With a resume that boasts stints at Vivienne Westwood, Nudie and Fillippa K, Rickard Lindqvist is poised to become one of Sweden’s hottest young designers. Originally trained as a classic tailor. Lindqvist’s roots are still obvious in his current collection where traditional, high quality garments take a surprising avant garde turn. The line is only available in a handful of stores in Scandinavia and Japan, so for now, we will enjoy watching the video of his fall/winter 08 runway show. Watch it here. More photos after the jump.
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The Shipley & Halmos label has already racked up its first accolade after less than a year in business. The National Arts Club will bestow designers Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos with its inaugural Young Designer Award on May 20. The organization hopes to make the champagne affair an annual one, recognizing and celebrating the freshness of fashion. "We chose them not only because they design for women, but also for men, and at the club we're really interested in getting men interested in fashion," said Chrishaunda Lee, chair of the fashion committee. To toast the occasion, DJ Cassidy is working with the designers to generate an original soundtrack for the evening.
The talk of the upcoming all black Italian Vogue issue is picking up speed. We've been hearing about everyone from Ashanti to Jourdan Dunn to Takara (that larger than life contestant from America's Next Top Model) shooting with Steven Meisel for the issue, which aims to bring awareness to color discrimination in fashion.(JC Report)
Howard Socol, the chief executive of Barneys New York, who restored the company’s stature after it fell into bankruptcy in the 1990s, has told colleagues he intends to resign, according to people knowledgeable about the situation.The people, speaking on the condition of anonymity because Mr. Socol was still completing his plans, said he might announce his resignation as early as next week. They said that Mr. Socol had disagreed sharply with the new owners of the chain over its strategy, especially plans to expand the Barneys name overseas. (nyt) 
The fall/holiday collection for 3:33 draws inspiration from a unique source – “some guy” that roams around pro-skater and designer Andrew Reynold’s neighborhood. Reynolds notes with an almost tender fascination that the middle-aged Hispanic man “has big silver rings on every finger” and continually sports a de facto goatee, “black jeans, black leather cowboy boots, black western style button down shirt (un-tucked), and black leather jacket with fringe hanging from it” despite the L.A sun. Reynold’s imagines his muse with “a sawed off shot gun under his jacket” and a perpetual “pissed off” expression. Given this description as a starting point, we’re looking at the shoe collection in a whole new light.-- KB 
For our third day of retail roundup, we spoke with Louis & Jeff of Oak, the coolest new store on Bond Streetin NoHo. Oak sells some of the hottest labels around for both men and women, and they have a great selection of shoes and accessories, as well. 
NexCen Brands Inc., which buys and manages global brands, said Monday it has entered into a licensing agreement with Peerless Clothing to launch a men's tailored clothing collection under the Bill Blass name. The company said the new collection is being designed by Michael Bastian, the creative director for Bill Blass Menswear. (
Rogan opened a new shop on the Bowery today, in the site of the old Bouwerie Lane Theater at 330 Bowery. 
The second in a series called What’s Selling Now, we caught up with Michael Mente, the owner of revolveclothing.com, one of the most comprehensive sites on the web for directional clothing for men and women. 
East Village Boys has a really fun and in-depth interview with Tim Hamilton. There are also some awesome pictures of Tim through the years that you shouldn’t miss (Miami 1991, helloooo!!!!) “ We first fell for New York-based designer Tim Hamilton at his presentation last February during New York fashion week. We’ve been trying to pin him down since then, and somewhere in between visiting his factories in Japan and Italy, moving his home, selling-out his first UNIQLO collection, and getting nominated for a CFDA award for the second time in his two-year career, he squeezed us in. Personally, I think he’s destined to dress every East Village boy from here to Tokyo.” Read the rest and see the pics here. 
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Designer, entrepreneur, restauranteur, King of All Hipsters, Taavo Somer is the subject of a feature story in NY Magazine this week. Learn all about what makes Taavo cool, what makes his restaurant/store Freeman's and new bar Rusty Knot so cool, and what makes everything he touches super cool. He's pretty cool. But seriously, he does spark major trends. He calls himself a "method designer"-- when he's working on a design project, he has to live the aesthetic he's working in. Right now, nautical is the look. Read it all here. ]]>
Established in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1891 by brothers Moses and Ceasar Cone, Cone Denim has been a leading supplier of fabric to top denim apparel brands for over 100 years. Today, Cone Denim is the only manufacturer of selvedge denim on this side of the hemisphere and almost certainly the only supplier of selvedge denim woven on the American looms in the world with roots reaching back to the original riveted five-pocket. The White Oak Collection is manufactured by the historically famous White Oak Plant™ which has been continuously producing denim since 1905. 