WE'VE GOT MJOLK! - FALL 08 PREVIEW
David Bowie, Pete Doherty, The Scissor Sisters, Silverchair and The Knife are all fans of Mjolk’s unflinching design pragmatism. Created in 2003 by menswear designer and Denmark Designskole (DKDS) graduate Lars Stoten together with St Martins graduate John Clarke, Mjolk takes a fresh approach to menswear. Focusing on clean aesthetics that are derived from classic men’s tailoring and fused together with color and beautiful fabrics, Mjolk has a sweet ironic continuity, a reconciliation of opposites. Mjolk’s ready-to-wear collections draw a fine line between classical elegance and art school avant-garde, of tailored workshop traditions and unorthodox experimentation. Creative director Lars Stoten is composed, focused and has a calm maturity about his craft: “ I am not caught up in the prettiness of a trend, trends usually grow obsolete before they come to fruition,” he says. Mjolk's collections are motivated by design fundamentals like construction & draping and marked by subtle, original details. “I am obsessed by the practical concerns- cut, fit, fabrication and engineering.” The collection is sold at Loveless Tokyo, Wood Wood Copenhagen, Bblessing New York,
American Rag LA and Sportivo Madrid.
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Back in the day, when the Catskills were the ultimate summer vacation, Grossinger's was the crown jewel of the Catskills. A top-notch resort featuring tennis, swimming, golf, five star entertainers, Grossingers was the home of the original Pink Elephant lounge, and Spencer Tunick's dad would take pics of nightbirds at the bar, and put them in teeny tiny souvenir viewfinders... That's all over now, but Grossinger's is now the subject of a NO MAS tee. 
The Insider is a recurring profile of emerging tastemakers in the fields of fashion, design, food, travel and the arts. Here Jay Massacret, the fashion editor of 
Long overshadowed by denim and sportswear, tailored clothing became the hot market in men’s wear last year, outpacing the largest apparel segments. Dollar volume sales for tailored clothing, which includes suits, suit separates and sport coats, jumped 7 percent in 2007 to $5 billion, according to new data from The NPD Group. The segment narrowly edged out tops, which posted a 6 percent gain last year to $22.1 billion. Suit separates fueled the demand, posting an impressive 35 percent gain year-over year. “Once again the ability to create a personalized fit experience by being able to buy the right size jacket and pant have made suit separates the way to shop for tailored clothing,” noted Marshal Cohen, NPD’s lead analyst. “Between the dressing-up trend and the ability to buy suits ‘off the rack’ -- no alterations necessary -- this huge growth category has gotten even bigger among the younger crowd, who are now reaching for style as a great image maker.” Read the full report 
We know goth styling is on the rise but we've got confirmation from the streets of Japan. We've spotted all black looks and goth influences in some great street pics, taken at Bunka Fashion College in Japan from a blog called The Vagabond Looks. 
We’ve been seeing a lot of Black Magic influences on the streets, so we love 
What do Google exec Marissa Mayer, 
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There's no room for color, or even the smallest percentage of body fat in the minimalist chic collection 
We caught up with Pan. editor at the transcultural style bible Trace last week and got to talking. As a staffer at Trace for several years, Pan is definitely on top of what's hot now and has shared some of his favorite things with us:
Creative Recreation has definitely been leading the market with its interpretations on classic footwear silhouettes and unusual colorways and fabrics. Many people have difficulties understanding what category Creative Recreation footwear falls into. That has been the best compliment to the founders. “We don’t want to be put into any category, we’re a lifestyle company that makes footwear!
Fashion editors came out in full force to view fall 08 collections at the BPMW showroom last week. 
Julie from City
Bozhena from GQ
Karen from MTV
Michelle from Nylon
Seth & Brent from Out
Poe from Freshness
Loden Dager, Cator & Justin Giunta
Tony & Kaity from Antenna 
Aidan & Randy from Urban Daddy & GetKempt
Tim from Coolhunting
Fay from Sportswear
Tim from Sportswear
Christine from Trace 
Josh from men.style.com
Eugene from Details and Meg from Lucky
Kelly and Treats from Complex
Everyone is just getting back from SXSW so we thought we'd report on one of Austin's best menswear stores. "Having a smaller space helps us edit," says James Newman of the 850-square-foot boutique he runs with partner Kirk Haines in the South Congress neighborhood of Austin. And accomplished editors they are, each season offering a mix of casual basics (Gant button-downs, Levi's 511 skinny jeans, khakis by Save) and unique pieces unavailable elsewhere in Austin (by Hartford, Unis, and Tylho) that could easily function as a complete easy-to-wear weekend wardrobe. Formerly located in the mailroom of a vacated 1950s post office branch, in June
Just arrived at 
A special offer to members of 
José Parlá is back in Europe. Galleria Il Trifoglio Nero in Genova will open on March 29th with the show Memory Documents. "I call my works 'Memory Documents' because they become fragments of places I've been through. I am not only using paint to create my paintings, but I am also collecting bits of paper from walls, old newspapers, chunks of materials from the street or subway stations to reuse as collage onto my own surfaces and rework them until the colours of mould, rust and deterioration are right for the composition. The process may take weeks or months." - José Parlá. If you can make it to Genova for the opening reception, make sure to also check the aftershow party as Bobbito Garcia will be DJing. (
