Gang and criminal subcultures are always fascinating, especially when the criminal culture comes from Russia — home to the second highest prison population per capita in the world (naturally, USA is #1! #1! #1!). We previously covered the first Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia awhile back, and unsurprisingly it has remained one of our most popular […]

The Puma by Alexander McQueen collaboration introduces two new sneakers for its Fall/Winter 2012 Collection, the Joust and Street Climb Mids. The ultra luxury high-top shoes mix premium calf leather (black, metallic & red), suede, and pony hair to create some true headturners — as can be expected of anything with the McQueen label on […]

Need a pair of slip-on leather shoes to dress up your casual outfit? A pair of dark brown embossed leather Alexander McQueens will surely help out. These understated laceless embossed leather shoes are made in Italy and feature tone-on-tone stitching and round toe, with signature embossing throughout. They can be purchased at SSENSE for $725.

The idea behind Alexander McQueen’s latest collaboration with Puma is to pluck design inspiration from a medieval battlefield. Sound crazy? Perhaps it is, but the “Joust Mid” sneakers do their best to look like armor (above), horseback (below) or a moonless night (after the Jump). These are accomplished by employing metallic leather, pony skin and […]

Sometimes you don’t have to Converse to get your Hi Top on. Alexander McQueen satisfies your snakeskin obsession with this new Python Hi-Top tripping out on real constrictor skin. With a silver screen gradient, exotic python uppers and premium soft Italian leather linings, it seems there won’t be any uncomfortable constricting of metatarsals for just […]

Rizzoli — publishers of the M.I.A. Collage Book — have teamed up with retailer extraordinaire Opening Ceremony to celebrate the boutique’s ten year anniversary by publishing a large format hardcover book to be released on September 4th: “[The book] includes original photography by Terry Richardson, ‘zine inserts by Chloë Sevigny and Spike Jonze, and memories […]

Founded by Fernando Akasaka in 2006, FAKASAKA is dedicated to making innovative, conceptual and exclusive design objects for the home — the coolest being these stunning Frankie Skull Lamps. They look like they’d be perfectly at home in the living room of high-caliber mortality obsessed aesthetes like Alexander McQueen, Damien Hirst or Masaaki Homma (and […]

Alexander McQueen’s collaboration with Puma introduces a high-end luxury sneaker for Spring/Summer 2012. The Dextral Mid features an eagle print on the leather upper, a premium leather lining, a branded silver tag on the tongue and an Alexander McQueen logo on the heel. Now available at select Puma stockists. via Hypebeast