Fashion
Fall weather means sock weather and there’s just no excuse for boring socks. So, if your socks need some sprucing, head over to Ashi Dashi, the Japanese-American one-stop-sock-shop, whose design inspirations range from cobs of corn to slabs of meat to cigarette butts… So, what’s up with the funny name?
What do Sunkist, Joy Division, AMEX, marijuana, Camel cigarettes, Johnson & Johnson, and Care Bear have in common? It’s all just the visual fodder of brother powerhouse Eri and Philip Chu’s Fall/Winter ‘09 collection for their label Ground-Zero…
The first signs of Autumn drifting through the air are just intoxicating… that very particular smell, a deceivingly fertile odor of leaves wanting to fall and countless plants on the cusp of metamorphosis: ready to shed their layers (backyard compost!) as we pile the layers on. Oh, layers! Accessories! The other splendid sign of Fall! Where oh where to buy?
I was raised and schooled in India where uniforms were a mandate in most public schools. Despite the imposed conformity, kids always found a way to bend the rules and flaunt a little personality. Boys rolled up their sleeves, wore over-sized swatches, and hiked up their pants to show off their high-tops. Girls obsessed over bangles, bindis and bad hairdos… – Sheena Matheiken
More quirky flights of fancy out of Israel by way of Reddish Design Studio – a hop and a skip south of Tel Aviv in the city of Sitriya. Naama Steinbock and Idan Friedman certainly aren’t afraid of breaking the norm with their work, which is inspired by everything from Yakuza tattoos to embroidery…
OK – please don’t call me predictable, but I’m throwing a little Lo’s List ♥’s Murakami Party – just because: he’s fresh and summery and it’s hot outside! So: first up, the collab’ with “it bag” maître, Louis Vuitton… I’ve never been too into the bags, but love the many other innovations that have come out of the partnership…
I’m left rather speechless about the passing of Michael Jackson this evening. Talented and troubled. His influence in all our lives is easy to spot. Get the Far East Movement T-shirt. And check out the video:
“I looove to collect fascinating objects, to arrange them in different ways and to have them around me. For me these objects have a very personal, intrinsic value and tell a special story.”
The uber-stylish lagomorph known as Fifi Lapin (that’s French for Fifi the Rabbit) knows all there is to know about what’s hot on the international runway circuit. The proof is in the pudding at Fifi’s very own blog and her wardrobe archive on Flickr…
Found these phenomenal 1940’s men’s hunting boots at the online Blackbird shop (which has a sister store, Ballard, in Seattle, WA). No aging required – all scuffed up and authentic from the get-go…
Music producer and My Ninja! founder Peter Hong was kind enough to hook Lika and me up with some super-fun tees during the Map the Soul show at Irving Plaza last week…