CLAW MONEY ON REVOLVE
Get this awesome jacket and a bunch of other cooll stuff by NYC legendary graffiti artist CLAW Money on RevolveClothing now.
April 12, 2008
April 10, 2008
RETAIL: OPENING CEREMONY'S MINI MALL
As if Opening Ceremony's LA store wasnt awesome enough, the folks behind the concept shop are opening a mini mall, on the second level of the store. The new retail concept, which debuts tomorrow, will feature shop-in shops by Acne, Exquisite Costume, Mayle, No de Guerre, and Shiesser. We hear that Band of Outsiders and BOY are coming soon.
BPMW PARTY
Dont miss the party at the BPMW showroom in LA tomorrow nite. We will be presenting the photographs of LA native son Casino Nelson and an art installation by Ishii and the boys from Endovanera.
RETAIL: ACRIMONY, SAN FRANCISCO
Acrimony is San Francisco’s newest and most directional boutique, and its web site unabashedly proclaims, ” We are the means to evolving your style.” Owner and buyer Jenny Chung created the shop as a venue where art, fashion and music work together to create a new type of experience. The store offers men’s and women’s apparel and accessories from emerging and hard-to-find designers. Chung has scoured the world for an eclectic mix of emerging labels. 515 Gough Street, San Francisco, CA 415.861.1025
April 09, 2008
RETAIL: FLIGHT CLUB NY REOPENS
Flight Club Greene Street, the original location of rare vintage and collectible sneaker shop, Flight Club, has reopened. The store, which originally opened 3 years ago created a new model for the global sneaker collector scene by providing a store and online platform for sneaker heads worldwide to buy and sell rare and hard to find new and used sneakers from a wide range of brands. Sneakers are accepted on consignment at the 4 locations. Once sold, the seller receives 80% of the sale price. Now Flight Club has four brick and mortar stores (2 in NY, 1 in LA and one in Japan) to compliment its world-famous online shop.
Drop by the newly renovated shop!
RUNWAY: JAPAN FASHION WEEK, HEATH
We’re really feeling the sporty street looks of Japanese menswear label HEATH, which was presented during Japan Fashion Week a few weeks ago. The theme of the was "shadow” and the collection drew on the darkness and fear of the shadows of London, where designer Gentaro Noda lived as a child. A aplette of black, white gray and silver drove the shadowy feeling home. Sleek suits, shiny puffer jackets, and ski pants were key items. More pics after the jump.
April 08, 2008
POSH BRITISH FLAIR VS 60S AMERICAN PREP
Men’s wear is in the midst of a British-American crossover, and nowhere is the transatlantic trend more evident than in the contrasting assortment of fall furnishings. Dramatic dress shirts featuring British cutaway collars and large checks in bold colors are becoming fashionable at the hands of designers such as Tom Ford, as are wide statement ties in equally strong patterns. And unlike the ubiquitous skinny tie, Ford’s wide neckwear is knotted in the style of Prince Michael of Kent—known throughout England for wearing the largest tie knot. But elsewhere, designers like Thom Browne are leading the way in laid-back American sensibility, injecting the dress shirt with a casual-chic, slightly preppy demeanor. Browne’s fitted oxford-cloth shirts in soft plaids and checks, for example, are worn with a narrow suit and the skinny tie but are meant to be thrown in the washing machine for an effect that is not so precious. The small, rounded buttondown collar lends Ivy appeal. “There’s a definite split in the trend in dress shirts,” said Tommy Fazio, men’s fashion director at Bergdorf Goodman Men. “There’s a man who really wants precision—almost bespoke—with a large crisp collar, and french cuffs, and stronger pattern, and then there’s this new proportion of a dress shirt in the prepster arena that’s more casual, not so modernist.” Just which style a man chooses depends on the message he wants to send: dashing British gent or classic American sophisticate. Read the full story here. (DNR)
April 07, 2008
UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK
Just flipping through my record collection for some style inspiration… Amazing how the Americana-mined look of some of the classic rock bands is relevant once again… We've got some old and some new after the jump.
The Doors
Neil Young
Buffalo Springfield
The Decemberists
Yeasayer
Vampire Weekend
CHINLE DRIFTER BAG by PENDLETON
RETAIL: VARVATOS OPENS IN OLD CBGBS
John Varvatos opened his new boutique at 315 Bowery this weekend — the former address of New York's CBGB. According to Varvatos, who took MTV News on a tour of his latest store, the club's original walls — punched-in holes, cracked paint and all — went untouched, as did the antiquated ventilation system that runs throughout the space. It remains, along with the graffiti and band stickers, some of them hanging by a strand of glue. The staircase leading to what once were the club's restrooms, which have now been converted into storage space, is still covered in marker and stickers. Read the full story here. More pics after the jump (MTV)
OUR PREPPY OLYMPIANS
Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. announced that it will be the official outfitter for the U.S. team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Polo, which signed a contract with the U.S. Olympic Committee last week, replaces the Canadian apparel company Roots Ltd., which outfitted the U.S. team for the past three Olympic Games and was to continue through 2008. But the two parted ways in January after Roots presented the USOC with designs the committee deemed too informal. The preppy styles Polo is making for the athletes to wear in the Opening and Closing ceremonies and in the Olympic Village will mark a departure from sporty outfits that the American team has worn in recent years, such as retro ski jackets inspired by vintage Ducati motorcycle ads that were worn in Turin, Italy, in 2006. Norman Bellingham, chief operating officer of the USOC and a former Olympic kayaker, says that he wanted the athletes to be attired in a "classic and more formal manner." At a meeting at Polo's headquarters on Madison Avenue in New York, Mr. Bellingham told Mr. Lauren that his inspiration was "Chariots of Fire," the 1981 movie about British athletes competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Upon hearing that, Mr. Lauren smiled, Mr. Bellingham recalls. "He knew precisely what we were going for." "We have to put America on a world stage that looks refined and appropriate," says David Lauren. At the Olympic Village and at the Closing Ceremonies, athletes' wardrobes will include V-neck tennis sweaters and ties, classic Polo mesh shirts with "Beijing" written in big Chinese characters across the front and cargo pants -- all in a patriotic palette of red, white and blue. The Olympic logo featured on the new uniforms may include a replica of a crest with stars and stripes used by the 1932 U.S. Olympic team at the Los Angeles Games. Polo ponies of varying sizes will also make an appearance on the garments. (WSJ)
April 06, 2008
AT LAST! MONOGRAMOUFLAGE
Here's a new word for y'all-- Monogramouflage. That's what the new design created by Murakami, Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton is called. The design made its debut last week at the Brooklyn Museum, which is hosting an exhibition of the artist's work and a controversial pop up shop selling Louis Vuitton products. Of course, you can buy monogramouflage there.
