Cool Hunting
| 03 December 2008view entries from: this week | this month | view previous day | view next day |
Latest Crop on the CH Gift Guide
by Tim Yu
Everyday we add new products to the Gift Guide. Here's a sampling of the latest. Clockwise...
Jack Threads Online Streetwear Shopping Community
by CH Contributor
by Lynne Johnson
Jack Threads is an invite-only online shopping community offering brand names in the surf, skate, and street cultures—offered daily for at least fifty percent off. And there's only one fresh pick per day.
The site's founder, Jason Ross, puts the inspiration behind the site this way, "I'm a consumer who was always in streetwear and men's contemporary fashion, however I wasn't the customer who needed to have what was 'hot' right now." I didn't mind waiting for a few months to get the product at a better price, and sacrifice the freshness of the piece. The problem was that I could never find the products on sale."
Jack Threads partners with brands, like 3sixteen, The Hundreds, Dunderdon, WeSC Denim, Beautiful/Decay, and more, that want to reach the 18-35 market directly so the companies are willing to offer the discounted member-only pricing. As a member, you also get $10 for inviting friends to shop. But they actually have to shop for you to earn deeper discounts when you're shopping.
"We also created Jack Threads as a more valuable and more discreet way for exclusive brands in the street/contemporary space to move through their previous season product. When selling discounted merchandise you run the risk of sacrificing the image of your brand, and the brands we partner with have spent a lot of time building their brands and their image. We've positioned JackThreads as a more valuable way to move previous season merchandise while also protecting the integrity of the brands we work with," says Ross.
The online store will be open seven days a week throughout the holiday season, with more offerings and more quantities of each offering. As an exclusive to our readers, go to this special page to sign up now for free!
Howard Tangye
by Lost At E Minor
Clothing designer, artist and teacher Howard Tangye gives us an unusual look at models, likely to inspire allusions to Schiele. The etched lines draw out a specific moment in time and the eyes seem to be sharing a conversation, listening to someone go on. You can almost predict what they are about to say, responding to you with compassion, yet keeping their guard up at the same time. His work is a combination of judgment, humanity and fabulous-ness, darling.
He also puts these images on t-shirts, I am off to purchase one tomorrow. Where you ask? Central St. Martins College of Art and Design where he inspires and works with such designers as Richard Nicoll.
bARBARA í gONGINI
by CH Contributor
by Ezra Natalia
Fascinated by graphic forms and primitive silhouettes, Danish fashion designer bARBARA í gONGINI delivers a collection of black wedding dresses and conceptual knits based on the old traditions of her native Faro Islands. A spiritual and political person, Barbara uses eco-friendly jersey and believes fashion can be a strong instrument in changing the world's view on the environment and sustainable products. Her aim is not at quick growth or high volume sales, but instead to ensure that a high level of innovation and quality can be achieved over a duration of time.
Barbara finds inspiration in many things, besides her everyday surroundings. Audio and visual mediums are important to her, but it's the minimalism and functionalism of Nordic and Japanese design that she finds most influential on her methods of thinking. She divides her collection into two extreme points that come together making a coherent point of view. I-rEguLar is the creative side, where Barbara plays around with various themes, bringing together art and design. REguLar is a more basic version of I-rEguLar, but still a very personal expression on form.
Barbara's ambition for creating things never stops, and she hopes to expand her collection to include shoes, bags and jewelry in the future. Her goal is to be among the pioneering leaders within womenswear internationally and we think she'll have no problem achieving that.
