3 Feb
Customize your pockets with little colored bricks

Love these LEGO wallet/card holders designed by ColorByNumbers. Each one is hand made from a specially cut official LEGO base plate, so it therefore can be customized however you like (I’m thinking maybe stick a couple astronauts on there), or left completely blank — up to you. Wallet dimensions are 7.2cm x 10.2cm for the […]


2 Feb
Lavender, yet strangely still masculine

High-end Italian luxury house Trussardi recently released their Trussari Dal 1911 Lavanda cologne, which we sampled this weekend and were surprised in its scent. I’m normally not a big fan of lavender for men, but this is a new interpretation of the classic lavender note — combining lavender absolute, lavender oil and rosemary notes. Not […]


French boutique line Les Queues de Sardines is coming out with a really original range of stockings and tights, notable for their unconventional and unique graphic style. Of course I’m loving the Monster Legs! line above (Monsters + Legs + Stockings = Happy Madman), but even their simpler stuff below is great too. Screen-printed by […]


We’re not the biggest fan of steampunked designs around LIAS, but when done well it can add a rugged and bespoke aspect to normally banal items. Such is the case with these Machine Lights designed by Frank Buchwald. There are 12 different models in the Machine Lights series, produced in low volume. Each object is unique, manually […]


4 Dec
From concept to execution… everything is handmade

I predict I’ll never be able to afford a piece of art (that also happens to double as fashion) from Collateral. The price points basically make Barneys look like a 99¢ store. A boy can dream, though. I really like the designer’s medical and scientific approach to clothing and design. Everything about Collateral is unique—the […]