Music legend, Jimi Hendrix, is to be resurrected in the form of a fashion collection. Some puriest will undoubtedly find this concept nothing short of sacreligious. The face and name of Jimi Hendrix will be splashed across a collection of high-end jackets and handbags. The collection is co-designed by Jimi Hendrix’s sister, Janie Hendrix, who [...]

LA Air Line, the new and highly coveted, urban chic designer brand, is being received with a great deal of respect and enthusiasm by a growing list of fashionistas, street-beat high rollers and fashion critics. The brand produces arguably the finest T-Shirt on the planet, each garment being hand painted and decorated in LA. The collection [...]

Japan Rags Jeans and Le Temps des Cerises Jeans was founded in 1998 by born and raised denimologists Gil and Lilian Richardiere. Many people consider Japan Rags Jeans and Le Temps des Cerises Jeans some of the best value for money denim available in France. It won’t be long before the brand has a major [...]

Rumour has is the mighty Stussy is in the process of doing a collaboration with new boys Neighborhood Denim. Stussy recently produced an outstanding denim collaboration with Levis but this denim collaboration is rumoured to be a sick synergy of right and wrong and is destined to attracted suitors the world over. This is one [...]

The Gucci brand hits 85 this year with a number of celebrations scheduled around the globe. Gucci Group is one of the world’s leading multi-brand luxury goods companies. Through its brands Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Sergio Rossi, Boucheron, Roger & Gallet, Bottega Veneta, Bédat & Co., Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney and Balenciaga, the Group designs, [...]

Sugar Cane original vintage denim jeans were developed from the accumulated results of more than 20 years of research and experience of vintage jeans reproduction. The features of Sugar Cane jeans are that they do not resemble any other pair of other manufacturer’s jeans.  The jeans Sugar cane make are based on “5 Pocket Denim [...]

A new BOSS Orange Concept Store in Berlin. The notion of a “Concept Store” can appear pretentious to even the least cynical amongst us; what exactly is a Concept Store? Accordingly to our friends at Boss it’s the unexpected and willingness to be open to experiment. The store itself is located in a historic building, [...]

Miuccia, grand-daughter of the celebrated designer Mario Prada and raison d’etre for the Miu Miu brand, recently proved she’s still a Queen B. When Miuccia says jump a whole host of B-list celebrates start to bounce, which is best exemplified her recently traveling exhibition which attracted a bunch of B’s, including Lindsay Lohan – Paris [...]

A growing number of top brands have added eco-subdivisions to their corporate structure. Leading brands like Edun – Mavi – Serfontaine – Loomstate – Levis – Armani – American Apparel – Nike – Camper and, of course, the pioneering Katherine Hamnett, have all taken the laudable step of introducing an element of compassion into their fashion. [...]

“Gap, the largest US speciality clothing retailer, will on Monday launch an eight-week US television advertising campaign for its more than 3,000 Gap brand stores, as part of a comprehensive drive to turn around almost two years of falling sales. The TV ads are tied to the launch of the brand’s autumn clothing, and mark [...]

The MissMess brand, is the brain-child of celebrated artist, Marijana Zebeljan. To paraphrase the artist’s brand philosophy: “If you’re a painter you’re usually in a glorious “Mess”. Historically speaking all greater artists are destitute, almost starving, since the masses don’t pay attention to artists until they’re long dead and buried. Artists live to buy canvas [...]

Alexander McQueen has teamed with Samsonite to create the ultimate luggage accessories. The new collection, to be named “Samsonite Black Label by Alexander McQueen,” debuts this fall and will be available in stores by early 2007. It includes a series of suitcases crafted in the Samsonite tradition of durability and strength. McQueen’s fashion flare plainly [...]

Word on the fashion grapevine is Pharrell Williams has lost the Louis Vuitton campaign after an “incident” at the Milan Men’s Fashion Week? The singer was geared-up to be the face of Vuitton’s autumn advertising campaign. However this is now in question because Pharrell’s bouncers reputedly rough-up a gang of gay fashionistas (including David Furnish [...]

No other apparel company in the world has the same singular focus on rugby as Canterbury of New Zealand.  Canterbury of New Zealand built its foundations in club rugby, the grass roots of the game, and while it outfits high profile international sides such as Australia, Scotland, Ireland, Fiji and Japan it has never lost [...]

The inevitable consequence of the Scandinavian denim invasion is that some bright spark would synergise, some might suggest exploit, Nordic Mythology. So how’s this for starters, a denim brand called Odyn! The designer is Emmy Lauridsen, a Danish designer who’s modeled the line after Nordic mythological characters, “Odyn” being the god of wisdom and poetry. [...]

Angela Ahrendts, the new boss of Burberry, is planning ‘men only’ stores in a move to reach a wider audience. The American, who last week replaced Rose Marie Bravo as chief executive of Burberry, downplayed the company’s reputation as the brand of choice for ‘chavs’. ‘This is a very British notion,’ she said, adding that [...]

Levi’s 503 + Mad Barbarians. The Crazy Concept is based on Mad & Pop! Whatever that is! MAD is apparently indicative of blood splattered anarchy which is combined with print and embroidery of the character POP, which we’re informed is a crazy, ironic and idiosyncratically Eastern mix. The jeans have a coin case, specially made [...]

The Big Issue has teamed up with fashion designer and campaigner Katharine Hamnett to produce an Alternative Energy Review lambasting the government’s road to nuclear energy and highlighting the NEW ENERGY REVOLUTION, the synergy of renewables, energy efficiency and green transport. The Big Issue Alternative Energy Review – including contributions from a wide range of [...]

Justin Timberlake, America’s Pop Prince and Music Genius, was apparently the main male model for his new clothing line, William Rast. We’re all thinking the same thought: where on earth did that name come from — William Rast, William Who? – perhaps that’s the name of Justin Timberlake’s alter-ego! Whatever the story behind the name, the [...]

Porsche Design presents its first men’s fashion range. Stuttgart/Milan. On June 26, 2006, during the Milan Fashion Week, Porsche Design presents their first men’s collection for spring/summer 2007. Exclusive licenced partnerships include renowned companies such as: Belfe for fashion sportswear and outerwear, Ferragamo for shoes and leather goods, Mantero for ties and silk accessories and [...]