Dr Huxtable's Crazy Sweaters on Ebay

Bill Cosby is selling off Dr Huxtable's fabulous patterned sweaters on Ebay for charity. I remember these sweaters so vividly from The Cosby Show! They're crazy!

Feeling retro

Jag har klippt och klistrat hela kvällen. Pyssel pyssel.
Pimped my Waywarer's with some vowels and consonants.

Coolio.

Shoes that went to far

I complain a lot on my high heels... but after watching this from Japan I don't think I can anymore.
What were they thinking?

3.1 Phillip Lim Fall 2008

Gorgeous dress!! And I like that blue color, dislike the cut of the vest though. This was the only piece from Phillip Lim Fall 2008 I really liked.

During one of my many times browsing Style.com, looking for things I might like... ME ME ME - you know, I instead found these images from Phillip Lim's Fall 2008 RTW Collection. As usual I tend to like the mens collection and dislike the womens, and vice versa. Why is that? Are the designers just not capable enough?

Anyways, this is for you Tutelutten!

1. Love the whole outfit. Sort of daring with the different blues o different beiges and the black.
2. Velvet jackets are very sexy done right.

3. Amazing coat and I love the socks and the lenght of the pants. Very cute.
4. Don't love the fit and cut of the clothes, but love the idea with the scarf. It could've been in another color though, to prevent the feeling of a towel.

More pictures at style.com.

Denim favourites

After almost two years of not wearing jeans at all more than on rare occasions, I'm starting to get a little sick of dresses...or at least, sick of using them every single day. Realized I have to update my denim wardrobe a bit.

Acne has always been my number one favorite in jeans, but I really like Seven too, however, they're hard to find in Sweden, I only have one pair. Cheap Monday is another frequent citizen in my closet because they give you brilliant fit for almost no money at all.

Anyhow, thinking about getting this bright pair. They look so soft and smooth and lovely for summer.


Speaking of Acne Jeans, I like this wash and the shoes are really cool. For Tutelutten of course!

My search for Messenger Bags for Men continues: Margiela and Carga

I am always on the hunt for unusual messenger bags for men... well for myself really. A while back, I was looking at some made from exotic skins, and let me tell you, they have exotic price tags also. In any case, I found two outstanding bags today. One I would carry and one I wouldn't. 

Martin Margiela's guitar bag is attractive and singular... and also has a plaid patterning. However, I would never carry around a guitar case simply because of its awkward size and shape. I would never carry Margiela's guitar bag either. 

The Carga Large Bag on the other hand is funky, minimal, and well constructed. Industrial felt of all materials! Its a nice assemblage of materials - leather, industrial felt, metal fasteners, and leather inner pocket. At £185 its pretty reasonable compared to £605 for the Margiela bag. Both are available at oki-ni. 

Modular Clothing: Extending the cut-and-paste logic of cultural production

I came across 'Modular Anatomy' on FashionIndie just now. A collaboration between Stone Island and Aitor Throup, it involves a modular assemblage consisting of individual cushion fabric parts. 

Incredible! If this is the prototype of what is to come, I am already imagining multicolored, multi-textured clothing modules with sculptural enhancements of all sorts! Imagine, changeable sleeves, collars, gloves, and so on. I love it!

Chunky heels

Mon Dieu!

Yesterday I spent the exact same amount of money as Tutelutten did on his fine APC coat, but on some nice pieces of something that was once a cow and a tree.

Who said money can't buy happiness? I'm happy. And intoxicated by the wonderful scent of leather. Aaaah...


PS. They're totally dancable as well. Tested.

Crazy loafers from Lanvin

In Sweden we have a rhyme that goes "gult är fult" meaning yellow is ugly.

But yellow isn't ugly at all.
It takes a real man to walk in these yellow striking pair, don't you think?
Found them at Roland's blog.

The New Zealand Man according to Wikipedia

[Archetypal Kiwi Bloke Fred Dagg]

How fascinating... somehow whilst wandering around online, I decided to google 'New Zealand man'... It was because I was looking at a blog of men's fashion crime and decided to look for New Zealand examples of mens fashion crime. Google turned up the wikipedia entry for New Zealand Culture with a section on the New Zealand Male. I am posting the section in its entirety as there are some bizarre and intriguing aspects to this portrait of Antipodean masculinity. I am also taking the liberty of posting some classical images of NZ men, oh and also iconic 'bush' clothing line Swandri. 

[Epitome of New Zealand masculinity]

[Icon of NZ masculinity Colin Meads - mentioned in the entry below]

[Swandri - Iconic NZ working class / 'bush' jacket, useful for pig hunting in the native forests]

[Swandri - Classic NZ work clothes]

[Swandri by Karen Walker: You won't catch any of the rugby folk in this line by Swandri]

The kiwi male

The stereotypical New Zealand male is essentially a pioneer type: he is rural, unintellectual, strong, unemotional, democratic, has little time for high culture, good with animals (particularly horses) and machines, and is able to turn his hand to nearly anything. This type of man is often assumed to be a unique product of New Zealand's colonial period but he shares many similarities with the stereotypical American frontiersman and Australian bushman. New Zealand men are supposed to still have many of these qualities, even though most New Zealanders have lived in urban areas since the late nineteenth century. This has not prevented New Zealanders seeing themselves (and being seen) as essentially country people and good at the tasks which country life requires.^[13] The stereotypical Kiwi male is assumed to be a heterosexual of Anglo-Celtic origin, although Māori men are often seen as embodying many of the characteristics described above.

The kiwi male is said to have unique qualities which have become national stereotypes in their own right:

Kiwi ingenuity: This is the idea that New Zealanders display a MacGyver-like ability to solve any problem, often using unconventional means or whatever happens to be lying around. This is also described as the Number 8 wire mentality, which holds that anything can be made or fixed with basic or everyday materials, such as number 8 fencing wire. New Zealanders seen as embodying this quality include Burt Munro (subject of The World's Fastest Indian) and Richard Pearse, who some believe achieved flight before the Wright Brothers. Kiwi ingenuity is also linked to the phrase "she'll be right, mate" (shared with Australia), which expresses the belief that the situation, repairs, or whatever has been done is adequate or sufficient for what is needed. It is seen less positively than Kiwi ingenuity, especially if something goes wrong. Kiwi ingenuity is not strictly a male preserve, although it is generally spoken of in relation to men.

The hard man: New Zealand men have often been stereotyped as strong, unemotional and prone to violence.^[14] For many years this was seen as a good thing, and was best embodied by All Black Colin Meads. Voted 'New Zealand player of the century' by New Zealand Rugby Monthly magazine, Meads was the second All Black to be sent off the field, and once played a match with a broken arm. Although he was known to assault other players during games, this was generally approved of as 'enforcement' of the 'spirit of the game'.^[15]He was also a supporter of sporting contact with apartheid South Africa. In recent decades the macho attitude has been criticised as dangerous both to men who embody it and those around them. It has been blamed for New Zealand's culture of heavy drinking and its high male suicide rate.^[16] However it still has its supporters, with some commentators claiming that the All Blacks do not have enough 'mongrel'.

Rugby, Racing and Beer: New Zealand male culture was traditionally said to centre on the 'three Rs': Rugby (union), (Horse) Racing and beeR. Rugby union has long been popular as both a spectator and a participant sport, with the national rugby team (the All Blacks) considered national heroes. Horse racing has always been more popular as a focus of gambling than for any other reason; as in most countries, horse racing in New Zealand is too expensive for anyone other than the wealthy and their employees (such as professional jockeys and support staff) to fully participate in. In addition, for many years horse racing was one of the few things which could be legally bet on. Beer is New Zealand's most popular alcoholic drink.

Few people consider the Three Rs to dominate New Zealand culture today, although rugby and beer are still very popular. Race betting has declined in popularity, partly due to the legalisation of other forms of sports betting in the 1990s, although cup races still attract considerable attention. National level rugby continues to be very popular as a spectator sport, although not to the same extent as in the mid twentieth century. Spectatorship at club and some regional levels has also dropped since that time, mostly due to television and the increasing number of international and semi-international (ie the Super 14) matches. There has been some concern in recent years that parents are reluctant to let their sons play rugby for fear of injury, however it has been estimated that 14% of 5 to 17 year olds regularly play. Beer continues to be a popular drink, although it is losing ground to wine and 'RTDs' (ready to drink spirit and mixers).

Geek Style: Video Game Inspired Craft & Fashion

This is too much, in the coolest way possible! Sprite Stitch is a blog devoted to video game inspired arts and craft. As you can see, I have a little obsession with space invaders!

Stolen Jewels: Cultural mashup as wearable art

I think its hard to come up with new concepts in jewellery that are both stylish and wearable. Thanks to @christydena on Twitter, I came across Stolen Jewels, a jewellery concept that does this successfully. 

As MikeandMaaike tell us, Stolen Jewels explores the tangible and the virtual (it is thus a mixed reality concept) in relation to the production of value. The artists googled the world's most famous and expensive jewellery, appropriated low-res images of these objects, and then reproduced them by printing and scoring on leather. The results are stunning, with forms that hark back to the age of low-res computer displays and chunky pixellated space invaders (the brooch above for instance).

These postmodern jewellery works can be found at Velvet Da Vinci, where many other exquisite jewellery pieces may be found. Aren't they a joyful mashup of tradition and innovation, hand crafted skill and digital rip-off, early computing and the era of Google? 

Marc...Warhol?

Interview put Marc Jacobs on the cover of their latest issue, and in a report inside they claim him to be the Andy Warhol of the 21st century.

Um...?

To me, Marc Jacobs has become nothing more than a media clown and a celebrity wannabe in the last years. He used to be my house god and I used to adore his designs, but not anymore. These days I usually hate the Marc Jacobs lines, but still love the Marc by Marc Jacobs designs (probably because - I suppose - he isn't designing them...).

He's gone out of control, he's even "threatened" to make a reality show about himself. Good way to finally kill a career completely. Are we focusing on the right things the moment, Marc?