3 Jan
New design from French luxury helmet maker

French luxury helmet brand Les Ateliers Ruby has designed a red & black square patterned helmet. The flannel helmet is anything but casual, lined with plush burgundy padded interior and genuine Nappa Lambskin borders. The sleek helmet comes with three interchangeable visors and costs $650 (€600) at colette without visor and $810 with visor (€750). […]


20 Oct
Premier Italian brake manufacturer introduces headgear

Brembo, the premier Italian brake manufacturer that supplies nearly every top of the line performance vehicle, has recently debuted their collection of Brembo Helmets. Ostensibly figuring protection in stopping is protection in crashing, their B-Tech and B-Jet, models feature an Automatic Fit Belt fastening system, a visor with added space and a wider visual angle […]


Italian fashion house Trussardi 1911 has been busy lately, knocking out High Top Wingtip Sneakers while finding time to team up with MomoDesign to make a high luxury motorcycle helmet. The limited edition collaborative helmet is covered in matte black premium calf skin leather with Trussardi logo stamped onto a gold plate on the helmet’s […]


Inspired by the venerable acting legend, Persol has introduced the Steve McQueen Special Edition sunglasses. More than 30 years after his death, McQueen is still held in incredibly high regard both for his style and character — no sheen has disappeared from the halo around the King Of Cool. His love of racing and bravado […]


14 Mar
Trump your Vespa nemesis with retro Italian protection

Since first launching in post-war Italy way back in 1947, the Lambretta scooter has remained a landmark in 2-wheeled design. Sure Vespas may have a little more notoriety, but everyone worth their mod socks knows Lambrettas are where it’s at. So Heritage Helmets has set up a line of helmets to celebrate, well, the Lambretta […]


30 Nov
French luxury helmet maker gets TRON makeover

Disney’s gone into hyper-marketing mode for its TRON behemoth, and I’m sure we’re going to see everything from Lightbike Bathroom Sanitizer to Disc Battle Cheddar Potato Chips hitting the market in the upcoming weeks. While those bullshit Disney cross-promotional items threaten to exhaust me of the film before I even get to see it, there […]


25 Aug
Jeff de Boer has decided cats and rats need armor, and we're not about to dissuade him

Canadians — what can you say that hasn’t been said? America’s Hat has spawned some great artists, world class musicians and genius comics, but has it ever birthed a man destined to build armor for cats and rats? The answer, surprisingly, is yes. Calgary born artist Jeff de Boer has created something which on paper sounds […]


26 Jul
Seventeen months of obsessive imitation/creation

Now that’s dedication. It took 27-year-old Atlanta-based graphic designer and prop maker Harrison Krix “seventeen months, countless hours, multiple dead ends, [and] hundreds of lessons learned” to make one helmet. Of course, this ain’t just any ordinary helmet — it’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo’s Daft Punk helmet, no less. The amount of effort is stunning, and […]