A Continuous Lean: Good Read

I began to read one of my daily morning reads today, and found a very interesting article. It was featured on the website " A Continuous Lean". For those unfamiliar with ACL, a common abbreviation for the site, it is "an informal listing of men’s style, wit and wisdom". The contributing writer & self-editor ,Michael Williams, does an awesome job maintaining the site, and keeping me up to date on awesome reading material especially on menswear. Today, I was really interested in an article he posted about an article from the Wall Street Journal. The company wrote of the decreasing popularity in men wearing ties, but Michael Williams found an editorial to the editor from designer Alexander Olch. Above is the editorial.

Sufjan Stevens dislikes Contemporary Music Genres

Sufjan Stevens has anger towards Vampire Weekend. The once "up and coming" band that I wrote about not too long ago. One of my classmates and friend, Michael Carli, reported the quotation to me.
"Sometimes I worry that the ever-increasing trend toward excessive innovation has pushed the art and music world into a slapstick exhibition of dog breeding, generating increasingly newer, more contemporary fashions: gothic folk, for one. Or Afro-beat Ivy League pop. Maybe this only reflects the inevitable merging of all cultures, in which art slowly becomes a least common denominator for the interchange of multiple civilizations coming together in one song. I don’t mind the intermarrying of ideas. This is the natural sequence of events. We are all better for it; it is fundamentally American. But sometimes the effort of innovation itself is just empty exertion, unspirited and unreal, bearing bad fruit."
The quotation was originally published only a few days ago, but has not really made headlines or anything.
It was originally published in http://asthmatickitty.com/sidebar.php?sidebarID=341

menswear spring/summer 2009 schedules

A new blog has emerged. The name of the blog is "dance boy dance". The blog focuses on a variety of different topics. For instance, fashion, rave music, games, and as Neto, the main writer, would describe it "addicting shit". Feel free to check it out. He has up the entire schedule for men's fashion week.

Below is his latest post. I'd check out everything he has to offer.

"Tuesday, June 10, 2008

menswear spring/summer 2009 schedules

its almost time for menswear runway shows again, this time spring/summer 09. im really eager to see some stuff. i bolded those which im most interested in, anyways, here's the schedules:

Milan SS 2009 21-24 June
21 June
10:00 GAETANO NAVARRA 11:00 C.P. COMPANY 12:00 COSTUME NATIONAL HOMME 14:30 JIL SANDER 15:30 MISSONI 16:15 BURBERRY PRORSUM 17:00CARLO PIGNATELLI OUTSIDE 17:45 LES HOMMES HOMME 18:30 VERSACE19:30 EVISU 20:30 DENIS SIMACHEV

22 June
09:00 BOTTEGA VENETA 10:00 FRANKIE MORELLO 11:00 GIANFRANCO FERRE' 12:00 ROBERTO CAVALLI 13:00 SALVATORE FERRAGAMO 14:00 VIVIENNE WESTWOOD 14:45 ANTONIO MARRAS 15:30 EMPORIO ARMANI 16:15 ALEXANDER MCQUEEN 17:00 NEIL BARRETT 18:00 HAUTE 19:00 PRADA

23 June
10:00 ENRICO COVERI 11:00 BIAGIOTTI 12:00 GUCCI 13:30 DIRK BIKKEMBERGS 14:30 JOHN RICHMOND 15:30 MOSCHINO 16:30 KRIZIA UOMO 17:30 ALESSANDRO DELL'ACQUA 18:30 M+F GIRBAUD 19:30 GIULIANO FUJIWARA 20:30 ANDREW MACKENZIE

24 June

09:00 MARNI 10:00 ICEBERG 11:00 DSQUARED2 12:00 FENDI 12:45 ETRO 13:45 CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION 15:30 GIORGIO ARMANI 16:30 GIORGIO ARMANI 17:30 ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA 18:30 Belstaff 19:30 Gazzarini 20:30 Byblos

ParisSS 2009 26-29 June
26 June
10:30 U-NI-TY 11:30 Kilgour 12:30 Gaspard Yurkievich 13:30 Julius 14:30 Louis Vuitton 16:00 Number (N)ine 17:00 Jean Paul Gaultier 18:00 Yohji Yamamoto19:00 Véronique Branquinho 20:00 Dries Van Noten 21:00 Henrik Vibskov

27 June
10:00 Junya Watanabe Man 11:00 Blaak Homme 12:00 Thierry Mugler 13:00 Kris Van Assche 14:00 Kiminori Morishita 15:00 Kenzo 16:00 Comme des Garçons Homme Plus 17:00 Cerruti 18:00 Givenchy 19:00 Romain Kremer 20:30 John Galliano

28 June
10:00 Jeroen Van Tuyl 11:00 Miharayasuhiro 12:00 Kazuyuki Kumagai/Attachment 13:00 Tillman Lauterbach 14:00 Ann Demeulemeester 15:00 Armand Basi 16:00 Smalto 17:00 Damir Doma 18:00 Emanuel Ungaro 19:00 Petar Petrov 20:00 Hermès 21:00 Raf Simons

29 June

10:00 Antonio Miró 11:00 Lanvin 12:00 Bernard Willhelm 13:00 Wintle 14:00 Dior 15:00 Masatomo 16:00 Juun J 17:00 Paul Smith 18:00 Wooyoungmi 19:00 Agnès B.

after bolding the shows i'm looking forward to, i realized most of the shows i really want to see are showing in paris

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Scoute Magazine

I found a great new men's fashion read. It is scoute. The first issue was published in May, and the writers are typing away with an issue every month. The magazine has a lot of good reads. I found their article "Labeling Labels" extremely interesting. It discussed why some designers have an emphasis on labeling and packaging. In one section, they question whether or not it matters, but then they answer their own question by pointing out that some designers are notorious for their discreet packaging. Do not be worried if you just learned about the magazine. They have an archive, and you will be caught up in no time.

Etro: New Design

Kean Etro, designer for Etro, has been busy crafting "new ways" to make cool colors for his shirts. He went back to his 5th grade history project. He took totally white Etro shirts and poured and soaked them in a ton of coffee. It amazes me that people would pay for this, but I like the idea from the designer. He is having fun; he is also loving what he does.

On the GQ Blog, Material Interest, they had a recent post featuring pictures from last night's party awarding all CFDA Menswear Fashion Award Nominees. I flipped through the pictures early this morning and absolutely loved them. This had to be my favorite picture. I can imagine looking at this picture twenty years from now in a menswear coffee table book. The styling is unique, fun, and has a subtle chicness to it. Fashion living legends that attended the party were Tim Hamilton, Patrick Ervell, Thom Browne, Scott Sternberg (Band of outsiders), and Michael Bastian.

Ksubi Tie-dye T-shirt

Made from 100% silk. These shirts are awesome. However, the 408$ price tag may hold you back.

I apologize for such a long Hiatus. For the 2^nd semester of my school year, I explored the woods of Maine. I learned new methods to explore everyday life as well as “why we go to college”.

I apologize for such a long Hiatus. For the 2^nd semester of my school year, I explored the woods of Maine. I learned new methods to explore everyday life as well as “why we go to college”.

Here is an account from one of my days:

The day began like any other ordinary day at MCS. I had four classes during the morning and barely made it to morning gather with my “bed head” hair still standing straight up. However, at ten minutes til’ one this all changed when it was Corwith Cramer’s turn to make an announcement for OAP, the MCS gym program. Banging his fist against the table, Cory spoke with enthusiasm. The day’s OAP activity was “an inspirational run” around Chewonki Neck.

Dashing off into the quad Cory sprang forward with pent up energy. The nine other inspired runners followed in pursuit. He sprinted towards a white pine tree in the quad and leaped off it right before racing to the lower field. Following behind him, I ran with my arms spread wide pretending to fly. Entering the woods, Cory skipped back and forth across a stream. In a ‘monkey see monkey do’ pattern Doug and I followed Cory’s random skipping movements through the woods. Cory continued running and jumping over dead fallen trees as if they were hurdles in a track race. He ran around a dead tree and swung himself around it quickly changing directions. I got a good chuckle hearing the crack of the tree and seeing it shake. Only a man like Cory could almost knock down a dead monstrous tree. Doug and Erica ran behind him with their arms spread like they were turkey vultures circling around the trees. Cory led them in and out of trees, over shrubs, and over about a hundred fallen trees. We were probably only about four minutes into our run, and then spotted a marsh. Cory’s eyes widened and he picked up speed sprinting through the mucky water. Stupidly, I followed. I looked behind me to look for everyone else, and they all had stayed on the path. It hadn’t even been ten minutes and I realized that I made a big mistake wearing my only clean white pair of shorts. The further I followed Cory through the marshy area the more water gushed into my shoes, and my shorts got heavier with the gallons of water they soaked up.

Cory continued running on, and we continued the pattern of following our fearless leader. He had led us right out of the woods to the mud flats. Cory splashed and jumped in joy in the mud. However, before I could think to turn around something struck me. I had been hit in the face by one of Doug’s mud balls. I was ready to retaliate, but got hit again by one thrown from Lucy. A mud war was on, and I wanted to get even. Covered with mud, Cory led us on through the woods again. We continued to follow the same course. We ran, twirled, flew, and hopped around. Faster than I could blink an eye we were back on another part of the mud flats. Doug saw the rocky cliff leading down to the flats as a way to test his inner ninja. Joking to Doug, Cory yelled that he would make sure to pick up Doug’s broken pieces. In the mud another mud fight broke out. Unfortunately, it was getting late. I attempted to do a belly flop in the mud. Instead, I didn’t sink in to the mud as I originally planned. Rather, I slid like a penguin on my stomach giggling with joy. Luckily, we didn’t continue running. Instead, everyone slid in the mud and continued to coat themselves in it.

I can only think to myself “How could a school’s gym class get any better?”

Vampire Weekend

Their self-titled album debuts this January 28th/29th. A great band, consisting of some pretty talented and preppy kids. I suggest picking it up.

Lanvin: Automne/Hiver 2008

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Tim Hamilton Sample Sale

TIM HAMILTON SAMPLE SALE

1/12 thru 1/14

12 to 6 on Sat & Sun

12 to 5 on Monday



S/S & A/W 2007 Items

Address:

195 Chrystie Street 5th Floor Between Stanton & Rivington BUZZ 502


CASH ONLY!

There is an ATM right outside on Chrystie Street

Tim Hamilton Resort Collection

If you can't already tell, I am a big fan of Tim Hamilton. I just like the simple and preppy design of his clothing. About 2 weeks ago, He sent me an update on his collection. I decided to compile all of the shots he emailed me into a little slideshow. Everything is available at Bergdorf Goodman.

Common Project Spring 2008 Collection

Vincent Gallo

As of 2 weeks ago, I had never heard of him. However, after a quick search on Wikipedia. I soon found out who he was. Like all strange coincidences, everywhere I seem to look now his image or name shows up. I just found a large collection of YSL advertisements with him. I found that to be very strange, but then saw a vodka ad with him, his name mentioned in Vanity Fair, and an article talking about him in the New York Times. Then, while reading an issue of GQ his picture appeared again.

Hickey Polo Shirts

Hickey, the youth brand, of Hickey Freeman's suit company has a very cool collection of polo shirts. I had seen a few of the polo shirts at Barney's, but had never thought much about them. I only laughed seeing the large marijuana leaf on some of the merchandise; thinking to myself that I never would wear a shirt with a marijuana leaf. However, curious after reading about Hickey on a GQ style blog and a New York Time's style section post I reviewed the collection on their website. Immediately, clicking on the customized polo section to see the styles available. Any one can chose their color of choice from a variety of 14 different colors. Ranging from maroon to waspy Nantucket red, but even cooler was the variation of the symbol on the polo shirt that vary from twig & berries to a moonshine jug. The polo shirts are not only cool but creative.

Victor Glemaud Spring 2008

Victor Glemaud once-again brings a collection full of color and fun to the fashion table. To view more of the collection as well as past collections from Glemaud visit glemaud.com