Here’s your fact for the day: Raf Simons, never studied fashion. He came from an industrial design background, so if you’ve ever wondered where one of the illest shoe makers in the game draws inspiration from, now you know. These leather ankle sneakers, we just call them high tops, are part of the spring/summer collection 2009 and come in black and white leather. Available here.
Playing cards made to military standards? Yea, these are serious. Slightly grunge, slightly industrial, the design is fresh and we like the new take on an old design.
Get your deck here.
SICK! Minimalist loft in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. Read the story about the loft in the Home and Garden section of the New York Times about the couple who bought the 7,200 square foot loft for $6.9 million in 2006, and have spent another $2.8 million renovating it.
New wall decorating idea from Daniel Pirsc, these 3D porcelain components create a new kind of wallpaper that can give a boring wall a whole new and unique look. So far you have the choice between crosses, droplets and airplanes to work with. Available to order online at prirsc.
Now this is what’s up. Acetate Stefano aviator sunglasses by Marc Jacobs. The frames have a horizontal uneven striped pattern with black, blue and white bands. The frames have a rectangular shape with a Marc Jacobs logo on the arms and feature grey gradient lenses. Available here.
With the success of Nike ID and adidas adicolor, it seems only natural to be able to customize your own Champion hoodie. The Champion Hoodie Remix is an online hoodie design competition with $500 up for grabs after 90 years in the athletic game. Champion explains, “fans and faithfuls of the hoodie are invited to log on and create their own unique design through a user-friendly template that offers a mix of color, pattern and overall style options. With interchangeable hoods, sleeves, pockets and more, consumers are free to customize and create their own design of a Champion classic.” We’re working on ours.
Check it out here.
Producer 88 Keys one of the producer’s of one of my favorite albums of all time, Mos Def’s Black on Both Sides and artist of one of the best non-mainstream-albums of 2008 “Death of Adam”, talks Polo to Men.Style.
According to our friends at NiceKicks, the classic Reebok Court Victory Pump II is now available at Reebok retailers in two colorways, “Blood Orange” and “Veridian Green”. The white with Blood Orange colorway was made famous on the feet of Michael Chang in ‘92. The bring back of this model celebrates the twenty year anniversary of winning the French Open at the age of only 17. In addition to bringing back the shoes that Chang wore back in the glory days of tennis, Reebok is retroing the apparel including T-shirts and tennis polos that you would have seen in action last decade.
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Really liking these Y-3 Hejarklack (sounds Norwegian) high top sneakers. Running all white canvas and grained leather with just a splash of orange on the y-3. A brand new arrival for Spring/Summer 2009. Available here.
It’s another trip down memory lane, this time, straight from 1991. The Air Classic BW in it’s original Persian colorway with leather around the heel and toe, suede on the upper & toe, rubber swoosh, black mesh toebox & neoprene tounge has just been re-released. Available here.
Original artwork from Los Angeles artist Steven Harrington is featured in the third installment of the Curated by Arkitip series from incase. They explain, “Influenced by Time-Life Encyclopedias 1965-1972, thrift stores and the 60s pysch sounds of The Moody Blues, his [Steven Harrington] art might be termed “contextual objectivism”. That is, each piece is created as a tangible object symbiotically defined of a larger context.” The Steven Harrington products are now available here.
This Louis Vuitton Damier Classique tie really outdoes my Burberry tie! The 100% silk matte jacquard tie featuring Louis Vuitton’s signature Damier pattern doesn’t mess around. Available here.
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