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Brandon Scott: West Coast Cool Meets Japanese Elegance

February 15th, 2010 1 Comment

Photo Courtesy of B:Scott “If you haven’t really struggled in life, you haven’t really lived. If you do not give up everything to do this, you will not make it in this industry.” -Brandon Scott Though he may be the grandson of a Bauhaus educated architect, LA designer Brandon Scott is making a name for […]

Tags: Fashion

Les Queue de Sardines Presents Tights With A Visual Twist

February 3rd, 2010 No Comments

Photo Courtesy of Les Queue de Sardines Fetishists, consider yourselves officially on watch: hosiery just got even hotter (and a little quirkier, too). Les Queues de Sardines, a registered trademark of French clothier, m + o studio, adds panache to your closet with a line of punchy, unconventional stockings. Equal parts elegant and amusing, these […]

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Dream Big, Do Big: Jules Kim Is Poised to Take Over

January 13th, 2010 3 Comments

Photo Credit – Alessandro Simonetti To call Jules Kim and her brand Bijules “edgy” would be doing her a disservice—and it might insult her, too. A difficult-to-pinpoint mixture of unsettling, unexpected, and all-out modern swank, Jules’ unique jewelry pieces are as resistant to pigeonholing as the woman who dreams them up. Perhaps partly due to […]

Tags: Fashion · New York · RetroTalk

Pump 20: Reebok Pumps it Up for Sneakerheads

December 21st, 2009 1 Comment

Reebok’s Pump20 is an exciting new project for the iconic sneaker’s 20th birthday

Tags: Culture · Fashion

Recession Special: HUF & The Brooklyn Circus SF Black Friday Madness

November 25th, 2009 No Comments

Two of our favorite SF boutiques, HUF and The Brooklyn Circus SF, are having Black Friday sales it’d be criminal to miss. Both shops have been hard at work crafting new looks for 2010, and it shows in their respective lines. Go check out the fine new threads for yourself, and while you’re there, score […]

Tags: Fashion · San Francisco

London’s Monocle Magazine Meets J.Crew
worlds collide/decide they like it/throw swank party

November 23rd, 2009 1 Comment

Tyler Brule, Jenna Lyons, Frank Muytjens – image courtsey of Monocle Magazine Monocle Magazine, purveyor of all things cool, held a holiday party on November 17th at the J. Crew Men’s Shop in SoHo. It might seem surprising that a lifestyle magazine from London would hold a party in NYC, but for the listeners of […]

Tags: Event · Fashion · New York