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Merlin belongs to the good people at the BBC and Shine. Blesséd be the Licence Fee. Written for the Help Fight Depression Auction for a friend who requested a Merlin-verse fic based on the Doctor Who episode 6x07 'A Good Man Goes to War'. I have also borrowed a similar concept from Sleeping Beauty. The title of this fic was inspired by two poems by William Blake 'A Little Girl Lost' from Songs of Innocence and 'The Little Girl Lost, The Little Girl Found' from Songs of Inexperience.
It was being called the Age of Hope in Camelot.
Although the king's unconventional wife had not bore the kingdom a prince they were nonetheless filled with delight at the birth of the little girl. Immediately, the council and the people began to plan the christening. They wished it to be the most joyful day that could be mustered, a public holiday for all and sundry.
The celebration lead and the desire to pay homage to the infant child and the queen led to everyone of high and low estate to descend on Camelot. The royalty, the nobility, the gentry, the merchant class, the artisans, and yes even the peasantry, lined the streets and filled the courtyard just to catch sight of the royal couple and the baby.
They had called her Awena.
Indeed, there were Bards from the north travelling to the city to seek inspiration and write high art for this brand new little muse, each one playing on the meaning of her name. 'Sweet Awena, guiding spirit through Albion's turmoil,' one bard sung on the long pilgrimage towards the city from Gwent in Cymru, 'Surely it is she who inspires the good in all men's heart.'
Of course people knew much of what was said was rather over-the-top considering the child was just a week old by the time the christening drew near.
'[awena] faegersawol heorte to mann
heo sy brytencwen tha sy blod to us...'
...that was the chant of the Druids and those who knew the language of magic. When Merlin heard it, it made him smile that his people were now free to serenade the new princess with a prayer of old. Many people, including the Bards, had forgotten that this holy language had not always been used for spells.
Now they could remember again.
'She is the poetry of our hope,' one bard concluded after the chant ended and "...sothsegen!" replied the druid, reunited with the Bards in song for the first time since Uther Pendragon began his war on magic. Now Arthur allowed them to practise their religion openly, and that magic was permitted – although not fully condoned in all circumstances yet.
Arthur was fair, and that was all most people who practised the Old Religion could ask. The only people who still had a problem with it were Morgana and Mordred, who wanted Morgana to be queen so she could basically make the whole of Albion bow to her wishes by use of magic and Mordred, in particular, wanted all those who did not confirm to what he considered to be 'minimum' capability in regards to magic, should be lumped into the same group as the ordinary people.
No one by the most extreme people agreed with them, and they all skulked away in the depths of the Perilous Lands, still waiting to be liberated from torment by the great Emrys. That could only happen once he destroyed all three of them...
Morgause had been awfully quiet recently. No mad statements from her, nor outlandish plans to bring down Merlin and Camelot since she parted ways with the gruesome twosome.
Her silence worried Merlin more than Morgana's grand-stands by far.
But nothing was going to ruin Awena's christening, he told himself. Nothing.
"You don't suppose it will affect her, do you?"
Merlin turned to look at Awena lying in the cradle and Arthur leaning over her. She clutched to his forefinger with her tiny fist. Her other hand reached up to him happily, comforted by the sound of his voice but completely unaware of the concern that lay beneath it.
Arthur was talking about the origins of his birth.
Since he had discovered the truth of why his mother had died and the numerous betrayals his father had gone through in order to bring it about, then avenge it, and then prevent anyone from knowing the truth, he had wondered whether there wasn't something different about him as a result. It was magic that brought him into being; it was magic that created his life. All those years he had been the embodiment of everything his father supposedly hated.
There had even been a time where Arthur resolved never to have children of his own. It was not just because of his doubts of being a father, but his fear that Gwen would be killed if she were to give birth to a child. This could happen to any woman and it had concerned Arthur each time he thought about their future together – but the discovery of his origins had only intensified this fear.
Merlin thought on all of this, and took a deep breath. "Gwen asked me the same question this morning," the warlock said dimly.
The truth was Gwen had embraced Arthur suggestion that they should not have children when he first expressed this feeling. It wasn't so much to do with the possibility that the origins of Arthur's birth might affect the child, but the fear of what Morgana would do if she ever got her hands on Awena.
"We both know she wants the crown, Gwen had said to Merlin in confidence. "She has a right to the throne and no one can take that away from her, no matter how much she is hated. This child – it will just be another obstacle to her...
Merlin had taken her hand.
"I will protect her, he promised her devoutly, "I swear to my last breath, I shall defend Awena with my life."
Arthur stood up straight, taking his finger away from his daughter. She still reached out for it, longing to get it back. It broke his heart to take it away from her even though it was only to directly address his friend and not through lack of desire to be with her...
"What did you tell her?" he asked.
Merlin swallowed, "That I don't know for sure. There has never been record of a child of magic other than you, and certainly no theories for how it would affect their own children."
He walked slowly over to the cradle to look down on the princess. She was very small, smaller than he imagined most babies were. Gwen had deliver Awena a little early but she was healthy and strong. As he watched the way she punched her fists up, grasping for both of them with demand – it already reminded Merlin of Arthur.
He smiled, "I don't see why it would make any difference. It has never affected you."
Arthur glanced over at Merlin, pulling his eyes reluctantly away from his daughter.
"You mean apart from inciting all my relatives to plot to murder me and my father?" he said sarcastically. When Merlin just looked at him with nothing to say in witty response, the king turned his eyes back to his daughter and sighed, "I was the root cause of so much pain..."
Before Merlin could speak another voice rang through the room.
"It was not you," the queen said calmly. "It was your father – he is to blame, not you."
Arthur tuned to face Guinevere, his heart softened by her very presence as always. Merlin stepped to one side to admire them from afar as the queen took the king's hands into hers and held them passionately.
"Never be ashamed of what you are," Gwen said softly. "None of us are responsible for us being here. But we are here, and that's all that matters."
Arthur's eyes grew heavy with emotion, and he freed one hand to cup her face gently.
"You and Awena are here," he said gruffly. "That's all that matters to me."
Merlin watched like the spectator he was to his king's family life as Gwen leaned into the cradle to pick up her small infant. She then turned to her husband and smiled with all the warmth that many years of love brought to any wife's face.
"The people are waiting," she said confidently.
Arthur nodded and turned to Merlin.
"We had best go and greet them then."
Awena was presented to the court, lying blissfully and peacefully in her royal cradle before the court like the princess of a fairy tale as numerous kings, princes, knights and ambassadors each presented gifts and congratulations to the child and her parents.
The kings, dukes and lords presented their congratulations in person and had their servants present their gifts before the child, who cooed indifferently at each one and was far more interested in the succession of strange faces that were paraded before her, one after another.
Then the knights stepped forward. Along with Merlin they had all consented to be godfathers and had, in true tradition, has a spoon fashioned for the princess – which they had voted collectively that Elyan should present the gift.
He grinned as he handed it to Gwen, "We all chipped in to it. I even fashioned it himself; we were just so worried at how you would react to six separate spoons. Nothing is too good for my niece."
Guinevere chuckled, "It is much appreciated, Elyan."
Then the religious leaders stepped forward.
There were three in all; the Bards, the Druids and the Vates.
Each one of them was there to give the princess a charm each. It had once been traditional in the Old Religion to gift newborns with these charms, and for royalty it had been a necessity. So in compliance with the reintroduction of old customs, they began their presentations:
Nuada, the leader of the Bards, presented the royals first with a book of the poetry they had all written on their way to Camelot (which King Arthur accepted awkward, not quite knowing what to say as he had never been a poetry reader). Then came the charm; he was led to the cradle side by the queen and began to speak the words:
"Sweet Awena," he began softly, so as not to startle her. "We the Bards were once the writers of spells and enchantments, as well as the original charms that are presented to you. Now our powers are reduced merely to that of telling stories. Therefore our gift to you is that of fine language..."
'fram hire tunge beorht spræc cymth'
Emhear, the leader of the Vates, had only recently brought the Order back together. While the Druids remained the secretive leaders of the old ways and the Bards rebranded as poets, the Vates had either been wiped out or been forced to conform entirely under Uther's regime. Emhear was a very old woman who had served under the Vates in the old days before fleeing abroad.
With motherly tenderness she walked towards the cradle with a simple, kindly smile on her face.
"Little Awena," she said. "It once was the case that the Vates aided the Druids during religious ceremony. We were the soothsayers who aided people understand the world around them. We were the healers who cured the sick. We were the ones who carried out the sacrifices. There are many gifts that a Vate Godmother could gift a child, but the greatest one is wisdom..."
'fram hire brægen god thohts cymth'
Iseldir, the leader of the Druids who had regained his former title as a High Priest, came forward to offer his thanks to the King and Queen of Camelot for their understanding and kindness to his people in allowing them to live at peace without fear of persecution.
He stepped forward to address the monarchs and all those watching.
"For many years we lived in fear for our lives," Iseldir said with gloom, which quickly changed to cheer. "Now we are able to stand beside our fellow man and praise the dawning of this new age, the one my kind have waited a long time for; the time of the Once and Future King."
He nodded to Arthur.
He then turned to Merlin, "I would also like to thank wise Emrys, who to my people embodies the power and the freedom with which magic should be used."
Merlin simply nodded in reply, unable to find apt words. Iseldir's speech had already been quite humbling for everyone.
He then turned to the crowd and beckoned forward a young boy.
"With your permission I would like my nephew to present the princess with the charm," Iseldir said, taking the boy by the shoulders and saying his name, "Galahad."
The child was just seven or eight years old but very polite and respectful as the queen came forward to lead him to the cradle. He stood in awe of her but bowed gracefully. As he was led over to the cradle he peered into it and watched the child for a moment. She had started to fall asleep from all the people looking in on her and barely noticed him.
He sighed and began to speak.
"Awena, the Druids were the—"
Galahad's words were almost immediately cut off as, in a burst of loud wind, the doors to the great hall swung open with an unholy crash and the tapestries shook above the courts' heads. Outside the wind was just as strong, and knocked the commoners from side to side. Everyone tried to maintain their balance.
Only Merlin seemed capable of standing defiant against the wind. He knew what was going. It might have seemed strong to everyone else but the magic behind it was painfully below him.
Then it died down and, as he had expected, at the other end of the hall stood Morgana – looking like the bad fairy godmother from a fable. It was yet another grand-stand to add to her list, the warlock thought as he stared across the hall at her. He would see her off in no time...
Rather than a horrified gasp, Arthur and Gwen remained silent. Merlin stepped forward and, before anyone had known what happened, he shot in a blur of the eyes to the centre of the hall to address her. He sounded more irritated than anything else.
"What do you want?" Merlin said, simply.
With the same blurring zoom, Morgana appeared right before him so that their faces were inches away from each other. It provoked another gasp from the audience. Her manner was as over-the-top as ever, sending shivers down the guests spines while making those who knew her skin crawl.
"This is the christening of my niece, isn't it?" she began with a general tone, as if the question had been a stupid and foolish one, as if she was here to play Awena's loving aunt and present her with yet another spoon. "Elyan is here and she is his niece too," she remarked, glancing at the knight in question. She then added sarcastically, "I felt rather offended out at not receiving an invitation..."
Merlin cocked his head to one side.
"Oh dear, were your precious little feelings hurt again?"
"Don't provoke me."
"Come now," Merlin replied indifferently, before his tone began much more dark, "That might work on the defenceless villagers you force to do your dirty little deeds – but this is me we're talking about. You don't want to provoke me."
Morgana said nothing, but stepped back to create some distance between the two of them. They stood up straight, still defiant.
"Say your peace and then be on your way," Merlin told her.
The witch looked around the room before glancing down the hall to address her brother and sister-in-law. Arthur seemed ready to kill at any moment while Gwen looked with a rare look of disgust.
"It seems the whole of Albion turned out for this assembly, brother," Morgana said mockingly. "It was very naive of all of you to think I wouldn't drop in too. After all," she went on, her eyes wandering over to the cot, "the child is of my blood."
...and of the same blood that entitled her to the throne of Camelot, swiftly becoming the throne of all of Albion from the way so many people turned out today to crawl before Arthur and his damned baby. If she could have, Morgana would have gashed Awena's brains out against the wall now.
Her mental desire beckoned her to step forward...
Merlin's arm blocked her, again moving faster than the human eye could detect. It was an odd thing to watch even from afar. She could have slipped past him, but he would have caught her before she would ever reach Awena. Most of her magic was not her own, but stolen – some of it from Merlin himself. This is how she had acquired the speed she otherwise would not have had...
But Merlin was the source of these abilities, and he would always trump her at them all. So Morgana settled for now for being the thorn in his side. She would figure out a way to trap him eventually even if she couldn't kill him...
Morgana looked lazily up at him.
"You don't go anywhere near her," he said firmly.
She groaned, "Oh very well!"
Morgana began to turn as if to leave. Merlin still kept his guard firmly up.
"I can tell where I'm not wanted," she muttered under her breath. "I'd best be on my way. I'd never come here with the intention of killing Awena, or any of you for that matter. Mordred will take care of it soon anyway—"
"What are you talking about?" Merlin asked coldly.
Morgana turned around, smirking as usual.
"Oh, now you want to know?" she said, almost teasing him. "Funny how often you presume to understand everything when really you're just guessing. Any fool would have looked at this gathering and thought of the prophecies—"
Annoyed by her put-on show, Merlin lost his temper. In one swift moment he had shoved her to the end of the hall and just outside in the antechamber, clutching her throat with his hand.
The people gasped out loud a third time.
"Enough of your games," Merlin said gruffly, and slowly let go of her throat.
Morgana stayed still, staring him in the eyes and noticing the proximity between them. She chuckled wickedly at it. "This is quite intimate, Merlin," she whispered to him. They were so far away that no one in the hall could hear them. "All this fighting, isn't it a pity we aren't channelling all this passion into something more... productive?"
"Enough," Merlin barked.
The dragonlord raged inside him. His sounded more like that of blazing fire than a mortal man. Had she provoked him anymore he might have 'accidently' growled for real and called the dragon right to the doors of Camelot.
This was something Morgana definitely wanted to avoid.
"Alright," she said slowly. "Let me go; I'll say what I came to say, and then leave."
Merlin moved his hand away completely.
Another zoom and they were both back at the other end of the hall again. It was starting to make everyone dizzy, not least Arthur and Guinevere, the latter of whom and picked her daughter out of the cradle to shield her from any possible attack from Morgana.
The moment Morgana reached the other end of the hall, where she was just five feet away from the king and queen, Arthur's sword was drawn and pointing nervously close to her back. One move and she would be run through.
He held Guinevere close to him with his other arm, determined to be the shield for both his wife and daughter should things begin that way here.
Merlin too caught up with her the moment she appeared and stood to feet in front of her, ready to attack at the first wrong movement.
But she made none and addressed the crowd malevolently.
"Listen well," she echoed through the hall, turning her body to circulate the one hundred and eighty degrees of her brother's subjects before her. "Mordred is gathering an army of renegade sorcerers that are prepared to march on Camelot – by the end of the week, those of you who remain here will be caught up in an attack on the city."
She then moved, not towards the royal family, but back towards Merlin and turned to face them finally, looking Gwen in the eyes for she was the one holding the child.
"By the end of this week, Awena will be dead," she promised cruelly. "So says the prophecy, so we will make it happen."
Gwen's only natural reaction was to clutch Awena all the tighter to her body. The baby started to cry, as if her mother's fear radiated on her. "No," she whispered weakly. "I'd die before I'd let either you or Mordred near her..."
Arthur began to draw his sword.
Morgana raised her eyebrows, paying no heed to her brother and all of it to her sister-in-law and niece. "I'm sure you will, Gwen; the more of you here that die, the better it'll be for me."
"It's been two years since Uther died and all you still think about is your hate for him?" Merlin questioned pitilessly.
"I am his daughter," Morgana retorted with anger. "I am owed what should have always been mine." And she pointed viciously at her brother, "He shouldn't even be here in the first place. He's nothing more than... a freak of nature. He is a life that should never have been."
Arthur narrowed his eyes. "You really think you're going to get to me this way?"
"It's still a fact, isn't it brother?" Morgana said cruelly, and she smiled in her disturbingly unhinged manner. "If you had never been born then all these people would have been spared thirty years of torment and I would have been given what is rightfully mine!"
Gwen couldn't help herself at this moment.
"It would never have been yours," the queen said, managing to hide her fear as she held her daughter very well. "Uther wanted a son; a son that was his and Ygraine's. Your father loved you... but he would never have given you the throne of Camelot. You were not what he wanted."
The witch's blood boiled.
"And your daughter," Morgana said slowly, threateningly. "Is she what you and Arthur really wanted?"
Gwen stared definitely into Morgana's eyes. The longer this went on, the easier it became.
"I thought you and Arthur weren't going to have children," the witch finished.
Merlin was so distracted with watching the queen at that moment it allowed for Morgana to zoom her way back to the doors of the hall. He immediately span around as he felt her go and stared down the long aisle again as she spouted her villainy at Arthur, Gwen and the whole hall one last time.
"You should have kept your word about never having children, little brother," she crowed with a satisfied grin, "I still have a right to the throne." At this point her voice became darker, more embittered. "I am still a queen-in-exile. That crown on your wife's head is still mine... and if I have to kill both you and your little runt daughter in order to lift it from her lifeless head, then so be it. As far as I'm concerned Awena is just another obstacle I have to overcome."
She turned to Merlin, ignoring the look of pure unadulterated hate from Camelot's monarchs.
"Don't try to follow me," Morgana said with a smirk. "You'll want to set up your defences here because before this week is out, we'll be back to kill the girl."
Merlin glared at her, "Hell will rise before I let that happen."
She tilted her head, "Then it shall rise. Goodbye."
Then with a blaze of wind and violent flaps of her cloaks, Morgana faded loudly and slowly away into thin area. Once she was gone the great hall fell quiet again and everyone was so speechless that not another sound was uttered for a long pause.
Iseldir stepped forward.
Arthur was clutching his wife to him, comforting her as she held their daughter to her bosom. She had stopped crying now, also feeling safe in the mutual grasp of her mother and father. Gwen leaned her head against her husband's shoulder, refusing to let herself cry in confusion. It would not help in saving Awena.
They both looked to the Druid Elder.
This was their signal to him to let him speak.
"Your majesties," he bowed. "Although it is against our beliefs to engage in warfare I hereby pledge the loyalty of the Druidic Order to you both. We may not warriors but we can summon powerful magic to defend the castle from these renegades."
Galahad stepped forward, "I can fight—"
But his uncle placed his hand on his shoulder to stop him and pull him back.
Iseldir went on, "It is our duty to protect innocent people from Mordred. He is still one of our kind and he is abusing his powers by allying with renegades."
At that moment Emhear came forward.
"We Vates on the other hand are not against warfare," she said menacingly. "The witch Morgana brings shame to every seer in our Order. You can be certain that they will not fight fairly and use magical weapons, so we will enchant the swords of your army."
She nodded to Merlin with respect.
"I promise you that I personally will fight to the death if need be to protect the child," she concluded.
Everyone then looked to Nuada. He swallowed nervously, "We just write poems... but anything we can do to help, of course."
"You can help with the enchantments," Emhear said firmly.
Merlin replied to all three with gratitude, "I will work with all of you make sure our magic holds Mordred. It won't hold forever but it will bide us time. We have to remember that he is a Druid—"
"And a Vate," Galahad suddenly said.
Everyone looked to the outspoken boy. He was initially shy but he went on once he saw the curiosity in the queen's eyes. "He and I were raised as brothers—"
"Galahad," Iseldir whispered.
The boy turned to him, "They have to hear this, uncle."
He looked back to the royal family and Merlin.
"Mordred was a foundling child," Galahad explained. "My parents took him in before I was born. His mother had abandoned him. We don't know why but we assume it was because his magic frightened his parents. Even as a baby he had strange powers to... move objects with his mind, to sense people's emotions, to—do all sorts of things that are extremely rare in sorcerers, especially from birth. They are all very desirable to our people."
Merlin sighed sadly. "Just like me when I was younger."
Galahad smiled despite himself, "My mother was a Vate—well, she still is—and she taught us both Vate magic. You won't be able to hold him out for long, eventually he will find a way to break through our barriers."
"Then I must back it up with my own magic," Merlin declared with darkness in his voice. "Morgana may have stolen some of my powers over the years but I still have more inner strength than any sorcerer alive. It will take the whole combined strength of an army to overpower me."
There was brief silence.
It was broken by Guinevere.
"But what happens then?" she said frailly, still holding her silently sleeping baby. "Do we stay inside this castle forever and hide? You know Mordred will never give up until all of us are dead. He's like her – only worse. Morgana is mad, but he is perfectly sane. He is just cruel."
"A match made in heaven," Arthur grumbled under his voice.
Gwen looked up at her husband anxiously. "Arthur, you know about the prophecy, don't you?"
"Of course I do," he said slowly. "And if I die in the process of protecting my kingdom and my family, then so be it. But I fail to see how this applies to Awena."
A tiny breeze picked up and settled, as if an open window had just seeping in a tiny gust from outside. But all the windows were closed. Yet no one paid heed to the wind or the sudden appearance of a young woman right in the middle of the hall.
No one noticed her at all until she spoke:
"There is a lion, a mortal king but great he be,
Shall return from exile to reclaim his land
And hope to terra firma, and set it free.
His sire failed and fell, for at his hand
A fair lady of the grand played a victim
To a double deception from old and him;
She is the first victim of his terrible sin,
For a lion cub that is solely our kin;
The sacrificial lamb, the cause is thee..."
All eyes turned to towards this voice. Its owner was quite young, no older than twenty and she wore a red and white hood that completely covered her hair. Her robes were loose fitted and hung right down to the floor in several layers. She looked like a young Sister or Priestess. She was a very pretty looking girl.
"Who are you?" Arthur was the first to ask.
The girl stared up at him with a soft, friendly smile but made no attempt to reply to his second questions, instead focusing on the first. "That verse which I just quoted comes from the Red Book," she explained. "It was written by Taliesin on the subject of the 'Once and Future King'."
Arthur stared, "What has this to do with Awena?"
"Does that matter?" the girl replied. "The point is that there are prophecies out there and the one that says your daughter will be killed by the end of this week is just one of many."
"So it might not come true," the king said, more confused that hopeful.
"I didn't say that, my lord," the girl said. "It just means that the prophecy may not be all that it seems. One thing I know for certain is that nothing will keep Mordred out. Not even Emrys can hold him off in the end—not because he's more powerful, but because he believes that Awena must die, and so she shall."
Gwaine, who had remained silent until this point, stepped forward on behalf of the other confused knights. "What are you saying?"
The girl spun around to face him. Almost immediately they were all floored by her beautiful, huge dark eyes.
"Never underestimate the power of self-fulfilling prophecy," she said simply.
She looked to Merlin. The pair stared into each other's eyes for a moment. All he thought about was who she might be. She had literally appeared out of nowhere. No one in the hall knew her. Merlin had checked every guest before they came in. She was clearly a sorceress – and her clothes suggested she belonged to an order – but she came with none.
Then Gwen asked the question that was burrowed away inside his mind.
"What is your name?"
"Ganieda, your majesty," the girl said, smiling to the queen.
Merlin drew her attention back with a stern tone. "Where did you come from? You didn't enter this hall with the other guests. Why did you come here, who are you?"
Ganieda held out her hand.
"Touch me," she ordered him.
Any normal person would have been apprehensive about this but Merlin obeyed the order. It was true that his overbearing power gave him the confidence to confront even the most powerful of sorcerers without any fear for what might happen. He knew he could twist the situation around in his favour even if worse came to worse. It was what he did.
He reached out to touch Ganieda's hand. As he did, his grasp fell through her and he quickly realised it was impossible to hold her hand or feel her.
He looked her in the eyes. "Who are you?"
"I am the spirit of the yet to come," Ganieda said simply. Her manner remained calm and cool as everyone at caught stared at her cautiously. She went on, addressing Merlin with a quiet whisper so no one else could hear, "I come from the future and now, just for a brief moment, I have appeared to give you some advice."
He raised his eyebrows.
"That's impossible," Merlin replied darkly.
"Emrys," Ganieda grinned. "You know better than to make such assumptions."
The way she used his 'other' name struck Merlin slightly. He knew better these days than to trust any attractive young sorceresses claiming to be a friend. History had taught him they were usually trouble. Yet he humoured this young woman.
"What advice do you have for us?" he said sceptically.
The woman glanced behind him at the king and queen, still clutching their child to them with defensive devotion. Guinevere in particular watched Ganieda would a mixture of caution and curiosity. There was something about this girl she didn't understand. It was something that made her feel that she should trust her and yet made her feel uneasy.
Arthur was somewhat more aloof, but even he felt taken in by the apparent enchantress.
There was a shine in Ganieda's eyes.
Her eyes then fell on the by Galahad, "Give him the gift you wished to give to the princess."
Galahad blushed and looked to his uncle for permission. Iseldir nodded, and so the boy slowly produced long golden chain from the folds of his robes. As it unravelled before the court it was revealed that a shining protective charm hung at the end of it.
He placed it in his palm and showed it to Merlin.
Ganieda made a soft, well-meaning smile that let everyone's guard down a little.
"I wish to present the new princess with a bulla*," Galahad explained nervously. Merlin could sense the protective magic on it from where it hung five inches from his face. "They are always presented to children amongst my people."
He drizzled the charm and chain gently into Merlin's own palm. It felt warm with goodness. It was comforting to feel this rare type of magic that had clearly been crafted and bound with loving care.
He looked at the charm; on one side it had runic symbols on it. Being well reversed in the magic runes after years of studying magic he knew exactly what it said: 'AWENA'. The other side was blank.
Ganieda explained, "Magic is woven into the very being of the bulla. We believe that as long as a child wears it, no harm will ever come to them."
Merlin closed his fingers over it.
A jolt shot through his body.
He didn't understand why.
"Ensure Awena wears this around her neck always," Ganieda told him. Her deep brown eyes crept straight into Merlin's soul, and all he could do was nod slowly. She nodded back, "As long as she wears it, she will be safe and you will always be able to find her."
Even as he held it he could feel the power binding him to Awena. She was very close by, cradled in Gwen's arms. It was so warm and sweet...
Merlin cleared his throat, "You came all the way from the future to tell us this?"
"No, as I said," Ganieda went on. "I also came to give you all advice for the battle to come."
The queen stepped immediately took note of the girl's words. Still carrying her infant, she walked down the throne steps to approach her. As could be expected Arthur followed a step behind her.
"Let her speak," Guinevere declared.
Ganieda took a deep breath. "You're not going to like it, but please hear me out."
"Go on," the king said, as an order.
She looked around the hall at the different magical orders, at Merlin, at the king and queen, and finally down at the tiny princess. She smiled with interest before she swallowed a faint concealed emotion and said what she came to say.
"Merlin's magic is strong," Ganieda began. "If he creates a protective charm with the help of the Vates, the Bards and the Druids... that will keep even a thousand strong army out. But you must ensure that everyone take refuge inside the castle."
Arthur nodded his head to one side.
"Thank you," he said a little unconvinced. "That goes without saying—"
"But you cannot keep them out indefinitely," Ganieda said darkly. She looked into Gwen's eyes with sympathy, "You said it yourself. Mordred won't give up. He will besiege the castle forever... and you don't have forever."
She looked back to Arthur.
"You must ready yourself for a hard and painful time," she warned carefully. "But that's not all. You must send Merlin to seek the help of another powerful sorcerer, someone who hates Mordred just as much as you do."
Merlin stepped forward.
"Tell me who it is and I will find them."
Ganieda looked over her shoulder at him, prepared for an angered reaction, "Morgause."
The reaction was as could be expected. Most recoiled in disgust while others rolled their eyes at the ridiculousness of the suggestion. Arthur was one of the latter. He even laughed in a low hysterical while shaking his head.
"There is no way in hell I am letting that harpy anywhere near my daughter," he finally declared, his tone shifting from hysteria to dark determination. "Calling on her aid is out of the question. Even if she agrees to fight Mordred, I won't have my daughter be an excuse for her petty revenge."
"I'm not saying you bring her here," the girl said calmly. "I'm saying that she will have vital knowledge about the prophecies... knowledge that even the Three Orders don't know. She was trained by the high priestesses and still owns many books and writings on the matter."
Arthur still seemed reluctant.
But Gwen's attention had been caught. She turned to address her husband and spoke as gently and smoothly as she could manage given everything that had happened today. "We need not even bring her over Camelot's boarders. If we send Merlin with two or so knights over Odin's boarders..."
Emhear stepped forward, "It just so happens I returned from giving her a peace offering just before coming here. I can assure you that she is still at her hideout."
Merlin turned back to address Ganieda.
"What if I call on the Great Dragon?"
Her tone was firm, "Would you taint the Dragon by entreating him to do to your enemies as he had once done to Camelot?"
He understood what she meant. The dragon's gifts should be used to aid the cause of good, not simply engulf the cause of evil. Nonetheless he would keep his old friend in mine; although Merlin decided there and then not to turn him on Mordred's renegades, he hoped the sight of the last dragon would frighten some of them to flee the battlefront.
As if she was reading his mind, Ganieda smiled and nodded. "Good thinking, Emrys," she told him. "There are very few men in Mordred and Morgana's faction willing to actually die for them."
Her instinct about his mind gave Merlin goosebumps.
"But even then, keep it as a last resort," Ganieda finished.
Meanwhile Gwen continued her appeal to Arthur, who was still uncertain about sending Merlin to seek Morgause's help. "I don't want to do it anymore than you do," Gwen admitted after a while, comforting Awena as she awoke again and began to whimper. "But this woman clearly knows things—"
"Exactly," Arthur said, turning his head to look harshly on Ganieda. "If you know so much then why don't you give us the information we need yourself? What does Morgause know that you don't?"
Ganieda sighed, "Just because I know the future doesn't mean I have studied every last detail. All I can tell you is that Morgause knows something that all of you, and Mordred and Morgana, don't know."
"So you're basically saying we have no choice," Gwen said, taking this to be Ganieda's meaning.
The sorceress smiled, "Your majesty, there are always choices."
Arthur paced back towards his throne. The others watched him from afar as he walked up the chairs to glance into the empty cradle.
"Merlin," he said under his breath. "If I were to send you, how long would it take?"
"Two days to get there," Merlin replied bluntly. "I cannot transport there as I have no attachment to the place. However I can transport myself, and any other knights, home again afterward."
Arthur turned to his wife and slowly asked her, "What do you think?"
Gwen looked down at the baby she held in her arms before replying. "I would walk to see Morgause myself if she knew something that could protect our daughter from those monsters."
A sad smile briefly crossed the king's lips. It then quickly returned to a monarch's restrained frown as he addressed Merlin. "Then I give you permission to go," he told the warlock. "Merlin, before you go I want you to help the Three Orders prepare the defences. Gwaine and Lancelot will go with you. I want the three of you back as soon as possible – I would send other knights but I cannot spare them. Leon, Percival, Elyan and the other knights will remain here with me to prepare for the renegades' arrival."
Merlin looked over at Gwaine and Lancelot, who both simply nodded at the king's orders.
Arthur then walked back towards his wife and carefully took the baby from her arms. He still seemed a little nervous when he held her. He seemed overly careful with Awena cradled against her.
"We must prepare the castle for siege..."
Merlin and turned back to Ganieda.
"What exactly am I supposed to be asking Morgause about—?"
But to no one's surprise, she had vanished.


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How to Restore Missing "Desktop (create shortcut)" Item in Send To Menu in Windows?
A few people asked solution of this frequently occurring problem, so today I decided to post a simple and detailed solution of this problem.
As we all know about "Send To" menu which appears when we right-click on a file or folder in Windows Explorer. It contains some useful items like "Desktop (create shortcut)" which can create a shortcut of the selected file/folder on Desktop within a few seconds. Its really a useful option.
But sometimes this item gets deleted from "Send To" menu accidentally or intentionally. Following tutorial will help you in restoring this useful item back in "Send To" menu:
1. Type "shell:sendto" in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It'll open "Send To" folder.
2. Now right-click on blank area in the folder and select "New -> Text document". It'll create a text file with the name "New Text Document.txt". Rename this file and set its name to "Desktop (create shortcut).DeskLink".
3. That's it. Now you'll get "Desktop (create shortcut)" option back in "Send To" menu.
NOTE: Make sure "Hide extensions for known file types" option is disabled in "Folder Options", otherwise the second step might not work and the text file will not convert in desktop shortcut item.
This method will only work in Windows XP. It'll not work in Windows Vista and later:
1. Type following command in RUN dialog box:
regsvr32 sendmail.dll
2. It'll re-create the missing "Desktop (create shortcut) option in "Send To" menu.
This is the simplest method and will work in all Windows versions.
Just download following zip file, extract it and copy the extracted file to "Send To" folder:
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To open "Send To" folder, type "shell:sendto" in RUN dialog box and press Enter.
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Ride the Asphalt Wave
STAMPD 2017 Fall/Winter Runway Show
LA based brand STAMPD brought their A game to Men's NY Fashion Week in February 2017. The Show entitled Asphalt Wave saw the STAMPD brand bring us a very nice silver bomber, a hint of electric color with the Yellow Hoodie and a bit of a 90's retro look to the black plaid Shirt/Black Jacket and pants.
STAMPD brought us some of the best bomber jackets of 2015 with the various renditions of the Strapped jacket. The Silver jacket keeps them in the forefront of the 3 or more year trend of the bomber.
And staying true to their roots, kept a lot of the collection with their Black & White color palette. And looks like the cropped pants will continue into late 2017, maybe even 2018 from this show and others seen at the latest Men's NY Fashion Week. The trend I'm noticing most is a higher crop, with more bulk to the legs.
Keeping to STAMPD's street vibe, they didn't do the traditional Runway show. Instead the dudes stood like mannequins on the floor and the attendees could walk around them to check out the new threads.
A bit of Graff and various textures and exotic materials added some newness to the STAMPD aesthetic.
And similar to the STAMPD/Daniel Patrick/Kanye West collections, kept the Nomadic Pre Apocalyptic street look going with this oversized layered grey piece. Probably my favorite look of the collection.
Asphalt Wave
- As I see the title, I imagine skateboarding through the streetz of LA. With the title giving a nod to skate culture of the 90's. Yet, the collection isn't all 90's so there's most likely double meaning to the title. Asphalt gives a skater a much smoother glide than concrete. Yet waves can be smooth or pretty tumultuous. Looking way too much into the title. Maybe Chris Stamp is looking towards a hopeful Smooth 2017 with already known possibility of havoc on the way.
- Various sites on the web are giving Asphalt Wave gives reference to the Rap and Hip Hop vibe of the 00's.
- Other sites mention the 90's & the 00's time periods.
- Or maybe, it just sounds cool and looks rad in gothic scripted Ink on various sleeves of black long sleeve shirts and trenches.
- Just one day (2/6/17) after I wrote this blog. STAMPD posted this information on what Asphalt Wave means on their IG. They must have been reading Streetzblog!
Fans of the brand and Celebs in Attendance
Fans of the STAMPD brand include: Kanye West, Nick Jonas, Usher, Justin Beiber, Will.i.am and Meek Mill.
Public School's Dao-Yi Chow & Maxwell Osborne, Hip Hop's Ja Rule and Fabolous were all at the show.
*Pictures of the Runway show courtesy of wwd.com. Screen shot with my iPhone 6s, cropped and edited a bit with various filters. The Strapped bomber jacket shots are courtesy of STAMPD.
See you on the Asphalt Streetz!
Heat of the Moment
Designer Spot-Light: Daniel Patrick
Soho, NY & Melrose, LA
High-End Street Wear Brand, Daniel Patrick is the Hottest shop in Soho, NYC in January 2017. Streetzblog will cover the brand and store in this blog posting. Before it, here's the ascension to that moment: I have a bit of a set program when I hit the Streets of NY each and every December. This year being no different:
Friday: Stay at the Roosevelt Hotel. Say Hi to Alfredo, Check into the hotel, Get Dressed and head Uptown. Uniqlo for warm clothes, Aldo, H&M, Saks, Sephora, See The Rockefeller Tree, Barney's (My Fav), Bloomingdale's and get some food from Scott's Deli. This year I added in the new Adidas Store on 45th and 5th and a couple other cool places
Saturday: Soho no matter what! Cold-hot, Raining-Snowing. This is where I go the Saturday before Christmas. Hit the Sample sales, H&M, Pink, Opening Ceremony, the new Rick Owens spectacular store, Astor Barber, Chinatown, Coffee from the deli (Extra Sweet, Extra Light: Since I'm on Vay-Cay) Rag n Bone, Anna Sui, Alexander Wang and All Saints. I Miss Canal Jean Company, Unique Boutique, and this year DRB-One of the best places to get Christmas presents, It was gone for good-some people didn't get their presents this year, #Ugh.
It's a little after Alexander Wang, that I strolled upon Daniel Patrick. Come to find out the store is pretty new in Soho, so was very lucky to find it. Listed below are some pictures I took, a bit about the brand and some flavorful pictures from their IG account. Hope you enjoy seeing and hearing everything. *I'll post up NY's Sunday, Monday and Tuesdays itinerary at the end of the article.
Daniel Patrick-Soho, NYC: 96 Grand St. Near Mercer; close to The Alexander Wang Boutique
I left the Alexander Wang Boutique and was attempting to get to the new Rick Owens store. Over the years, the maps on my iPhone have gotten better, but I still can't quite figure out North from South, so I went around the block 2x and saw a nice looking facade with color coded clothing from the street view. So, I entered the Daniel Patrick store in Soho. I think I was the first customer of the day. Since I live in hot weather, I went straight to the shorts. Bought a pair of the Comfy Army Lounge drop-crotch shorts. At the end of the day, I came back for the black pair of the same shorts!
The store was filled with excellent High End Streetwear. Best part about it is it was all color coded and easy to find all the great gear. Comfy Shorts, Soft to the touch shirts, Layered clothing, Bombers, and even Kicks. Me being a shoe guy, it was so weird I didn't even notice the kicks, the clothes were so unbelievable! After visiting the Soho Store, I've seen some nice shoes on their instagram account.
Arriving back in Hawaii, I researched the brand a bit and Wow! There are lots of Celebs and Hot Models who wear these clothes. Kinda' fun the way I found the store. I've always worn my own style, but over the years, I've noticed many people getting extremely attached to what they see on the web. And I wondered how much I've been influenced too. Something I may blog about some day. Anyways, I liked how I found the store because I totally dig the clothing with no pre bias.
Here's some great pictures of the brand: Pictures taken from their IG account.
If there were a place to get your streetwear basics plus stay on trend Daniel Patrick is the place to shop. Like shopping at the Gap used to be and kinda still is for Norm-Core, Daniel Patrick is the place for streetwear. You get your Blacks & Greys along with the seasonal colors. Everything feels good, looks good and is totally on trend and on Fia' for a Friday night or Saturday afternoon. –Streetzblog December 2016.
Here's a little excerpt from the DP Bio on their website that pretty much sums it all up:
The collections draw a number of inspirations that are true to who Daniel is and this identity becomes more and more poignant from collection to collection. Drawing inspiration from his favorite cities, Los Angeles and New York, his love of hip hop music and desert hikes, while also combining his athletic background with a minimal and militant appeal each collection unfolds. Daniel is continuously creating and tweaking and is known to drop new pieces more frequently than the regular fashion calendar dictates.
My personal purchases included: 2 pairs of the Roaming Shorts (Army & Black), Orange NYC Tee, and even though I live in a warm part of the world, I had to get the Black NYC Hoodie. I wore it everywhere, including Chicago and crashed out on the plane with it on all the way from Chi-Town to Hawaii. It's my favorite item, very comfortable, kept my warm & the hood is the perfect sizes for hiding out. Just need a pair of shades to go with it and you'll be an instant Celeb!
A couple more pix of the women's gear:
For more on Daniel Patrick, check them out on-line, or in Soho New York City or in Los Angeles on Melrose. Their Instagram account is pretty LIT too. If you go to the NY store say Hi to Jay and let them know Streetzblog says Hello!
I could shop there all day, my wish list includes: The black denim trousers with the zippers and holes in the knees, a Black oversize Tee, The Ink colored Layered Tee, some of the darker camo clothing and maybe even a pair of Kicks.
*And here is the rest of the usual Trip to NY itinerary: Is there anything you would add to a trip to NY? If you have something, please add it to the comments section below. I'll be there next December right before Christmas.
Sunday: This is always brunch day with friends from NY, it's also cultural day where I go to a museum, see a play or the Knicks or Rangers, it's also the first time I get a solid sleep.
Monday: I see my friend who used to live in Hawaii and either have lunch or go to the Knicks game. Check out Dover Street Market/DSM on Lexington, hit up Mood and the fashion district for great fabrics and accessories to make more clothes, then head back to Soho to make sure I covered everything.
Tuesday: Pretty much sleep, Eat at the Roosevelt's All You Can Eat Buffet (Best Bacon and Fruit in NYC) do some last-minute packing, and rest before heading to Chicago.
See you on the Streetz!
Design Time
Finished Pants Project One
The Christmas 2015 Cryllic Streetzblog shirts made it from NY to HI today (7/27/16). The same day I completed the Seersucker Pants Project.
Above is the front of the new shirts and the right side completed pants leg.
The pants started off as $130 Suit pants on sale at Kohl's for $50. They now have 2 overlapping layers, Black Stripes on both sides with the right side a bit more tricked out with the grey design. Also, cuffed them and took in the inseam. Quite a project!
Here is the right leg. Similar to the left leg, just missing the grey acruements.
What I call my mood board for the next project. That's just page one, there are an additional 5 pages of other pictures and influences I plan to use. At the moment, I'm putting together the basic portion of the pants. Later on comes the fun embellishing portion. I tend to let my brain cruise. Then burst into action as I make them into something completly new!
In just one day, I cut out a pattern using an older pair of pants. I made 4 legs, only needed 2 LOL. And I have 4 flat pocket portions. Did them with paper first, pinned em' then cut out the black linen blend. So far, this project is moving quick!
Front and back legs, All cut up and ready to sew.
4 layers of black pockets ready to go!
The back of the new Streetzblog shirts.
Front and back of the new Streetzblog shirts. These are also supposed to be in black and Red, but they are yet to arrive.
Goal of the new black linen pants to be finished is Wednesday August 24, 2016. I want to wear them to the Cubs game in Chicago on Friday September 2nd. So far, so good.
See you on the Streetz!
Reconstructing the Deconstructed Seersucker
Not Ready To Wear…Yet
My goal was to have these ready to wear on Father's Day 2016. But, as I was reconstructing the deconstructing I added in a few additional design elements. And am not done yet. For Today, I'm just posting some pix. When they're complete, I'll give the story and the deets on the how to's on the DIY. Happy Father's Day!
Brand Spotlight: Triple Five Soul
Triple Five Soul, 555 Soul or as I best remember their name: Triple 5 Soul was not just a Streetwear brand but a whole urban lifestyle collab of DJ's, Graffiti artists, Musicians, Skaters, & Break dancers. In the 90's, Triple 5 Soul was one of the biggest and most successful Streewear brands around.
Fun Fact: The 555 Soul name comes from a then Popular telephone party line advertised and utilized in NYC. Most likely at 3 or 4am after a festive night of partying.
in 1989, Triple 5 Soul founder-Camella Ehike worked out of 151 Ludlow St. on the lower East Side of Manhattan. Ehike had a store front apartment with a sewing machine in the front and living area in the back. Like many creative's she started making clothes she liked to wear for herself and her good friends. Between 1989 and 1996, Camella lived in her store and sewed everything. Her friends were very influential in the NYC Hip-Hop Scene and the clothes were so dope, the brand took off and demand became higher than supply.
Fun Fact: 555 Soul's love beads were worn by early rap/house artists; The Jungle Brothers and Boogie Down Productions. BTW: Back in the day, this was 1 of the only House records we had out in Hawaii. I used to play it over and over and over on my record player at parties at my first condo in Waikiki. circa 1988-89.
Fun Fact: Fab 5 Freddy wore a Triple 5 Soul Tie Hat on MTV, which skyrocketed exposure of the store and sales. Here's a bit of Fab 5 Freddy as host of Yo! MTV Raps.
Fun Fact: Mos Def was a friend of Ehike and the face of T5S's first advertising campaign.
Fun Fact: Whenever Long Island's Me Myself and I, De La Soul came to Manhattan they would stop by the shop and ask for some new clothes. Here they are performing their massive hit.
Triple 5 Soul later moved to 290 Lafayette Street, It was here that I would visit most Decembers.
Fun Fact: Banksky took over the front interior of the store. It was the 1st time anyone brought Banksky to NY. Now (2015/16) you can walk down many downtown streets and see his work everywhere. Especially in the area where the infamous Cronuts exist. I know I was there in Dec 2013 amazed at how much art he had put up around Dominique Ansel's Bakery at 189 Spring St. Mabye Banksky knew how hard it was/is to get a taste of the elusive delicacies at least you could check out some interesting Street Art. Note: There's also a fun looking basketball court next door to the Cronut Store. The day I was there, there was even a comp B-Ball to borrow.
Fun Fact: Graphic Designer/Skater Alyasha Owerka-Moore designed the original logo in exchange for a couple of hats!
Triple Five Soul is known for:
- What you would buy in New York in the 90's to show you knew true Streetwear.
- Designed their own fabrics From Bohemian to Surf inspired.
- Sick Insta' Street Cred Hoodies and luxurious Velour track suits.
- Dope Logo.
- Wool Cargo Pants.
- George W. Bush T's
- 5 Deadly Venom shirts designed by SSUR's Russell K.
- Graffiti pieces done up by infamous Graff artist, Stash.
- Backpacks that turned into Chairs.
- DJ Cases with Built in Wheels.
My Fun Fact: The Triple 5 Soul clothes were pretty pricey when I would visit NY, thus I owned ONE short-sleeved would be vintage now; grey T-shirt with Orange & Blue lettering. It had 3 hands on it doing some sort of sign language. I would wear it on the airplane from NY to Chicago at Christmas time. And whenever I wanted to feel like I was in the know about Streetwear in the 90's. I remember it being very comfortable and quality made. Was one of my favorite shirts for about 4-5 years. And of course it was a Double XL-The Style of the time.
You can still find Triple 5 Soul on this website. But the most sought after items are the OG items from the 90's. *Note: Looks like prices are the same or even less nowadays on their site. Kinda' Wierd.
*Camille Ehike is currently running a modern bed and breakfast entitled, Breathe-Inn located in upstate New York. Contemplating a possible children's line of clothing.
See you on the Streetz!
STAMPD Presents The New Soldier
STAMPD FW16 NYFW Presentation (2/2/16)
STAMPD debuted The New Soldier FW16 collection at their first NYFWM presentation on February 2nd 2016 with 20 new military influenced looks.
The models rose on pedestals above swirling fog at Platform 3 at Skylight Clarkson North. The presentation was collab'd with Brooklyn's Snarkitecture creative team. Snarkitecture BTW recently did a sold out collab with Beats By Dre. And Chris Stamp recently starred in a video with Beats By Dre. Kinda get where I'm going? Yep, gotta' be a Stamp x Beats by Dre Headphone or 2 on the way soon.
STAMPD had some of the best bomber jackets in 2015 with their back and arm straps. Looks like they're taking the brand to the NXT LVL with the NYFWM presentation. Here's a few pix from their blog:
There's a Quad pocket bomber with a removable wool lining coming our way in FW 2016. And check out these kicks from STAMPD x Filling Pieces:
I'm a big fan of Black and slate grey clothes. Thus, most of the collection has a streetzblog stamp of approval. The neutrals or camel colors I could easily pass on. Although, the burnt red shorts are kinda' tempting. Pretty nice overall presentation on everything. Looks like a fun event to have seen live!
On the video that I watched with Chris Stamp and Beats by Dre, Chris Stamp mentions his clothing being called Avant Street or Contemporary and ends the vid with Welcome to the Future. After seeing many of the FW 2016 Men's collections, I'd say the future has arrived this year more than ever!
Strapped in Black
Dior Homme Run/Fall 2016
Fall 2016 brings us lots of strapped and black trousers. Some baggy, some tailored straight. This pair is tapered, tailored straight. The strapping is super-cool and very intricate. I would buy a pair right now if I could. Although, It's toward the end of January 2015 at the moment, Fall 2016 seems like a long time to wait for a pair of pants. Sounds like it's time for another DIY project.
The Plan of Attack for my DIY Trouser Project
Now that I'm home in HI, I'm thinking I'll use Silver and Gold safety pins, the straps I have left over from NY and I suspect I'll do a bit of hand sewing on them. Once they're finished, I'll post 1-2 pairs on this blog. If anyone knows where I can get some flo-orange straps, LMK. I think they would look dope on top some black suit pants. See you on the Streetz! This week it's the amazing NFL Pro Bowl Beach Party and of course the game. If You're in town, it's time to get out your (In this order) Best kicks, suntan lotion, 3/4 length shorts and your favorite teams jersey. Feel free to email, text or stop by any of the festivities Friday thru Sunday and say Aloha.
*I also like this model's shoes, but I doubt I will attempt to make a pair of them. Looks like Fall 2016 will be a great year for real sturdy, stylish shoes and boots.
Stampd Strapped Bomber Jackets
If you can't wait for the strapped pants, check out these nice strapped bombers by Stampd.
Nice Pants! Fall 2016
The men's runway shows are bringing us some pretty dope clothes for Fall 2016. In the previous blog we saw some nice jackets and pants from Dsquared2. Today we find some pretty bangin' pants from Yohji Yamamoto and Dries Van Noten.
Yohji Yamamoto
- The color black. There will never be a new black. Maybe slate grey, but nah, black will always rule.
- Straps: I used straps on my DIY bomber jacket, Stampd used them in 2015 on their bombers and a pair of trousers. I own a pair of chapters with a couple straps. But this is next level twisting, flipping, turning, cropping, of the black strap. Very nice!
- Layering black on black always a dope look.
- Possible skirts for the mainstream? They don't quite look like a kilt or a skirt with the layering, so maybe this will be the year?
- And we can see the skinny and super skinny jeans of 2011-2015 finally and definitively moving towards a more bulky, comfortable silhouette. Whew!
Pictures courtesy of Monica Feudi and Vogue.com
Dries Van Noten
- Sweet Pin Stripes.
- Crisp, cool, a bit more bulky than before pin striped shorts. A must have for Fall 2016.
- Once again, The skirt that's not a Skirt. Layering and changing up the cut could be the breakthrough?
- The layered look.
- Comfort is in. From these 2 runway shows we see just a touch of the more bulky baggier look. In some of the other shows for Fall 2016, the pants are even wider than these. Gonna be a great year for men's clothing especially pants.
Pictures courtesy of Yannis Vlamos, Indigitalimages.com and Vogue.com
See you on the Streetz! This week, nothing too special, maybe some eating, sleeping, and resting. Before Pro Bowl and the Super Bowl.
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HOT x 3 at Dsquared2's Runway Show
Lately, my favorite designers are PSNY, Stampd and Chapter. All 3 utilize my favorite colors black and grey and have distinguished Street x Tailored looks.
Today (January 21, 2016) I found these pictures from the Dsquared2 Milan Fall 2016 Runway Show. They take the Street x Tailored trend up a couple notches.
The look on the left utilizes the hip and happening shorts on top leggings and takes the pants to the next level with crisp, cool slacks with crazy stitching, the shorts seem to be made of a really nice fabric, and all goes well with the over-sized double jacket set and the sexy combat boots complete the multi textured combination…all black on black on black on black. Wowza!
The Middle attire adds in some punk aspects with the tartan plaid. Then totally changes the game with a bomber jacket sleeve mixed with a suit jacket body. If I were to add color to my preferences, it would be with plaids, especially this one! Interesting bottoms, with a spice of 90's shirt wrapped around the waist complete the Street x Tailored styling. I'd wear the jacket for sure.
And on the far right, we see a similar jacket, using the bomber sleeve with a cropped black suit jacket. Not too keen on the colored vest, shirt and tie. But this jacket rocks!
Sometimes, Dsquared2 becomes a little difficult to find the exact runway pieces in-store. If I found it, I'd rock the shorts and pants on the left with the jacket in the middle.
Nice job Dsquared2!!
3 Great Looks from the Dsquared2 Milan Fall 2016 Runway Show
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On a major mission to create gives me both pleasure and a bit of pain. Prior to going to NYC for the Holidays, I was pretty obsessed over the black Stampd bomber jacket. Checked their site every 3 days to see if it was back in stock. Then they came out with another version and I wanted it even more. But living in a warm area most of the year, I figured both jackets were nice, but a bit too pricey (Over $300) for 11 days in the cold. So I figured when I got to New York, I would just make my own.
Picture of my inspiration. The Stampd Bomber Jacket:
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Pictures of many of the Goods used to customize the bomber Jacket: (Everything here is from M&J Trimming 1008 6th Ave between 37th + 38th St. Manhattan, NY).
While at M&J, I meet some really cool people and have a great time discussing our projects together. One was making a full blown Lolita dress for an Anime convention, the other was doing up a pair of jeans with fluorescent spikes. Cost for my Goods: $80.
I notice on my iPhone that the store that they shop at during Project Runway is a couple blocks away. So I head over to MOOD to see if I need anything else for the jacket. I see many tourists and a few local designers. Met a nice lady at the front who called me Sweetie. Then, bought some needles and thread, just in case I need to sew things on if the pins and glue don't work. Didn't need the needles and Thread. Cost of my Goods: $12.
Here is where I lose it a bit. Friday Night at 8:30pm I have all I need to make the jacket except the jacket. I head back out to H&M to buy the bomber from earlier in the day. Was so enthused I walked right by it and needed to walk back 5 blocks in the Massive Mid-Town Christmas Crowd. I get to H&M at 8:50pm, it closes at 9:00pm I cant get it to zip, so don't buy it. Then I realize I'm on vacation and need to breath, so I head to the Deli for Salami Sandwiches and Grape soda. One of my favorite Vay-Cay treats!
Saturday I head Downtown. I typically get dropped off at Astor and work my way down to Canal. But this time I start at Spring, went down a bit then back up towards Astor. Here at 3:45pm, I spot a perfect bomber in the window of French Connection (FCUK). The entrance sign says big sale, so I'm hoping it's on sale and it is! Regularly over $158, marked down to $109, and just for today there was an extra discount, so I got my already very nice bomber jacket that fit perfectly for a mere $65. ($65 plus $80 plus $12=$157) Plus major obsession over this project. That gives me both a thrill because it's quite fun to do a project like this. But at the same time, I'm supposed to be relaxing, recharging and chilling in NY.
While walking in Downtown on Broadway, I check out Atrium and Kith. At Kith, I find the real Stampd Jacket in my size. I try it on and it is really nice. Feels comfortable inside and is worth the $300. Tempted to buy it, but I don't vibe well with the workers at Kith. And if I'm not having fun shopping, no matter what it is, I won't buy it. And I wasn't having fun at Kith, plus I was on a mission to make my own. Here's a picture of the Stampd jacket IRL:
Saturday night I don't need to make the jacket because I can't wear it on Sunday since I go out with friends and it was too cold for the bomber.
Sunday Night 1:00am – 2:30 am. I make the custom jacket. I put the orange ribbon around the sleeve instead of the dark blue, use big silver safety pins to affix it. Then I bust out the glue that sews to put on the patches (It works really well). I notice one patch is a skull, so I add in the skull ribbon on the top and use the last of the safety pins to affix it.
Let dry over night and head to breakfast at the Roosevelt Hotel and over to Dover Street market on Monday in my new custom jacket.
Cool thing I notice at DSM. In the Patricia Field section they have some pretty pricey yet very nice custom jackets that used spray paint, patches and get this…safety pins to affix some of the acruements. I'm right on trend.
Here's a quick sampling of quotes about my jacket that I was able to wear 2x in NY and 3x in Chicago.
I like your jacket. Quote from Employee number 1 at DSMNY
I Love your jacket. Quote from Employee number 2 at DSMNY
Where did you get your jacket? Quote from co-shopper at Around the World Magazines at 148 W. 37th St. Between Broadway and 7th Ave. NY.
Dope jacket, you can Kiki here all day long. Quote from employee at Patricia Field's at 360 Bowery. NY.
Look it's Adam Ant, check out his coat. Quote from G-Spot when I DJ'd in Evanston, Illinois.
All in All, I would say it was a fun project to do. I think I just got a bit too obsessed with it. Like who would go all the way to New York from Hawaii to spend many hours making a jacket? Ahhh…Me. Hehehe. I was in NY to de-stress, not add any. But, I think having this project to do led me to:
Having fun meeting new people at M&J Trimming and chatting about shared interests. I felt more at home than at home, like doing something like this wasn't so wierd. Other people were doing things like this in NY and even bigger.
It led me to MOOD, the store from Project Runway, which I never would have seen if I didn't do this project.
Now I have tons of dark navy strips to use, glue that sews, new super sharp scissors that cost less than $12, velcro, silver and gold safety pins for future projects and some pretty cool pictures of the process of making and wearing the jacket.
A fun time wearing the jacket and hearing all of the fun compliments. Most people don't know it was homemade. When asked about it in Illinois, I mentioned it was Designer and no one blinked.
Sense of accomplishment and confidence to explore future projects.
A good time in the Big Apple.
I leave you today with this quote from the designer Juun. J about bomber jackets from Fashion for Men Winter 2015/Spring 2016. Did you notice Obsessed By? I just caught it and I've read this many times before saving it for this blog posting.
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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays this blogger from welcoming El Postino on his swift completion of his appointed rounds.
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Got yourself a letter carrier, Kirk?ReplyDelete
WV - crater. What I have in my skull.
Apparently. His blog, El Postino, can be found on the left. Maybe I can get some free stamps.ReplyDelete
As for your word verification, Les. Just because men moon over you, that doesn't mean you have a crater.
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Actually, his blog is called "Paranoia Runs Deep".ReplyDelete
My stupidity runs deep.
You're not stupid in any way. I'll go take a look.ReplyDelete
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The reflexive pronouns are:
|myself - yourself - himself - herself - itself
|ourselves - yourselves - themselves
When we use a reflexive pronoun
We use a reflexive pronoun:
• as a direct object when the object is the same as the subject of the verb:
I am teaching myself to play the piano.
Be careful with that knife. You might cut yourself.
We can use a reflexive pronoun as direct object with most transitive verbs, but these are the most common:
Some verbs change their meaning slightly when they have a reflexive pronoun as direct object:
- Would you like to help yourself to another drink?
= Would you like to take another drink.
- I wish the children would behave themselves.
= I wish the children would behave well.
- He found himself lying by the side of the road.
= He was surprised when he realised that he was at the side of the road.
- I saw myself as a famous actor.
= I imagined that I was a famous actor.
- She applied herself to the job of mending the lights.
= She worked very hard to mend the lights.
- He busied himself in the kitchen.
= He worked busily in the kitchen.
- I had to content myself with a few Euros.
= I had to be satisfied with a few Euros.
We do not use a reflexive pronoun after verbs which describe things people usually do for themselves, such as wash, shave, dress:
He washed [
himself] in cold water.
He always shaved [
himself] before going out in the evening.
Michael dressed [
himself] and got ready for the party.
We only use reflexives with these verbs for emphasis:
He dressed himself in spite of his injuries.
She's old enough to wash herself.
• as indirect object when the indirect object is the same as the subject of the verb:
Would you like to pour yourself a drink.
We've brought ourselves something to eat.
• as the object of a preposition when the object refers to the subject of the clause:
They had to cook for themselves.
He was feeling very sorry for himself.
But we use personal pronouns, not reflexives, after prepositions of place...
He had a suitcase beside him.
and after with when it means "accompanied by":
She had a few friends with her.
We use a reflexive pronoun...
• with the preposition by when we want to show that someone did something alone and/or without any help:
He lived by himself in an enormous house.
She walked home by herself.
The children got dressed by themselves.
I prepared the whole meal by myself.
• to emphasise the person or thing we are referring to:
Kendal itself is quite a small town.
especially if we are talking about someone very famous:
Sir Paul McCartney himself sang the final song.
We often put the reflexive pronoun at the end of the clause when we are using it for emphasis:
I baked the bread myself.
She mended the car herself
Choose the correct reflexive pronouns to complete the sentences
Decide if the sentences are correct or incorrect
Fay Li replied on China Permalink
• to emphasise the person or thing we are referring to:
type error:
Kirk replied on Spain Permalink
Hello Fay,
Thanks for telling us, but please note that 'emphasise' is indeed spelt correctly. Look it up in the dictionary and you'll see that it is a verb ('emphasis' is a noun)!
Best wishes,
The LearnEnglish Team
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KADUMA replied on Tanzania Permalink
thanks for helping me!
WharshaW replied on Sri Lanka Permalink
Hello The LearnEnglish Team,
(They were feeling very sorry themselves.)
Why is this incorrect?
Kirk replied on Spain Permalink
Hello Harsha,
This is explained above:
We do not use a reflexive pronoun:
• as the object of a preposition when the object refers to the subject of the clause:
They had to cook for themselves.
He was feeling very sorry for himself.
Best wishes,
The LearnEnglish Team
Megay replied on Slovakia Permalink
In 1 english book there is an exercise that i have to choose which sentences that has pronouns means independently. The sentences are as follows:
1. You shouldnt blame themselves for not passing the exam. It was difficult.
2. Mike's working part time. He has to pay for his studies himself.
3. Be careful with that knife-you dont want to cut yourself.
4. I grew these tomatoes myself.
5. Nobody helped us so we had to do it ourselves.
6. Please behave yourself. You are both very naughty.
I hope you can help me with this coz it really confuses me. Which of those sentences does the reflexive pronoun means without any help/independently....? That is the exact question written in the book.
I will be very happy if you can answer that for me. Thank you.
Kirk replied on Spain Permalink
Hello Megay,
I suppose your book means sentences 2, 4 and 5, because in those sentences Mike doesn't get any help paying for his studies, you grew the tomatoes without help and we did the work without any help. I suppose that your textbook is referring to the following use (which I've copied from above on this page), but 'doing something independently' is more specific:
We use a reflexive pronoun to emphasise the person or thing we are referring to (e.g. Kendal itself is quite a small town.) or at the end of the clause when we are using it for emphasis (e.g. I baked the bread myself. / She mended the car herself.).
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