Fashion
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Fashion Forget Horizontal Stripes: Gulf Oil T-Shirts Are the New Summer Hotness
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 3:46 PM
Well here's a novel way to help get oil from BP's Deepwater Horizon rig out of the Gulf of Mexico: wear it. I Helped Clean Up the Gulf prints t-shirts with ink that includes trace amounts of oil from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico (they also sell oil in a pendant, which seems even more dramatic). All items are $20, $5 of which goes to either the Tri-State Bird, National Wildlife Federation, or National Audubon Society. The amusingly specific oil-printed tees read "I Helped Clean Up the Gulf," and then in the fine print: "Oil amounts are nominal and meant to be symbolic." Really, they should say, "I Didn't Help Clean Up the Gulf, and All I Got Was this Smelly T-Shirt." (TreeHugger)
Fashion Only Poor People Appreciate Logos
Posted by Henry Stewart on Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- Let everyone know how poor you are
Friday, July 16, 2010
Fashion Leading Designers Create Custom Fixed Gear Bikes for Charity
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:34 PM
The environmentalist non-profit ACT Responsible asked 12 leading designers to customize 12 fixed gear bikes, which will be auctioned off at an as yet undetermined date, although if the Damien Hirst x Lance Armstrong bike is anything to go by, they will be basically unaffordable. However, they sure are pretty! Bikes by Antik Batik founder Gabriella Cortese (left) and Kenzo founder Kenzo Takada (right) are pictured above, and other participating designers include Jean-Claude Jitrois of Jitrois and Agatha Ruiz de la Prada. Check 'em all out here. Surely tenants with bike valet will be the best buyers for the fashionable fixies. (TreeHugger)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Fashion L TV: The Girl with Soccer Balls on Her Feet
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Do you have the temerity to wear Commes des Garcon soccer ball shoes on your feet? DO YOU? Designer Eri does. Watch.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Art / Fashion Jenny Holzer Designs Keds for the Whitney
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 1:06 PM
Every time you buy a pair of Jenny Holzer's new limited edition Keds sneakers (available in high- and low-top from $70-$75), the majority of the proceeds from the sale goes to help fund the Whitney Museum of American Art's summer exhibition program. (Which, as long as we don't have to start calling it the "Keds Whitney," is okay, I guess.) Each pair is emblazoned with her trademark sharp, sans-serif font spelling the sentence "Protect Me from What I Want," which is ironic because what I want is a pair of Jenny Holzer Keds. But how will they protect me from themselves? I need them to go with my matching Jenny Holzer t-shirt. (Artnet)
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Fashion L TV: Kim Does It Old-School
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:07 PM
We interviewed Kim about her one-of-a-kind style and wrote it down (and took pictures) here. But, BUT, we also totally filmed it... Woman's a natural:
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Fashion Our Neighbor(hoodies) is Under Attack by the New York Times!
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:37 PM
- Sigh.
Well, guess who's pissed off about that? In another brilliant bit of community outreach, the New York Times is suing for rights to the logo, and sent a bullying cease and desist letter. But as Neighborhoodies co-owner Elissa Shevinsky told the Brooklyn Paper:
We’re tired of being bullied so we’re not going to take this shirt down. [The Times] doesn’t sell the shirt and they’ve never shown interest in the logo.
To which we say, "right on." And Ms. Shevinsky, should you need any extra muscle to repel Times thugs, please let us know. We like to be extra muscle.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Fashion / News Watch America's New National Moustache Champion Discuss His 'Stache Technique
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:35 PM
On June 5, funnily-facial-haired folks descended upon Bend, Oregon, for the first ever Beard Team USA National Beard and Moustache Championships, which bestowed $1,000 prizes upon gentlemen competing in the mustache, partial beard, full beard, contestants’ raffle and freestyle categories. Larry McClure of San Francisco took the mustache competition with his white, wide-screen whiskers, which have gotten him stuck in a few tight spots, as he explains in this inspirational interview. (dlisted)
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Fashion How to Get Your Significant Other Interested in the World Cup
Posted by Derek Keogh on Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:07 AM
- Vanity, Avarice, Cupidity, Caprice and Frivolity go shopping on the high street.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Fashion Young Designer Su Beyazit Lives the Life (and We Have Video Evidence)
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 2:21 PM
We featured designer Su Beyazit in our You Should Dress Like... series last week... Well, we also had videographer Emmanuel Cruz at the photo shoot to record an interview. Enjoy!
Interviewed by Crystal Gwyn.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Art / Fashion TrustoCorp Makes Debt Memorial in Most Mall-Like Section of Soho
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Thu, May 27, 2010 at 1:02 PM
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Food & Drink / Fashion The Ultimate in Locavore Fashion: Rice-Growing Bra from Japan (SFW)
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM
Monday, May 10, 2010
Food & Drink / Fashion Hot New Trend: Food Beards
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:21 PM
So many delicious food puns on the second great new food-themed Tumblr I've discovered today, Food Beard, where foodie facial hair is Photoshopped onto famous people and characters: eg. Darth Tater, Fleetwood Mac 'N Cheese, Liz Lemon, Monty Pie-Thon, Straw-Berry Manilow and the Breakfast Club (above). May I make a request: Tiger Frozen Foods? (TheDailyWhat)
Friday, May 7, 2010
Art / Fashion Expensive Artist for Expensive Fashion House: Anish Kapoor Designs Shiny Ring for Bulgari
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Fri, May 7, 2010 at 3:41 PM
Though the cost of said ring—whose name, B.zero1 (pictured), seems more appropriate for a West Chelsea supperclub, or one of those giant stainless steel, energy-saving fridges, or a pair of really fancy snowboard pants, or... you get the point—hasn't been released yet, it's presumably a little more than your average OBEY hoodie or $60 Aurel Schmidt for Opening Ceremony shirt. But honestly, I don't see how anyone could spend more than $5 on something that, no matter how shiny, sounds like a new Gatorade flavor. (ArtInfo)
Fashion / News Cautionary Charticle Illustrates Slippery Slope from Hipster to Hippie
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Fri, May 7, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Fashion Fashion Slideshow: In Which Dali Meets Norma Desmond
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Fri, May 7, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Here is your weekly pictorial stroll through the sartorial personality of a fashionable, young New Yorker. I honestly don't think I could pull off the boots, but that's just me.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Art / Fashion Hottest Young Label Teams Up With Hottest Young Artist: Aurel Schmidt for Opening Ceremony
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Thu, May 6, 2010 at 9:37 AM
The young art star was apparently also commissioned to design the window display for the fashion house's new shop at the Ace Hotel, which should help it blend in with its very gritty wholesale district surroundings. The white Ts will run you $60 a piece—or $900 if you want to spell out "Opening Ceremony" in full for some reason (since there's no B or S, this may be my only logical option)—all of which is peanuts compared to the Takashi Murakami Louis Vuitton purses. (ArtInfo)
Friday, April 30, 2010
Music / Fashion Who Wouldn't Wear Skee-Lo's Classic Track "I Wish" in T-Shirt Form?
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 11:19 AM
I wish the folks at Threadless would approve designer C D S's latest idea for a shirt already: a charticle version of the chorus from Skee-Lo's classic track "I Wish" (embedded after the jump, for good times). For those of you watching from someplace where you can't blast vintage nerd-hop (you wish), that's: "I wish I was little bit taller/I wish I was a baller/I wish I had a girl/who looked good/I would call her/I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat/and a '64 Impala."
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Fashion Area Youth Likes Skinny Ties and Early Jazz Fashion
Posted by Jonny Diamond on Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:33 AM
So go forth, and dress like Gordon.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Food & Drink / Fashion / Media Eat Off These Specially Designed Blogger Pants and Don't Miss a Beat
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 3:19 PM
Yesterday, while trying to eat lunch and blog at the same time, I spilled couscous on myself. Not, like, accidentally showered myself in pounds of the stuff, but definitely lost a couple of fork-fulls in my lap. And tiny couscous grains are so hard to pick up! If only I'd been wearing Spanish design lab Mitemite's Lazy Sunday Pants (pictured), a €50 pair of sweatpants modified with some Velcro and classic checkered picnic tablecloth fabric to create the perfect impromptu eating surface for someone eating on the go and/or extremely lazy. Clearly this is the only reasonable solution to my couscous-spilling problem. (DesignYouTrust)
