Archive for the ‘Designer Spotlight’ Category
Clothing, Designer Spotlight, Entertainment, News
By Will Reid on September 8th, 2008
L’Officiel Hommes has just launched in Singapore and their launch issue is a high-fashion, Dior Homme-loaded festival of sartorial savoir-faire.
By this I mean that we’re given great editorials with the likes of model Cole Mohr, photographer Milan Vukmirovic, and Dior Homme-designer Kris Van Assche directing a 10-page editorial featuring only Dior Homme clothes! The magazine has really pulled out all the stops for this issue and it is hopefully the precedent for a great future.
See after the jump for a full review with pictures from every editorial!
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Tags: brandish, Clothing, cole mohr, designer, Designer Spotlight, dior, Dior Homme, dior homme sport, Entertainment, fashion, kris van aasche, l'officiel hommes, launch, magazine, milan vukmirovic, News, singapore
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Clothing, Designer Spotlight, Suits & Tailoring
By Jonathan Smith on September 3rd, 2008
Cast members of hit TV series “Mad Men” get the Playboy treatment in this photoshoot. Check out some highlights, such as the Phineas Cole suit Michael Gladis is wearing after the jump and check the full shoot here with details of all the outfits worn.
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Tags: 1950's, 1960's, Mad Men, Phineas Cole, photoshoot, Playboy, suits, tayloring
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Accessories, Clothing, Designer Spotlight
By Will Reid on September 3rd, 2008
My style pick for this week is this gorgeous Comme Des Garcons wallet from Start London. Mr Start, a past columnist for Brandish, has a great look and I can imagine this item slotting into his vintage chic and classic cool wardrobe quite nicely. The embossed leather is a great cerulean blue, made famous by the brilliant film ‘The Devil Wears Prada.’ The wallet has a zip around two sides and an “internal pocket to hold either coins, cards or bills.”
CDG Wallet, £45, Start London
Tags: Accessories, blue, cdg, cerulean blue, Clothing, Comme Des Garcons, designer, devil wears prada, fashion, items, money, mr start, purse, start, start london, style, wallet, Wishlist
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Designer Spotlight, Gallery, Heroes and Celebrities
By Jonathan Smith on September 2nd, 2008
More Kaiser Karl for you today and this time it’s a shoot that he has done for issue #96 of Numero. The shoot for a feature called “La Couture” is inspired by film noir and has Lagerfeld’s go-to girls of couture Karmen Pedaru, Heidi Mount and Vlada Roslyakova. Though strictly speaking this is more of a female orientated shoot it does feature a couple of male models and all the outfits look great so it’s worth checking out.
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[Images from fashionologie.com]
Tags: Chanel, couture, film noir, Heidi Mount, Karl Lagerfeld, Karmen Pedaru, numero, Vlada Roslyakova
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Designer Spotlight, Entertainment, Heroes and Celebrities
By Will Reid on September 2nd, 2008
“Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them”
For a man who claims to not only feel no human emotion but to want no possessions, memories or immortilisation, Karl Lagerfeld sure likes to have his bedazzled fingers in a lot of different pies. After Grand Theft Auto, the Kaiser has collaborated with the German toy manufacturer Steiff on a Karl Lagerfeld teddy bear. That means a bear decked out in all the maestro’s signature pieces; the sunglasses, the rings, the high-collared shirt, skinny trousers, statement belt and skinny tie.
See after the jump for a full-detail picture and all the information!
Tags: american, bears, Chanel, collaboration, design, designer, Designer Spotlight, fashion, germany, gift, grand theft auto, Karl Lagerfeld, neiman marcus, quote, steiff, style, teddy bear, toy, w magazine
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Designer Spotlight, Heroes and Celebrities, Suits & Tailoring
By admin on August 29th, 2008
Now that the Strokes seem to be on indefinite hiatus, guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. has decided to turn his hand to suits. Working together with stylist Ilaria Urbinati, the suits will be available from autumn at Urbanati’s LA based store.
In other Hammond news, there was an interesting article on dressing sharp in The Quietus. In it he states that smart is the new casual, his distaste for underdressed CEO’s (Steve Jobs, I’m looking at you) and how he was the most fashionable in the Strokes.
[Quietus article found via Selectism]
Tags: Albert Hammond Jr., ceo, dressing sharp, Quietus, steve jobs, suits, tailoring, The strokes
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Clothing, Designer Spotlight, Suits & Tailoring, Trends
By Jonathan Smith on August 27th, 2008
If you are in need of something a little smarter and a lot more expensive than the Topman suit you bought for your court appearance then there is a guide to the coolest cool suits of A/W 08 over at men.style.com with this seasons theme being broad shoulders and wide legs, are we venturing back into the realm of shoulder pads? Sweet lord let us hope not.
I’m a massive advocate of the slimmer cut suit so this is perhaps not the guide for me but I’d say if you’ve got the money then these are a safe bet. Check the full selection out here and jump through to see my 3 favorites.
[Images: Alexei Hay]
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Tags: A/W 2008, Gucci, guide, Men.Style.com, prada, suit, suits, thomas pink, z zegna
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Designer Spotlight, Footwear
By admin on August 22nd, 2008
Common Projects are the latest brand to fulfil my current fetish for plain trainers. We’ve featured a pair of their trainers before, but it’s only fair to give the whole brand the once over. Common Projects is the brainchild of Prathan Poopat, former art director for V and Visionaire magazine, and Flavio Girolami, a consultant for several Italian brands.
Their outlook towards the footwear and marketing is one of minimalism as they avoid advertising or complicating their designs. This allows their trainers a timeless appeal which allows them to look regardless of what time of year it is. If you want your trainers to simply complete your outfit instead being the best part of it, Common Projects are the way to go. You can get some of their new range on Oki-Ni, with prices starting from £159.
Tags: Common Projects, Flavio Girolami, minimalist, oki-ni, plain footwear, Prathan Poopat, Timeless, V Magazine, visionaire
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Designer Spotlight, Heroes and Celebrities, News
By Will Reid on August 22nd, 2008
I’ve just caught up on the contents of the September 2008 issue of the newly Fabien Baron-designed Interview magazine (we featured Marc Jacob’s cover a few months back) and found these pictures of Stefano Pilati, the YSL designer and all-round sartorial inspiration.
I can’t even write about them except to just point out the obvious: they’re jaw-droppingly brilliant.
See after the jump for more!
(Source: Fashion Week Daily)
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Tags: Andy Warhol, clothes, Designer Spotlight, Entertainment, fabien baron, fashion, harvey weinstein, interview, interview magazine, Marc Jacobs, sartorial, stefano pilati, Stephanie Seymour, style, Trends, YSL, Yves Saint Laurent
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Clothing, Coats & Jackets, Designer Spotlight, Suits & Tailoring
By Will Reid on August 22nd, 2008
While potentially worrying and probably not at all a good sign, Andy Warhol’s ‘Death Scenes’ have always interested me. His principle was that by repeating the same image of a man impaled on a lamp-post (that’s just one of the prints,) death became strangely banal. This blazer might not be all blood ‘n’ guts (which with McQueen’s history is rather surprising,) but it is undeniably interesting. With city scenes and a fitted shape, this jacket could be worn at work, in the park, at a party and even to a music festival. I like that Matches put it with jeans for a modern edge and if I could afford the £258 price tag, I would go for a crisp white shirt and an Alber Elbaz-style floppy bow-tie. In faded, purple velvet. *Sigh*
Blazer, £258, Matches.com
Tags: Alber Elbaz, alexander mcqueen, Andy Warhol, blazer, city, fashion, jackets, lanvin, matches, Matches fashion, Outfit picks, style, suit, suits, tailor, tailoring, Trends, wearable
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Clothing, Designer Spotlight, News
By admin on August 20th, 2008
Seeing as Mr. West is an established favourite here at Brandish, we feel it only fair to link to a sneak preview of his Pastelle line. As until now pictures of Pastelle clothing have been a rare joy and although the line is due out in November, this doesn’t look set to change. If Vman went through a load of hassle to get the pictures – the tagline reads ‘if only you knew what we went through to get these pictures’ – what hope is there for the rest of us?
The clothes themselves are wearable, if a little unremarkable, but I’ll assume that given the probable high price point they’ll be made using impeccable tailoring and materials. See the rest of the pictures after the jump.
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Tags: kanye west, Lupe Fiasco, November, Pastelle, preview, Rihanna, VMAN
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Designer Spotlight, Footwear, Heroes and Celebrities
By Will Reid on August 20th, 2008
I’m not really a golfer and so I can’t claim any deep knowledge/love/appreciation of golf. I can however show knowledge/love/appreciation of knit V-necks with funky patterns and an equally passionate knowledge/love/appreciation of the new “Tiger Woods/Masters Edition” Nike Blazer Hi Premium.
Kix and the City reports that “to pay tribute to Tiger’s dominance at the Masters, Nike is set to release the “Tiger Woods/Masters Edition” Nike Blazer Premium Hi. The “Tiger/Masters” Nike Blazer Hi features a White/Black Leather upper with a faux Tiger hair Swoosh, a Masters-like logo at the heel tab, and a Green Hoody, symbolic of the Master’s trademark Green Jacket, on the tongue.”
For more images of this brilliant shoe check out Kix and the City.
(Image: LTD)
Tags: fashion, golf, golf 2008, Green, hi-top, kix and the city, masters, masters 2008, nike, nike blazer premium high, nike trainers, shoes, tiger woods 2007, trainer, trainers, trend
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Designer Spotlight, News, Trends
By admin on August 18th, 2008
Pictures of the forthcoming Comme des Garçons collection for H&M have been leaked to Fashionista and my intial verdict is thumbs up for the menswear. The women’s collection might be a little overly quirky (I’m reserving final opinion for when the range hits the shops) but the menswear is spot on, no pun intended. Rei Kawakubo has obviously retained CDG’s spirit in a surprisingly mainstream collection. From what I can see it’s a mix of quality tailoring with some well-placed, original flourishes like bias-cut fabrics and contrasting buttonholes.
Can I put in a request for polka dots to take the crown from stripes? We just need to find a successor to plaid for next spring. Answers on a postcard please.
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Tags: cdg, Collection, Comme Des Garcons, H&M, hennes and mauritz, isabelle o'carroll, menswear, rei kawakubo
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Designer Spotlight, Heroes and Celebrities
By admin on August 14th, 2008
As if being a style icon in the making wasn’t enough, Taz Arnold has decided to launch a clothing line as well. ti$a have announced their arrival onto the scene with a briefcase collaboration with luxury bag brand MCM. They’ve also got some Obama shirts and caps, which isn’t surprising given his ‘Imma vote Obama way’ video.
Check after the jump for pictures of the Obama merchandise
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Tags: barack obama, Bored of Barack Obama, briefcase, luxury bag, MCM, politician, Sa-Ra, Taz Arnold, tisa
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