Cool Hunting

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Shari Sakahara is an LA based graphic designer who won one of our Camonanos last month. As a thank you she sent us one of the hoodies that she makes and sells. How we missed this before, I don't know, but I'm glad to see it now. Why advertise your alma matter or home town on your hoodie when you can hype your favorite...

Squidfire Hoodie
Just over a year old, the Baltimore-based line Squidfire now boasts a whole range of goods hand-printed on manual presses with their original designs. In addition to Vans (actually hand-painted), messenger bags and a line for kids, they've recently introduced hoodies, like this "Workout" sweatshirt (pictured left, $45) that features overlapping images of a smiling 70's-era muscleman in red, blue and black on grey....

Yack Fou Tees
Perhaps a play on the French Connection's "fcuk" line, Yack Fou is a playful Berlin label making tees and hoodies imprinted with their deceptive-looking name. Printed on 100% cotton, they're definitely eye-catching. Some of the designs even stand on their own without the gimmicky name, like the lego design (pictured), which also happens to look a lot like the album art on Beck's latest...

Kidrobot Apparel
We got a chance to preview the new Kidrobot apparel line last week at their New York offices. The line launches September 28th featuring unique collaborations with famous pop artists and graffiti writers, including TILT and Frank Kozik and draws inspiration from many of Kidrobot’s most popular characters including DUNNY and Smokin’ Rabbit. The line will include colorful track jackets, hoodies, knits, tees and...

One True Saxon
We headed down to top British casualwear show To Be Confirmed last weekend, and every day this week, we're picking out our favourite finds. While a lot of labels here turn to foreign cultures for inspiration, One True Saxon is proud to look at the mundane in everyday British life for ideas, unashamedly plastering huge pictures of a caravan all over its exhibit. It's...

Call of the Wild
Every day this week we're writing about the things that really caught our eye at the top British casualwear show To Be Confirmed last weekend. London-based Kai and Sunny are the designers responsible for Call Of The Wild, a label that's quickly done well through both word-of-mouth and blogosphere recommendations. I caught up with Kai at TBC, and he talked me through their thinking...