Fashion - Colette renovates in Paris | Alife/Original Fake/Bape/BBC

Colette is currently renovating their store in Paris. Today they announced some features of the new renovated store and it for sure sounds intriguing and interesting.

"The will indeed is to ensure the first floor a broadened out area, not only dedicated to fashion, and also a more accessible space for streetwear, so dynamic today. colette therefore contacted Japanese architect Masamichi Katayama / Wonderwall* to go over its ground floor and finally decided to let him redesign all three floors. A real challenge for him because of the limited time and existing space to work with.

On the ground floor, clients will still find a selection of books, magazines, CDs, records, DVDs, hi-tech products, watches and accessories, and all these little fun objects we love. There will also be a space dedicated to streetwear culture with a wall of sneakers, a house of tshirts multi-brands and mini-shops Alife, A Bathing Ape, Billionaire Boys Club / Ice Cream, Original Fake (all exclusive).

On the first floor, find always mens and womens fashion with our unique mix of established brands and newcomers, as well as accessories and precious jewelry. Beauty, “candles bar” and our favorites of the season will come to complete. The gallery remains were currently situated and a new space for temporary projects will be created below."

I can't wait for the new store to be finished. August 25 is the re-opening.

In the meantime you can visit the Mini Colette Store at 23 Place du Marché Saint Honoré.

Huhhhh...

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Sneakers - Ice Cream Board Flip ‘P’ Customs

Skateboard P, otherwise known as Pharrell is shown above holding a pair of custom designed Ice Cream Board Flip IIs which were specially designed for him. Fellow sneakerhead Pharrell reached out to designer JGoods to work on this project and add yet another custom sneaker to his ever growing collection. Working with an Ice Cream Board Flip as a base isnt something JGoods is all that familiar with but being a man of many talents he was pretty confident he could get the job done. Plus, how do you say no to somebody like Pharrell when they reach out to you for a job like this? You dont, you just make it happen and get the job done, which JGoods clearly did here. Besides for the obvious green, black and white checker pattern JGoods added an ice cream design which is shown dripping down all around the top of the sneaker. You take notice to it all the way up the lace tab, around the ankle and out to the back on the heel. The dripping ice cream design also found its way to the top of the tongue too. Im sure Pharrell was more then pleased with the final results as JGoods put in a lot of time and effort to make them truly unique and clean for the hip hop mogul. These puppies cost Pharrell a whopping $1,100, but what do you expect for such a quality job like this. More pictures of all the details follow after the jump, check em out to see that dripping ice cream design up close.

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Music - Fonzworth Bentley feat. Andre 3000 & Kanye West - "Everybody"

Mr. Bentley called in some favors, recruiting Kanye West, 3 Stacks, and Sa-Ra for his new video. Watch it now!

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Fashion - Murses & Man-bags?

Pharrell Williams has a $67,000 purple/pink crocodile
Hermes bag

When men first began carrying bags that were traditionally worn by women people laughed- they laughed loud and they laughed hard, but with some of manliest men and top style gurus strutting . . . I mean walking around with these bags you have to ask yourself- is it really THAT bad? Some people think that the "man-bag" portrays 1 of 2 things: you're self-absorbed or you like men. I'm thinking that stigma is changing. The list of of men who rock "murses" grows everyday: Pharrell, David Beckham, Lupe Fiasco, Tom Brady, Seal, Kanye West, Ryan Reynolds, and Terrence Howard just to name a few.

David Beckham with a leather brown Prada bag

Terrence Howard with his black patent & leather crocodile


Lupe Fiasco and his red Goyard bag

Seal with a black leather murse

Tom Brady with an army fatigue murse

In his interview with Paper Magazine Pharrell talks about his murse/travel bag:

“Don’t call it a murse,” says PHARRELL, pulling out his second look from the gargantuan purple croc HERMES tote, which he has accessorized with another JACOB key chain, this one covered in yellow diamonds to match the bag’s gold hard-ware.

“It’s not a man purse. It’s my travel bag.”

PHARRELL says style is… "about who you are, where you’re going, what’s comfortable…It’s your attitude that makes it hot.”

“It’s not that I’m necessarily proud of being a nerd,” says PHARRELL. “It’s who I am.”

Pharrell is truly stuntin' with his 2 Hermes murses, he's so proud!
I think he's an advocate for the murses, he'll probably start a non-profit in support of men carrying bags that look like purses. . .;-)

Personally, I think it's okay for a man to have a bag like its okay for a woman to wear jeans - I think the bag has to fit the look. It just becomes a little questionable when he carries it like a purse, you know under his arm like Tom Brady or the way Terrence Howard does. Pharrell's purple color rocksss in my oppinion. . . ! These huge bags are very appropriate for travel and just walking around the streets on a daily basis like below if you feel like. . . (cough cough) Pharrell:

A BIG Thank You to the ultimative Urban Gent Blog!!

So how do you feel about this?!

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Fashion - Obey and Upper Playground hooking up for the HOPE

Obey has gotten together with Upper Playground to release a Barack Obama zip-front hoodie. The left chest, and back depict Shepard Fairey’s much seen “Hope” design. They are available in both men’s and women’s sizes exclusively through Obey’s online shop. Proceeds will go to fund more Obama material.Obey has gotten together with Upper Playground to release a Barack Obama zip-front hoodie. The left chest, and back depict Shepard Fairey’s much seen “Hope” design. They are available in both men’s and women’s sizes exclusively through Obey’s online shop. Proceeds will go to fund more Obama material.

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Sneakers - Design your own shoe Design 3.0

Air Force 1 Dragan Filovski Jr. (Premium Edition)

I found a sweet tool for you....click here!

It's pretty cool you can pick Jordans 1-20 and pick whatever colors, textures or material you want. Great if you are to lazy or can't photoshop. Show us some of your creations!

Here some of my small collection;-)

Jordan III designed by Dragan Filovski Jr.


Jordan II designed by Dragan Filovski Jr.

Jordan III designed by Dragan Filovski Jr.

Jordan 11 designed by Dragan Filovski Jr.

So what do you think about my work?

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Art - Takashi Murakami "My First Art"

Japanese manga and anime obtains so much attention on a worldwide scale, and one name that sticks out is Takashi Murakami. Some of his latest antics includes a rebirth of someof his finest and most well known work to date, with a series entitled "My First Art".

Take a glimpse at the works on offer below.

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Fashion - Bape Release Fresh Shades

Boyz and Grirlzzz you gotta check this...

Bape has released a new pair of sunglasses. They come in black and white, both featuring the Bapesta logo on the arms. The white frame comes with blue lenses and the black frame comes with black lenses.

These are now available in Bape stores worldwide.

Bape rulezz....!lol

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International Event - Andy Warhol @ Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles

Michael Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles is offering a rare opportunity to view the photography of Andy Warhol. 200 works have been selected from the last eleven years of Warhol's life (1976-1987), documenting his interaction with the city and its objects. An underlying theme is how Warhol's photography, and the medium itself, informed his silkscreens. The exhibition runs until August 22.

I love Any Warhols art...!

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Music - The Cool Kids come out with the "That's Stupid!" mixtape

Chicago's The Cool Kids waste no time moving from their debut EP on Chocolate to a new mixtape. "That's Stupid!" is more of the throwback, style happy lyrics and flex from the duo. Free on the groups myspace page.

Niceeeee...

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Fashion - Free Gold Watch goes Levis 501

Fellas of free gold watch were in the kitchen cooking up something marvelous for his spring 2009 collection....a levi 501 colabo!!! Matt and Jordan (Matt's partner) are two of the most creative dudes in the industry. Only Matt and Jordan can come up with a 6th pocket that has this money lining. Now all you guys getting robbed can put your $ in this pocket and pull bunny ears out for the person who has just tried to VICtimize you!

The black denim comes with a reverse pocket, details on the back pockets as well as a dollar lining inside the pockets.

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Sneakers - Hint to keep the kicks crisp

Sneakerheads: rejoice! There's a sneaker customizer and collector out in Connecticut who has found a way to stop the inevitable doom of your Air Force Ones: the toe crease. Mysteriously named "Chef" of gourmetkickz.com, this connoisseur has a patent pending on the geniusly simple DeCreaseR mechanism. Essentially, it's a bridge for the underside of the toebox that allows the sneakers to transfer their bend at certain anchor points. Decreaser_pic The front of the toe box then stays fresh and smooth, and from the Chef's ingenuity, the toes stay mostly out of contact with the device. Coming from a math and science background and stepping into the sneaker game as a hobby, the Chef utilized his mechanical abilities and created a prototype made from a protein powder canister. The instructions are actually still listed up for free as a sort of gift back to the sneaker community of which the Chef has extracted so much pleasure.

Judging from the demo pix on his sites, if the Chef's cooking is as crispy as his sneakers, he'll hopefully be making bacon with the product everyone's going to want as soon as it's out. In the meantime, check here for product news and sample packs.

Fashion - New collection out now Rock Smith/Crooks & Castles

RockSmith's latest fitteds fallowed by the new clothing line are out now. You've got a selection of the New Money, Crooked R and Kool mo Hat. Check out the added detailing under the brim. And they match the gear!

Check out the rest of the RockSmith collection here.

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Check the latest Crooks & Castles collection....

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Art - A quick look into pharrell's furniture line

That chair Pharrell is sitting on is called the Perspective it was designed by Pharrell and built by Domeau & Pérès. The chair along with another design and a table will be part of a show in Paris at the prestigious Emmanuel Perrotin Galerie.

Fashion - Louis Vuittion Jewlery Collection by Pharrell Williams

Maybe you knew that Pharrell was posing for Louis Vuitton, but did you know he was doing jewelry for every Orange County housewife’s favorite high-priced label? Well, he did, and he showed his Blason collection yesterday in the midst of the Paris couture shows. Williams co-created the line of gold and diamond pieces with Camille Miceli, the fashion house’s official jewelry designer.

Take a look:

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Fashion - Kanye West designs for Louis Vuitton

Louis Vuitton really hearts Hip Hop! On the heels of Pharell’s Blason jewelry collection for LV earlier this year, comes news that Kanye West is collaborating with the company on a shoe line. Kanye made the announcement in Paris on Friday, and I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot of him this week, front row at all the couture shows.

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Fashion - Weezy vs. Fashion

The optical look of a rapper gets more and more important, the image is more important than ever. It serves the fans to identify themselfes as well to show-off the many millions ernead and of course to bring the honeys into bed. But interesting is how the Hip Hop cluture became a fundamental sales factor. First of all the raise of the selled albums, second the example of Rocawear for Jay-Z, or G-Unit - Clothing for Fiddy as additional source of income. Third, the Designers and Producers pay them a lot of money to present and wear their clothes. Like Nike payed Nelly for "Air Force"dedication or Courvoisier for the Track Busta Rhymes did (Pass the Courvoisiert 2002). Gucci aswell, the ecstasy of Jigga for the label, at the time lead by Tim Ford, helped Gucci out of a loonger crash. After the people realised the dimensions of how Hip Hop cultur is affecting the the biz market-economical wise, lead this finally to ereasing Logos and and brand names from the clips. Fashion and Hiphop belong to eachother like bier and soccer.

Let's see what Lil'Weezy is wearin lately.

Unlike the many rappers in his generation (T.I., Juelz Santana) has Weezy never "invited" is own style, but spotted whatever he likes and how long he feels like. He'll rock tight ass Jeans today, like Juelz, T.I. and Kanye, tomorrow he'll rock a V-Neck Shirt and a fresh Buckle. After that you'll find a foto session to the next interview again with 3XL style and wears suddenly skater wear.

While other rappers express her childhod with their dresscode Weezy cracks the border clothingwise and musical. Switching his style like his flowwwww.

The bigges constand in his wardrobe are probably Wifebeater und Shades, but that looks like belongs to the standard repartoir of every american rapper.

Are effects like Julez today unmistakable, are they tomorrow already history.

The pictures from the big Bape-Hypes speak for themselfs:

Während Paps Birdman fleißig rot sportet und dann einfach mal seinen Kleiderschrank und nebenbei auch einfach mal den ganzen Fuhrpark in strahlendes Rot taucht, ist Söhnchen einfach mal den ganzen Tag drauf. Und so ist Weezys Cup marketingtechnisch wahrscheinlich fast so genial wie Weezys Schneemann, nur das man aus dem Ding selbst zum Glück keine Kohle schlagen kann. Falls er irgendwann doch seine eigenen Cups designt, so ist das ganze ohne den ebenso verballernden, wie gefährlich verblödenden und tragischerweise zu oft tödlichen Inhalt doch ohnehin witzlos.

Now the last thing to talk about is the tatooing , remeber the illest XXl cover ever, showing how Baby and Weezy pushed the tatoonig to another level, so that Weezy in the meantime for me, since we talk about tatooing, is definitly the craziest bastard.
Alone the tatooes on his patchs speak volumes. Out of this game is nobody crazy enough to shut is face with tatooes, but him!

Conclusion: The Best Rapper Alive is probably not the most fancied up rapper, but has defenitly found a slot, if we talk about optical definition. Weezy crosses musical as also clothingwise all borders, he's unique but also universal.

Weezy is history in the makin', now shut up and let him make it!

Word!