Blue Gold

Something really interesting was pitched for us earlier today. Our friend Marius showed us a teaser from the forthcoming denim documentary Blue Gold : American Jeans.

Denimology has spoken to the director Theis Jessen, and the persons and companies involved in the movie, certainly raise the expectations:

Jean Touitou - APC, Tommy Hilfiger, Seven jeans, Mark Ramone (The Ramones), Daryl Hall (Hall and Oates), Models, Edun, Ralph Lauren, Cheap Monday, RRL, Calvin Klein, Jim Moore - GQ Magazine, Renzo -Diesel, The Gap, ISKO - denim mill, Andrew Olah - Olah/Kingpins, Levi's, EVISU, Dao-Yi Chow, Sean John and Scott Morrison.

We are definitelly looking forward to this one, and it is reassuring to see that our friend, and CEO of Evisu, Scott Morrison is involved.

By the way, check out photographer Marius' new project: Without Sun.

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James Perse Tricycle

The kings of natural-coloured basics, in the softest and best quality there is, give you their own take on a classic tricycle. In their own words:

"The James Perse Tricycle is a 1970's inspired design. Custom made with an extra low center of gravity design so it won't tip over. Sturdy construction made with heavy duty steel and powder coated for superior chip resistance. Attached deck is made of teak wood."

Head over to James Perse, for more details.

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Common Projects Q&A

The people at Selectism have done an Q&A with Peter or Flavio from Common Projects. Follow this link. Below are some pieces from the FW09 collection.

Keep it common!

Inventory Magazine

Inventory Magazine is the new project from Ryan Willms, founder of the discontinued and highly rated h(y)r collective online magazine. Inventory is a continuance of h(y)r collective, but now also offers a hard copy issue. The quality of the work presented is irreproachable, and in addition to the hard copy, Inventory offers an online magazine, in addition to their online store (Inventory Stockroom) and blog (Inventory updates).

In June, we spent a day with Ryan in Paris, during the mens fashion week. We spent the day buying Visvim and Junya Watanabe MAN for Secret Society, and joined Ryan at Nigel Cabourn. The outcome of the day will hit Secret Society in februray, but until then, head over to Inventory Magazine, to get some insight in how a day buying in Paris can be.

Kyrre at Visvim

Yuketen & Nigel Cabourn collaboration

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Office Mix Vol.1

We listen to a lot of music in our office, and since we discovered Spotify, the diversity of the music we play has increased. We get inspiration and ideas from all over, and one thing we have enjoyed in particular is the possibility to share one's playlists with others. Inspired by the concept, we wish to share some of the music we listen to here on our blog. The first playlist presented is a mix of contemporary music (not pop), from a bunch of great artists and of different genre.

Follow this link, and enjoy.

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Travelogue # 4 | Paris 1.09

Santa Cruz, Screaming Hand

Après Milan, it was time for Paris. Just as Milan, Paris means lots of work, but also (luckily) a few nice meals with friends, clients and colleagues. In between that, we managed to squeeze in some retail study at some of the better Parisian stores.

Le General was our crib, and Rose Bakery our favourite coffee shop.

Door Studios has become the permanent temporary showroom for Alexander Wang during Paris Fashion Week.

Alexander Wang showroom. Jon Andre (Voga). Petra and Cia from Elle. Magnus and Fanny (Secret Society).

Helmut Lang showroom.

Kyrre and Thorstein. Maison de la Truffe. Food guild. Caviar Kaspia. Jon Andre and Erlend.

Random city pictures. Vanessa Bruno store. Outside Vanessa Bruno showroom. Santa Cruz, Screaming Hand.

Corpus Christi, store.

Magnus and Fanny, at Elisabeth & James.

The brand mix at Secret Society for spring 2010 looks very exciting, as Fanny bought into Elisabeth & James, Erin Wasson x RVCA, Bess, up and coming New York denim label R13 and jewelleries from Delfina Delettrez, in addition to Alexander Wang, Helmut Lang and Current Elliott.

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Travelogue # 3 | Milano 1.0

We have just done our bi-annual sales week for Marc by Marc Jacobs in Milan, and as always Milan means lots of hard work, long days, and working with our Scandinavian clients in a different environment. Here are some pictures from the Marc by Marc Jacobs showroom, ++.

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Halloween on Bleecker St.

The yearly halloween window showdown is taking place at Bleecker Street, New York. Our favourite is of course the window at Marc by Marc Jacobs (don't mind that we are biased). See more pictures at The Shophound.

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