#NEWYORKSUMMER
Clear your calendars, people…we’re having a party! CONTRA, in association with Genesis Media, Martini Media, Sennheiser, ROOT [Drive-In], and OMEN PR, cordially invite you to #NEWYORKSUMMER. Sunny days and long nights are just around the corner — and that’s cause for celebration. Join us on Thursday May 30th at 443 W18th (between 9th & 10th [...]
Carine Roitfeld – A Givenchy Gypsy for Fall 2013 Campaign
This is a first for Carine Roitfeld — of course not the styling part of high profile fashion campaigns — but rather fronting the other side of the camera, starring in the Givenchy Fall 2013 spot, alongside her daughter Julia Restoin Roitfeld. The fashionable fashion family affair are joined alongside Amanda Seyfried, Spanish actor Quim Gutiérrez and [...]
NSFW – TASCHEN presents Shot by Kern
New York City based photographer Richard Kern has us wet in a few places, with this TACHEN title, Shot By Kern. The book presents some 300 of these photographs, which are less uncomfortable than Terry Richardson but more sexually overt than American Apparel ads, and some seeing the light of day for the first time. Those [...]
Stranger on the Third Floor
Photographer: Mackenzie Duncan Stylist: Kelly Brown Retoucher: Jeffrey Scott Fogarty Model: Neelia w/ Fusion Models NYC Makeup: Ingeborg at Opus Beauty using Bite Beauty Hair: Lacy Redway at See Management Assistants: Janelle Olsen & Nicole Steacy
NSFW – ‘Sauvage’ Andreea Diaconu & Anja Rubik By Mario Sorrenti For Vogue Paris July 2013
Could photographer Mario Sorrenti have solved the blonde versus brunette debate once and for all? In this editorial questionably entitled Sauvage, brown-haired babe Andreea Diaconu and blonde bombshell Anja Rubik get wet and NSFW in the best way possible, for a fashion shoot that could be selling a bottle of water for all we know, [...]
Countdown: New Boards of Canada Single Debuting Within The Hour (Updated)
We’ve all more or less recovered from last month’s Boards of Canada easter egg... >>
Ai Wei Wei – Dumbass (Video)
So, Ai Wei Wei made a heavy metal music video and it’s more badass than dumbass, in ... >>
Uncomfortable (Reflex Remix) – DJ Cam
A small team of Belgian and Italian film-makers under the name of We Cross the Line are kn... >>
Daft Punk Bonus Track “Horizon” (Japan Only)
Japan gets the best of the best and gives the best of the best always, in everything. Natu... >>
Mix of the Day: Giorgio Moroder Live at Deep Space
iframe not supported! “Good evening, ladies and gentleman,” a vocoder intoned ... >>
Kanye West Goes Martial Rap, But He’s Not The First
The reality of Kanye West taking the Saturday Night Live stage with a scorching anger shoo... >>
#NEWYORKSUMMER
Clear your calendars, people…we’re having a party! CONTRA, in association with Genesis Media, Martini Media, Sennheiser, ROOT [Drive-In], and OMEN PR, cordially invite you to #NEWYORKSUMMER. Sunny days and long nights are just around the corner — and that’s cause for celebration. Join us on Thursday May 30th at 443 W18th (between 9th & 10th [...]
Countdown: New Boards of Canada Single Debuting Within The Hour (Updated)
We’ve all more or less recovered from last month’s Boards of Canada easter egg hunt, which eventually resulted in the announcement of their first new album in 8 years, Tomorrow’s Harvest, out next month. But the saga won’t end til we hear the music. That moment arrives imminently as BBC1 will play a new BoC [...]
Ai Wei Wei – Dumbass (Video)
So, Ai Wei Wei made a heavy metal music video and it’s more badass than dumbass, in which he draws a comparison between entrapment and being a woman, as he starts out in a suit and ends up in a dress and lipstick. The video is dedicated to all those who have been suppressed by the government, [...]
The Monocle Guide to Better Living
For Monocle’s first ever book, The Monocle Guide to Better Living, the editorial team looks at one of the title’s core themes – quality of life. In an informative and entertaining collection of writing, reports and recommendations, Monocle surveyed the locations, products and ideas that are inspiring better living across the globe. The 400-page book features original [...]
Uncomfortable (Reflex Remix) – DJ Cam
A small team of Belgian and Italian film-makers under the name of We Cross the Line are known for finding interesting people and pointing a camera at them, recording their moves in a documentary style. This is their first foray into music, Uncomfortable, follows a similar recipe to their documentary work. Michael Jackson never dies, he lives [...]
#NEWYORKSUMMER
Clear your calendars, people…we’re having a party! CONTRA, in association with Genesis Media, Martini Media, Sennheiser, ROOT [Drive-In], and OMEN PR, cordially invite you to #NEWYORKSUMMER. Sunny days and long nights are just around the corner — and that’s cause for celebration. Join us on Thursday May 30th at 443 W18th (between 9th & 10th [...]
Nasty Gal x Lazy Oaf 90′s Capsule Collection
Nasty Gal has basically conquered the internet . The e-com giant is now getting it’s pretty little fingers into the collaboration game. Announcing a partnership with ’90s-inspired British label Lazy Oaf, a brand who we featured back a few summers ago. You can read that here. We were drawn initially to their cartoonish graphics and bright colors — [...]
‘Don Jon’ Trailer
Joseph Gordon-Levitt‘s directorial debut, Don Jon, that hits screens October 18 via Relativity Media, which snapped up the hot title (nee Don Jon’s Addiction) for $4M out of Sundance. Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly and Brie Larson star in the pic about a porn-addicted Jersey guy balancing life and love. I’m going to [...]
Daft Punk Bonus Track “Horizon” (Japan Only)
Japan gets the best of the best and gives the best of the best always, in everything. Naturally, French duo Daft Punk releases a bonus track (Japan only) “Horizon” that didn’t make the final cut on Random Access Memories. The relaxing instrumental track from the Japanese release of the album is worthy of a few listens as [...]
Public School x BMX x Swarovski Bike
Woah, we sure love our bikes, so what happens when a streetwear brand we equally love teams up with BMX for an ultimate bling session with Swarovski? If you’re Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne of Public School, you take the BMX bike from Kink and cover it in 7,000 black Swarovski crystals. True story. Even better than how it looks is [...]
Stranger on the Third Floor
Photographer: Mackenzie Duncan Stylist: Kelly Brown Retoucher: Jeffrey Scott Fogarty Model: Neelia w/ Fusion Models NYC Makeup: Ingeborg at Opus Beauty using Bite Beauty Hair: Lacy Redway at See Management Assistants: Janelle Olsen & Nicole Steacy
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Suave Like Sauvé – Sebastian Sauvé
We picked a model’s brain to see if there was anything in there and it turns out that Sebastian Sauvé (Premier London) is more than just a pretty boy. Even if he is the ultimate model-photographer cliche. I mean when you look like this, you have to ride the wave, any which way it goes. [...] >>
The BLVCK SCVLE Theory
A tinge of Soho, a pinch of Fifth Ave, a linger of Rodeo Drive. This physically describes Black Scale NYC, a just-down-the-road yet out of the way menswear destination. On a slate grey cobblestone street in the city that never sleeps, a sliding door entrance opens to a polished all-black-everything ‘man cave’ if you will. [...] >>
Ink Philosophy: Jun Cha
23-year-old L.A. tattoo artist Jun Cha is an amalgam of all things creative. He’s an illustrator, a painter, a photographer, a fashion designer having memorable collaborations with brands like Black Scale and The Hundreds under his belt, and more. It takes skill, time and patience to dip your toes in everything, but most importantly, discipline. [...] >>
Jay Strut
It’s not about who you know. It’s about knowing who you are. And strutting your stuff. That’s kind of what I’ve gathered from Jay Strut, a Toronto-based fashion blogger. We’re still getting used to this term and it’s definition, much to the annoyance of established fashion journalists and editors, who work to keep fashions’ gates [...] >>
Honest to Goodness Mr. Dougie
Honest Ed’s is synonymous with ‘landmark’ for most Toronto residents. They know it’s the spot for the best deals on cheap products, for nearly every facet of your life. Located on Bloor and Bathurst Sts, in the safe, culturally vibrant Annex neighbourhood, the one-of-a-kind retail space lights up like a 1940′s Hollywood movie trailer. Oozing [...] >>
Jason Ierace – Gun For Hire
Finding cool stuff online is like making rapid fire but unrelated connections in your brain – one second you’re thinking about puppies and the next you’re contemplating life on Mars. How does it happen? Random. But interesting. Stream of conscious. Starting out with lord only knows what at this point, I skipped across photographer Jason [...] >>
