Alain Delon at Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival is taking place during these days. Throughout its existence it has been, one, if not the most famous film festival in the world due to three things in my opinion: the films shown, Cannes and the French Riviera's settings, and those who attend it. Looking back at the festival's history one can definetly see an evolution of fashion portrayed by some of the most talented and stylish actors.

Below we have Alain Delon (like Michael Caine another regular in this blog) attending the festival circa 1960 (the exact date escapes my mind) with his then girlfriend, fellow actress Romy Schneider (Sissi, La Piscine).

Both are wearing color coordinated white outfits that are ideal for a summer brunch. Delon's ensemble is classic and I like the floral touch he added to it.

And speaking of Alain Delon, in one of this blog's first posts I recommend watching his 1960 film "A Plein Soleil", the original version of "The Talented Mr. Ripley", well I recommend it again...it's the ultimate early 60s Italian menswear film. Great ideas for this summer.

If I'm not mistaken in this blog's first post you can see some photos from actors attending Cannes in the 60s and 70s.

Photo: Tout Le Cine

Summer prints

To add some color to your clothes this summer, a print/pattern shirt in warm colors like the one shown below is the best option. It appears that the model is wearing matching shirt and trousers, I'd say just wear each separately to avoid making a bold impression.

Photo: GQ

Summer in St. Tropez

Gunter Sachs, was one of the most famous and stylish men in Europe during the 60s and 70s. He is shown in this photo with his wife back then, the legendary Brigitte Bardot during a holiday in St. Tropez. Sachs is wearing a monocromatic all white outfit, yet fresh and ideal for summer, with some dark shoes, without socks (very Italian). Thr trousers seem to be a bit high waisted.

I guess most of the summer outfits I've posted lately are white, but it's the time of the year to wear light and bright colors, leave the dark colors for fall/winter; although sometimes a touch of black is not bad.



Photo: Flickr

Jay Kay from Jamiroquai

Jamiroquai's, Jay Kay, is one of today's most stylish performers. Although he hasn't released any new material lately, since he began appearing on the music scene he's been kind of fashion icon. He got lots of notoriety, besides the group's awesome music, due to his amazing headpieces and hats. In the early years of the 00s the world was able to see a stylish and very retro inspired Jay Kay. A proof of this can be seen in the following videos.

In 2002 Jamiroquai released the fabulous video "Love Foolosophy"...the models, Heidi Klum, the clothes, the car, the pool...what else could you ask for. Below is the version of the video that was released and an alternate version, both worth watching.





From the same album as "Love Foolosophy", we have the disco inspired video "Little L" from 2001.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJj2v37T9xA

In 2006 Jamiroquai released its last single till date called "Runaway", on it we can see a minimalistic and very stylish Jay Kay.

Source: Youtube

Ole!

Luis Medina Abascal is one of the most stylish men in Spain nowadays, and a proof of this is the photo below. He's wearing a velvet jacket paired up with a dark turtleneck, matching trousers, and an original hankerchief. Defintely a very 60s Mod inspired and stylish outfit.


Photo: Flickr

John & Paul

John Lennon & Paul Mc Cartney were photographed by David Bailey in the mid 60s donning sleek black suits with white shirts and black ties. The Beatles were trendsetters in the 60s and exporters of the fashion trends in the UK during those years to the world.




Photo: Flickr

Bellbottoms

Bellbottoms are an iconic menswear item of the 70s since these style of trousers was worn by pretty much everyone during the decade. Although they made a comeback in mid 90s - early 00s, they only made it for women. Below a photo that depicts them during their boom circa 1974-1976. What's interesting of this image is the fact it shows how people listened to a music album for the first time, an image that can't be totally recreated nowadays.


Photo: Flickr