Cool Hunting
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Designer Imposters
by Ami Kealoha
The latest from New York label Yoko Devereaux's Blue Boy Etiquette line uses meta-design to critique the Targetization of our lives. Subversive styles include "Wall Art" (pictured here), a black on white splattered H&Mass Market, and a repeating blue Kmart logo with beige paint drips that comment on the ways designers like Isaac Mizrahi, Todd Oldham, and Karl Lagerfeld's designs for mainstream stores blurs the lines between high fashion and mega-consumerism. The collection is a co-creation with Amsterdam-based artist Bobby Collins, continuing Yoko Devereaux's tradition of collaboration.
The Breakin' Collection on DVD
by Evan Orensten
MGM has finally released Breakin', Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo and Beat Street as a boxed set. This treo of classic films from 1984 document early hip hop's beginnings through its music and dance. They may seem a bit dated, and life was certainly simpler without the wars, the bling and the money, but these films have their time and place in our cultural and musical history. Look closely and you'll see Jean-Claude van Damme workin' it in a bikini at the beach in Breakin', and appearances by Melle Mel, Doug E Fresh, Kool Moe Dee, the Rocksteady Crew, Jazzy Jeff, and Arthur Baker in Beat Street. The set is available from Amazon (next week).
Polo Skull Slip-ons
by Josh Rubin
I've been a long-standing fan of the skull as graphic, symbol and stylized object. Now that it's chic, artisans like Wings & Horns and mainstreamers like Vans have made skull-adorned products more available. I've found great skull t-shirts and a skull ring, and from Polo-- pants, a belt and a bathing suit that have a simple embroidered skull pattern-- the same pattern as you see above on their new slip-ons (via Hypebeast). Unfortunately they seem to be available in Japan only. Any of you seen them anywhere else?
Past skull posts: INDVSL, The Hundreds, Driftwood Skulls, RIV
