Musical Style: Andre 3000

Andre 3000 has great style across the board.  I first saw a picture of him on The Sartorialist and adored his outfit.  He has this genteel thing going on that makes me think of sipping a mint julep and I think it's ultimately successful for his musical career because it makes him much more approachable and marketable.  I heard an interview on the radio many months ago about how hugely successful musicians now are no longer simply musicians; they are brands in-and-of themselves.  Beyonce is a perfect example where she is a musician first but also an actor, a designer, a workout guru, and a brand ambassador.  It seems as if Andre 3000 is positioning himself to achieve all this as well by moving away from the usual rapper attire and adopting a more gentlemanly style.

 

 

Now that Andre has Idlewild under his belt, he's on to another acting project and this time he's playing Jimi Hendrix in a biopic, called All Is By My Side, that focuses on 1966-67 when Hendrix was first discovered in a small NYC club.  It looks mighty interesting.

Daily Outfit: 10

 

Mondays are always difficult, no?  I'm thinking of a couple of songs, off the bat, that attest to this fact.  This one was just like all those woe-is-Monday sentiments with work but I have lots of hope for tomorrow because The Love Leighs are playing tomorrow night and I do so want to go see them.

K + L Wedding Video

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via You Have Broken The Internet

Daily Outfit: 9

Ensemble: The Style Of Music

Music & Fashion.  It's been in unison for ages and there's really nothing new that I could say about it except to highlight some amazing musicians who have used fashion to their advantage.  So I shall be starting a new albeit, sporadic, post series where I'll do just that; I'll put up all the musical artists that rock on soundtracks and magazine spreads. 

I found this awesome poster by Glen Michael of Moxy Creative House and illustrated by James Alexander called Ensemble: The Style Of Music.  The style of men like Chet Baker, Prince, Kiss, Pharrell Williams, and Andre 3000 are included.  The breakdown of the rest of the poster can be found here.

Living in Austin, where one can see live music every night of the week, I'm always kind of amazed that more musicians don't make an effort with the outfits.  Most local musicians are jeans and a t-shirt kind of variety and sometimes it comes off as super-schlepy; that's why my friends and I did the Don't Bring Me Down project, where we dressed a hypothetical band.  Unfortunately it was only hypothetical because we didn't have time to find a real band to let us take over their whole look, it was only a month-long endeavor from start to finish.  Instead, we created one that would have their musical chops based in funk and a heavy bass drum while their lyrics would be reminiscent of 18th century Romantic poetry, by the likes of Baudelaire and Rimbaud.  I still think that would be an interesting mix and it's too bad I don't play any instruments, otherwise I'd do it myself.

Suzanne Jongmans: Foam Sculptures

 

Dutch artist, Suzanne Jongmans, creates portraits reminiscent of 16th-17th century Dutch paintings by artists such as Vermeer and Holbein, except that Jongmans uses packing materials to create her etherial clothing.  Something so beautiful yet made out of trash.  I love it.

Daily Outfit: 8

This is the car that my man and I lived in on the road for a little over a year. We call her Breathless Mahoney.

Shel: The Battle Of Evermore

A quartet of musical sisters out of Fort Collins, CO, named Shel, who do an excellent rendition of Led Zepplin's The Battle Of Evermore complete with mandolins.  Plus, I love their style.

Daily Outfit: 7

What's that I'm reading, you ask?  Why that's my new subscription, the first one to arrive at my new house!  I have large dreams of being a better hostess in the near future and Ms. Martha Stewart is just the lady to help me get there.  And that gentleman there is my special man, Conner.

The Hillside Farmacy

Some friends and I went to brunch at a relatively new restaurant in town today called The Hillside Farmacy.  The decor was amazing and I just had to take some photos of it. 

 

Also, I'm on the hunt for Austin's best Bloody Mary-a little "hair of the dog" is essential on Sunday mornings-and I simply had to try their Wasabi Bloody Mary.  It was pretty darn good, had a nice little bite on the tail-end of the sip.  Not sure if it's my favorite so far, but it's in the running for sure.