The Kenzo X Toilet Paper AW/13 Collection Will Keep You Smiling

It seems like Toilet Paper magazine + Kenzo are at it again, but this time, you can buy a piece of the fun + not for a lot of money either.  If you remember, Toilet Paper had already collaborated with Kenzo to shoot their AW/13 campaign earlier this year, but now, their stylish + surreal tongue-in-cheek touch, is on shirts + iPhone cases (below).  (Wouldn’t these make great holiday gifts?) 

The tees showcase hands where feet should be, boots with faces + Kenzo’s signature eyeball prints across an American flag.  The Kenzo X Toilet paper collection is available here for purchase.  

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(via Oyster)

Alice + Olivia’s Stacey Bendet Will Be Forcing You To Buy That Starbucks Tumbler

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Sure the Bearista bear is adorbs, with her trendy pearls + stripes, but I’m loving that ceramic tumbler that much more.  

Stacey Bendet, designer of Alice + Olivia, has created limited-edition ceramic tumblers + a Bearista bear, which will be available at participating Starbucks locations Nov.12th.  With the tumbler featuring the designer’s signature black + white palette + hand-painted metallic accents, you might not want to use it at all for coffee but just to admire.

For Bendet is was a nice change from her usual design work.  She told WWD,’ As a designer, most of my day is spent working on clothing, so it’s always fun to work in a completely different realm.’  

(via WWD)

A Few Dark Hats Perfect For Fall

Anything dark, for the most part, usually gets labeled as utilitarian. Other times, it’s simply considered chic.  Well, here are several darkk hats I’ve selected, that are both utilitarian + chic.

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(clockwise, L-R) It’s all about face with this Black Alpaca Short Skull Backalava Hat by RICK OWENS, ssense.com | Some sunnies usually look better on our heads rather than our faces, but what about goggles, like this Wool Ribbed Goggled Beanie Hat by C.P. COMPANY?, triads.co.uk | Why not be queen for seven days instead of one, with this Tiara Beanie by MARKUS LUPFER?, farfetch.com | Have some fun + play mouse with this Mimi Chunky-Knit Wool Pom Pom Beanie by EUGENIA KIM, net-a-porter uk | The Oversize Rabbit Fur Hat by LÉA CLÉMENT, is perfect for those who love beanies + fur, farfetch.com | Make a statement with this Stallion Screen Cap by GIGI BURRIS accented with stallion hair, farfetch.com | Show a little heart with this Heart Wool Velvet Hat by KTZ, luisaviaroma.com | Keep the flu away with this playful Calf Leather Rabbit Ear Cap by COMME des GARÇONS, H. Lorenzo | Who doesn’t love a good beanie, especially made of leather like this one by DMILRY BYALIK, Image Noire. 

Remembering Deborah Turbeville

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This weekend, fashion lost photographer Deborah Turbeville, a true treasure + practically, a self-taught genius.  Known for her moody + often dark photos, with clothes approached as victims of circumstance, she turned fashion photography on it’s head.  Known for her incendiary ‘Bathhouse Series’ (photos 2 + 4 above), she found beauty + interest in the strangest of places.  Often times, decrepit locations took center stage, with models used as props, dressed in high fashion.  Negatives were given several lives, by being scratched, torn + scattered with dust, to give them the right amount of decay.  A lot of the times, she used faded color, black + white + sepia tones, while sometimes, overexposing her prints, to give her photos that hauntingly eerie look.

In 1977, Turbeville told The Times, ‘I can’t deny that I design the background. A woman in my pictures doesn’t just sit there. In what kind of mood would a woman be, wearing whatever? I go into a woman’s private world, where you never go.’  Fortunately for us, Deborah made it easy for us to travel there too, no matter how melancholic.

RIP Deborah.

RiRi + Damien Hirst Create Sickness For British GQ’s 25th Anniversary

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Isn’t this cover just amazing?  To celebrate British GQ’s 25th anniversary, amazing artists Rihanna + Damien Hirst, collaborated on an art project like no other.  The full portfolio will be available on newsstands + available to download for iPad, Android and Kindle Fire from 31 October.

Judging from work by RiRi + Hirst, I’m sure we’re in for a real treat!

(via British GQ) 

For #FlashbackFriday, here are more Halloween costume suggestions from Charlie Le Mindu‘s video for ‘Gold Sabbah’, his second Haute Coiffure AW/13 collection, which starts with a look behind-the-scenes.  To complete the look, stylist Anne Trevelyan paired Le Mindu’s sculptural gold headpieces with latex looks by Atsuko Kudo, the queen of latex couture.

Here are pics to help you recreate these looks for Halloween.  But don’t despair if you can’t recreate them perfectly – think about how your interpretation will make the look that much more unique + special, in gold (gasp)?!

Enjoy + good luck!

No. 24 from Amadéus Leopold on Myspace.

Prepare to be seduced by Amadéus Leopold, the genius + eccentric violinist, in his music video premiere for ‘No. 24’.  A musical prodigy + protégé of Itzhak Perlman, Leopold pairs his virtuosity with pop appeal + a very eclectic fashion sense (known to wear COMME des GARÇONS + Alexander McQueen on stage).   

I just love the juxtaposition at play here, with the softness of the violin against the hard edge of New York City at night – it’s all about drama for this artist!

Enjoy!

When Turned Inside Out, Discarded Sneakers Become Avant-Garde

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or this?

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Well, believe it!  Thanks to the ingenuity of Dutch designer Elisa Van Joolen, left over NIKE sample shoes were taken then inverted to create new sneakers, which are quite hot.

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Since NIKE kicks of past seasons were going to be disposed of anyway, the idea was only natural.  But the inversion was a genius premeditation, by removing any branding across the design + revealing different colors + graphics from the internal parts.  Elastic straps that hold the tongue in place create stripes down the sides of the shoes + the “sample not for resale” text, the best part I think, printed on the inner forms graphics toward the back.  Van Joolen told dezeen, ‘The inversion process allows the seams that are normally hidden within the shoes to emerge.  These seams were sown by factory workers, + their presence in the production process is brought to the fore. The new incarnation emphasizes the handwork that is part of these shoes as well, while obscuring or at least de-emphasizing their mass-produced element.’

But Van Joolen doesn’t stop there – she also managed to use the soles cut from the shoes to make flip-flops, punching holes in them + threading laces through so they act like straps, as shown below.

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(via dezeen)