Long live the King of Pop

Since the day's of The Jackson Five, I always admired Michael Jackson's style. The afro hair and tie dyed bellbottoms of the 70s, the news cap, apple jacks and butterly collared shirts that I had to have for my dressed up days at school and school dances.

You can still see the Mj influence today with men wearing trouser hems above the ankle

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And if like Michael you enjoy classic musicals you can see how his style was influenced by his heroes Gene Kelly and Fred Asare.

Always pushing the envelope, Michael's style was that of an entertainer and the clothes he wore just enhanced the dance and created trends for we can not forget the thriller jacket and what a hot seller that was.

Michael Jackson was the worlds greatest entertainer in a class and with a style, all his own.

Gone too soon

Window shopping

I have always enjoyed window shopping, who that likes fashion doesn't. it's one more way to get your fashion fix, it doen't cost a thing, can be entertaining and you get to know what is in the store before you enter. I always look forward to the window changes to see the visual stories that the clothes tell . actualy it's a windows fashion show.

Gucci

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Neiman Marcus

Macy's

Stores that speak their own language

When I walk into stores today I ask myself what is being said? Because I am in the business I can certainly interpet product direction, but do I really see an indvidual handprint of....designer? Over the last several years there has been a shift away from true
individuality, a definite hand print as to what store you are walking into.? I can appreciate the product if I could just get past the homaganization of the actual decor. On union square there are at least four stores that if they stood one next to the other, you would have to look for logos to know where you are standing,? And the fact the the staff in these places wear uniforms( brown is aparently the new black) does not help.get a sense of who ... designer is?
There was a time when style minded individuals shopped in places that were like clubs, fraternities and soroities, and in San Francisco, they spoke to the regional market and still managed to introduce your favorite or soon to be favorite labels and designers.
When I used to visit fashion stores, I would truly be inspired to dress well and to get to know what made each store special because they all had definite personalities
Admititedly the stores I am speaking of were not owned by corporations, but started by families or through partnerships and they had multipal locations throughout the area, each one like your uncles or aunts.

The first time I walked into the John Varvatos store on geary st. I got such a stong sense of indviduality, I was able to invision the Varvatos ashtetic.veiwing the rock and roll photos, the exposed brickwalls and how the natural lighting steaming? from the outside onto the wood floors and the wonderful staircase.

forms that donned the clothes standing at attention stratigically placed in this modern vintage, american designer clubhouse.

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I see the watches and the sunglasses, ooh! I check out the the clothes hung on floor standing pipes and I feel the fabric, aah! look at that canvas weekend bag, new but kinda used looking, love bags! shoes and songs and yes I'll have a beer and I'll try on this cashmere and the jack purcells with no laces. This place speaks and I like what it's sayin. No uniforms here just a staff who enjoys wearing what they promote inviting us?into their club and helping to select your indvidual club attire, seeing them you can say I'd rock that! and shopping in a place such as this, what a conversation.