, an image flickered back into memory. Maurizio Nichetti. Ratataplan. A favorite director and film of my childhood. One of the supporting characters amongst the cavalcade of funny men was a young woman with a penchant for fuchsia overalls and yellow T-shirts. Now I don't remember much else from this movie but somehow that outfit captured my imagination and hence my passion for primary colours!...Or is it that simple?

Anyway, let us enjoy a bit of colour amongst our bankers' dull greys and pinstripes

(Note also the purple jumper!)

Tone It Down, Fella!

Don't know who this chap is but he kept following me around. He might have a thing for bright colours, me thinks..........

Photo courtesy of GQ.com/ Tommy Ton

Grace Jones Bag

Incredible colours and THAT BAG! Perfect accessory!

Tweed

Those Pants!

I absolutely adore this woman!! Obviously the eye is drawn to the brilliantly patterned pants but then it's down to the socks, and we all know how I feel about women and socks!... The scruffed up shoes and the fake fur-collared coat make the look effortlesly complete.

My Favourite Icelandic Couple

Here we go again. Hugrun (red lipstick) and Magni (beard) never fail to impress with their colour sense and combination of patterns/textures. Not only are they super stylish but probably the nicest people I had the good fortune of meeting amongst the otherwise air-kissing mob of facionistas.

They are the proprietor/designers behind the Kron by KronKron label, a Reykjavik shoestore/ shoredesign outfit.

Here's their website:

http://www.kronbykronkron.com/

The Icelandic Design Power Couple

Insanely stylish couple from Iceland. I've seen them on other blogs and witnessed their popularity with snappers this week - everybody seems to be after them and rightly so.

They strictly deny picking their respective outfits in the morning to match each other's...har har

Colour Clash

Great combination of colours amongst all the pre-requisite blacks. We approve

London, My Neighbours Klaus and Julie

I'd been dispairing at the lack of "talent" on the market that day when this blur of colours rolls by me. Not recognising them at first, I was relieved to see it was my homeboy Klaus and his lovely lady Julie in their sunday best splendour. And to think I had to travel this far just to see these two from across the street!...

Been a fan of his choice of threads for years. For a straight man to be this bold with colours, I can only admire and congratulate the fellow!

(You might wanna be more careful with your choice of plastic bags in the future, matey! Chartreuse, perhaps?!...Har har)

The Hon. Lysander T's Birthday Bash :-)

Refreshing mix of primary colours amongst all the gloomy greys in the London autumn. Mustard, emerald and purple?! We approve!

London Brick Lane

Brilliant! I bet she even picked her slurpy for its day-glo colour

London Brick Lane

Clash of patterns and colours. It is so wrong it is absolutely right!!! Love it!

Oh, hello! Isn't this our fellow from yesterday! And just getting cooler and cooler. Style Icon in the making, do I hear you say?! Everything works here perfectly. Red and yellow together (my latest fascination), the green trainers with yellow laces. Ok, so it's a blasted fixed-gear bike - all the Shoreditch trendy wannabees' transport of choice - but this is quite something as a piece of product design, and the blue compliments his colours. Way to go!

London Bond Street