I absolutely love leather. Nice, clean, quality made leather shoes, jackets, bags and belts. Leather looks awesome new and even better with years of wear. So, I want this belt.
“An artist before anything else, Amalia Mattaör has chosen the evening bag to express her creativity. With her multicultural Slavonic and Latin origins, Amalia has developed a fine perception of the universe and the trends. By tuning her creativity into her surroundings, Amalia Mattaör anticipates and concretizes the needs of any demanding client.”
Amalia’s works are simply stunning and a true revolution of bag design.
Jewelry designer Joji Kojima out of California.
Abraxas Rex was founded and is designed by artist Paris Kain. The designs are amazing and they have a very unique style. They also merge stones from earth and outer space!
‘Untitled’, the latest campaign from Insight, has just been released! It’s brimming with installations from Garage Artists; short films by artists and team riders; and unique imagery shot by photographer Mike Piscitelli.
Noemi Klein is a jeweller who started her craft in creative East London in 2004. She first started designing and working with metal after being given a cast off piece of machinery by her dentist father, combining her inherited attention to detail and fascination with fancy tools with finding an outlet for her love of fashion, precious materials and unusual imagery.
Pieces from the current collection are exquisitely detailed and multilayered, featuring diverse figural and floral imagery and reworking elements from vintage Jewellery and combining them with an array of precious materials such as silver, gold, coral and semiprecious stones. Noemi Klein Jewellery is entirely handmade by the designer in her East London studio, creating unique but wearable pieces that are often one-offs.
You’ll find a list of stockists on Noemi’s website.
Ayaka Nishi makes some amazing jewelery that are more like pieces of art. I like anything relating to bones… so I love her latest collection.
from her site…
This is a little old but very beautiful.
Turncoats from Matthew Woodward on Vimeo.
I think every creative on the planet can tell you a story about how someone; a start-up business, a big business, a self professed entrepreneur or even a close friend has asked them to work for free or for a beer or for ‘more work in the future’. Take note anyone asking for creative services:
ASSUMING NO VALUE IN A CREATIVES WORK, NO MATTER WHAT FIELD, IS LIKE SPITTING IN THEIR FACE.
Thanks to Gerry Mak from Lost at Eminor for finding this.
Wrangler’s new spring/summer Red Campaign celebrates our primal urges. Powerfully raw and visceral, this latest instalment of the ‘We Are Animals’ brand platform captures men and women in the heart of the moment, saturated in red water or caught in a fury of red dust.
Their new Blue Bell site is definitely worth entertaining also.
My mate Freddy has the official opening of his shop in Subiaco, Western Australia, tonight. Him and I have gotten together and produced a rad line of tees. The Preview Collaboration is what we’re calling it. Its having an unofficial launch at the opening tonight so get down and buy yourself a peice out of the first batch, sure to be a collectors item in the future.
Handsome swimwear is not just your run-of-the-mill swimwear.
Each piece is made by hand, with the finest quality Italian Lycra, printed with high density inks using a placement sublimation process which is tedious to say the least.
Each design is a limited edition. Some are sourced from 000’s of retro images and some designed by their in-house artist often using dozens of images to get the look and feel just right.
Check em…
SUPER, by RETROSUPERFUTURE®, ignited the phenomenon of acetate sunglasses. They are made in multiple color graduations, which has generated a big trend starting in 2007. Super is the 1rst brand to produce a complete range of colorful fashion sunglasses combining these characteristics together with a very high quality manufacturing process. SUPER sunglasses are made to the highest possible standards, hand made in Italy by the best manufacturers and with the best materials. For this reason, SUPER also decided to adopt ZEISS lenses, which guarantee an extremely high level of protection to the eyes in all conditions. Since their introduction, artists, celebrities, sports athletes and trendsetters have been wearing SUPER sunglasses. Kanye West, Daft Punk, Who Made Who, Justice, Pedro Winter (and his “Ed Crew”), Simian Mobile Disco, CSS, St. Vincent, The Kills, Elio Fiorucci, Sienna MIller, Jessica Alba and Valentino Rossi are just a few who have been seen sporting a SUPER.
Chronicles of Never will be SS09/10 will be hitting stores soon…
“Started in 2008, an artisan hub for designer information and fashion resource, Assembly New York is a mens and womens boutique focusing on international and otherwise hard-to-find luxury labels alongside curated vintage and art d’objet. Many of the articles are the result of collaborations with designers and are exclusive to our New York location and website.
In 2009 Assembly introduced the in-house collection, designed by owner Greg Armas. This collection is a unisex and uniform range, combining exclusively natural and historic fabrics in a spirit of a future-primitive instinct; utilizing the organic technology of those survivalists before us. Garments of linen, cashmere, and fine cotton with leather and pure silk details (fur-lined pockets, suede-lined waistbands..) are intended to create comfort and durability, allowing each piece to stand on its own and achieve archival quality. Subtlety is paramount and design details are concealed and personal, available only to the wearer. All garments are handsewn in New York City and are available year round in varying and appropriate fabric selections.”
I was out and about the other day and spotted an unreal necklace that tempted me to don the metal for the first time in a while… then I stumbled across an amazing jeweller, Pamela Love. Whilst checking out her latest lookbook and her stack of colabs I found the piece I went crazy over instore! Check out her work.
“Far away from other catwalks of Copenhagen fashion week, with their “invitation only” shows, Henrik Vibskov took over Søndermarken where he presented his latest collection to anyone who showed up. The award is especially given for the coherence between the collection and the show.
A wide range of colors, materials and styles were displayed. There was clothing that bordered on costume, but without compromising it’s wearability. In every possible way a complete youthful and untamed colection for both men and women. The surprising stage, that only consisted of a tall grassed field surrounded by the tall dark trees of the park, was very appropriate to Vibskov’s collection. In this natural scenery he seated hundreds of beer-drinking spectators and everyone was welcome.
The appetite for a fascinating experience was aroused by the walk to the show location through the lantern lit route of the park. On the way one could see live installations showing ludicrous costumes that Henrik wanted to show – although they weren’t part of this years collection. The smell of incense and dew perfectly suited the content of the show. The music driving the donkeys – and at times the audience – mad, was also suiting. The vibe was more campfire than fashion which was very appropriate. The event was an informal, curious and uplifting moment in Danish fashion when it is at it’s most compelling.” “
