It was as simple as “one day I just decided to try to make a hat” for Still Life’s creative director Frenel Morris. From it’s humble beginnings, Still Life’s comprehensive range is a true extension of Frenel Morris and Jesse Nicely. When you browse through Still Life’s array of hats, you may feel an intriguing relationship between the name of the hat and it’s given name. Many of the hats are influenced by New York City, friends, family, music, money, desire and love and having said that the names bestowed upon each hat reflect that. The handcrafted hats are manufactured in New York and created with versatility and functionality in mind. Given the chance, check out the Still Life boutique on 77th Orchard Street for their latest Fall 2007 Collection.
As the launch of the Neighborhood website nears, a bit of information about the contents of the website has been revealed. The layout will feature your customary information such as dealer lists, news and contacts however it appears as though a web store is also in the works. Perhaps this will enable the heavily sought after brand to reach out to a legion of worldwide buyers who are without NBHD access. The website currently has a countdown to the launch with only a few hours remaining.
Originating in San Francisco, the skate shop/brand, FTC, has been around for a while and even has a Japanese retail store. Their recently released products has an overwhelming fixed bike flavor to their graphic t-shirts, a past time that is quickly growing in both Japan and San Fran. Each shirt is available in two colors, green or purple for the Big FTC shirt, and white or heather grey for the 5C shirt. Also available is the Caddies Cargo shorts which includes a Ninjatooth lining in the pockets. Available now at
In a continuation of the Secret Base x Kinetics x Batman collaboration, a new Foil Logo shirt has been released at Chapter World. Unlike the previous Shadow t-shirt which utilized an older logo style Bat symbol, this Foil Logo shirt features perhaps among the most recognizable of all logos with the Bat surrounded by the oval. The shirt is available in black/shiny blue, violet/shiny gold and white/hologram. These t-shirts are the beginnings to the 2008 Batman movie. Available now at Chapter World and priced at 5,775 Yen (approximately $50 USD).
As a prelude to their first full Holiday collection, New York City’s LOLA are set to release an early Fall line in late August. The current clothing reflects the changing of the Summer season into Fall. The line features sun-faded colors, soft, worn prints, and their first polo shirts. The collection also includes baby hoodies. The collection will be available exclusively through lolanewyork.com for the next week, after which it will be released at select boutiques worldwide.
