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Visionaire 57: A Plug-In, Electric Magazine

This post was originally published on PSFK.com

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The fashion and art publication Visionaire has continuously used a variety of unique formats to present its content. For the 57th issue, the publication draws inspiration from the two-seater Smart Fortwo car. Visionaire 57 “2010″ will be the first plug-in electric issue in the publication’s history. As seen in the photo above, the plug is shaped like Daimler’s compact automobile. Continue reading…

Tattoo Markers Influence Fashion at Rodarte

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We are seeing a trend where marker drawings are playing an interesting role at fashion events in New York. This past Sunday was the closing party of the Wish You Were Here Swap in the LES, a retail pop-up project featuring goods from London’s Newburgh Quarter. At the party we noticed the London-bred artist-in-residence, Shantell Martin, decorating peoples’ faces and bodies with markers which she called Line Drawings. These animations truly seemed to echo Martin’s work. Her series of line drawings are created in sync with the energy of the live performance during the closing party.

This week marker art was seen again. For Rodarte’s latest collection for New York Fashion Week, WWD captured body art on the models’ arms and necks drawn with heavy black markers.  Continue reading…

Street Fashion Girls Featured In Real-Time

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Bijin-tokei is a Japanese website that photographs girls on the street in real-time and with non-stop updates. Every minute of the hour, cute girls are featured holding up a blackboard with the time written in a white marker. Bijin-tokei call themselves “a 1 minute automatic update site” and refreshes a new photograph every minute. Details like the girl’s name, birthday, hometown, height, blood type, occupation, favorite website, and even body measurements are recorded for a heightened voyeur appeal.

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Jil Sander-Glo: Designs at Uniqlo

Since living in Tokyo for two years and now in NYC, I have become a  huge fan of Uniqlo. Minimalist designs meet fun colors and any urban wallet can afford. Now the queen of minimalism has signed on to become head of design at the Japanese megachain. “Some of you [have known] me since I have been engaged in fashion but I’m not interested in the past. Let us talk today about the future,” Jil Sander, clad in a black knee-length coat, said. “I’m here in Tokyo for something completely different. The challenge for me is to establish a premium quality in a democratically-priced range.” Taken from Spring 2005 Jil Sander, could we be seeing more of this?  We’ll have to find out.

Putting the Sir in Williamsburg

After eight grand collections designed at her namesake boutique on Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue, Sir designer Joanna Baum has opened her third shop in New York. Sir is located in the heart of Williamsburg at 129 Bedford Avenue and is the  designer’s latest exciting venture.

With Kirsten Dunst, Kate Hudson, Kiera Knightley, and Michelle Williams as regular clientele of Sir, the opening of a Williamsburg boutique near Bedford Avenue promises to enhance the cool. Since the beginning, Sir had gained a glamorous following through word of mouth and a simple retail model alone.

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