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. [...]
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I’m about to say something and you might be tempted to head back a page at my hackneyed sentiment but bare with me for a moment, because I have a point and I’ll get there shortly. Art can be found anywhere. From the whorl of a fingerprint to cloud formations across a clear blue sky. [...]
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A smile and a piece of cake. A smile and a cup of tea. These were the simple offerings from photographer Dara Scully during our correspondence. To be completely honest, it was her bird who ‘knocked on our door’, who is a very important part of Dara’s work and life. Despite her sunny disposition, [...]
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I met the lovely Gemma Shiel, creator of Lazy Oaf recently in NYC. I wanted to know the story behind this pop graphic, print focused illustration label, replete with covetable clothing, accessories and stationery. On my first attempt, Gemma told me “no photos”. But the next day I came around, she was so friendly and [...]
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Here’s someone who doesn’t need a fancy introduction. In person, Mark McNairy is cool as he is attractive in a dapper, English-gentlemen kind of way. For a time now, he’s been making some of the baddest shoes to be hitting the streets, giving cool kids everywhere serious STEEZE. But you probably already knew that. I [...]
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Honolulu native, New York City based jewelry designer Bliss Lau may have never created her eponymous jewelry line, were it not for an initial five year stint in handbags, after completing her studies at Parsons NY. “I took some of the chains that were draped on the front of one of my handbags and I [...]
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Brandon Svarc and Bahzad Trinos welcomed me to Naked & Famous Denim’s latest venture, a retail store called Tate + Yoko. Brandon begins by putting on a rockabilly vinyl, from a guy who made an album in his garage, who never made any money, but without who, The Cramps would not exist. “Good tunes are [...]
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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 [...]
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They’ve been listed on the BBC’s Sounds of 2012, alongside Frank Ocean, Azealia Banks, and A$AP Rocky. It’s no surprise, and this is no buzz band. When I first saw the video for “I’m His Girl” by five piece too-cool-for-school band Friends, I was like ‘woah that’s some cool looking shit.’ And as it happened, [...]
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