Shops & Boutiques

Community 54 x TISA

Community 54 x TISA

Posted by ThinkCONTRA   | 

Taz Arnold, the man behind TISA makes an exclusive appearance at the Community 54 Lower East Side store for a one day pop up on January 31st.  Cop some TISA gear and meet Taz from 6PM-8PM.

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Sunshine Sakae 2012 Commercial Directed by Michel Gondry

Sunshine Sakae 2012 Commercial Directed by Michel Gondry

Posted by Matt Ho   | 

Every time I think I’ve seen the Japanese do it all, they manage to one-up themselves with commercials such as this one for a department store called Sunshine Sakae. It also happens to be directed by Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry. via Buzzfeed

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Community 54 Featured in the New York Times

Community 54 Featured in the New York Times

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If you haven’t heard by now about the Community 54 x CONTRA movement, then you’ve been under an enormous boulder or a dark long K hole. Since opening in New York’s Lower East Side, followed with the launch of the Toronto Parkdale store, Community 54 has garnered a lot of love within both respective communities [...]

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Community 54 Toronto Store Launch

Community 54 Toronto Store Launch

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Last Friday CONTRA x Community 54 celebrated the Toronto store opening with a special in store with Rich Hil and live performance next door at Wrongbar. Here are some highlights from the store party.

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CONTRA x COMMUNITY 54 – The Lower East Side to Parkdale

CONTRA x COMMUNITY 54 – The Lower East Side to Parkdale

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Community 54 opens in Toronto! If you haven’t heard the buzz around the city, consider this your notice. CONTRA has teamed up with Community 54 to open up a location in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood. As an extension to the original store in New York’s Lower East Side, the T.O. location will bring the same creative [...]

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Billie Achilleos Creatures for Louis Vuitton Maison Sydney

Billie Achilleos Creatures for Louis Vuitton Maison Sydney

Posted by Lauren Festa   | 

This weekend Louis Vuitton will open their latest large scale Maison flagship store in Sydney, Australia. The Maison stores only exist in London, Paris, Tokyo and New York at the moment. For the occasion Louis Vuitton has once again worked with artist Billie Achilleos, who created local Australian animals out of Vuitton luggage pieces, including [...]

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Lissy Elle – Teacups & Tutus

Lissy Elle – Teacups & Tutus

We posted a series of photographs by Lissy Elle a few months ago. Those were stunning, confusing and utterly captivating images, in and of themselves. Enough to make me think, Man, I need to get to know this girl, even if on a purely aesthetic basis. I was struck by the haunting quality of her [...] >>
Jason Ierace – Gun For Hire

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 [...] >>
CYEOMS by Crystal Yeomans

CYEOMS by Crystal Yeomans

This is a tale of two cities; a story of lovers and 2×4′s, nervous break downs and self discovery. But above all, this is a story about fashion. I met her at a party, somewhere between drunkeness and floating, but I didn’t forget about Crystal Yeomans, the designer behind CYEOMS. Crystal is a ‘reverse-rebel’; both [...] >>
Lea T – Torment of Duality

Lea T – Torment of Duality

Does the transsexual model Lea T epitomize the new ideal of fashion? Is she the ultimate in achieving androgyny?... >>
Adriana Lima does Amy Winehouse

Adriana Lima does Amy Winehouse

Even as a crack smoking custy, model Adriana Lima still manages to look drop dead gorgeous portraying Amy Winehouse in the new issue of Love magazine. Let’s just hope Ms. Lima has a little more self-control. >>