commes des garçons x Ai Wei Wei

17 September - 17 October. Our favorite store in the world - commes des garçons Aoyama is transformed by a collaboration with architect/designer Ai Wei Wei. Best known for his work - The Bird's Nest; the main stadium at 2008's Beijing Olympics, Ai Wei Wei has teamed with CDG to create a range of limited edition T's priced at 2,200yen. Get some. The Aoyama store features an architectural installation inside the entrance, with a Perspex and metal structure a-la the bird's nest housing thousands of tees. Word on the street is that the staff are only too happy to dive in to find your size...
















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Unheard Of - Happy Tombstones

What a happy day - stumbling upon the works of Italian-born, Sydney-based artist Maria Ionico in the window of grantpirrie gallery. Love the joyous colours - so perfect for spring - and look forward to seeing more of her installations pop up around the place.

This piece is titled "Unheard of" - and we could now spend some time contemplating the intention of the tombstone like objects and their relationship to the name - but we won't. It was just nice to have a secret smiling moment on the way to the dry cleaners...








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Founding Fathers - The New Avant Garde?

We're obsessed with Deadwood.  Wicked plots and schemes - and great mens fashion.   Seth Bullock. Al Swearengen. Fabulous. 

And have recently conquered Lonsome Dove.   Thanks for the ride Larry - and Ray.  

As a result - the wild west seems to be everywhere we look.

Could the same be said for Yohji Yamamoto?   His SS11 menswear show delighted and inspired with frontier fashion, an occasional nod to the puritans, and supremely wearable pieces once broken down.   Better still were the boys!  Francois, Barnab and Benjamin looked to have stepped directly out of the nineteenth  century.   Sure the styling was over the top - but that facial hair surely had been cultivated for some time ... Is old time-y the new black?

The Wilderness Downtown - Arcade Fire Vs. Google Chrome

Sweet nostalgia meets hi tech HTML5 to the soundtrack of Arcade Fire's "We used to wait". To start the experiment type in the address of your childhood home and watch your street come to life across multiple screens. Divine and sublime - click on www.chromeexperiments.com/arcadefire/ and let the games begin.

Lanvin for H&M

Lanvin for Acne - Elbez does Denim

Announced today - the upcoming collaboration between Lanvin and H&M! Catch a sneak peek online at http://www.hm.com/ on November 2nd before the capsule collections hits H&M stores internationally November 23. Yes - it's a wait. And competition will be fierce. If past collaborations are a guide, chances are we'll see the whole range on eBay at hugely inflated prices once it has sold out. Think commes des garçons two years ago...What we're dying to know though, is how Alber Elbez will translate his luxurious vision for those low price points. We love what he did with denim for Acne, but how will he handle a poly-blend? No doubt the wait will be worth it.