HONESTLY : IT'S ABOUT TIME

ex Hugo Bosser, Bruno Pieters has launched the first honest fashion label. Honest by.

As are most humans alive today I am reluctant to trust the word honest.

it's not hard to top the fashion industries honesty in regards to a sustainable future for all mankind, but the fact that someone with money is making a whole-heart attempt is hopeful.

This is the first big name backed label that boasts total transparency, respect for animals and the environment.

I really dig the aesthetic of this particular collection, jil sander navy meets wool and the gang meets cos meets weekday.

its nice and i would wear it.

one to watch for shiz

Brand Sights

Obviously theres a full bleed theme going on here.

Theses are the best webshops and brand sights I've seen in my meanderings over the past few days.

from the top

Hostem

Maryam Nassir Zadeh

Norse Projects

LN-CC

OBJECT

Finally got to check out mr. Charlie Schuck's (you may recall charlie from previous posts) new Belltown digs today while roaming around early morning style. Must say, totally in love with the space. Charlie knows how to pick em ("em" being spaces, objects, collaborators...he seems to pick most things well).

These (above photos) are just a few pieces out of ton that will make your eyes wide. Its like a toy shop for adults with refined taste and deep pockets (those 2 generally go hand in hand, except in my case which is to say that i only have the taste part). There are however, a handful of one-of-kinds and simply breath taking art/design objects that are in the working girls price range.

If your cruising belltown this place is a must. If your cruising the interweb than this place is a must; hereisobject

I GUESS THERES A SYSTEM

I know confetti system has been around for a while but only recently did i check out the site. tremendously digging the art direction, site functionality, photos, logo type and message.

so, make something special.

(im assuming thats the message. along with "please by our stuff")

A FEW FAVES

check that digitized super scale hounds tooth blazer. nerd cool personified

from the top…

Julie Cobra Bag

Proenza Open Toe Lattice Boot

Establissement Oxford Platform

Damir Doma Cashmere Scarf

Onix Metal Cuff Link

focus features

MAKE YOUR OWN HASSELBLAD PINHOLE CAMERA

CHOCOLATE BAR CAMERA

CAUGHT ON CAMERA TAPE DISPENSER

Who doesn't want a 6 pack?

literal 6 pack of beers = yes

figurative 6 pack of abs = no

literal 6 pack of france = yes!

Once upon a time long long ago, i stumbled onto a webpage called Six Pack France. i was intrigued by the name, imagery, hints of infrastructure, but alas, disappointment and frustration shown upon my furrowed brow when i discovered this site was not yet fully functioning. boo.

BUT! just yesterday I was browsing a blog i frequent ; The World's Best Ever for my Sound Advice fix, and...behold...a sound advice playlist created by SIX PACK FRANCE! i listen i love, i travel to their place in space of the interweb and...behold again! oodles and oodles of witty, humorous, unsurpassable content! clothing, screen prints, words, sounds, images, events, and one most important thing : a vision:

now,

behold:

We’d like people to purchase and use Sixpack France goods as a way to make them their very own things, and to convert them as images or sensations or short pieces of writing, as secret passages to some forgotten realms. Their stories and memories should be living inside the SixPack France fabrics. Our clothes should activate something intimate and hard to express in any other way. They shoud allow fetishizing one small detail, stripe, pocket, button or seam as a minuscule door to a fresh, fluid mindworld. Building up a personal utopia, walking up a synaesthaesic path to an early lost erotic moment. Touching a cloth is also seeing, hearing, smelling. Reaching forbidden waters. Let’s go swimming.

Sixpack France believes in the dream of never-ending youth, but not as an escapist refuge, more like a way to look back, and live back all the early things of life and civilization – early as in early Christians or early house. It’s not about carefully and nostalgically recreating some idealized past. It’s about acting as melancholia-drenched archeologists who would steep on unfinished grounds. The Sixpack France spirit is a room with moving doors, doors open to psychedelic vertigo, erotic dread and deep inner and outer exploration. We don’t despise the short-lived, and we enjoy mystic naivety very much. We now ought to do what we thought we shouldn’t do while teens : being uncool, ignoring codes, accepting and listening to what’s really exciting us deep inside, enjoying everything in which we feel a sincere instinct. Being able to own the means of our desires, and imagining a new form of counter-culture.

Again that number is 666 PACK PACK PACK FRANCE FRANCE FRANCE.

call now for wonder and amazement.

Post-Holiday Haze

after a whirlwind of a holiday season, the dust appears to possibly-potentially, some-time in the near future, to be settling just for a bit. hopefully. Anyway, amidst the merriment and magic I was turned onto a few things worth mentioning to my friends here in the blogosphere.

Numero uno, art gallery and specialty shop Nationale in Portland. I had the chance to spend a little quality time there while helping my friend Park install a mini set-up for her bags in May May's wonderland (may may being the founding mastermind). My only regret was that i was so enthralled with the Nationale regulars and neighboring visionaries that i wasn't able to comb through May's collection of art, music, literature, jewelry, fragrances, and nic-nacs with the attention to detail that they deserved. This will not be the case for long, as i am planing a trip back to portland as we speak. (or i guess as i type). Visit Nationale.... in person or on the interweb. it will not disappoint.

My other winter-month staple has been the Bodkin blog. The content, quality, and starpower of this resource is off the charts. having spent much time dreaming of sustainable living/ eating/ working in a collaborative space geared toward creation and innovation, I've been seeking out other working creative professionals who can yield some insight. Eviana Heartman, sustainable designer and found of Bodkin, has been my beacon of hope. check out here posts. here.

cheers. to the stripes.

TIMBER I SAY

unique, durable, comfy and stylish frames from eco friendly eyewear company Drift. I love to see some throw back done smart. go check out the science to these specs and see for yourself how hard it is to resist brains and beauty. smoken.

If your style-seeking-self happens to be mozzien around Seattle this weekend (like i will be) these bad boys will be making and personal appearance at the coming soon space Saturday night.

check it:

THIS Saturday, August 21st @ 8pm, the COMING SOON space will be transformed into an interactive pop-up shop, debuting an 'outdoors meets fashion' inspired eyewear brand – Drift Eyewear. The launch will be the first for the brand in the Northwest. Their unique aesthetic alone is worth the trip but once you learn about their revolutionary construction and eco-friendly design you'll be hooked. The installation – designed by COMING SOON – will turn the showroom into a floor-to-ceiling, merchandisable forest– with sunglass and eyeglass

frames hanging from the branches. Shopping will become an interactive experience – as you discover the various styles within the trees while trying them on to see which wood/ frame fits your look. *All frames will be available for purchase during Saturday night's opening and also Sunday 12-5. The designer and founder of the featured brand will be flying in from Chicago for the opening weekend as well. **Bar built and provided by SHELTER lounge.

happy hunting!

KILLER

jimi via theimpossiblecool.com

killer print via Alex Koops

waxed leather bike jacket via net-a-porter.com

cosmic skull print via apatchofskye

boots via hudson

The GREY Ice Water

nesting shark dolls are the real deal
true love piece by artist Alexis Mackenzie