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An Interview with Mihara Yasuhiro
(09 March 2007) - For the past seven years Japanese designer Mihara Yasuhiro has been collaborating with Puma on a line of wildly inventive sneakers that has become known—with features like patterns, drips, fur, studs, stripes and metallics—for adding a true avant-garde edge to shoes. The current Spring/Summer 2007 collection marks Mihara's fifth collection with Puma that includes limited edition re-issues of the MY-1 Peace, featuring a variation...
(09 March 2007) - For the past seven years Japanese designer Mihara Yasuhiro has been collaborating with Puma on a line of wildly inventive sneakers that has become known—with features like patterns, drips, fur, studs, stripes and metallics—for adding a true avant-garde edge to shoes. The current Spring/Summer 2007 collection marks Mihara's fifth collection with Puma that includes limited edition re-issues of the MY-1 Peace, featuring a variation...
Reader Find: Clown Chic Jewelry
(06 March 2007) - Cast from bird feet, these Clown Chic pendants showed up in CH's new Reader Finds section and as a tip from Berns Rothschild, the designer of the line, at about the same time. Much like cute-and-sinister combos, Rothschild's gold-plated pieces (also available as belts) mixes high-end materials with gross-out subject matter. Starting at $135 for the more delicate partridge foot necklace (the chicken is...
(06 March 2007) - Cast from bird feet, these Clown Chic pendants showed up in CH's new Reader Finds section and as a tip from Berns Rothschild, the designer of the line, at about the same time. Much like cute-and-sinister combos, Rothschild's gold-plated pieces (also available as belts) mixes high-end materials with gross-out subject matter. Starting at $135 for the more delicate partridge foot necklace (the chicken is...
Yaacov Agam Kinetic Op-Art Watches for Movado
(06 March 2007) - A Kinetic and Op-Art pioneer, Yaacov Agam created this 1980s limited edition watch series for the Movado Time Museum Collection. The only other artist to produce a watch for Movado was Andy Warhol with his "Times/5." Featuring anthracite colored steel straps, a mystery dial of multi-colored glass discs rotating circles/semi-circles overlaying dotted hands for time, it sold at auction in 2000 for $10,925. See...
(06 March 2007) - A Kinetic and Op-Art pioneer, Yaacov Agam created this 1980s limited edition watch series for the Movado Time Museum Collection. The only other artist to produce a watch for Movado was Andy Warhol with his "Times/5." Featuring anthracite colored steel straps, a mystery dial of multi-colored glass discs rotating circles/semi-circles overlaying dotted hands for time, it sold at auction in 2000 for $10,925. See...
Unearthen Crystal and Bullet Jewelry
(02 March 2007) - Just as designer Gia Bahm takes her time harmonizing the history and opposing forces that define her new line, Unearthen, so should you consider the distinct powers and potential in each of her crystal creations.The design of Unearthen necklaces centers around a stark and potent union between the bullet and the crystal. A bullet casing binds either a single crystal or a collection of...
(02 March 2007) - Just as designer Gia Bahm takes her time harmonizing the history and opposing forces that define her new line, Unearthen, so should you consider the distinct powers and potential in each of her crystal creations.The design of Unearthen necklaces centers around a stark and potent union between the bullet and the crystal. A bullet casing binds either a single crystal or a collection of...
Bell & Ross BR01 Grand Complication
(02 March 2007) - Only shown as a big question mark on the Bell & Ross homepage with a countdown for its Basel World unveiling, the new BR01 Grand Complication features a Tourbillon and what appears to be a "Thrust" indicator? I can maybe assume this watch measures G-Forces. (See the previously featured G-Force watch here). Makes sense, the BR01 Instrument series are designed to look like aeronautical...
(02 March 2007) - Only shown as a big question mark on the Bell & Ross homepage with a countdown for its Basel World unveiling, the new BR01 Grand Complication features a Tourbillon and what appears to be a "Thrust" indicator? I can maybe assume this watch measures G-Forces. (See the previously featured G-Force watch here). Makes sense, the BR01 Instrument series are designed to look like aeronautical...
Arthur Hash Jewelry
(01 March 2007) - With witty simplicity Arthur Hash’s painted metal brooches of silhouetted forms are just the right minimal accessories for any stylish lapel. The pretty forms of the white grenade and pastel pink chainsaw have contradictory cute-meets-sinister appeal. But it's his series of people striking poses make the best collectors items. A sophisticated form of old-school playground pins, you can swap them with your friends—girls and...
(01 March 2007) - With witty simplicity Arthur Hash’s painted metal brooches of silhouetted forms are just the right minimal accessories for any stylish lapel. The pretty forms of the white grenade and pastel pink chainsaw have contradictory cute-meets-sinister appeal. But it's his series of people striking poses make the best collectors items. A sophisticated form of old-school playground pins, you can swap them with your friends—girls and...
SmartWool
(28 February 2007) - SmartWool has grown from a couple of guys in New England hawking ski socks to a full line of some of the best base layers on the market, their breadwinner being their industry-leading socks. A wide variety of socks are all engineered specifically for activities like walking, hiking, cycling, wearing high heels, skiing or snowboarding. Other items like the Synergy Jacket is perfect as...
(28 February 2007) - SmartWool has grown from a couple of guys in New England hawking ski socks to a full line of some of the best base layers on the market, their breadwinner being their industry-leading socks. A wide variety of socks are all engineered specifically for activities like walking, hiking, cycling, wearing high heels, skiing or snowboarding. Other items like the Synergy Jacket is perfect as...
Paula Ferber Shoes
(27 February 2007) - Looking deceptively innocent among the other fashions at Surface To Air's new São Paulo boutique, the Brazilian designer Paula Ferber's flats appear to be a girlish shoe with just the right amount of au courant glam metallics. Looking more closely, they are in fact De Sade-worthy scenes of orgies, hand-cuffs and other sex toys. For more images of the subversive shoes, go here. ...
(27 February 2007) - Looking deceptively innocent among the other fashions at Surface To Air's new São Paulo boutique, the Brazilian designer Paula Ferber's flats appear to be a girlish shoe with just the right amount of au courant glam metallics. Looking more closely, they are in fact De Sade-worthy scenes of orgies, hand-cuffs and other sex toys. For more images of the subversive shoes, go here. ...
New Zenith El Primero Chronographs
(27 February 2007) - Black is the new black with the all-black titanium limited edition (100 models) Zenith Defy Xtreme Open Stealth Chronograph (pictured left). An El Primero (a famously advanced automatic movement developed in 1969), it features the latest caliber 4021SX automatic movement from their brand-defining engines. Appearing to have high speed fan blades for chronograph registers, the Stealth version ends up more dangerous-looking than the original...
(27 February 2007) - Black is the new black with the all-black titanium limited edition (100 models) Zenith Defy Xtreme Open Stealth Chronograph (pictured left). An El Primero (a famously advanced automatic movement developed in 1969), it features the latest caliber 4021SX automatic movement from their brand-defining engines. Appearing to have high speed fan blades for chronograph registers, the Stealth version ends up more dangerous-looking than the original...
Omegamania Preview #2: Grima Ring Watch
(26 February 2007) - Ursula Andress (pictured), the original Bond girl, was the former owner of this jeweled Omega ring-watch by Andrew Grima that is up for auction at Omegamania taking place 14-15 April 2007. The force behind the 1969 "About Time" series for Omega, Grima was also a designer of only one-of-a-kind watches including the radically futuristic (for its time) solid gold LEDs originally featured here. This...
(26 February 2007) - Ursula Andress (pictured), the original Bond girl, was the former owner of this jeweled Omega ring-watch by Andrew Grima that is up for auction at Omegamania taking place 14-15 April 2007. The force behind the 1969 "About Time" series for Omega, Grima was also a designer of only one-of-a-kind watches including the radically futuristic (for its time) solid gold LEDs originally featured here. This...
Oestudio Sneakers
(23 February 2007) - Over the course of São Paulo's recent fashion week the name Oestudio kept showing up on t-shirt tags, runways and at Surface To Air's new store. The boutique carries Oestudio's hi- and lo-tops that all balance a youthful look with stylish detailing and a distinctly Brazilian flair. Well thought out design, like thin round laces and nearly double the amount of eyelets on most...
(23 February 2007) - Over the course of São Paulo's recent fashion week the name Oestudio kept showing up on t-shirt tags, runways and at Surface To Air's new store. The boutique carries Oestudio's hi- and lo-tops that all balance a youthful look with stylish detailing and a distinctly Brazilian flair. Well thought out design, like thin round laces and nearly double the amount of eyelets on most...
Omegamania Preview #1: 1970 Seamasters "Darth & Anakin"
(20 February 2007) - In the first of my many previews of the upcoming Omegamania thematic auction by Antiquorum, here are two nicknamed the "Darth Vader" and "Anakin Skywalker," both enormous Seamaster Chronographs produced in 1970 and '71 respectively. With cases so large (51mm), the movements are "suspended" inside between two o-rings allowing maximum shock protection. Part of the "durable metal" collection, the Anakin bezel is bombarded with...
(20 February 2007) - In the first of my many previews of the upcoming Omegamania thematic auction by Antiquorum, here are two nicknamed the "Darth Vader" and "Anakin Skywalker," both enormous Seamaster Chronographs produced in 1970 and '71 respectively. With cases so large (51mm), the movements are "suspended" inside between two o-rings allowing maximum shock protection. Part of the "durable metal" collection, the Anakin bezel is bombarded with...
Kronotype MDQS-2 Chronograph
(19 February 2007) - Kronotype, an independent watch brand, features some extreme looking chronographs. Most interesting to me is the MDQS-2 (V1) with long banked sides that sink into the deeply recessed dial, reminding me of the deadly arena of "Rollerball," the 1975 film that envisions a future where a violent futuristic roller-derby sport replaces war. Gotta love James Caan in the seventies. The hour indexes of white...
(19 February 2007) - Kronotype, an independent watch brand, features some extreme looking chronographs. Most interesting to me is the MDQS-2 (V1) with long banked sides that sink into the deeply recessed dial, reminding me of the deadly arena of "Rollerball," the 1975 film that envisions a future where a violent futuristic roller-derby sport replaces war. Gotta love James Caan in the seventies. The hour indexes of white...
Duct Tape Wallet Kit
(16 February 2007) - It doesn't get anymore DIY than a duct tape wallet. But simple as they may seem, there's a right way and a wrong way. MyDuctbills Duct Tape Wallet Kits comes with step-by-step instructions written by the pros behind dbclay, the Portland-based company that makes quality duct and (more recently) gaffers tape wallets. For $20, you get a booklet and all the materials you'll need,...
(16 February 2007) - It doesn't get anymore DIY than a duct tape wallet. But simple as they may seem, there's a right way and a wrong way. MyDuctbills Duct Tape Wallet Kits comes with step-by-step instructions written by the pros behind dbclay, the Portland-based company that makes quality duct and (more recently) gaffers tape wallets. For $20, you get a booklet and all the materials you'll need,...
Max Büsser & Friends HM1
(14 February 2007) - The new company Max Büsser & Friends is really more of a commune for wayward horological geniuses. The first watch from the brand, the HM1 or more specifically, Horological Machine #1 was conceptualized by Büsser, designed by Eric Giroud, a former architect and built by movement engineers Laurent Besse and Peter Speake-Marin. The known and unknown talent will be assembled and rotated from machine...
(14 February 2007) - The new company Max Büsser & Friends is really more of a commune for wayward horological geniuses. The first watch from the brand, the HM1 or more specifically, Horological Machine #1 was conceptualized by Büsser, designed by Eric Giroud, a former architect and built by movement engineers Laurent Besse and Peter Speake-Marin. The known and unknown talent will be assembled and rotated from machine...
Odd Bird Domino Pendants
(14 February 2007) - Printed and then hand-colored onto dominoes, each of these one-of-a-kind pendants features an image on one side—from a sweetly ironic diamond ring to the subtle visual pun of the four-leaf clover (pictured above left, click for detail). The other side reveals a heart-shaped finding for those who prefer to wear their heart somewhere other than on their sleeve—our one concession to today's holiday. Made...
(14 February 2007) - Printed and then hand-colored onto dominoes, each of these one-of-a-kind pendants features an image on one side—from a sweetly ironic diamond ring to the subtle visual pun of the four-leaf clover (pictured above left, click for detail). The other side reveals a heart-shaped finding for those who prefer to wear their heart somewhere other than on their sleeve—our one concession to today's holiday. Made...
Retainer Necklace
(12 February 2007) - I never had a retainer when I was a teen and always wanted one. I was jealous of my friends, who used to spend the day flipping them in their mouths. It looked like so much fun. I used to pretend that I had a retainer by shoving fruit roll to the roof of my mouth. One friend recently told me that she used...
(12 February 2007) - I never had a retainer when I was a teen and always wanted one. I was jealous of my friends, who used to spend the day flipping them in their mouths. It looked like so much fun. I used to pretend that I had a retainer by shoving fruit roll to the roof of my mouth. One friend recently told me that she used...
Official Tourist Hoodies
(09 February 2007) - SF Bay Area-based beat-maker and designer Official Tourist's hoodies are a reversible take on the disembodied hoods seen on Jeremy Scott and Herchcovitch runways lately. They come in a variety of pattern pairs—from a more sombre Burberry-esque plaid and stripes to one called "Slow Jams" that features a colorful Navajo-inspired print with polka-dots—and all add instant crazy style to boring outfits. "You'll never get...
(09 February 2007) - SF Bay Area-based beat-maker and designer Official Tourist's hoodies are a reversible take on the disembodied hoods seen on Jeremy Scott and Herchcovitch runways lately. They come in a variety of pattern pairs—from a more sombre Burberry-esque plaid and stripes to one called "Slow Jams" that features a colorful Navajo-inspired print with polka-dots—and all add instant crazy style to boring outfits. "You'll never get...
Loiste II
(05 February 2007) - "The idea was to make something simple and a bit brutal, but beautiful…like life in Finland.”—Stepan Sarpaneva (QP magazine interview). Originally inspired by a Harley Davidson kickstart pinion, Sarpaneva's Loiste II made from Stavax ESR steel is actually a cog itself. The first variation was built as a pocket watch, followed by the Loiste and now the Loiste II. Customizing functions like the foreboding...
(05 February 2007) - "The idea was to make something simple and a bit brutal, but beautiful…like life in Finland.”—Stepan Sarpaneva (QP magazine interview). Originally inspired by a Harley Davidson kickstart pinion, Sarpaneva's Loiste II made from Stavax ESR steel is actually a cog itself. The first variation was built as a pocket watch, followed by the Loiste and now the Loiste II. Customizing functions like the foreboding...
Anuschka Hoevener
(30 January 2007) - Thanks to the connection to Berlin that Project No. 8 co-owner Elizabeth Beer has (she's a partner at Arratia, Beer gallery there), the shop has a selection of some of the best Berlin lines. In addition to Schiesser, Kwik Shop and Bless, they carry Anuschka Hoevener, a designer who often incorporates sculptural volume into her work, though not in the usual puffed sleeve kind...
(30 January 2007) - Thanks to the connection to Berlin that Project No. 8 co-owner Elizabeth Beer has (she's a partner at Arratia, Beer gallery there), the shop has a selection of some of the best Berlin lines. In addition to Schiesser, Kwik Shop and Bless, they carry Anuschka Hoevener, a designer who often incorporates sculptural volume into her work, though not in the usual puffed sleeve kind...
Bullhead Chronographs
(30 January 2007) - Bullhead Chronographs feature the crown and pushers on top of the case instead of the side. Due to the rarity of this configuration more liberties are taken in regards to the overall design. Many dials are angled up for a drivers style and feature unusual dials. They are some of the most original and coolest watches made in the sixties and seventies. The 1970...
(30 January 2007) - Bullhead Chronographs feature the crown and pushers on top of the case instead of the side. Due to the rarity of this configuration more liberties are taken in regards to the overall design. Many dials are angled up for a drivers style and feature unusual dials. They are some of the most original and coolest watches made in the sixties and seventies. The 1970...
Melanie Bilenker
(30 January 2007) - Made using strands of her own hair, Melanie Bilenker creates brooches, pendants and rings featuring delicately-rendered everyday scenes. A graduate of Philadelphia's University of the Arts, Bilenker's work is inspired by the Victorian tradition of keeping lockets of hair or miniature portraits painted with ground hair and pigment to commemorate the memory of a lost love. Her use of physical remnants evokes an intimate connection...
(30 January 2007) - Made using strands of her own hair, Melanie Bilenker creates brooches, pendants and rings featuring delicately-rendered everyday scenes. A graduate of Philadelphia's University of the Arts, Bilenker's work is inspired by the Victorian tradition of keeping lockets of hair or miniature portraits painted with ground hair and pigment to commemorate the memory of a lost love. Her use of physical remnants evokes an intimate connection...
Sole Searching
(29 January 2007) - With Louboutin's candy-apple red soles becoming as ubiquitous as Paris Hilton sightings, and Pierre Hardy's coutourtorous designs as wearable as a Jeff Koons sculpture, you know it's time for a new crop of shoes. Lesser-known labels that still pack a distinctive punch are a rare breed, but these six inspiring collections more than fit the bill. Among them are notables Miroike, Scorah Pattullo and...
(29 January 2007) - With Louboutin's candy-apple red soles becoming as ubiquitous as Paris Hilton sightings, and Pierre Hardy's coutourtorous designs as wearable as a Jeff Koons sculpture, you know it's time for a new crop of shoes. Lesser-known labels that still pack a distinctive punch are a rare breed, but these six inspiring collections more than fit the bill. Among them are notables Miroike, Scorah Pattullo and...
U+ Studio Collection: Rolly Desk Accessories
(25 January 2007) - Matt Carr's new Rolly line of desk accessories from the U+ Studio Collection for Umbra features 1950s-inspired forms with roll-top covers in Walnut, adding a classic old school touch to any sleek desk. The line includes storage boxes (large and small), a paper/file box, and a highly original matching "bookworm" bookmark (a few furniture items are also available). The Rolly line is available from...
(25 January 2007) - Matt Carr's new Rolly line of desk accessories from the U+ Studio Collection for Umbra features 1950s-inspired forms with roll-top covers in Walnut, adding a classic old school touch to any sleek desk. The line includes storage boxes (large and small), a paper/file box, and a highly original matching "bookworm" bookmark (a few furniture items are also available). The Rolly line is available from...
Rolex and Jaeger LeCoultre Ring Watches
(24 January 2007) - I wonder if it were socially acceptable to wear a watch on every appendage, would I? Well, I'd likely start with one of these vintage 1950s ring watches by LeCoultre and Rolex. Very rare, the platinum and diamond set LeCoultre "Duo-Plan" (pictured right) has an impossibly small dial and movement. It's top-hinged for winding and setting of the watch. Also hard to find, the...
(24 January 2007) - I wonder if it were socially acceptable to wear a watch on every appendage, would I? Well, I'd likely start with one of these vintage 1950s ring watches by LeCoultre and Rolex. Very rare, the platinum and diamond set LeCoultre "Duo-Plan" (pictured right) has an impossibly small dial and movement. It's top-hinged for winding and setting of the watch. Also hard to find, the...
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