lovers alone wear sunlight (tigriswolf) wrote in morethan4sides,
2012-02-20 11:50:00

Kurt fashion query

Um, hi, I really hope this allowed. I have a fashion related question, concerning a fic I'm writing. I figure this might be the place to ask, since there was that awesome Kurt wearing clothes poll. So. If I'm wrong, let me know and I'll delete.

I'm writing a fic where Kurt will be attending a dinner/ball, as the boyfriend/future Prince Consort of the Crown Prince of Genovia (why, yes, it is a Princess Diaries crossover). The thing is, I know nothing about women's fashion, much less all the awesome things Kurt wears. Hence the problem.

What on Earth should Kurt wear? Should I name fashion designers, will he have designed something himself, or what? The fic is from Blaine's pov, and I don't think he's as knowledgeable as Kurt about fashion, but I figure Kurt would still describe his final outfit ad nauseam, right?

Any help would be appreciated. If that includes being pointed somewhere else because this isn’t’ the right place, bring it on. I just really have no idea what to do here.
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iskra667

February 20 2012, 17:56:15 UTC 1 year ago

Alexander Mc Queen runway archives:

http://www.alexandermcqueen.com/int/en/corporate/archive2012.aspx

;)

tigriswolf

February 21 2012, 02:59:36 UTC 1 year ago


Ooh, I found one there I really like. Thank you!

webeh

February 21 2012, 06:14:46 UTC 1 year ago

I agree with the Alexander McQueen. Whenever you can't decide what Kurt would wear, I think turning to this designer is usually pretty safe. ;)

rebootuniverse

February 20 2012, 17:58:00 UTC 1 year ago

1. I am totally allowing this because this is a v. important discussion and pressing question.

2. I'm possibly looking at some suits, I think he might go with something classic and elegant but with some shine, like a Dior suit because he's Kurt and this is royalty. BUT

3. He might also wear a kilt, I believe Marc Jacobs is the designer who often creates mens kilts and skirts, and we know Kurt loves him some Marc Jacobs, and some Kilts.

tigriswolf

February 21 2012, 03:00:05 UTC 1 year ago


I'm also leaning towards him wearing a kilt.

rebootuniverse

February 20 2012, 18:07:39 UTC 1 year ago Edited:  February 20 2012, 18:08:55 UTC


The one on the left is Marc Jacobs, and I could see Kurt in this, but with a darker kilt, probs black and green (like his prom outfit), and the knee high bitch boots.


This is a Versace.


Navy blue, double breasted, A. Sauvage and I could see Kurt pulling this off with maybe a yellow bow tie/tie to add some colour, but it'd be a pretty swank one.

iskra667

February 20 2012, 18:56:58 UTC 1 year ago

Wow at the second pic! <3 I'm a die-hard silk brocade fetishist :D

tigriswolf

February 21 2012, 03:02:08 UTC 1 year ago


Oh, if I go with a kilt, he will most definitely be wearing those boots.

fabfemmeboy

February 20 2012, 19:37:47 UTC 1 year ago

White tie would be customary, but Kurt is hardly a customary kind of guy. Perhaps a kilt in a Genovian tartan, if there is such a thing, or whatever other pattern defines Genovian heritage. I would second the Versace brocade jacket below except that for a formal dinner he would need to wear tails. That could be with a kilt, or it could be with pants. For something more stylish and unique with tails, perhaps he would pick a Beau Brummel-esque jacket like is used in modern riding-wear.


Or a brocade/damask-patterned tailcoat like this:


What I picture him in if his grandmother wouldn't throw a fit is actually the reverse tailcoat from one of McQueen's early collections (while he was still at Givenchy), but I can't for the life of me find a picture. Instead of having tails starting at the sideseams and going back to a long point, it starts at the sideseams and goes forward. Anyone else know what I'm talking about and able to find a picture? It was at the Met's exhibit last year but it's not one of the ones on their website.

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fabfemmeboy

February 21 2012, 05:56:43 UTC 1 year ago

Sadly no - this was on the left wall, and the one I'm talking about was across the back of the same room, near a few of the braided jackets from the Dante collection. Though the bustle was pretty awesome.

God, I spent so long sketching in that room it's not even funny...

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fabfemmeboy

February 22 2012, 00:29:16 UTC 1 year ago

Aw! I knew only because I'd seen all the things online about the layout, but I still missed almost all the jackets on the side you're talking about - everything but the Jack the Ripper. Oh, and I stared at the one from Plato's Atlantis forever to try to understand the construction. But I spent so long in that room. I'm a total jacket whore, and there were so many things I wanted to recreate in there...

tigriswolf

February 21 2012, 03:03:38 UTC 1 year ago


Oh, I really like that last picture.

tigriswolf

February 21 2012, 04:44:22 UTC 1 year ago


Okay, since the Genovian flag is blue, white, and green, it's safe to say those are the national colors, right? So, could he wear that tailcoat from above with a blue or green shirt, and a black kilt? Or whatever color kilt. I have no idea.

fabfemmeboy

February 21 2012, 05:54:28 UTC 1 year ago

A coloured shirt is far less formal than a white one, particularly in menswear, and unthinkable in mens formalwear. So I might suggest the tailcoat, a blue or green vest and tie, with either a black kilt (classy!) or a blue and green (and possibly white)-patterned kilt. Unless you want to say that a traditional Genovian dress dictates that men wear royal blue shirts or something - I mean, it is your country, so your rules ;) - but if you're sticking with conventional, traditional rules of Western fashion, the shirt should be white.

tigriswolf

February 21 2012, 06:17:53 UTC 1 year ago


It'd be okay to wear a vest under the coat?

fabfemmeboy

February 21 2012, 06:19:56 UTC 1 year ago

Yep. Unbuttoned, but with a vest - like in Prom Queen. :)

tigriswolf

February 21 2012, 06:25:36 UTC 1 year ago


Clearly, I need to add that to the rewatch list.

Okay, so the final outfit for the Genovian Independence Day Ball: that awesome shiny black tailcoat thing, a light blue vest, a white shirt, a black kilt, and Kurt's ass-kicking boots.

That'd be good for a ball?

fabfemmeboy

February 21 2012, 06:30:43 UTC 1 year ago

I certainly approve :D Plus a tie of some kind - either long or bow would suffice, preferably to match the vest. Something tells me his grandmother would be nonplussed over his boots, but he's Kurt and cannot be tamed.

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tigriswolf

February 25 2012, 21:16:18 UTC 1 year ago


I'm sorry to bother you again, but do you know what kind of suit Blaine would wear to the ball? It needs to have some sort of Genovian's regalia, and I googled both regalia and three piece suit, but I'm lost.

fabfemmeboy

February 25 2012, 22:41:45 UTC 1 year ago

Usually regalia for male heirs is some kind of military dress uniform with a few extra sashes and medals to denote their status. Like at the royal wedding last spring:



If you want something different so you can save that for the wedding ( ;) ), you could go with something more like a military mess-dress style, which is to say tailcoat, black bowtie, tuxedo pants, white shirt, and some kind of medals or sashes or ceremonial stuff.
Personally, I love the blue lapels in this one


But Blaine also looks great in red


And something with braid might look fun


so hopefully these options do you some good!

tigriswolf

February 25 2012, 23:49:40 UTC 1 year ago


So, would this work: a black tailcoat with green lapels, a black bowtie, pants like he’d worn to prom, a white shirt, and his father’s ring

yourebrilliant

February 20 2012, 21:15:58 UTC 1 year ago

I'm afraid I have nothing to contribute fashion-wise, but can you please let me know when you've finished posting this fic because I would read the hell out of this cross-over XD

tigriswolf

February 21 2012, 03:05:02 UTC 1 year ago


*hee* I think I'm nearing the end, but here's the tag on my LJ. I have some polls.