Here’s another cool new design hybrid, using old technology as the basis. VinylDisc is a dual sided format with one side featuring three-minutes of vinyl goodness, with the other side featuring a standard 70 minute CD.
Other than posing a great way to compare digital and analog technologies, VinylDisc is a stroke of genius on the face of two endangered media formats.
STEP 1: Pull hair back into a low ponytail with a hair tie that blends in with the color of your hair. (Goody makes some inexpensive ones.)
STEP 2: Tuck the ponytail under and secure it with bobby pins to hold your hair firmly in place.
STEP 3: Next, pull a generous amount of hair from the tops and the sides to create the illusion that your hair is down.
STEP 4: Lastly, curl the loose hairs with a curling iron so they shorten and look more voluminous. Mist your entire head with hairspray and then loosely pin back any extra long hairs to create an overall shorter appearance!
Established in 1995, 10.Deep/ Tenth NYC is a design firm and creative collective, of which the main output is the 10.Deep Clothing line.
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10.Deep is one of the original New York streetwear brands. Through bold graphics and quality design, we create apparel that intelligently conjures thoughts of movements, individuals, and ideologies of days past and present. We seek to produce goods that neither sacrifice quality nor style. At 10.Deep our motto is simple: forget everyone and listen to yourself. Strength lies in the hands of an individual (10 fingers), not in the approval of one’s peers.
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Wahl has had a long heritage in making hair grooming products. Started in 1911 by Leo J. Wahl, the company makes various grooming products such as trimmers and shavers. MHI has recently worked with Wahl on a set of luxury clippers. The set includes professional quality clippers and a waterproof barber cape both embossed with DPM: MHI Sikh camouflage pattern. Available now at dpmhi.com for 100 GBP.
Released earlier this summer, the limited edition Nike Claw Blazer was the first of a two-part collaboration between Nike and graffiti legend Claw Money. The highly anticipated follow-up to the Blazer, the Nike Claw Vandal Hi will hit streets October 27th. Claw, who has recently reinvented herself as a fashion designer, has a special connection with this sneaker: “I wanted to do the Vandal because it’s my favorite hi-top. And after all — I’m a vandal, too.”
Jesse Levya, Nike Design Director, was equally enthusiastic about the working with Claw on the Nike Vandal after collaborating with her on the Blazer: “Claw’s unique vision as a female street artist, along with her love affair with the Vandal itself, made this a very exciting project.”
According to Claw, she bought her first beat-up vintage Vandals over ten years ago. She’s been collecting them ever since. “I was instantly mesmerized,” she says. “In my opinion, the Vandal is the Holy Grail of hi-tops.” Being able to put her touch on her favorite sneaker was, in her words, “like writing on the best real estate in town.”
The Nike Claw Vandal Hi retains the shine of the first nylon Vandals, but the Nike design team deconstructed the shoe by removing foam from the upper, allowing it to slouch and crinkle. Claw added peacock feathers to the body in reflective ink to achieve a more “couture” look — meant to draw attention in the same way the colorful birds do. Old school fat laces keep things from getting too chi-chi.
Originally a 1985 hoop shoe, the Nike Vandal was one of the first sneakers to have a full nylon upper. Based on the original Air Force 1, the shiny quilted hi-tops with the Velcro strap became a favorite of breakdancers, who rocked them seamlessly with parachute pants. The shoes famously made an appearance in The Terminator, and it wasn’t long before skaters were also seen abusing Vandals on ramps and sidewalks alike. And so, as with many Nike kicks, a sneaker initially created with court performance in mind became a street legend.
Born in Queens, New York, Claw Money started writing graffiti in NYC in the early 1990s and has since sprayed her signature three-nailed claw symbol — based on the letter “W” — in cities around the world. The reigning princess of a male-dominated world (she counts membership in graf crews PMS, TC5 and FC) is also a well-established fashion editor and designer of her self-titled clothing line that is sold in a selection of the world’s best boutiques. Claw is the fashion editor at Swindle magazine and author of her own book Bombshell: the Life and Crimes of Claw Money, which she released this year with powerHouse Books.
The final conclusion to the Nike “Kool Bob Love” chapter has been revealed with these last two Air Force 1 Hi models. A few days ago, Bobbito Garcia revealed the two other Air Force 1 Hi sneakers. These sneakers follow a food narrative in which the brown/green and golden tan colorways are aptly named “Beef and Broccoli” and “Mac n’ Cheese” respectively. On an unfortunate note, Bobbito Garcia’s will not continue his relationship with Nike into the 2008 year. Thanks for all the good times Bobbito.
Big hair is back! And since the glossary post about hair teasing turned out to be so popular, I thought I’d create a little do-it-yourself guide so you can see just how easy it is to create some volume at your crown.
For step-by-step instructions,
Step 1: Using a soft bristled hair brush, give your head a thorough brushing until all tangles and knots are gone.
Step 2: Next, take a metal comb or teasing brush and divide hair into two-inch sections. Set the section you are about to tease aside, and clip the rest so it stays out of the way.
Step 3: In one hand, hold the section of hair you are going to work with by the ends. Make sure the hair is straight up in the air so that you can access the area underneath. Using your free hand, take the comb and back-comb your hair in short strokes in the opposite direction from which it grows.
Step 4: Pick up the next section of hair and repeat the process until all of the desired sections of hair have been teased. When you are done, gently smooth hair over with the comb and generously spray your hair with a firm hold hairspray to ensure longer lasting volume.
A South Beach nightclub promoter is in jail tonight for knowingly spreading HIV to unsuspecting women. 22-year-old Elidor Kersaint, a promoter at the popular Mansion nightclub, was arrested June 4 on charges that he had unprotected sex with a woman without revealing his HIV status. Judging from his Myspace page, Elidor preferred blonds and Latinas. There’s no telling how many of them he infected.
Elidor’s Myspace page is loaded with celebrity pics detailing a life of excess, money, fast cars and women – it’s the women that did him in. For a man in his position, an HIV diagnosis is a death sentence in more ways than one. The fast living Ely kept his HIV status a secret because it meant the end of his career as a womanizing promoter.
This is a wake up call to women who sleep with industry ballers: get yourself tested. So far one victim has surfaced. Police are looking for more victims.
A while back we previewed the Levi’s x Medicom Artist Series Bearbricks and here you see the first finished product out of the series. They created a box set, which consists of a Levi’s t-shirt with the designs of Mad Barbarians. The box set also comes with the Levi’s x Medicom x Mad Barbarians 100% Bearbrick and is available in several colorways. It does not stop here. The Bearbrick also exists in a 400% version. Via Basaradan.
This definitely looks good, thus it will be interesting to see what else is going to come out of the project. We’ll keep you posted. After the jump detailed pictures of the t-shirts, the box sets and of course the Bearbricks.