Did anybody say “Denim”?
Williamsburg – the small Berlin of America, the capitol of all hipsters, and the location for this shoot. I love the area, totally up and coming, lots of young people, bars and stores – just lovely. So after a little second hand shopping at Buffalo Exchange and Beacon’s Closet we took a couple of pictures on the way to the coast.
Just recently a friend of mine asked me “Marcel, denim shirt with a jeans… Is that too much?” Once upon a time, I could not have been more convinced that it is. The above pictures prove the opposite. Denim on denim is totally hot right now! If you combine it, it usually helps to go with a darker color in the pants, like an Indigo or Ebony, and keep the top lighter. This spring you could even go with the same colors.
So what am I wearing exactly? Topman denim jacket, on top of my Marc By Marc knit sweater. I love the knit itself, and the crew neck has the perfect cut in my opinion; definitely one of the favorite pieces I own by MBMJ. Continuing with Marc, we have my light blue chambray shirt. Optically very much like a denim fabric, Chambray actually distinguishes itself by the weaving technique thereby making it a softer fabric in general, it works wonderfully with the outfit. As mentioned before, I went with a darker, Indigo pair of jeans from H&M, rolled up the cuffs to introduce another tone of denim, and wore my Aldo sneaker-wingtips, to repeat the cream color of the sweater. Lastly, caused by my affinity of pocket squares – a pocket square from Scoop NYC, with a colorful paisley pattern.
So this spring, go out and find the hottest denim pieces. Even though I went for a clean look, feel free to go with crazy prints, washes or destructed details – everything goes.
