Follow the Rules: Dries Van Noten - 2008 Fashion Designers of America Award Winner
Follow the Rules from Details Magazine has presented a candid opportunity for some of the world’s most influential fashion related personalities as they offer ten statements/rules on fashion. With previous features including APC’s Jean Touitou and Paul Smith, the most recent feature covers Belgian designer and winner of the 2008 Fashion Designers of America Award Dries Van Noten. Of the previous personalities, Van Noten’s rules seem the most straight forward and note-worthy. Check the short feature over at Details.
Follow the Rules from Details Magazine has presented a candid opportunity for some of the world’s most influential fashion related personalities as they offer ten statements/rules on fashion. With previous features including APC’s Jean Touitou and Paul Smith, the most recent feature covers Belgian designer and winner of the 2008 Fashion Designers of America Award Dries Van Noten. Of the previous personalities, Van Noten’s rules seem the most straight forward and note-worthy. Check the short feature over at Details.
Contemporary furniture manufacturers Modernica has teamed up with an unlikely source in Japanese brand Neighborhood. Popular amongst the Japanese, the furniture brand and NBHD chose a Re Use theme which highlights the recycling and reuse of furniture among other things. Available through honeyee Store.
COMME des GARCONS recently gave the crew over at the newest Guerrilla Store location in Downtown Los Angeles the green light to design and create some very special LA exclusive items for the shop owners and its staff. Brett Westfall and Tak, the proprietors of the +1213 Guerrilla Store, designed some very unique and tough looking denim vests which feature intricately designed patches that reflect both owners interests in skateboarding and fixed gear bicycles. Also, the front of the vests features patches with the acronyms: V.F.T.I., which stands for Victory For The Independent and D.N.P., which stands for Dirty Ninja Pirates – a way of life. V.F.T.I. signifies the merging of Brett and Tak’s company with the always cutting edge label, COMME des GARCONS. Both companies live by a code of being independent spirits, which is what makes this partnership very exciting. Another interesting tidbit of information is that the clothing on the sales floor rotates, so the store is always kept fresh with new items. Make sure you stop by during its year long occupation in Los Angeles.
Basketball star Gilbert Arenas and his Angeleno roots are brought to light in his second last themed release for his signature model the adidas Gil II Zero. Born and raised in Los Angeles, the colorway is inspired by none other then the LA Lakers. A special tee is also included for sale with this sneaker. Launches March 30th at select retailers US-wide.
With a concert date set for April 10th, Bape has released pictures of products released in conjunction with their musical event, World Wide Bape Heads Show. The same characters revealed in the commercial produced by SiLLY THING can also be seen on the back of each shirt. No information has been revealed about the t-shirts release date or availability.
Through many years of successful sneaker customization, artist SBTG and his Royalefam brand are set to take off with a more dedicated approach to their apparel. The 2008 spring/summer Black Saigon collection is modeled closely to war and the meaning of death, similar to his team up with Phu seen recently. Available now through Royalefam.
After close to a month of exhibiting a series of customized t-shirts, WTAPS founder Tetsu Nishiyama and Neighborhood’s Shinsuke Takizawa will formally open up Hoods Hong Kong on April 1st. As the lone Hoods concept shop outside of Japan, the space will have full selection of both WTAPS and Neighborhood collections. The pre-opening festivities will be marked by a special invite-only event on March 31st. The event will include live music by Jackie and the Cedrics and DJing from Bounty Hunter’s Hikaru and Naoki Sima (Devil’s Pray Thing).
Earlier this month saw a small preview of the Converse collection designed by American designer John Varvatos. A collection of subtlety designed Jack Purcells by one of Americans leading designers has hit select stockists. A few subtle design qualities include side rivets and an elasticized tongue. Available now at hanon shop.
Connect.auction originally debuted in November of 2007 and represented a great coming together of design prowess as many of the world’s top designers had pieces of housewares and furnitures auctioned off. The full lot of items can be seen directly through Connect.auction. The preview will take place on March 28th and conclude the day of the auction on April 5th.
Source: Hirofumi Kiyonaga
Japanese lifestyle brand Resonate has released a new series of products as part of their 2008 spring/summer collection. The small sample seen here includes the Waste tee, the Riders short-sleeved button-up and the Hank hat.
Source: Slam X Hype via Nos
A new shipment of Crooks & Castles fitted caps have hit Caliroots. Marked by some clean colorways, two styles include a cusrive Crooks & Castles design while the other one features a new rendition of the Big Link design from the past. Available now in the Caliroots store.
