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Ryan McGinley for Levi's x Opening Ceremony Cords
(09 February 2010) - When Levi's wanted to shoot their first collaboration with downtown retailer Opening Ceremony—a unisex collection of muted corduroy tops and bottoms—they opted for a familiar lensman in Ryan McGinley, who did campaigns for both companies in the past. While officially part of their Spring collection, McGinley chose decidedly autumnal scenes peppered with falling leaves (as well as models). Inspired by trips to the upstate...
(09 February 2010) - When Levi's wanted to shoot their first collaboration with downtown retailer Opening Ceremony—a unisex collection of muted corduroy tops and bottoms—they opted for a familiar lensman in Ryan McGinley, who did campaigns for both companies in the past. While officially part of their Spring collection, McGinley chose decidedly autumnal scenes peppered with falling leaves (as well as models). Inspired by trips to the upstate...
Acne Fall 2010
(08 February 2010) - by Richard Prime No other brand could really close Stockholm's fashion week than the city's own home-grown independent super-brand Acne. With recent glimpses of its forthcoming venture into the world of furniture tantalizingly close in Paris, it was time to see what the brand has in store clothing-wise for the chilly months ahead. Acne based the collection around an aviation theme, citing Amelia Earhart as...
(08 February 2010) - by Richard Prime No other brand could really close Stockholm's fashion week than the city's own home-grown independent super-brand Acne. With recent glimpses of its forthcoming venture into the world of furniture tantalizingly close in Paris, it was time to see what the brand has in store clothing-wise for the chilly months ahead. Acne based the collection around an aviation theme, citing Amelia Earhart as...
Stockholm Fashion Week: Beckmans XV, Odeur and Whyred
(05 February 2010) - by Richard Prime Day two of Stockholm's Fashion Week brought an enticing mix of old and new together. Drawing an inquisitive crowd, the Beckmans XV show represented fifteen students from the second-year fashion program at Beckmans College of Design. Similar to how their third-year counterparts collaborated with colleagues in advertising and graphic design courses, Beckmans XV did likewise but chose to showcase their debut collections...
(05 February 2010) - by Richard Prime Day two of Stockholm's Fashion Week brought an enticing mix of old and new together. Drawing an inquisitive crowd, the Beckmans XV show represented fifteen students from the second-year fashion program at Beckmans College of Design. Similar to how their third-year counterparts collaborated with colleagues in advertising and graphic design courses, Beckmans XV did likewise but chose to showcase their debut collections...
The Wurst Edition No. 2 Shirt
(03 February 2010) - Limited to an edition of only 45, designer Roy Dank's latest design for Wurst takes on the quintessential work shirt. Building on his downtown-meets-uptown collection (check out our story on Wurst for full details), the former music mogul applies the same technique for clothing that he used producing records—build slow for a complete focus on quality over quantity. The new hand-tailored chambray is cut...
(03 February 2010) - Limited to an edition of only 45, designer Roy Dank's latest design for Wurst takes on the quintessential work shirt. Building on his downtown-meets-uptown collection (check out our story on Wurst for full details), the former music mogul applies the same technique for clothing that he used producing records—build slow for a complete focus on quality over quantity. The new hand-tailored chambray is cut...
Cheap Monday Jeans Autum/Winter 2010
(02 February 2010) - by Richard Prime While it may not carry quite the cachet of Paris, Milan or New York, there's plenty of forward-thinking and trendsetting at Stockholm Fashion Week, and Cheap Monday leads the way. One of Sweden's most influential denim brands, Cheap Monday closed yesterday's activities with a show at Fridhamnshallen. While it was only a few years ago that the brand laughed in the face...
(02 February 2010) - by Richard Prime While it may not carry quite the cachet of Paris, Milan or New York, there's plenty of forward-thinking and trendsetting at Stockholm Fashion Week, and Cheap Monday leads the way. One of Sweden's most influential denim brands, Cheap Monday closed yesterday's activities with a show at Fridhamnshallen. While it was only a few years ago that the brand laughed in the face...
Jay Kos: Fashion and Food
(02 February 2010) - While most fashion designers cite exotic locales, vintage films or style icons as inspiration behind their collection, Jay Kos often turns to the "amazing colors, texture and taste" of food to come up with his eponymous clothing line. Though Kos himself is a raw vegan, the former dental student regularly cooks for his family, often resulting in both a delicious meal and a new...
(02 February 2010) - While most fashion designers cite exotic locales, vintage films or style icons as inspiration behind their collection, Jay Kos often turns to the "amazing colors, texture and taste" of food to come up with his eponymous clothing line. Though Kos himself is a raw vegan, the former dental student regularly cooks for his family, often resulting in both a delicious meal and a new...
São Paulo Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2010 Highlights
(29 January 2010) - For this season of the most important fashion event in Latin America, Felipe Meres of the São Paulo-based site Made-Up Disease selected the most compelling, ravishing and innovative shows for Cool Hunting. Alexandre Herchcovitch Womenswear Inspired by ethnic East European garments, Alexandre Herchcovitch's excellent F/W 2010 collection will also be presented at New York’s upcoming Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The collection features rich embroidery, gorgeous...
(29 January 2010) - For this season of the most important fashion event in Latin America, Felipe Meres of the São Paulo-based site Made-Up Disease selected the most compelling, ravishing and innovative shows for Cool Hunting. Alexandre Herchcovitch Womenswear Inspired by ethnic East European garments, Alexandre Herchcovitch's excellent F/W 2010 collection will also be presented at New York’s upcoming Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. The collection features rich embroidery, gorgeous...
Out of Print T-Shirts
(29 January 2010) - Following yesterday's sad news of J.D. Salinger's passing led us to Out of Print, a new company presenting the world's greatest literature through book cover t-shirts. Each seminal cover reproduced is often out-of-print and hard-to-find. The launch collection includes about 20 styles featuring the work of design innovators such as George Salter, Alvin Lustig, Paul Bacon, Edward McKnight Kauffer, and Len Deighton. Titles range from...
(29 January 2010) - Following yesterday's sad news of J.D. Salinger's passing led us to Out of Print, a new company presenting the world's greatest literature through book cover t-shirts. Each seminal cover reproduced is often out-of-print and hard-to-find. The launch collection includes about 20 styles featuring the work of design innovators such as George Salter, Alvin Lustig, Paul Bacon, Edward McKnight Kauffer, and Len Deighton. Titles range from...
Giuliano Fujiwara Spring/Summer 2010
(28 January 2010) - by Richard Prime Regarded as a key player in minimalist tailoring, Japanese label Giuliano Fujiwara presented an invigorated spring/summer collection at Milan earlier this month. A subtle, gray palette tempered by cherry red, acid yellow and bold blue accents commanded the runway, making for a perfectly restrained collection of avant-garde fashions. Originally spearheaded by Yoshiaki Fujiwara, the quarter-century old label is now helmed by Masataka...
(28 January 2010) - by Richard Prime Regarded as a key player in minimalist tailoring, Japanese label Giuliano Fujiwara presented an invigorated spring/summer collection at Milan earlier this month. A subtle, gray palette tempered by cherry red, acid yellow and bold blue accents commanded the runway, making for a perfectly restrained collection of avant-garde fashions. Originally spearheaded by Yoshiaki Fujiwara, the quarter-century old label is now helmed by Masataka...
Geometry Lessons T-Shirts
(25 January 2010) - by Anna Carnick For artist Lincoln Mayne shapes don't get any better than geometric ones, a theory he recently put to the test with his debut t-shirt collection Geometry Lessons. His designs center around three ubiquitous shapes—the circle, the square and the diamond—but his treatment of them looks more urban-tribal than grade school. Mayne's unconventional approach comes thanks to the Australian's fine art background, which...
(25 January 2010) - by Anna Carnick For artist Lincoln Mayne shapes don't get any better than geometric ones, a theory he recently put to the test with his debut t-shirt collection Geometry Lessons. His designs center around three ubiquitous shapes—the circle, the square and the diamond—but his treatment of them looks more urban-tribal than grade school. Mayne's unconventional approach comes thanks to the Australian's fine art background, which...
Self Edge x Toyo Enterprises: SEXT11 Jungle Cloth Jeans
(20 January 2010) - Sometimes timing is everything. I walked into Self Edge as these beauties were being unpacked, and was fortunate enough to get the first pair. Like most Sugar Canes and Self Edge collaborations the beauty is in the details. Based on the specs used by the U.S. Navy during from the 1920s to the 1950s, Toyo has recreated the Jungle Cloth to its original specs....
(20 January 2010) - Sometimes timing is everything. I walked into Self Edge as these beauties were being unpacked, and was fortunate enough to get the first pair. Like most Sugar Canes and Self Edge collaborations the beauty is in the details. Based on the specs used by the U.S. Navy during from the 1920s to the 1950s, Toyo has recreated the Jungle Cloth to its original specs....
Woolrich Woolen Mills A/W 2010
(18 January 2010) - With his verifiable twist on the quintessential Americana outwear label, Woolrich Woolen Mills' designer Daiki Suzuki perfectly blends high fashion with workwear in his latest Autum/Winter 2010 collection. (Click on images for expanded view) While the Japanese innovator updates the label each season, the new collection offers a fresh aesthetic with streamlined, ultra-sophisticated ensembles and a nod to the early '80s Comme des Garçons...
(18 January 2010) - With his verifiable twist on the quintessential Americana outwear label, Woolrich Woolen Mills' designer Daiki Suzuki perfectly blends high fashion with workwear in his latest Autum/Winter 2010 collection. (Click on images for expanded view) While the Japanese innovator updates the label each season, the new collection offers a fresh aesthetic with streamlined, ultra-sophisticated ensembles and a nod to the early '80s Comme des Garçons...
Method Laundry Detergent
(15 January 2010) - Eliminating waste in more ways than one, Method's powerful new laundry detergent makes washing "smarter, easier and greener" with its "smartclean" technology and precise pump. With its extremely concentrated patent-pending formula, Method packs enough suds into one small package to clean 50 loads of laundry. Requiring just four squirts, the ingenious pump delivers an easy way to always add a consistently accurate amount while...
(15 January 2010) - Eliminating waste in more ways than one, Method's powerful new laundry detergent makes washing "smarter, easier and greener" with its "smartclean" technology and precise pump. With its extremely concentrated patent-pending formula, Method packs enough suds into one small package to clean 50 loads of laundry. Requiring just four squirts, the ingenious pump delivers an easy way to always add a consistently accurate amount while...
Brooklyn Tailors
(13 January 2010) - Crafting each garment by hand in NYC's biggest outer borough, Brooklyn Tailors creates ready-to-wear and bespoke attire for an elegantly relaxed look. Founded by Brenna Boyce and Daniel Lewis of Brooklyn neighborhood Clinton Hill, the duo focus on designing quality pieces—from button-downs to corduroy suits. Their full collection includes coats, suits, jeans and shirts, boasting ornate details like genuine mother-of-pearl buttons and superior fabrics...
(13 January 2010) - Crafting each garment by hand in NYC's biggest outer borough, Brooklyn Tailors creates ready-to-wear and bespoke attire for an elegantly relaxed look. Founded by Brenna Boyce and Daniel Lewis of Brooklyn neighborhood Clinton Hill, the duo focus on designing quality pieces—from button-downs to corduroy suits. Their full collection includes coats, suits, jeans and shirts, boasting ornate details like genuine mother-of-pearl buttons and superior fabrics...
Best of CH 2009: Top Five Collaborations
(31 December 2009) - When designers and artists team up to multiply their talents, the end result is sometimes greater than the sum of its creative parts. To celebrate the collaborations done right, we've listed five standouts from 2009 below. Ace Hotel New York Uniforms Drawing on a few different tried-and-true brands, the uniforms for the latest Ace Hotel include exclusively-designed drab green monochrome Chucks by Converse along with...
(31 December 2009) - When designers and artists team up to multiply their talents, the end result is sometimes greater than the sum of its creative parts. To celebrate the collaborations done right, we've listed five standouts from 2009 below. Ace Hotel New York Uniforms Drawing on a few different tried-and-true brands, the uniforms for the latest Ace Hotel include exclusively-designed drab green monochrome Chucks by Converse along with...
Mau Post-Industrial Folk Wear
(17 December 2009) - by Tisha Leung Mau, a design company and nickname of its founder Marian Schoettle, reinterprets wardrobe staples in Tyvek® for a collection of garments known as post-industrial folk wear. Ranging from a ruffle coat to dresses to a unisex anorak and accessories that include market bags and other totes, the artist (her previous work includes sound and light installations, teepee space modules for the...
(17 December 2009) - by Tisha Leung Mau, a design company and nickname of its founder Marian Schoettle, reinterprets wardrobe staples in Tyvek® for a collection of garments known as post-industrial folk wear. Ranging from a ruffle coat to dresses to a unisex anorak and accessories that include market bags and other totes, the artist (her previous work includes sound and light installations, teepee space modules for the...
Outlier Pivot Shirt
(09 December 2009) - Finding the perfect white button-down can prove as trying as the ladies' quest for the all-purpose little black dress. Fortunately, cycling clothier Outlier decided to "experiment in form," resulting in the pivot shirt—an elegant woven designed for flexibility. After wearing the classic look for a few months, I was impressed by the mobility of the pivot sleeve and the shirt's long lean fit, designed...
(09 December 2009) - Finding the perfect white button-down can prove as trying as the ladies' quest for the all-purpose little black dress. Fortunately, cycling clothier Outlier decided to "experiment in form," resulting in the pivot shirt—an elegant woven designed for flexibility. After wearing the classic look for a few months, I was impressed by the mobility of the pivot sleeve and the shirt's long lean fit, designed...
Hugo & Marie Online Boutique
(08 December 2009) - New York-based imaginative consultancy Hugo & Marie recently launched an online boutique offering apparel accessories, jewelry and artwork from its stable of visual artists and designers. The firm, founded almost two years ago, provides services to a broad client list that includes Nike, W Magazine, Warp Records and Microsoft. Serving as another platform for the agency's artists, co-founder Jennifer Sims explains, "since we mostly...
(08 December 2009) - New York-based imaginative consultancy Hugo & Marie recently launched an online boutique offering apparel accessories, jewelry and artwork from its stable of visual artists and designers. The firm, founded almost two years ago, provides services to a broad client list that includes Nike, W Magazine, Warp Records and Microsoft. Serving as another platform for the agency's artists, co-founder Jennifer Sims explains, "since we mostly...
Twinkle Pop-Up Shop
(30 November 2009) - Before the fashionable yarn brand Wool and the Gang and even before celebs started toting needles, designer Wenlan Chia reinvented knitting with her chunky hoodies and sweater dresses under the name Twinkle. Over the last decade, Wenlan's evolved it into a complete lifestyle brand, marking its 10th anniversary with a Twinkle by Wenlan pop-up shop in NYC's East Village that opens next week. Presenting...
(30 November 2009) - Before the fashionable yarn brand Wool and the Gang and even before celebs started toting needles, designer Wenlan Chia reinvented knitting with her chunky hoodies and sweater dresses under the name Twinkle. Over the last decade, Wenlan's evolved it into a complete lifestyle brand, marking its 10th anniversary with a Twinkle by Wenlan pop-up shop in NYC's East Village that opens next week. Presenting...
Fjällräven Store NYC
(19 November 2009) - What began with a young Swedish explorer's determination to build solid, functional camping gear, Fjällräven has been experiencing a brand resurgence with the recent U.S. launch of the 50-year-old company and their new NYC outpost opening today. Expedition essentials and cozy Scandinavian sweaters alike pack the vault-like shop, Fjällräven's first in North America. Standout items include their classic, double-layered down jacket stacked along the...
(19 November 2009) - What began with a young Swedish explorer's determination to build solid, functional camping gear, Fjällräven has been experiencing a brand resurgence with the recent U.S. launch of the 50-year-old company and their new NYC outpost opening today. Expedition essentials and cozy Scandinavian sweaters alike pack the vault-like shop, Fjällräven's first in North America. Standout items include their classic, double-layered down jacket stacked along the...
Sartoria Vico
(19 November 2009) - by Paolo Ferrarini of Future Concept Lab Sartoria Vico joins together the worlds of fashion and product design with a small series of essentially functional clothes and accessories, focused more on use than aesthetic. The brand is one of the projects by the creative collective Dissociate, comprised of Benedetta de Bartolomeis, Monica Battistella, Stefania Casacci and Cristina del Buono—four girls who met while studying industrial...
(19 November 2009) - by Paolo Ferrarini of Future Concept Lab Sartoria Vico joins together the worlds of fashion and product design with a small series of essentially functional clothes and accessories, focused more on use than aesthetic. The brand is one of the projects by the creative collective Dissociate, comprised of Benedetta de Bartolomeis, Monica Battistella, Stefania Casacci and Cristina del Buono—four girls who met while studying industrial...
Rapha Fall/Winter Collection
(18 November 2009) - Rapha Performance Roadware is proving itself equally adept in fashioning urban cycling gear as it does the most desirable racing apparel on the market. With each new collection, the company improves upon previous releases by honing details and getting ever closer to a perfect balance of on-the-bike functionality and off-the-bike wearability. Their latest collection for the city rider is one of the best to...
(18 November 2009) - Rapha Performance Roadware is proving itself equally adept in fashioning urban cycling gear as it does the most desirable racing apparel on the market. With each new collection, the company improves upon previous releases by honing details and getting ever closer to a perfect balance of on-the-bike functionality and off-the-bike wearability. Their latest collection for the city rider is one of the best to...
Wool and The Gang Studio NYC
(13 November 2009) - photos by James Ryang Wool and The Gang, the irreverently fashionable knitting brand, opens up their first-ever street-side location in NYC's SoHo today. Peddling their clever ready-to-knit kits, as well as skeins of Peruvian threads, the yarn-obsessed group spreads their love of all things knitted in a stylishly welcoming studio. With the motto, "Instead of simply wearing it, make it as well," they encourage new...
(13 November 2009) - photos by James Ryang Wool and The Gang, the irreverently fashionable knitting brand, opens up their first-ever street-side location in NYC's SoHo today. Peddling their clever ready-to-knit kits, as well as skeins of Peruvian threads, the yarn-obsessed group spreads their love of all things knitted in a stylishly welcoming studio. With the motto, "Instead of simply wearing it, make it as well," they encourage new...
Here/Nau/NYC Pop-up Store
(09 November 2009) - Applying the same mix of sustainability, aesthetics and function to their new retail concept that they apply to their clothes, Nau's temporary boutique opening this Thursday in NYC's Soho uses upcycled materials as the primary building blocks to outfit the space. Sculptor-turned-architect Jean-Pierre Veillet (who also designed their Portland store) scoured Brooklyn streets for cardboard, beams, pipe fittings, branches and other supplies from what...
(09 November 2009) - Applying the same mix of sustainability, aesthetics and function to their new retail concept that they apply to their clothes, Nau's temporary boutique opening this Thursday in NYC's Soho uses upcycled materials as the primary building blocks to outfit the space. Sculptor-turned-architect Jean-Pierre Veillet (who also designed their Portland store) scoured Brooklyn streets for cardboard, beams, pipe fittings, branches and other supplies from what...
Refinery29's Save Fashion Pop-up
(09 November 2009) - by Maggie York-Worth Aimed at rejuvenating gloomy retail, the second edition of Save Fashion brings a curated mix of designers to NYC's Nolita neighborhood at recession-friendly prices for 10 days starting this Thursday. With an impressive line-up that includes April 77, Alex + Chloe, BBlessing, Bird, Built By Wendy, Dunderdon, Filippa K, Rag & Bone, CH pal Rebecca Turbow, Rogan, Samantha Pleet, Sophomore, Steven Alan,...
(09 November 2009) - by Maggie York-Worth Aimed at rejuvenating gloomy retail, the second edition of Save Fashion brings a curated mix of designers to NYC's Nolita neighborhood at recession-friendly prices for 10 days starting this Thursday. With an impressive line-up that includes April 77, Alex + Chloe, BBlessing, Bird, Built By Wendy, Dunderdon, Filippa K, Rag & Bone, CH pal Rebecca Turbow, Rogan, Samantha Pleet, Sophomore, Steven Alan,...
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