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11th May 2011

Kit & Jen

Poland Fashion Week (Fashion Philosophy Łódź) Day 3 & 4

It’s high time that we cut some slack for Polish fashion – yes, I’m looking at you too, Poles in the audience. Every single Polish patron we’ve spoken to in Łódź (woodge) have at least once dropped their voices and asked meekly  ‘what do you think of the fashion? it’s not great, right?’, and we were all DUDES COME ON. The organization, the crowd, the talent – I came with rather low expectations for both the city and event based on reviews from Warsaw friends and bloggers (never listening to you guys again) and in the end it turned out to be the most fun I had in a long time. It may be missing world’s top editors and latest designer frills but what Poland has that many other fashion capitals lack is the humbleness in attitude. I think I love you, Łódź.

(Tommy needs to come to Poland and show us how streetstyle snaps are done, haha this is such a wannabe.)

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  1. Joy
    May 12, 2011 at 12:01 am

    This is fabulous. So awesome!

  2. mat
    May 12, 2011 at 12:01 am

    bright trousers are seeming pretty appealing again for me

  3. january
    May 12, 2011 at 12:06 am

    love the nude on nude sock and wedge sandal combo, the group of friends walking away and the neon loafers. mazing.

    january, x
    jessicajanuary.com

  4. vee
    May 12, 2011 at 12:25 am

    first picture = YUM!

    :)

  5. M
    May 12, 2011 at 12:33 am

    that girl with the red pentax body really caught my eye
    lovely!
    and the red pants x red nike! :D

  6. Kate
    May 12, 2011 at 12:54 am

    Your photos never cease to amaze me! Utterly inspiring xx

  7. Nostalgic Senses
    May 12, 2011 at 1:23 am

    Love the girl thats blowing bubble’s sunglasses!! i need something cool like that!
    ABSOLUTELY AMAZING SHOTS!!

    Love from Seoul,
    Nostalgic Senses

    http://nostalgicsenses.blogspot.com

  8. Tsze
    May 12, 2011 at 1:26 am

    The Candy bag! And those adorable glasses! The pops of bright colour on the neutral and plain, for lack of a better word, simple colours are lovely.. And I’m sure you know by now that you’re photos are amazing ;)

  9. alice
    May 12, 2011 at 2:08 am

    The red trousers with the red sneakers with the red soles and everything, aaahh! Monochromatic to the extreme, it looks amazing. And I don’t even really like red. (Maybe that’s precisely why I’m so drawn to it!)

  10. Bec
    May 12, 2011 at 2:55 am

    it does look awesome. i like all the colors and innovation. they seem to really be personalizing the trends not just wearing them.

  11. Letitia
    May 12, 2011 at 3:13 am

    Looks like one of the funnest fashion weeks I’ve seen yet!

  12. SeaofGirasoles
    May 12, 2011 at 4:27 am

    yellow/green moccasins!

  13. Lisa
    May 12, 2011 at 5:22 am

    The looks are awesome…and the men…

  14. Hazel
    May 12, 2011 at 6:48 am

    That general feeling of inferiority can also be seen at LG Fashion Week here in Toronto. Granted, some of the collections are pretty ‘meh’ but I think we’re getting better.

    Great photos as always, Shini :)

  15. Vita
    May 12, 2011 at 7:14 am

    So many nice details in these photos. To tell you the truth, I didn’t expect Łódź to be so interesting and fashion orientated but I read posts on Poland Fashion Week and Łódź itself on The Style Crusader’s and Style Slicker’s blogs and I have to tell I am really impressed with everything. While Lithuanian Fashion Week is getting a bit boring, Polish Fashion Week seems to have a very modern approach towards how the fashion is supposed to look like. Love your photos!

  16. Vanessa
    May 12, 2011 at 7:22 am

    oh my gosh european style is my favourite!!! thank you for sharing this with us :D xx

  17. anio
    May 12, 2011 at 7:51 am

    I don’t know why people complain soo much. In my opinion Fashion Week in Łódź is better and better. And it was really nice to see you there!

  18. Kazuko
    May 12, 2011 at 8:51 am

    i loveloveloved this photo range. as i’m really getting tired of the still to almost dead aethetics of certain popular streetstyle blogs i really enjoyed the freshness of these photos. made me wanna be right there right now!

  19. s
    May 12, 2011 at 8:58 am

    WONDERFUL pics ;D

    LADY GAGA show @ Cannes http://magmoiselle.fr

  20. vasilieva
    May 12, 2011 at 9:03 am

    fantastic shots, brilliant details

    http://elenavasilieva.blogspot.com/
    x

  21. Julia (http://made-in-kyiv.livejournal.com/)
    May 12, 2011 at 9:22 am

    so many interesting details!

  22. ver
    May 12, 2011 at 9:34 am

    its unbelieveble! this cant be Łódź! stunning photos! thank you.

  23. the nyanzi report
    May 12, 2011 at 10:12 am

    impressive crowd! great job.

  24. letiziabarcelona
    May 12, 2011 at 10:12 am

    my dear you’ve got the best blog in the world, fabulouse pictures, always, so inspiring. These people have so much personnality and really have great style, I’m jealous ;))

  25. Ryfka
    May 12, 2011 at 10:23 am

    I think I love you, Shini.
    We are Polish, complaining is what we do but sometimes we really don’t know where to stop. It always pisses me off when people say Polish fashion and streetstyle suck and if you want to experience “real fashion”, you have to go ABROAD. I hope they come here to read your post. In your face, you whiners! (national anthem of Poland playing in the background).

  26. northwest is best
    May 12, 2011 at 10:31 am

    The chap at top = phwoaaaaar. Seriously though, Poland seems like a buoyant country to me, fashion-wise.

  27. magdalena.
    May 12, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    what r u doing in poland? (;
    love your blog! <3

  28. eule
    May 12, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    i am in love with this pohotos.
    i dont like high fashion, because i think it can get a little silly sometimes(especially when i see lady gaga when she is unable to walk in her shoes…). but i just love street fashion – it is simply amaizing how i can see all of this people in your photographs and want everything what they wear. the best picture in here is probably red trousers + red shoes. how important it is to be enough confident to wear it the right way. i think if you dont feel this outfit you will look silly. but when you do… you just rock:) i really need to buy something colourful right now(but not pink or orange – too much pink and orange this days)

    im looking at this pictures for 20minutes – this madness has to stop:))

  29. Raspberry & Rouge
    May 12, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    Love the guys in coloured pants! XO Raspberry & Rouge

    http://raspberry-rouge.com

  30. Alex&Sabina
    May 12, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    We Love this photos!

    http://blindingrevelation.blogspot.com/

  31. welovefu
    May 12, 2011 at 4:09 pm

    ♡Wuao!!!
    kisses from your follower♡
    ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
    http://www.welovefur.blogspot.com
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    With love Little Sable

  32. katie
    May 12, 2011 at 4:13 pm

    Oh Poland is in many respects still a wannabe. Fashion included, yet I’m glad you liked it.

  33. Shini
    May 12, 2011 at 10:38 pm

    Haha I meant that I’m a wannabe Jak & Jil with these photos, Poland is growing its own style & trend, I love it for that.

  34. amalie
    May 12, 2011 at 4:44 pm

    love these shots!

  35. Polley
    May 12, 2011 at 7:05 pm

    So many cute, fashionable people! I die over their accessories. Favorites include the transparent bag, red pentax camera, and the neon boat shoes. So fun!

  36. Piruletadegato
    May 12, 2011 at 7:16 pm

    That clear bag is amazing

    http://lollipopcat.blogspot.com

  37. Marta
    May 12, 2011 at 9:02 pm

    Nie zauważyłam tytułu na początku i jakież było moje zdziwienie, gdy okazało się, że to w Polsce :D… Byłam pewna, że to gdzieś w Paryżu, czy Mediolanie. Widać Polacy też potrafią się ubrać :)
    Pozdrawiam.

  38. Proud Polka
    June 27, 2011 at 8:22 pm

    @Marta, and Katie up above with the “wannabe” comment:

    one big UGH to you.

    yes Polish people CAN dress. I’m so sick of Polish people complaining about other Polish people. And the people who live in Warsaw are particularly bad about that (big distinction between “live” and “from”). Such dim witted snobbery. Those are the people who desperately find embarrassment about their own country while ripping the pages of Western fashion magazines in order to copy the looks so they can look “oh so cool” but basically end up looking just barely good enough to “fit in”. And the Western stylists are the ones who travel to the eastern blocks/and beyond to gather “inspiration”. Irony missed on those saps.

    Many many many thanks for this post and the great pictures.
    Proud Polka.

  39. renee
    May 12, 2011 at 10:18 pm

    oh..the photos…you’ve captured polish fashion quite beautifully…can’t even pinpoint,love each one!!
    Though i really do love love the ‘kit and jen’ pic.:)

  40. Jessie
    May 12, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    redic captures. i love the hair in the first picture. complete sights to be seen. thank you for sharing them.
    xx, http://wordbyjessie.com/

  41. anne
    May 13, 2011 at 12:15 am

    I’m in .love with furly bags

  42. Cat
    May 13, 2011 at 12:44 am

    Reminded me of Tommy Ton’s stuff right away! I’m feeling those highlighter-yellow boat shoes. And I’d enjoy a humble event more than a snooty one any day.

    xo,
    Cat

  43. Sabine
    May 13, 2011 at 3:17 pm

    Oh, these pictures remind me so much of Berlin (I always thought Berlin is the gate to the East)… Wonderful photos! And I’m so excited that you are bringing some Eastern European fashion vibes to us.

  44. frivolita
    May 13, 2011 at 11:02 pm

    These shots are fantastic. So full of life!!
    http://www.soyfrivolita.blogspot.com

  45. inspiration-elle
    May 13, 2011 at 11:44 pm

    LOVE these shots!
    I love jak&jil, thus love these Tommy-inspired photos~
    looks like a lot of fun, and dunno what they’re talking about the fashion b/c it looks fantastic!!
    their humility and “underdog” quality makes this event that much more appealing & interesting.
    love your blurbs too :)
    xo Di

  46. Jacqueline J
    May 14, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    Nouveaux Victorian mixed with early 90s nonchalance. I can dig. Also makes me wanna viz.

  47. Belle Butters
    May 15, 2011 at 2:11 am

    That blue bag is fabulous!

  48. josephine tran
    May 15, 2011 at 9:52 am

    hey, i just have one question. who’s taken your outfits-photos?

    by the way, i love your style!! i would be very glad if you would do a blogvideo or something!

  49. Shini
    May 15, 2011 at 10:00 am

    Heya! A lot of different people, my friends, my mother, brother, boyfriend…etc!
    A blog video sounds coool, need to find someone who can help me with that! x

  50. platform princess
    May 15, 2011 at 11:26 pm

    Love the red on red- so cool!

  51. Michelle
    May 16, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    wow.. poland’s fashion looks pretty fun.. and not too serious.
    i’m a big fan of the purple and gold paisley jacket..

    http://goldielondon.blogspot.com/2011/05/gracing-rooftopsis-our-new-styling_12.html

  52. Sandra
    May 16, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    I used a picture, I hope that you will not be evil.

  53. Juli Photo Diary
    May 17, 2011 at 4:30 am

    amazing!

    http://www.juliphotodiary.com

  54. lulu
    May 17, 2011 at 8:01 pm

    amazing shots.

    http://www.lulucherieblog.blogspot.com

  55. Lodzermensch
    May 18, 2011 at 12:25 pm

    Never listen to what people from Warsaw (or rather who live in Warsaw) have to say about Łódź because in 99% of cases it will be not true.

    Glad you liked it here, cheers.

  56. cam
    May 18, 2011 at 12:50 pm

    thank you lovely for the heads up! …glad to hear as me half polish! ;)

    Poland was and is more oriented towards the West Part of the World and loves American and French Fashion and really got their own thing going on, in mixing and matching… I think Poland has great potential as they are and were always a bit behind due to political restraints or else, but now as everyone is free, they are experimenting again and expressing themselves more! ..well, so much to write and tell from my perspective as I was actually raised there! ;)

    ….didn’t had the time yet to visit the Łódź Fashion Week unfortunately, but still hope to of course and see my folks!

    Glad you liked it and hope it will gain more and more audience and acknowledgment around the world soon. ( I will definitely write more about up and coming Polish Fashion soon.. )

    greets! or better to say “pozdrowienia”

    Camilla

    http://some-kind-of-style.blogspot.com/

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  58. Crystal
    May 26, 2011 at 4:49 am

    To be honest I find everyday people’s style so much more interesting and inspiring than that of the high profile editors. This post is so colorful and full of character. I feel as though with some high fashion you simply have to own the IT piece of the season and you’re considered “fashionable”, while these people can wear no names and look fabulous!

    Don’t get me wrong though, if someone gave me a Prada striped skirt from this season I would rock the crap out of it!! I’m only upset that I can’t afford it ;0

  59. Prada Men Coats
    September 1, 2015 at 6:40 pm

    Very nice yes Polish people CAN dress. I’m so sick of Polish people complaining about other Polish people. And the people who live in Warsaw are particularly bad about that (big distinction between “live” and “from”). Such dim witted snobbery. Those are the people who desperately find embarrassment about their own country while ripping the pages of Western fashion magazines in order to copy the looks so they can look “oh so cool” but basically end up looking just barely good enough to “fit in”. And the Western stylists are the ones who travel to the eastern blocks/and beyond to gather “inspiration”. Irony missed on those saps. fashion for women.