A Conversation with Miguel Gala of U.S. Alteration
Menswear is heavily influenced by past generations and iterations, in which certain brands look at an archetypal piece or iconic style genre and reappropriate it according to the said brand’s ethos. The result sees immaculate remakes to timeless crea...
Russ Karablin of SSUR: Beyond the GUTTERS
For Russ Karablin, SSUR was always a vehicle for art – an easily communicable canvas for his provocative and often subversive visual messages. Not that an audience was always there — despite the current success of COMME des FUCKDOWN, for...
A Conversation with Matt Fontana of SUPRA
Matt Fontana of SUPRA stressed the intimacy between the brand’s design and the skate culture that continues to inspires it when he sat down with Hypebeast in late January. In particular, he gives insight into the relation between a smaller inde...
EA Sports & Monster Headphones: A Meeting of Giants
Sports gaming giant EA has teamed up with headphone juggernauts Monster to build the perfect gaming headphones. Complete with microphone, the highly flexible MVP Carbon surround sound headphones were designed to comfortably withstand hours of listeni...
Casely-Hayford 2013 Spring/Summer Collection
Since the creation of their eponymous label in 2009, father and son duo of Joe and Charlie Casely-Hayford have taken the illustrious world of fine British tailoring to uncharted heights. Their offbeat approach to Western heritage blended with vintage...
HYPETRAK TV: Big Boi – Truth Be Told
HYPETRAK TV had the privilege and opportunity to speak with none other than Big Boi coinciding with the release of his solo effort Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors. Speaking about various topics – including the sonic discovery he made on his t...
Tourne de Transmission: An Interview with Graeme Gaughan
We explore the energy behind London-based fashion label Tourne de Transmission in a chat with its creator. Literally translated to mean “rotating transmission,” the brand’s signature aesthetic combines words with images to update th...
Our Legacy and Très Bien Shop Discuss Their New WELCOME Line
While last week we brought you the lookbook for WELCOME, the new collection and brand from Très Bien and Our Legacy, we now are able to offer deeper insights via an interview by David Hellqvist of PORT Magazine with the designers. Throughout the inte...
Bodega for Converse First String Pro Leather
One of the most iconic footwear silhouettes of all time, Converse’s Pro Leather has seen a resurgency this year with collaborative releases from Footpatrol, Stussy, Patta and CLOT as each has provided its own unique take on the classic. Now, Co...
Ocean-ography: An Interview with Frank Ocean
While last year Frank Ocean earned a spot amongst GQ Magazine’s “Men of the Year” as their “Rookie of The Year,” his return to the list once again in 2012 comes as no surprise. The release of his sophomore album, channel...
HYPETRAK TV: YADi – “Guillotine” & “Jericho” (Live)
Performing live at London’s Fish Factory Studios, HYPETRAK TV was privileged to catch singer YADi belt-out both “Guillotine” and “Jericho” – backed by a number of Algerian musicians armed with instruments like the...
