Rotimo at London Fashion Week

Styles UltrA: (gushes rhythmically, coughs) Like a spring, summer daffodil, blooming at the top of the hill. How unassuming! That’s what keeps me swooning – all morning. Yes…That ridiculously fierce top hat! Oh my gosh! Like a STRIKING ‪fedora, it's perfection. What a show it's putting on! I'm happy I show up at London Fashion Week. That treat amazes and excites the whole fashion week set. The sartorial elements are all superb, but mark my word, I'm EXCELLING at paying most attention to that crème de la crème; actually - busy staring; just like I'd I spotted a FLAMING fedora. ‪LFW ‪SS16 ‪AW16

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The Fashion Week fashionista walking the sidewalk at London Fashion Week is Rotimo; the Musician; a purveyor of authentic Nigerian music. Steal his inimitable style by coupling a statement top hat by VILLAGE HATS with JOHN SMEDLEY scarf, Isaia blazer, Valentino jeans and Berluti boots. On the other hand, London Fashion Week cheerleader, Mr Styles, er, UltrA, flaunts his trademark NEFARIOUS style. This features, tailoring, biker boots, biker jacket, neck tie, knitwear and a formal white shirt.

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Styles UltrA: I'd like to comment how er, awe-inspiring and Outstanding your suit looks today. OMG! OMG! ! OMG! Finally, I spot a suit that I can enjoy watching, more times than any self respecting stylist can count. What a challenge it would be to design a better styling of this pedigree! It's the definitive, unquestionable ambassador for the ‪‎London Fashion Week menswear aesthetic. No wonder the huge smile, you have effortlessly out-styled, especially with that top hat, the the whole fashionable pile. Something tells me this is something that you do all the while. http://allthatrageseries.blogspot.com

Rotimo: Thank you. Thank you VERY much.

Styles UltrA: What was the inspiration behind this super cool and dapper aesthetics?

Rotimo: Er, You know what; I'm just inspired by anything that I like. I tried on a top hat once and I just thought it was AMAZING, so I kept that look ever since. I like anything that looks trendy, different….

Styles UltrA: I understand COMPLETELY. I tried on a fedora seasons ago, everyone loved it, I LOVED it. What can I say, fedoras take my breath away. I have been rocking one, every day, ever since. Like a fedora, I agree with you that your hat is a top hat; it’s super amazing. Needless to say, all the other elements in this sartorial delight are ultra trendy.

Rotimo: Thank you. Thank you very much.

Styles UltrA: What fashion brands are actually you rocking?

Rotimo: The top hat is from Village Hats

Styles UltrA: Like a spring, summer daffodil, It’s blooming. How unassuming! That’s what keeps me swooning – all morning. Yes…That ridiculously fierce top hat! Oh my gosh! Like a STRIKING fedora, it's perfection. What a show it's putting on! I'm happy I show up at London Fashion Week. That treat amazes and excites the whole fashion week set. The sartorial elements are all superb, but mark my word, I'm EXCELLING at paying most attention to that crème de la crème; actually - busy staring; just like I had just spotted a FLAMING fedora.

Rotimo: The coat, I actually don’t know the designer’s name…

Styles UltrA: Well, that’s a, er, name – I'm highly keen on discovering. Nonetheless, that outerwear is simply mind-blowing.

Rotimo: The jeans are Valentino

Styles UltrA: I love the design and most importantly, the midnight colour palette, you know. Completely! That scarf – is slowly stealing my admitting heart.

Rotimo: Oh yes! The scarf, I don't know..(what fashion house it's from)

Styles UltrA: It's fine - that scarf!

Rotimo: (laughs obstreperously)

Styles UltrA: How would you caricature your personal style? If today was not, you know...( London Fashion Week)

Rotimo: I’d define my personal style as, erm, ME. It varies from time to time. That’s just who I am. Yes!

Styles UltrA: So would you classify yourself as a style chameleon?

Erm. Yes. Pretty much! This top hat is something that I keep within my style. But everything else around, I try to change. We try to keep it modern.

Styles UltrA: That top hat is, er, something else. Modern, effortlessly edgy. You pull of the new age aesthetic with sprezzatura and flair.

Rotimo: Thank you. Thank you very much!

Styles UltrA: Just out of curiosity, how may hats do you entertain in your collection?

Rotimo: I have 6.

Styles UltrA: Oh my gosh! That’s a stupendous number of hats. Why do you have so many?

Rotimo: I Can’t keep wearing the same colour…

Styles UltrA: Fair enough! That would not be the most EXCITING style to adopt. What do you like about elegant hats, such as top hats and, er, fedoras?

Rotimo: I think it has, er, certain, erm, charisma. It’s cute. Sometimes, it might not work with a certain outfit, but I think the hat brings a different dimension to the look.

Styles UltrA: Look! I should write that profound insight in my book. Well spoken. Listen! All the fashion week fashionistas hearts’ are SERIOUSLY broken – by that token. Cross my heart; I'm not joking. London Fashion Week! What is that all about?

Rotimo: London Fashion Week is the same as Fashion Weeks across the world. People get together to celebrate fashion…The beauty of fashion.

Styles UltrA: London Fashion Week is such a beauty. What a cutie!...

Rotimo:…Whatever it represents to them

Styles UltrA: Succulent observation. Do you look top external sources for style inspiration when you dress?

Rotimo: Erm! (takes deep breath) Not any more. I have a pretty clear idea of the type of style that I like. So even though sometimes it will be influenced…

Styles UltrA: …Yes...I understand, sometimes it’s hard not to be influenced by the catwalk trends, streetstyles, celebrities – inadvertently and unwittingly…

Rotimo: That’s right

Styles UltrA: On the other hand, you dish out inspiration, you don’t have to initiate it from stylists, fashion editors. You can write the style book

[BOTH ENGAGES IN RAUCOUS LAUGHTER]

Styles UltrA: ...You can write the aesthetic tutorials...Before you walk the sidewalk, may we have your permission to publish this video on our youtube show called Sidewalk Darlings?

Rotimo: Yes. That's absolutely fine.

Styles UltrA: Like fedora hats, that top hat is absolutely fine....

Rotimo:....As long as I can shout out to Rotimer Encore

Styles UltrA: Yes!

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Toni Tran at London Collections: Men

mr Styles UltrA AAA: (rhapsodises, erm, breathlessly) That STRIKING‪#‎fedora‬! is forever my FIRM favourite. Just look at the, er, smoking hot silhouette. It's a complete style symbol, status. What a genius! I would cry, joyous tears, if I see it in a frame, on a calendar, as the centrefold, of course. I'm delighted to curate that ,er, GOLD, gorgeous hat for the Gallery of ‪#‎SidewalkDarlings‬

Miss Tong: (explains) He simply LOVES fedoras, erm immeasurably.
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The Fashion Week fashionista walking the sidewalk at London Collections Men, ‪#‎LCM‬, is (drum roll) Toni Tran; a Lifestyle Photographer and fashion blogger - Fashitect. Brilliance! Clearly, he pulls off the camouflage aesthetic with supreme panache. Steal the style by teaming a runway fedora by Miss Selfridge with ASOS sweater, Desigual bag, Timothy Everest coat, VALENTINO vintage camouflage jumpsuit and‪#‎SenhorPrudêncio‬ shoes. mr Styles UltrA AAA, Fedora cheerleader and Style pupil(he studies Style, Aesthetic and Fedora Promotion, at the school of Frock) mr Styles, was fashionably late for Hardy Amies catwalk, but flaunts his SPREZZATURA aesthetic; a Calvin Klein model fedora, teamed with MARITHE FRANCOIS GIRBAUD shirt, FRENCH CONNECTION tailored trousers, blazer from ‪#‎Alibaba‬, Hardy Amies jumper, ASOS tie and Ben Sherman brogues.
mr Styles UltrA AAA: gushes, er, breathlessly) Your outfit looks so AMAZING today.

TONI TRAN: Thank you so much

mr Styles UltrA AAA: What was the inspiration behind this, er, appealing aesthetic?

TONI TRAN: Yesterday, it was inspired by the desert(Desert Explorer, Desert Rats) from ‪#‎Belstaff‬ new Spring Summer 2016 collection, and I go for a lot of army (military) and desert ensembles.

mr Styles UltrA AAA: Brilliance! And how would you define your personal style? How do you like to dress?

TONI TRAN: I LIKE sartorial but today I changed it up and go for desert (army fatigues, camouflage aesthetic)

mr Styles UltrA AAA: Utter Brilliance! What are you wearing? What fashion brands are you wearing today? Most importantly, that STRIKING fedora?

TONI TRAN: Miss Selfridge...

mr Styles UltrA AAA:...That STRIKING fedora! is forever my FIRM favourite. Just look at the, er, smoking hot silhouette. It's a complete style symbol, status. What a genius! I would cry, joyous tears, if I see it in a frame, on a calendar, as the centrefold, of course. I'm delighted to curate that ,er, GOLD, gorgeous hat for the Gallery of #SidewalkDarlings

TONI TRAN:....ASOS roll neck sweater, Desigual bag, Timothy Everest coat...

mr Styles UltrA AAA:..Excusez-moi! Who is the designer of that coat?

TONI TRAN: Timothy Everest

mr Styles UltrA AAA: Super cool. That coat! I like what I see. There is absolutely nothing like the real, fashionable element. Oh my! Let me play with that outerwear. It gives me, erm, fever, INFLUENZA. Nothing could get me out of it, if I get inside of IT. No one could get it out of my wardrobe, if it gets inside of it. Its hue is like magnet; it attracts my eyes, pulls them ever closer then fixes them. What an adorable spectacle.... That fedora makes a SUPER companion because it's an accessory to look at, er, all day.

TONI TRAN:...Vintage army jumpsuit, Senhor Prudencio shoes...

mr Styles UltrA AAA: (gushes) Those are BEAUTIFUL shoes right there. Oh my gosh! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to rock footwear like those gems. Tell me, how many hats do you have?

TONI TRAN: (contently) I have 10 hats

mr Styles UltrA AAA: (not exaggeratedly) Oh my gosh! (teases) Why do you have so MANY hats? You're just a single fashionista?

TONI TRAN: (laughs) ...I LOVE hats. I wear them as often as possible. Life's too short

mr Styles UltrA AAA: Completely understand. What role does a hat play in your outfits? Why do you like to team a hat with your outfits?

TONI TRAN: It brings a NICE silhouette, and it brings a NICE shade( think sunglasses)

mr Styles UltrA AAA: Brilliance! Like supper, that hat you are rocking is SUPER striking, I like it, myself, IMMEASURABLY.

TONI TRAN: Thank you

mr Styles UltrA AAA: Just before you walk, what do you LIKE about London Collections Men?

TONI TRAN: I like the diversity in styles. And the inspirations...New Generation

mr Styles UltrA AAA: Well said! In style you are obviously well read. I LIKE it. May we have your permission to publish this video on our youtube chanel called SidewalkDarlings?

TONI TRAN: Of course
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