In today's competitive clothing market, online commerce is a necessity in efforts to branch out and remain relevant. Penfield, famed for their worker's aesthetic has recently launched their own webstore.
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Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons fame is set to launch a new line called "Homme Deux". The line will be revealed at Pitti Imagine Uomo this coming January. Do I sense a cheaper diffusion line in the works? [Selectism]
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Leading menswear store, Odin New York has began the journey most traveled these days and has launched a webstore. Stock is currently severely limited with only Robert Geller and Engineered Garments, but I'm sure over the next couple weeks, a lot more will be added. Welcome to the club Odin!
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Nice relaxed fit for top. I have a feeling we are going to see a lot of pink and gray for the ladies.
The almost, but not quite metallic gray suit in a slim fit.
Refreshing and relaxed. Nice cool colors and elongated proportions. Love the pattern on the pants, hate the sheen on the coat.
The Fashionisto: What is your fashion background?
Tane Andrews, Of Cabbages & Kings: I have a degree fine arts and have studied graphic design and Kira has studied fashion as well. In some way or another we have always been involved in fashion, but it wasn’t really until we started the label that we began to develop our practice. We are continually learning and growing, which I think is the most rewarding part.
TF: Personally, what are your own shopping habits?
TA: Well we are currently living in London so our shopping habits have been a whole lot of looking and very little buying.
TF: What designers do you like?
TA: Alexander McQueen, Vivenne Westwood, Ricardo Tisci, Gareth Pugh, Junn J, Junya Watanabe, Olivier Theyskens, Julia deVille, Aitor Throup
TF: How did OC&K come about?
TA: Kira and I have known each other for over ten years now, and we have always worked collaboratively on artistic projects through out that time, so I think we were destined to work together on something more substantial in the long term. Of Cabbages & Kings was born as a summer project, we started so small and just kept building steam.
TF: How does your partnership work?
TA: We work on every element in equal parts. There are processes that one of us knows better than the other, but nothing is left solely to one person.
TF: What is the production process from idea to finished product?
TA: With everything we do we spend a lot of time researching and collecting imagery, then we illustrate masses of garments and looks, (filling many a visual diary as we go,) then we tear all the drawings out and stick it all on a giant wall and pair back from there. We then refine and select the designs, and finally we pattern make and construct everything.
TF: How do you approach the silhouette of a garment when designing?
TA: We think about extremes, and always try and work with a few different shapes within the same collection. Sometimes a look might start with a silhouette, whilst others the silhouette might follow a certain idea or theme. It is always the silhouette that pushes fashion forward and is always in the back of our minds during the design process.
TF: What inspired this collection?
TA: With this collection, we started with a relatively dark subject and then we worked out how we could explore elegance within the materiality. We also find constant inspiration from the natural world, as well as things from the past, and this was again the case for this collection. We started by looking at the illustrations of German naturalist Ernst Haeckel and the sirens paintings of Herbert Draper, and then just continued to build from there.
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“The fifth incarnation of the ‘Jeremy Loves Ksubi’ Collection was previewed last week during Paris Fashion Week alongside Jeremy Scott’s Spring/Summer 2009 Collection ‘Let Them Eat Gas.’” [Selectism]
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2 Sick Bastards?
We are not you, we’re not just doin’ it, we’re not lovin’ it and we are not the real thing. There’s two of us, we’re too sick and we’re bastards - put simply, we are 2SICKBASTARDS. We create artwork, design T-shirts and generally make money out of other people’s misery.
As many of you will already know, this planet is a sea of shit and we’re wading through it to bring the best of the worst to you. We’re not all negativity and cynicism though - we believe that children are the future (well, they’re hard working and cost less), so free your minds and, if necessary, your bowels and live the nightmare…
I’ve never really liked short sleeved button downs. They just rub me the wrong way. I think it’s the way the majority of guys tend to wear them. It’s more than just throwing on a t-shirt, yet it looks plain sloppy most of the time. I’m talking about the guys who wear cargo shorts, button downs, and flip flops. I just cringed. But that’s besides the point. My mind is not made up and I’m starting to warm to the idea of short sleeved button downs. I like the colorways of Original Sins’ shirts, the collar, and the styling. The rolling of the sleeves is a nice touch. Rolling is such a useful styling tool. Style Tip: If you haven’t already, in winter trying wearing different layers and rolling the sleeves at different lengths.
