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June 28, 2005

iPod + Watch = Podwatch

"Look, Mom! Now I can tell time and listen to my favorite MP3's!" The Podwatch is actually a lot cooler than that. Yes, you can see what time it is and listen to music on your wristwatch, but you also get your music delivered wirelessly to your ear buds from the time-telling iPod on your wrist. Besides, it just looks cool. The Podwatch doesn't actually exist yet. It's an imagined prototype commisioned by the magazine Business 2.0 in an essay called "Re-imagining Apple: Apple Gear we Hope to See." Design firm Pentagram was behind the newly conceived and fictional iPod gear. The original designer of the Apple PowerBook laptop was in charge of project. The photo essay also includes an ultra-sleek wireless iPod and iPod video device. Steve Jobs are you listening?

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Re-Imagining Apple: Apple Gear We Hope to See [Business 2.0]

Posted by Thurston Ali at 09:57 PM

June 23, 2005

"I Heart DF" Vans Sneakers by Naco

These Vans kick! The "I Heart DF" design is by Mexican designer Naco. The "DF" stands for Distrito Federal, the official designation of Mexico City as the national seat of government. (Bet ya' didn't know what DF stood for now, did ya?) There are I Heart DF t-shirts and the like, too. Naco is pumping out the coolest graphics and styles south of the border. But designing a shoe for Vans, well, that's just too cool. "Felipes Con Tennis," indeed. It screams cred.

Posted by Ray Chan at 09:43 PM | Comments (4)

June 21, 2005

Complex Mag's Boss Sneaker Guide

Hola, sneaker freaks. Came across this nifty online buyer's guide to kicks of all kinds at the web site for Complex magazine, one of the recent entries in the new men's mag category that exploded with the success of Cargo. Anyhoo, the Buyer's Guide has all the usual suspects in sneakerdom, from Puma to Vans. But the guide also has some highly lusted after kicks for the sneaker-geek massive, such as the Bapesta series, and some surprises like Fila. Click on a the image of a pair of shoes and a little window pops up with additonal info, including that most important factor: price. Save yourself some time an do your homework before hitting the stores by making a visit to the CBG.

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Complex Magazine Sneaker Buyer's Guide

Posted by Thurston Ali at 11:43 PM

June 17, 2005

Theory Jeans Rule in Summer '05

k, dudes. We were hanging in Soho last weekend. Our routine, what we call "shops and stops." Visits to a dozen or so shops, stops for coffee at Brown cafe or email checks at the Apple Store. Anyhoo, we went into the Bloomingdales on lower Broadway, which has like the best-edited selection of clothes and gear, after Barney's, in all of Manhattan. There we came across a pair of Theory jeans. Theory Clothing is a brand on fire right now. It's now probably our favorite designer at the moment. The Japanese are going crazy over Theory, so there must be something to what the designers at Theory are doing. So we bought these classic pair called the Indigo Knut Oklahoma Jean. The fit was right. The look was right. So even though they're like $165 bucks, we just bought 'em. (K, we admit, this is not the most we've paid for jeans -- we shelled out over $200 for a pair by A.P.C. a couple of years ago.) Be warned, though, if you pick up a pair you've got to wash them first, or else the indigo dye will rub off and appear on lighter colored clothing. And remember to wash them separately. We found these at Bloomingdales in New York, but not online at the the store's website. So below is a link to a page with the Theory jeans on the Neiman-Marcus site.

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Theory Jeans [Neiman-Marcus]

Posted by Thurston Ali at 12:05 AM

June 05, 2005

Limited Edition Sunglasses by Pharrell, A Bathing Ape and Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton

Is this a cool collabo or what? It was only a matter of time that hip hop maestro Pharrell (Neptunes) and Japanese hip hop style maven Nigo (A Bathing Ape) spawned with luxury leather goods maker Louis Vuitton. This is such a "first contact" moment, though not the first time that these stylistic impulses have been brought together. Actually, it was LV designer Marc Jacobs who worked with Pharrell and Bape. The offspring of this collabo, a line of limited edition Vuitton sunglasses, will be snapped up at steady clip, we think. According to inside sources, the eyewear will sell in the $250-and-up price range. We haven't seen a pair of these sunglasses up close and personal yet. But we imagine you could find them at the LV shop in Soho, New York City. That's where the launch party for the sunglasses line was held recently. Pharrell, Nigo, and Marc Jacobs were there of course, as well as a bunch of other luminaries from the worlds of hip hop and style, such as Mike D. from Beastie Boys and Jay-Z. It's only a matter of time before these sunglasses show up on eBay selling for a huge mark-up from the retail price. Prediction: eventually 90% of all available stock will end up in the hands of hardcore Japanese collectors.

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Louis Vuitton Sunglasses by Pharrell [The Bag Lady]

Drop It Like It's Hot [Style.com]

Posted by Ray Chan at 10:46 PM