Style icon of the week - Lenny Kravitz

When it comes to rocker style (which i personally love) the first person who comes to mind (nowadays) is Lenny Kravitz! Over the years he established himself as the definition of Rocker style - fitted pants, fitted T's, leather jackets and boots (he likes them with hills), while accessories such as sun glasses (day or night time), scarves, fur pieces and off course jewelery are always welcome...
Although it sounds like a pretty straight forward style for a rocker what's sets Lenny Kravitz apart from the other God knows how many rockers out there is that he knows how to put it all together and do it in a sophisticated way while still making it look natural and comfortable. That takes an eye for a style, a strong personality to follow your heart and a creative mind which it looks like he was blessed with all three, add his good looks to the mix (and maybe lots of work out), and the end result is a consistent, strong individual and inspiring style. Kravitz has founded a design firm named Kravitz Design, stating if he hadn't been a musician he would have been a designer.....

For me it all started with his music (we picked his song You Belong To me as our wedding song, the bass line

Style icon of the week - Bryan Ferry

Growing up Bryan Ferry was one of my favorite musicians (as the front man of Roxy Music partnering with likes of Bryan Eno or in his own solo career), but on top of that his glamorous dandy sense of style was instrumental in the development of my personal style (i can't tell you how many times as a teenager i tried to straiten my hair in trying to copy his hair style....it never really worked for more than 10 minutes....) and quite honestly i still wish that at his age (he celebrated 65 on September 26th) i would look and dress like him... Bryan Ferry can teach us a lot about style and how to dress, especially on how to wear suits and still look young, edgy and always... elegant! So for all of you out there who are required to wear suits in your daily life watch and learn....can you imagine bankers, lawyers and alike dress like Bryan Ferry? sporting suits in bright colors like red, fuchsia, lime green and gold.....what a stylish and beautiful world would that be....

Whether in his lyrics or his stage presence Bryan Ferry always had a unique majestic finesse, somewhat imperial and more than once melancholic in the way he sings, moves and dresses yet it all seems very natural for him which makes him very inspiring (i guess the fact that he is still dating girls half his age is probably as inspiring (if not more) for guys out  there...).
A big contributor to his style was the British designer Antony Price who is known for his glamorous evening wear and suits and was actually the architect behind the Roxy Music pop retro-futurism style, for both the band members and the Roxy girls. A style that was inspired by 1950’s glamour and his own futuristic vision of part human part mannequin, making Roxy Music into an aesthetic experiment rather than just a musical one. Price also dressed other musicians such as David Bowie and Duran Duran but Brian Ferry was definitely the perfect match for his designs.
Nicky Haslam described Brian Ferry's sense of style the best "He was more likely to redecorate a hotel room than to trash it"

Style icon of the week - Pep (Joseph) Gaurdiola

This week's style icon comes from the sports word, not even 40 years old Pep Gaurdiola considered to be one of the best football (soccer) mangers in the world today coaching for the first time a pro team and not just another team but probably the best team out there -  Barcelona.
Following his career as a player for Barcelona's dream team in the early 90's ((that was when i fell in love with Barcelona) 2 years ago he took over the top job and in his first year they won every title (6 of them) they were competing for, his team includes star players such as Messi, Xavi, David Villa,  Iniesta and much more but on the side lines there is only one style star and its Pep Guardiloa. Under his management Barcelona plays the most entertaining, attacking and inspiring football out there or what we call "Sexy Football" ...Just like his personal style!
On the field  he usually sporting  sleek fitted suits in either black or Grey with a  fine European touch in the form of  white fitted shirts with skinny collar and skinny ties, and for colder times an addition of a thin V neck sweaters or a cardigan under the suit... always with either one hand in his side pant pocket or scratching his bold head...

Style icon of the week - David Bowie

Well this next style icon does not need any introduction and in all honesty any extra word will just get in the way.....For me he is more like the style icon of a generation (or i should say of few generations...) than the week....David Bowie for me is one of the best musicians, artists, style icons and personalities out there (after all he is British......).....for a guy who influenced the world of music and fashion the way he did its kind of hard to decide what to concentrate on, so i decided to post the Bowie that i like which is the tailored Bowie, the cleaner and sharper one who is in suits, jackets and coats rather than the earlier avant-garde /theatrical outfits he sported back in the day....although i do like some of the suits and jackets with the big shoulders and big lapels he wore back than as well so i included some of these as well.... scroll and enjoy! much more photos after the jump.....

Style icon of the week - LeBron James

We all know him as "King James" - in my opinion he is one of the best athletes out there and maybe even ever! Not just physically but also mentally (I find it very hard to be in the spotlight at the age of 19 expected so much of and actually slowly and surly deliver...you need to have the right character). But the question for us is...does he have a strong style as well??? GQ Magazine  posted this week a look into his closet and i  must say i was very impressed and thought i should share this with you all. Yes he had some help from their stylist but i have seen him dressed up before and the guy has a nice taste, its sophisticated, smart, not too loud and not pretentious.
Take a look at the GQ post and see what you think.... i really liked the first 4 looks especially the plaid pants + vest (or as i call it the new suit) and the striped cardigan with the pink plaid button down shirt and tie....
Now you really earned your nickname "KING JAMES"!

Style icon of the week - Malcolm Mclaren

On Thursday April 8th 2010 the world lost a true icon! Malcolm Mclaren was an entrepreneur, musician, promoter, band manager, designer, writer, and much more...but mostly a visionary! For the Punk movement of the70's in London he was a GOD, and a LEADER! He was the one who encouraged Vivienne Westwood (his girlfriend at the time) in 1971 to join him and open their own clothing store in London called "Let it Rock"  where she sewed the clothing in the back and he ran the front of the shop, MM said later that they opened the store for  "the sole purpose of smashing the English culture of deception". They were specializing in rubber and leather fetish gear, selling

Style icon of the week - Johnny Depp

known for his offbeat, eccentric characters from movies such as Edward scissorshands, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Pirates of the Caribbean, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and more, Johnny Depp is a perfect example for a guy who created his own style, and that over the years turned into one of his trademarks.
For the red carpet he sports styles from the 20's, 30's, 40's and 50's, such as the pinstriped, three piece gangster suit with wide leg trousers, pocket watch chain, suspenders and pocket handkerchiefs. While for every day casual he dresses down his stand out look with faded jeans, T's showing his tattoos, no stand collar button shirts, fedora hats and lots of wooden and leather ethnic jeweleries....... Think, a gypsy by day and a gangster by night!
To compliment his wardrobe and

Style Icon of the week - Tom Waits

In my mission to provide you with more inspiration and tools to use for your own personal style, I'm starting today one more tradition which i will call Style Icon of the week. In this weekly post i will zoom into the style of a man (be it famous or not) that inspires me and hopefully will inspire you as well.
Week one is featuring one of the most unique musicians/artists/personalities out there. A pure legend! Someone with a very strong and distinctive musical style that is easily translates into his personal style - Tom Waits!
Well, first before i continue on, if this is all new to you and you haven't heard about him or his music, here is my warm suggestion...get the movie Down by law (Jim Jarmusch), staring Tom Waits along side John Lurie and Roberto Benigni and featuring his music as the soundtrack...(this is one of my favorite movies).

His musical trademarks are both the use of unusual instruments (his favorite is the Chamberlain Music Master 600, its an early analog synthesizer that contains inbuilt samples of everything from galloping horses to owls hooting) and his voice which was described by critic Daniel Durchholz as "sounding like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car.".....what else there is to say other than... if that's what his music like, you can o nly imagine what he dresses like????

With Porkpie hats and worn pointy boots the Tom Waitsy style (as my wife Brooke calls it) is a reflection of an extraordinary innovative talent. A style i would describe as a drunken casual, vintage dressy, melancholic, with a just got out of bad hairdo, and just like his music... always amusing! ...... nothing less expected from a musici an that his favorite sound is bacon frying in a pan!
Tom Waits to me is definitely a style icon! He might not be a fashion forward one or a flushy, designer savvy one but never the less a unique individual with an inspirational personality that tells the Tom waits story so clear and so well!... and that's why he is an icon!