The New York-base brand, Acapulco Gold drops off more spring goodies for the fellas. Here we have some sweatshirts, point shaving coaches jackets, tees, snapbacks and fitteds. In addition, Acapulo has added Japanese selvage denims and utility chino pants (tiger camo above) to their spring collection. AG gets two thumbs up from me because the line is pure tropical heat, the graphics are clean and it’s affordable. Males have no excuse for looking turnt down this summer. My favorite peice hands down is the Hawaiian 6 Panel Snapback. All items are available now online here and at select retails.
The folks over at Defam Nation headquarters in Massachusetts shipped over their Spring/Summer lookbook, A Lesser Individual. I am not quite sure what the collection will include besides crispy white tee because I got lost in the awesome cinematography. But we shall see this Friday, April 13th at www.defamnation.com.
Focusing on the underlining beliefs of lower democracy and worship of power, ‘A Lesser Individual’ speaks for those that left the everyday to embark on purpose. Seeing through the conspiracies that lead to false dictatorship and retaliating to gain proper leadership. The cause embedded within transparent figures, represents an evil that is contained within us all.
Freshjive Spring 2012 collection is naked and fresh. The the 2nd delivery just hit the net so I decided to compile my favorite looks and pieces. I dig a man in stripes, cool lightweight shorts, sweats, sweaters, graphic tee’s and short-sleeve button downs, long too. Freshjive provides the men with all their spring essentials. It’s all about keeping is simple yet fresh this Spring. I say ditch the camo shorts and the solid black and grey v-necks and go for some sewer shorts paired with a clean but not over the top graphic tee or striped tee.
Visit www.freshjive.com to view the entire collection.
Dear New York patrons, please do yourself a favor and take a trip on down to the VANE concept store located in LES on 125 Rivington St. (between Essex and Norfolk) New York, NY 10002. In the meantime head over to www.wearevane.com for some online browsing therapy. Do like the video and get your his and hers on.
Time to retire that gold casio and spice up your wrist game with “The Wit” watch, Nixon’s newest gem. The fact that “NIXON” replaces the traditional numbers is the best part. I don’t care too much for the Italian leather band. This watch piece is bold and will undoubtedly be the reason behind off-track conversations. Suitable for work and play. Purchase yours now in tigerseye, white or gold/brown. That tigerseye is something serious. www.nixonnow.com
Oh Shay! Model Shay Maria sells! WOW. The Cali brand 9Five gives us an appeasing preview of their Spring 2012 eyewear collection. 9five knew exactly what they were doing when they put together this lookbook. Purchase your pair of shades here. Hot model sold separately.
Orisue is prepping us for 65 degree weather with their Spring 2012 “The Journey Begins” collection. What I love most about this line is the simple yet versatile cuts and clean designs. You can never go wrong with an simple spring colored lightweight tee or jacket. Girls love simple pieces, word to me. The collection is now available at select retailers and online on Monday, 2/20.
Our ATL pals, Pryourity, sent over the first delivery from their Spring/Summer 2012 collection. The first drop is the “Masters of Fate” hooded pullover made of 50/50 Poly-Cotton blend and features the “Masters of Fate” graphic. The hoodie is pretty light weight so perfect for those cool spring and summer lurking nights.
Masters of Fate is about symmetry, not necessarily homage to Salvador Dalí, but more so his beliefs on the duality of man that brings us to create, and inspire. The piece is a tribute to surrealism, the breaking down of perception, and the twisting of influences. According to Dalí, the rhinoceros horn is the most pure and divine geometric shape because it grows in a logarithmic spiral. Throughout his work Dalí featured the rhino horn as exploding particles, or as human beings made up of the horn. The decision to have the “F’s” meet in the center was a reflection of this perfect imbalance that also exists in us (sacred and profane, good and evil). By giving the graphic a harsher treatment with the Escher tones, it exposes a raw simplicity. Desire and dreams are represented in this piece; the desire for all is to carve out our own path; Masters of Fate symbolizes this.
Stare at Rihanna in Armani’s latest lingerie advertising campaign. A litte to airbrushed in these pictures for my liking but there is no denying that Rihanna is redonkculously hot. How grand life would be to be on a beach with this broad and do nothing but grope each other in the ocean.
Probably the best advertisement video in the game. The whole Steed Lord (Icelandic band) crew are some creative mofos. I am more fascinated with the effects than the actual scarf and I am not sure if that’s intentional or not. Either way this video captured my attention for the entire minute and forty-one seconds. These funky scarfs came just in time for this atrociously cold weather. Do remember scarfs are as cool as you make them. Own your style, pay no attention to trends. Kali (model in the video) the bands lead singer is the creator behind these awesome bright colorful neon-blastic scarfs. J’adore her! These scarfs come in 5 different designs and are now available at www.steedlord.com. They’re selling fast, 2/5 designs are already sold out.
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