Category Archives: Fashion

Hostage Store, Stockholm

By Chungaiz | Published: January 27, 2010
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Pop-up stores are passe. Hostage stores are more exciting. Swedish designer Ann Sofie Back (and her ad team We Are Group) have launched this much more outlandish and provocative concept. Society of the Spectacle report: The stunt started with videos posted on YouTube showing Back has been [...]
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Martin Margiela White Objects

By Chungaiz | Published: January 12, 2010
Anyone know how I can get hold of these White Objects by Maison Martin Margiela? Or better still, how I can recreate them myself? Brilliant industrial anonymity. A kind of celebration of form and design, but with the texture and decay tempered by cloth coverings and false fronts. Deconstructionism. I particularly love the “doors” and “rugs”, [...]
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Fuct – New Direction

By Chungaiz | Published: January 5, 2010
Fuct - the fashion brand that came, conquered, went and came back again – has directed their first short film, part one of which can be seen above, and on their website. Nice to see the originators of street fashion (a/k/a “streetwear”, ahem) can still shake things up, push creative boundaries and not be afraid [...]
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Varsity or Stadium Jackets

By Chungaiz | Published: December 21, 2009
If anyone’s been hankering for a varsity or stadium jacket but can’t find quite the right one… make your own! The Jacket Shop was spotted by the Art Wednesday posse. Nice.
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Knot ohundred watch

By Kai | Published: November 4, 2009
nice new timepiece from knot – has been circulating the web and made appearances on a number of blogs, but here it is again on scrapbook. no idea how much it is, and equally not sure about knot’s claim that the watch: “harmonizes modern uniqueness with the appeal of vintage military masculinity.” cool looking thing, nonetheless, despite [...]
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morvelo

By Andy | Published: October 28, 2009
there are quite a lot of companies springing up to cater for the new cool side of cycling, but these guys have been around for years (no diss). they race track, road, cx, mtb, even hill-climbs and they’re doing some really cool tees and some very desirable cycling kit too. is lycra getting [...]
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British Pathe

By Andy | Published: October 20, 2009
this so very nearly made me late for work this morning. so much good footage. on recommendation, i searched ‘herne hill’ to see some old motor-paced, tandem and ordinary bike racing. British Pathe
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Vending Machine Fashion

By Chungaiz | Published: June 4, 2009
Springwise has a good link to vending machine shoes catering to the late night tired feet too much heel girls market. Nice. Onistuka had a vending machine for shoes in Carnaby Street a while back. UniQlo have made much of their vending machine Tshirts. Convenience fashion is clearly in.
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Evolution of Nike Jordan (and the ads)

By Chungaiz | Published: June 3, 2009
You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video It’s gotta be the shoes.
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Original Jams by Converse – US6.5 anyone?

By Chungaiz | Published: May 1, 2009
  Man, I wish I didnt have any toes. How cool are these shoes? Original Jams by Converse on ebay right now! Apparently TheScrapBook slept on the recent re-release of the Original Jams by Converse series back in Febuary this year, but you can check out those reissues at Hypebeast etc.
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