shouldn't have left you...

starboard

adventures in...

guess who's going back to sweden? nope...not me (insert slight scowl here) :( BUT the hims is going. yay! he'll be traveling to stockholm, gothenburg and lulea, which currently experiences about 22 hours of sunlight a day right now!!! i hope he bring me back something awesome.


lulea


i, however, am preparing to depart on a trip of my own. peru and equador is what i've got in mind. i am so excited to be going to a non-european country, packing only two pairs of shoes along with whatever i can carry on my back. don't get me wrong i love carrying a heavy as fuck suitcase with 5 pairs of shoes for a 3 day trip to new york, but i'm pretty stoked to wear the same two t-shirts for 3 weeks hiking, rafting, yoging, surfing, biking etc...surrounded by colors, textures, sights and sounds that i just don't get to experience on a daily basis here.

charlie siem...

he's ridiculously, over the huck, talented, has studied with the most amazing masters like Shlomo Mintz, yeah...Shlomo, and he's handsome. he can play me paganini and bach any day. i wonder if he gives lessons? maybe we could start a band of perfection.

i could be your...

Martin Solveig collaborated with Dragonette’s Martina on the song “Boys & Girls” to promote Jean Paul Gaultier’s new fragrance Ma Dame. love love love.

right here with you...

pendelton turn 100, and to celebrate they've teamed up with Opening Ceremony (!!!!) for a collaborative project. pendelton patterns paired with Opening Ceremony's cuts? what more could a girl, or boy, ask for? oh i know, a Rick Owens leather jacket to accompany.


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girls who are boys who are girls...

it seems like givency is crossing into that gray area between men's and women's clothing. i love when designers explore trends picked up by the opposite sex.

defeeted...

for my favorite menses...


Josh:


Looking a bit like the campus and gazelle's love child this season features ith more popular styles such as the Campus and Gazelle, this upcoming season features a solid suede upper in either contrasting red/white or brown/brown colorways.


Tyler:






One of Pointer’s most prevalent releases is their low-top Debaser model. Carrying forth many of the characteristics that are shared amongst Pointer’s various models, the shoe’s minimalistic outlook features a nice transition throughout with two new versions this season in a brown leather and suede/canvas version. this will tell you where you can get them.


Paul:



In particular the black pair far right middle and the navy or tan high tops.
For Spring/Summer 2010, Edwin has joined forces with London-based Folk to create a range of co-branded footwear as part of a multi-faceted collection. Each contributing their own skills with Folk providing the footwear expertise and Edwin likewise on denim, here’s a preview of the first aspect of the partnership. The lineup has taken the strongest elements from Folk’s knack for creating modern, classical footwear whilst incorporating touches of Edwin.

have you?

any fun - coconut records


Any Fun - Coconut Records - Music Video

heart and soul, one will burn...

bones...

nomenus quarterly pays tribute to one of our favorite designers, ann demeulemeester. however, being that this is like the most expensive magazine ever, issues sell for around $6500, not to mention only 10 copies are being made, go here for the best place to check out some of the images.

the editorial is all blair witch meets deadwood which is a-okay in my book.


love.

appropriate...

i thought it appropriate to make this 200th post portland centric. i've been more and more interested in what we as a city are doing in fashion and art as there are so many creatives here.
local shop olio united just came out with their first in, i hope, a series of documentary short films profiling local designers. here we have heather treadway of paper doll. she's cute and makes sweet clothes. check it out okay?!

monster...

Joseph Carnevale was recently arrested in Raleigh, NC for his roadside Barrel Monster prank/installation. The AP reports:

RALEIGH, N.C. - When Joseph Carnevale chopped up three stolen orange and white traffic barrels from a construction site to create a massive sculpture of a roadside monster thumbing a ride, the North Carolina college student said he saw it as a form of street art.

Raleigh, N.C., police just saw vandalism.

They dismantled the 10-foot “barrel monster” and arrested Carnevale. Hundreds of online supporters want the charges dropped and the publicity has turned the history major and part-time construction worker into a local celebrity.

Even the construction company has become a fan, and wants the 21-year-old to create a replica of the figure that led to his arrest on June 10.

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no soul for sale

the anti-commerce, pro-art event at the Dia building in Chelsea began last night. seeing photos today of last night's festivities i can't help but wish i were in the city to attend.

organized by artists, curators and around 40 non-profits the event is in such contrast to the biennials and art fairs we've become accustomed to. for instance, there are no admission or participation fees and no walls. that's right kids, no walls. your shit has to sit, hang, bellow right next to someone other person's. i'm into it. i think it encourages the coexisting of art and people and life. also, none of the art is for sale. whoo-hoo! it does make me wonder how then are all of these participants paying their rent. i would guess by advertising? which would mean maybe we have two souls...one to sell as long as the ends justify the means.

just like a one winged...

as much as i would love to be this girl's friend i've only become more and more a fan. 4 trips to nyc in the past 2 months and i still haven't met her. anyhow, her awesomeness has just exploded all over a tee-shirt. collaborating with Border&Frontiers, jen and a host of other bloggers designed some most amazing shirts. i especially like the conceptual nature of her design. rather than slapping a graphic on a shirt like many of the others she included a little something to think about, a little stab at the industry as a whole.

hopefully jen's will still be available when i return from peru, i'm on a no spending diet until mid august, painful i know. you can buy the shirt by visiting jen's blogand clicking the link in the sidebar.

say hello to my new shoes...

bought these babies a couple of weeks ago. pretty damn comfy for as tall as they are although i opted to walk around nyc in my flats with the heels in the purse to save my little dogs. i never thought i would own this color of shoes but they really do go with everything.

luxirare...

luxirare is a blogger/designer that i've loved for awhile. i love her construction as well as fabric choices. a lot of her stuff is this kind of contemporary gothic that i'm super into looking at.
for example, check out this hot pink cardigan thing...i love it. it reminds me of trying on my crazy aunt's silk bath robes when i was a kid. why did we ever stop playing dress up?

manish arora...

just stumbled upon new delhi designer manish arora. structural and aggressive designs paired with feminine fabrics and textures, not to mention some lovely prints like the skirt below. mmmm...i do love it.




the rest of the collection is interesting. i'm looking forward to revisiting it when i've had a bit more sleep and don't have to squint to see things on the screen clearly. however, my first thoughts about it are distracting. i'm so distracted about the other things going on with the models and/or the styling that i can't really get into the garments. i like there to be simplicity applied to the model when the garment is complex and vice versa.


manish arora and MAC collaboration. beautiful

to the point...

yes, i know it's old hat and many of us have seen photos from this show a dozen times, but...brian lichtenberg rocks it...hard.

view...

back to new york...again. i can't seem to get enough of that city. different experiences each time. new things to see. new people to meet. new food, delicious i might add, to eat. waking up saturday morning 10am for run and other maintenance, off to work open to close...that's right 2:45pm to 3:30am, quick bite, max ride and here i am at the airport feeling more tired than i have in such a long time.

bess...

bess silk and chain dress at una.