We weren’t at all into these YSL sneakers the first time we saw them. (And to be fully honest, we’re still not into the price!) On second look — and with spring just around the corner — it dawned on us that they’d look really hot with shorts.
Have a look for yourself in the images below and in LUISAVIAROMA’s eShop. There’s no way in hell we’d pay $500 for sneakers, but wanting is always better than having, right??
Where have you been all of our life Neon Indian? Yep, another indie band out Brooklyn. This time it’s like audio Xanax, but better.
Neon Indian is a band from Austin, Texas. The music is composed by Alan Palomo, also known for his work with the band GhostHustler and as the artist Vega.
The band began to garner attention in 2009 after several of their songs which had been posted online were favorably reviewed by music blogs and Web sites. On October 13, 2009, the group released its debut LP Psychic Chasms. The album was designated Best New Music by Pitchfork. Who knew??
We just got sucked into their MySpace for an hour or so. The songs are all amazing — at the same time hypnotic and all-consuming. Don’t forget to check Neon Indian out on last.fm for more info.
We did a bit of showroom hopping during Fashion Week and saw a menswear collection from Obakki that we wanted to share with you.
As with certain other collections we’ve seen in person recently, Obakki looks amazing in person. It looks good in photos, but in person, you can see how well-made the pieces are, how good the cut is, and little details that runway and look book pics usually don’t pick up. We especially liked the jackets. If you like well-made classics that are easy to wear, you’ll love Obakki.
Have a look at the images below and check out Obakki’s site for more info on the line, including their womenswear line, and a complete list of stockists worldwide.
We just got pics of a collection called 8045 that’s really hot. From Reykjavik comes the brainchild of designer Bóas Kristjánsson — 8045. The name 8045 is the numerical representative of the name Bóas, the 8 representing the B, 0 represents the Ó and so on…
Many of the ideas behind the brand are found through his personal experiences of closed selective atmospheres where people celebrate their common individuality and of systems inherently true for all things, yet revealing the Self as the center. 8045 is a manifestation of all the observations made on humanity and life by Kristjánsson. Checkpoints, so to speak, on a journey that is stillness in a moving mulitverse.
In just three shorts years, Croatian-born German menswear designer Damir Doma has made quite a name for himself in the fashion industry. After graduating magna cum laude from fashion school, he had the insight to head to fashion hot spot Antwerp, where he worked first for designer Dirk Schoenberger and then for Raf Simons.
It was his time spent assisting Simons that broadened and shaped Doma’s perception of fashion and the arts. Simons — a pioneer menswear designer who so eloquently mixes high fashion with street wear and did so with the precision of a master artisan — created a new genre of menswear like nothing we’d seen before. His atelier was the perfect place for Doma to not only fall in love with fashion, but to hone his craft.
In 2007, Damir Doma the menswear line was launched, debuting during Paris Fashion Week to critical acclaim. Like his mentor, Doma’s collection occupies a space all its own.
Have you always been interested in fashion?
I grew up with fashion — my mother is a designer herself. When I was a kid, my sister and I spent quite some time in her atelier playing with fabrics and drawing. My first real fashion moment was when I was 13 years old. I bought this amazing Helmut Lang raincoat. I must still have it.
Can you tell me a bit about your design process, from concept to completion?
Basically my concept and my philosophy is ongoing, which means that I never stop creating new material. While I work on one season, I already know what I want to improve and change for next season. The biggest part of my work is the conceptual period and the selection of my materials. This is the base of each collection and that’s why I take all the time I need to build a really strong base. Once this is done the job is actually quite easy and quick.
Our secret PR Santa hooked us up again this week with something pretty hot (that we’d love to keep for ourselves, but…) — one of the new CDG Manga Embossed Wallets. (Retail $240)
The wallets are produced in Japan with 100% cowhide, adorned with gold script, and accented with leather zip pulls.
You can check them out in more detail at CDG’s uber hip store Dover Street Market, where you can also buy one in the off chance you’re not the lucky winner!
For your chance to win, click here.
We saw a piece on filmmaker/documentarian Frederick Wiseman on Charlie Rose last month and he’s been on our mind ever since. As we were looking through the current film listings at MoMA, we noticed Wiseman’s films that have just been acquired by the museum are being shown 3-4 per month over the next year. Score!
For more than four decades, Wiseman has used a lightweight 16mm camera and portable sound equipment to study human behavior in all its contradictory and unpredictable manifestations, particularly in institutional or regimented situations where authority creates an imbalance of power, or where democracy is at work. Like the great novelists of the nineteenth century, Wiseman combines epic narrative with intimate portraiture. His films comprise a grand panorama of American life (and more recently, the cultural life of Paris)—a kind of modern-day comédie humaine that, quite astonishingly, never loses its vitality or its currency.
Read more and get the full list of films being shown. We’re excited for: Model, Basic Training, Highschool, and Juvenile Court. If you’ve never seen Wiseman’s style of documentary, you’ve gotta check these out.
We like the back to the basics look of menswear collection Commonwealth Utilities. Fashion world veterans and designers of the line Anthony Keegan and Richard Christiansen put together a Fall/Winter 2010 collection that’s not only wearable, but whose tailored basics will be in your closet for a few seasons to come.
Check out the runway images below and stop by their site for a complete list of stockists worldwide, including Odin, Isetan, Fred Segal, and Saks, images from past collections, and more info on the designers.
We stopped by a week long presentation in the New York Times Building last week showcasing the work of Belgian designers put on by our friends at Nouveau PR just as things were wrapping up. We wanted to see Stephan Schneider’s Fall/Winter 2010 menswear collection and we’re glad we did.
Our favorites: the jackets, the shirts, and the sweaters. Great craftsmanship, fabrics, cuts, and just the right mix of classic and cool. They’ve not yet shot the Fall/Winter look book, so we’re posting pics from the Spring/Summer line for you below.
Make sure to check out Schneider’s site for more images from his collections. If you’re in New York, stop by Project No 8 and No 8b to see pieces from the collection in person.
Don’t tell anyone, but we think pop-up shops are sorta tired! When one of our favorite designers — Robert Geller — opens one — the Key Shop — in collaboration with a super cool New York store like The Assembly, we think it’s a-okay.
Located at 129 Rivington Street in New York, the Key Shop will carry the full Robert Geller line, limited edition Robert Geller items created specifically for the shop and the debut collection of Assembly New York. An additional assortment of vintage jewelry, artwork and literature will also be offered.
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