Though I’m overall kinda lukewarm on the first Spring & Summer collection, these tees fit like a dream; featuring a unique marled texture and subtle U neckline, I could swear they were made for me. At only about 10 bucks a pop (on sale), I decided to go with one in charcoal, one in marled grey, and a UU graphic tee in dark grey.
Traded my AW10 cowl neck coat for these after recently noticing I wear grey far too often to not have a pair of grey pants. The distressing and zippers are sick as fuck.
“It’s beautiful how a human being brings a garment to life. The inexplicable mystery and contrast of a man and a woman and how they intrigue. My aim has always been to incorporate authentic feelings in my work. Erik Madigan Heck’s short movie is a beautiful expression of this.”
Simply stunning.
Currently waiting in agony to receive these in a trade for an _7 SS10 cotton double zip fencing and an MA FW09 ribbed cotton tank.
I don’t think that I’ve ever had a truly decent cardigan, and with Autumn just barely starting to peek in here in Texas, I couldn’t have come across this at a better time.
Via You Might Find Yourself: On a trip to Japan in the early 1980s, Jobs asked Sony’s chairman Akio Morita why everyone in the company’s factories wore uniforms. He told Jobs that after the war, no one had any clothes, and companies like Sony had to give their workers something to wear each day. Over the years, the uniforms developed their own signature styles, especially at companies such as Sony, and it became a way of bonding workers to the company. “I decided that I wanted that type of bonding for Apple,” Jobs recalled.
Sony, with its appreciation for style, had gotten the famous designer Issey Miyake to create its uniform. It was a jacket made of rip-stop nylon with sleeves that could unzip to make it a vest. So Jobs called Issey Miyake and asked him to design a vest for Apple, Jobs recalled, “I came back with some samples and told everyone it would great if we would all wear these vests. Oh man, did I get booed off the stage. Everybody hated the idea.”
In the process, however, he became friends with Miyake and would visit him regularly. He also came to like the idea of having a uniform for himself, both because of its daily convenience (the rationale he claimed) and its ability to convey a signature style. “So I asked Issey to make me some of his black turtlenecks that I liked, and he made me like a hundred of them.” Jobs noticed my surprise when he told this story, so he showed them stacked up in the closet. “That’s what I wear,” he said. “I have enough to last for the rest of my life.” (Excerpt from Steve Jobs
I’ve been eying this since last fall, and I’ve finally been able to acquire it–at over $900 below retail!
Via Nike: To exemplify the characteristics of this collection, Jun Takahashi and his running crew, GIRA (GYAKUSOU International Running Association), a small but dedicated group of Tokyo-based runners, gathered in the still thriving center of historic Japanese culture, the city of Kyoto, to capture the beauty and functionality of the Nike x Undercover Gyakusou Holiday 2011 Collection through a short film named “Running Monks,” by art director Tetsuya Nagato and photographer Katsuhide Morimoto.
Fucking dope, when I can finally afford this gear maybe I’ll get into running again.
This necklace from SS11 comes with white ribbon and a black string–each pendant can be tied individually, so there are many ways to wear it. Found this at an amazing price and simply had to have it–coincidentally, this is not only the first Ann Demeulemeester piece I’ve ever bought for myself, but the very first piece of jewelry as well. Fate is a funny concept…
