This photo of Kanye is from ‘09, and the photo of the girl is from a blog post in ‘08– but for the remainder of this year, jean jackets (these lighter colored, baggier ones in particular) are my number one general fashion trend.
Side note: New York will always be hip-hop.. New York will always be rock.. both genres are pretty sleepy right now, all things considered. Uptempo, club-sounding music is dominating the airwaves, and dance music in general is more accesible. Here is how perceive the sound of New York dance music this year.
For much of the year 2010, I was feeling disco-type music more than ever– likely a sentiment I had because I was passively receiving it almost every night I went out. I could, and generally would hear fairly quality boogie, cosmic, italo– new, old, and (most of all) edited disco tracks, seven days a week if I so desired. The genre is so massive- and always feels largely undiscovered– but by the entrance of summer, a kind of deep house sound with late 80s into early 90s influences had started to really emerge into the picture. Tim Sweeney recently did his roundup of the year 2010’s best, and for the most part, I think it explains this transition.. better yet– it forecasts 2011.
Check out the list, and listen to the mixes here.
(the above photo was taken by me at David Mancuso’s Loft Party in early October)
A very recent obsession/inspiration is 0FR Bookshop and their publications– one like my recent acquisition “Guide Paris.” As you may or may not know, I’ve been working on my own guide, and have had my eyes peeled for others that have been able to set a real standard– this is probably it! They have employ a beautiful aesthetic in everything they do, and have great taste..
Oddly, the day I picked this up– I went home and googled them to find that the owner Alexandre Thumerelle was in that day’s edition of T-Style’s “The Insider,” one of my favorite series. Nice coincidence.
Check them out..
Here are some pages I scanned from TUNE magazine (an older Japanese street style mag affiliated with Fruits), presumably for some kind of inspiration.. Though many of these ‘themes’ feel a little dated, drawing 5 years later– the styling is still pretty on point. Also worth noting, at the time I’m sure seeing this probably felt quite a bit more ‘shocking’ then it does now.
The November outfit (costume) for the New York male aged 25-30.. its like a cult.
Hermes Fingerskate– pretty rad, left field way to market & show a collection.
This blog is hilarious.. definitely worth a re-posting:
Betwixt cobblestone alleyways and corner bistros is where you’ll find me.
Manning the fresh cave.
The fortress of steezhood.
The league of extraordinary bloggers.
Who curates the curators?
Storefront looking all nondescript and shit.
Walk in wearing dad jeans and Foot Locker New Ballys.
Walk out wearing selvedge overalls and Japanese New Ballys.
Turning lames into sart superheros like it was my fucking day job.
This is my fucking day job.
Hot in the streets like J. Crew.
But with less collaborations.
Out of your size?
My bad, yo.
We don’t stock anything.
Besides vintage stools and negative space.
You want some white paint?
Benjamin Moore for Engineered Garments.
I can sell you an aesthetic.
Redeem for $150 dollars worth of SuFu cred at a later date.
Looking epic is half the fucking battle.
What, you were expecting the Liquor Store?
Looking all TGI Friday’s with a bunch of shit on the walls?
Fuck outta here, son.
At least pretend you want to get next level.
Charging wack bloggers to snap pics of the shop.
Please check your Goog analytics at the door.
Along with that 2006 point and shoot.
That shit is old as fuck, homie.
Money on my mind.
Danner moonboots on my feet.
Inspiration aint free, bro.
This is the sound of silence.
This is the sound of a Daiki cosign.
This is the sound of my wallet on swoll.
x Carhartt
Junya Watanabe of Comme Des Garçons has done much to champion the camo trend in his releases throughout this year. Bar a few pieces, the print is never featured in base, exterior fabrics, however is found reappearing on interior lining– the intelligent, often innovative styling Watanabe is known for.
