The venerable outdoor/Americana brand Penfield teams up with Sperry Top-Sider for an upcoming capsule footwear collection. The two blue-blood Massachusetts labels collaborate on a series of shoes for Fall/Winter 2011, and here is one of the standouts: a canvas camouflage boat shoe that melds the ubiquitous silhouette of the trad/preppy worlds with the bold graphics […]

White Mountaineering introduces a new range of footwear for Fall/Winter 2011. The line is outfitted with quality leather and suede, a high level of attention given to manufacture some interesting silhouettes and colorways. The Japanese brand’s 2011 collection features high-top sneakers, boots, and low top moc-style boat shoes. More images after the Jump…

Headline-grabbing Russian tuners and armored car manufacturers Dartz unveil their latest vehicle for the obesely wealthy, the Prombron Nagel. What set’s the Prombron Nagel apart from all other cars is that it’s the “world’s first armored Sportback” with enough power to pull a five-ton, 15-meter (50-foot) boat — achievable due to Datz’s claim of a […]

It’s nearing springtime, which means another iteration of Band Of Outsiders ongoing collaboration with Sperry Topsider. Taking another colorful spin on Sperry Topsider’s prep classic boat shoe, the Authentic Original features a nylon upper with plush suede accents and contrast-colored panels. With a reverse tongue and premium leather insoles, the boat shoe retains the pinstripe […]

Made from genuine Italian calf-skin, this Williamson boat shoe (above) and Ross woven oxfords (below in gallery) are part of the newest line from Thorocraft, titled Project Select. The collection includes the well crafted Williamson boat shoe in three colors, all handmade with leather laces, calfskin lining and custom insoles. The highly exclusive handcrafted shoe […]

You know those advent calenders your parents would give you around Christmas time — if you’re Christian, that is? The cardboard paper ones with hidden boxes that you’d open, and there’d by like a chocolate in there or a decoder ring or some other cereal-box-level prize? Well Porsche just designed one, only this one costs […]

On July 31st 1970, a 300 year old Naval tradition ended when the last rum ratio was issued aboard ships of the British Royal Navy – a day to be forever remembered as Black Tot Day. (Original Royal Navy records confirm that the rum used for the rum ration was most likely imported from the […]

I’ll just let Thomas Traum describe this work, aptly titled Boats*Cars*Dollars*Girls*Helicopters*Jewellery*Skylines: “[This is] a typology of rap videos and an attempt to construct the most generic Rap and R&B video out of many. Musical genres are always heavily codified and rap seems to be one of the most extreme ones, each video has similar if […]