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Our award for the best Japanese avant-garde animated dolls goes to...
...Undercover designer Jun Takahashi. (Who else?) GILApple, an animated short featuring Takahashi's homemade dolls, was one of several entries in last week's Shaded View on Fashion Film Festival, overseen by capital-F fashion blogger Diane ...
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Prada's Architectural New Collection
For its latest line of T-shirts, Prada has found a notable way to differentiate itself: enlist the design help of world-class architects like Rem Koolhaas and Herzog & de Meuron. Well, sort of. Koolhaas and co. didn't really design the tees, ...
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What to wear with your blacked-out Rolex, Balmain tees, and Air Yeezys
Good luck finding the clothes in stores now or anytime soon—debut date and even season are still heartily TBD—but Kanye West's first Pastelle lookbook shots have just hit the Web. (They're likely authentic; the man himself has worn some ...
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Basquiat draws a crowd
Creating the new "Jean-Michel Basquiat" line, which hits London's
Dover Street Market tomorrow, was not exactly a simple process. The
Inoue Brothers (whom you may know as the world's leading London-based,
Japanese-Danish design team) started ...
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Lacoste
A few new scotches worth a try (preferably with Advil handy)
The Classic Malts Collection boasts an enviable lineup of single
malts from all over Scotland, so when the company debuted 11 new limited
expressions this week, we took notice. After a lot of sipping—and
a full day of recovery—we've ...
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Uniqlo's 'tech support
Now that the days are turning brisk, your ordinary undershirt won't cut it. Head for—where else?—Uniqlo, further cementing its all-things-for-all-people status with the new Heattech line. Heattech's technical fibers actually help ...
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Jil Sander
This Just In: Vanishing Elephant at Oak
What's in a name? In the case of Australia's Vanishing Elephant, not much. The year-old company's clothes are deceptively, appealingly simple. Until you take a closer look, that is. A waxed cotton anorak has shades of Penfield, except that it ...
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The most fun you can have in Alabama without a 12-gauge
The most attractive aspect of Porsche's new four-door Panamera, which we plugged in our Fall Trend Reports , may well be a feature that debuted in the Carrera last fall: the seven-speed marvel of modern engineering called the PDK. A recent ...
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First Impressions of Albert Hammond Jr.'s new line of suits
It was a long time coming—the news was announced back in August 2008—but the suit line from Albert Hammond, Jr., finally hits the racks at Confederacy today. Ilaria Urbinati, who co-owns the L.A. men's shop and worked with the sometime Stroke on ...
The most fun you can have in Alabama without a 12-gauge
The most attractive aspect of Porsche's new four-door Panamera, which we plugged in our Fall Trend Reports , may well be a feature that debuted in the Carrera last fall: the seven-speed marvel of modern engineering called the PDK transmission. A ...
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A watch that'll give you the moon--plus a couple of beauties that settle for the time
Horology buffs tend to go nuts for grand complications, so you should expect to see plenty of paper bags and Epsom salts at today's Patrizzi & Co. auction in New York. On offer: a Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon, the most complicated Patek ...
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Shades to see the forest for the trees
Sustainable this, organic that—it's all good karma, but it can make for some mediocre merch. Fortunately, that's not the case with the debut sunglasses from Portland-based Shwood. A riff on the durable Wayfarer shape, the frame is crafted ...
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Weekend comes early
Their new album, Contra , won't be out until 2010, but the boat-shoe revivalists of Vampire Weekend are starting the ramp-up early: The first single, "Horchata," is now available for free download from the band's Web site. (You can also listen ...
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Prada's stars and, uh, hearts forever
Miuccia Prada may indulge the occasional "What is gender, anyway?" high jinks—say, the odd men's bikini or halter-style sweater —but her label's new initiative is all male and all business (or mostly business): made-to-measure ...
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The Cabourn identity
The British designer Nigel Cabourn has been on the scene since the seventies, but in recent years, his meticulously detailed, more-English-than-the-English goods have been easier to find in Japan—where he's got an avid following and a ...
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A Speyside season's greeting
The leaves are turning, the days are getting shorter, there's an invigorating zip in the air: No question about it, it's fall—or, as we prefer to call it around these parts, whisky season. Here to kick it off in style is the newest ...
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Let's go to the video!
The back room of Seize sur Vingt's new Soho shop looks a lot like a Hollywood casting office: HD camcorder setup, bright lights, a big mirror. SSV hasn't expanded into TV production—it's the latest way to get a better fit on their bespoke ...
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xx hits the spot
I've always believed that creativity tends to flourish within limits (three chords and the truth, etc., etc.). With that in mind, a recommendation: Download the debut album from a London-based group called the xx. Sure, you could argue whether ...
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A trad hatter makes his New York debut
If we're living in an age of hats—and a glance around New
York's bars and clubs suggests that, yeah, we are—seems now's a
pretty good time to get one that actually fits. To the rescue comes
Optimo Hats, one of Chicago's premier ...
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To dye for
With his Spring 2010 collection, which we previewed yesterday, Billy Reid is feeling an intriguing Gulf Coast nautical vibe (call it shrimper chic, if you insist). You'll have to wait till next year to get a look at those pieces. Meantime, there's ...
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Your new recession strategy: Shop the closet of some other guy
There's never been a better time to be hitting the vintage market (and not just because so many formerly rich dudes are unloading their wardrobes to raise cash). Several noted women's dealers are now expanding their men's selections or offering ...
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Gant's birthday, your presents
Trawling the archives for inspiration is a common tactic for design teams these days, but Gant has got a richer history than most. The company marks its sixtieth birthday this year, and is celebrating with 6 limited-edition shirts inspired by ...
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Jil at home, +J in the world
Jil Sander is the latest brand to let you shop in your underwear: Starting tomorrow, e-commerce comes to jilsander.com . The new site will be powered by Yoox (incidentally, as good a platform as any we've come across) and will ship menswear ...
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Covering the coverage: The Crosby Street Hotel
Break out the Platinum Card: The much-trumpeted, much-anticipated Crosby Street Hotel—the first U.S. property for London's Firmdale Hotels—opens October 1. ( Hotel Chatter clues us in that the opening was pushed back from today, thanks ...
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This Just In: Margaret Howell at South Willard
Surrey-born, London-based designer Margaret Howell has several stores
in Europe (the latest opened in Paris this year), 66(!) in Japan, and
exactly zero in the United States. But as of this week, you can pick up
her wares on U.S. soil, thanks to ...
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Ed Hardy
Where Filson meets a French 75
PDT proprietor Jim Meehan—recently voted best bartender in America at New Orleans' Tales of the Cocktail mixologists' convention—spends a lot of time traveling the world for bartending tutorials, competitions, and other high-test ...
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London, rain or shine
Christopher Raeburn's natty outerwear is nothing if not ready for the elements. His pop-out parka has a shell made from recycled military parachutes and a reversible, button-out interior jacket (top) that's faced with British wool and Cold War-era ...
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La fete le Fooding
"We know that New York is the best city in the world," says Alexandre Cammas, founder of the Parisian dining-guide-cum-advocacy-group Le Fooding. For good eating—and a good party—we've got no argument. NYC's dining scene boasts ...
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What makes a pair of A.P.C. jeans different from a pair of A.P.C. x Supreme jeans?
This embroidered invective (inset). And for those keeping score, they're the New Standard cut.
$170, available October 1 at A.P.C. stores and Supreme stores; for locations, visit apc.fr and supremenewyork.com
[via High Snobiety ]
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"Rosebud."
One guy's last word—my first. The air around here is starting to get chilly, and when a colleague asked what was the first thing I'd be buying for fall (well, aside from the Dries suit I picked up last month), I told him it was a no-brainer: ...
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200 reasons to see Sam Haskins' retrospective
Take it from noted photography critic Tommy Hilfiger: "Sam has a
refreshing sense of fun in his photography, and manages to capture the
balance of a woman's inner and outer beauty." Both types of beauty are
on view in Fashion Etcetera, his ...
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Tommy Hilfiger
And meanwhile, on Savile Row...
Much of the action in London yesterday was at MANday , where the city's most forward-thinking exhibited their Spring collections. But the august suit makers of Savile Row were showing their wares, too. Over at The Q , Michael Williams calls out the ...
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A town about MAN
It's only the second time that London fashion week has devoted a full day to menswear, but already it feels less like a kid brother to the womenswear and more like a studly date. British menswear has hit critical mass, kicked into gear by a ...
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My Saturday with the Second Amendment
When Barbour invites you to test out their gear in its natural environment on the grounds of Orvis Sandanona, America's oldest permitted shooting club, you cancel your weekend brunch plans and go. At least that was my thinking. How could I resist ...
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A prodigal son returns to the family fold
There's no escaping his famous name—his uncle is Ralph Lauren and his father is Jerry Lauren, the longtime menswear designer for the family empire—but Greg Lauren picked the art world over the family biz. That doesn't mean he can't ...
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Odin, open
As we reported last month , it's been a busy season for the guys at Odin: a new collection of colognes, a collaborative line with Duckie Brown, and a little retail-space musical chairs. The new West Village shop is now open in Oliver Spencer's old ...
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Finally, one-stop shopping for your yacht and your watch
Astonishingly, we're not making our usual trip to Monaco this year.
But luckily that doesn't forestall us—or, for that matter,
you—from bidding at Patrizzi & Co.'s Only Watch auction, which
will be held at the principality's yacht ...
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Where Richard, Olafur, Murakami, and Marc meet
In the spirit of full disclosure (and getting it out of the way): Yes, Rizzoli's mammoth new Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion and Architecture has a lot of handbags in it. Keep reading anyway. The encyclopedia (it's alphabetized) of the brand's ...
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Prince
Horns aplenty
We're not sure when he finds time to do it—what with a men's line, a women's line, a fur line, and two diffusion lines—but somehow Rick Owens also designs furniture. And as a new London gallery show of his interior work makes clear, ...
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A new set of earbuds wants to stay in touch
So maybe Sony Ericsson's new MH907 headset doesn't, as promised, change the way we listen to music forever. What the earbuds actually do, though, is impressive and intuitive enough: Put them in your ears, and your music starts playing; take them ...
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TOMS, fit to be tied
It's been a while since we last checked in with the guys at TOMS, and as it happens, a lot has changed since we did. A bold new design statement has taken over the line's standard shape for fall, one so shocking we can hardly print it. It's… ...
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From Unis to your house
Good news from the understated menswear front: At long last, if you can't make it to Unis, Unis will now make it to you. Designer Eunice Lee (who, in addition to creating and selling her line, found time to star as one of our 2009 Women of Fashion ...
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One More Thing...
Spotted after our "In the Closet" shoot at the Smile yesterday: rations for Rogan Gregory's birthday party, hosted by the café that night. Guess those forties he served at his store opening weren't just for show.
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Your consolation for the comedown
Fashion week's over (you can head over to our coverage for the complete details), and, to be honest, we're a little sad to see it go. As a fond farewell, here's one last show we didn't review: Soiree, Agent Provocateur's new line of "couture" ...
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A Soiree worth attending
Fashion week's over (you can head over to our coverage for the complete details), and, to be honest, we're a little sad to see it go. As a fond farewell, here's one last show we didn't review: Soiree, Agent Provocateur's new line of "couture" ...
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Probably the best footwear line out of Vietnam you'll see today
We liked what we saw of the new Thorocraft footwear line that's been making the blog rounds this morning, so we called over to designer Alex James to hear some more about his fledgling line. His designs put new twists on standard shapes: a ...
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This Just In: Moore & Giles at Blackbird
The wand'ring spirit's taken hold of designers of late—from the hoofing impulse we clocked in our Fall Trend Reports to Steven Alan's recent get-outta-Dodge (and, admittedly, into a pretty nice country estate) video for his Spring 2010 ...
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Datebook: 9.18.09
Five things worth knowing today
- And just as soon as one ends, another begins. Say hello to London Fashion Week ,
starting today.
- Meanwhile, back in the U.S., the 52nd annual Monterey Jazz
Festival kicks off in California, bringing ...
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One More Thing...
Looked at one way, you might call Ron Fashion Week's unlikeliest attendee.
[via The
Frisky ]
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Behind the scenes that are behind the scene
R. Kelly might've been talking about fashion week when he called out what was really important: "After the show, it's the after-party." And this fashion week, many of the best after-parties were at the Standard hotel. That's partly thanks to the ...
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