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!

Once again, Pratan and Flavio of Common Projects convince us that we are working with the numero uno sneaker brand there is. The shoes pictured above looks very much like the model Achilles, a style that almost always is present in every Common Projects collection. These versions are from a collaboration made with United Bamboo, and we don't know the exact name of the shoes, nor price or release date. All we know, is that they look stunning and we would most definitely be happy wearing them. 

September greating,

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Hussein Chalayan for J Brand

J Brand and Hussein Chalayan have recently collaborated on a series of denim, which will be available through carefully selected retailers in Scandinavia. Style.com has just posted an interview with Mr Chalayan and Susie Crippen of J Brand, for you to get additional insight on the collab.

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While we were in New York, we met Peter and Flavio from Common Projects. Peter was wearing the Common Projects x Moscot collaboration, and we must say we were quite amazed of how sturdy the frame seemed and how thorough the finish was. If you are going to buy one pair of wayfarer-ish sunglasses this summer, we suggest you buy Type One from Common Projects x Moscot (more on Moscot below the pictures).

MOSCOT Eyewear and Eyecare Since 1915 has been a New York City institution for nearly 100 years. The MOSCOT optical roots were first planted by great grandfather, patriarch, Hyman Moscot, who arrived from Eastern Europe via Ellis Island in 1899 and began selling ready-made eyeglasses from a pushcart on Orchard Street on Manhattan’s famed Lower East Side. In 1915, having establishing himself in the neighborhood as the “go-to” guy for glasses, Hyman opened what would become MOSCOT’s first retail space at 94 Rivington Street.

Hyman’s son, Sol, began helping his father in the store as a young boy. This would mark the beginning of Sol’s passion for people and opticianry. Sol’s expertise developed quickly and he soon took over the family business and Sol Moscot Opticians, as it was known then, was officially established.

From its original location on Rivington Street, the business changed locations until 1951 when it settled at 118 Orchard Street on the corner of Delancey Street, where the retail store and the MOSCOT Museum remain today. (Bio from Moscot.com)


We got familiar with Moscot last year, when Scott Morrison and the peeps at Earnest Sewn created a Moscot pop-up store inside the Earnest Sewn store at 821 Washington Street, NYC. The Moscot pop-up store was in good company, as other projects at the ESW store have included the likes of Repetto, Malin+Goetz, Trovata and Rogues Gallery.

The Common Projects x Moscot collaboration will hit Scandinavia in July, and you will be able to grab a pair from either Secret Society (Oslo), ParisTexas (Cph), Nitty Gritty (Sthlm)and Tres Bien Store (Malmö).

Enjoy the weekend,
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