Diesel’s Black Gold fall 2011 collection shown at NY fashion week, was nice and dark and gritty.  Layers, leather, textures, and laced-up.  There are some hints at a steampunk aesthetic here.  But I’d rather see it as vagabond troubled artist strolling the streets of a dirty crumbling city or militaristic survivalist cowboy making it in a post-apocalyptic scared world.  At first I wasn’t sure on all the lacing, but once I saw the asymmetrical laced-up leather vest I was sold.  I’m loving the color pallet of black, navy, slate blue, brown, mauve, olive, and ivory.  Maybe it’s because I just rewatched the Matrix after a few years, but I had forgotten the nice styling details in that movie, and this collection is right in tune with that (yet nicely updated), right down to the men’s flapping leather trench coat and the women’s tight long black leather ensemble.

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Living Dead Souls’ Howdy Sailor Shirt

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I recently bought myself a new pair of cowboy boots and I never want to take them off, thus kicking off my western wear search! Even if you’re not into line dancing or dosey doeing at your local country western bar, you can’t deny how adorable the Howdy Sailor Shirt by Living Dead Souls is. This shirt’s yoke is polka dot and features an embroidered anchor and rose detail, combining all the good aspects of western and sailor styling. The Howdy Sailor Shirt can be worn with the sleeves rolled up for a spring day, paired with some denim and of course a lovely pair of cowboy boots! Yeeeee-haw!

The Howdy Sailor Shirt is available online at www.catslikeus.com.

- Meagan