Fresh from Alexander McQueen’s Fall/Winter 2010 Collection come these brown high-top sneakers, printed throughout with McQueen’s frequently used skull and bones motif in black. The leather sneaker features a side zip fastening with a skull-shaped zip-pull to match the printing. Pick them up now for about $700 (£450). A couple more looks at the Skull […]

Perhaps my all time favorite frames, the classic Persol 714 — which were immortalized by Steve McQueen — are being re-issued. In a new line by Persol of classic McQueen 714s, the trademark blue lenses, tortoise frames and folding body are making a comeback. The frame comes from a single piece of acetate, broken at […]

I actually love rainy days. Something about the gloom sets my brainwaves in a warm and thoughtful vibration, and other than wet socks I see no downside to rain whatsoever. Of course I live in Los Angeles, where we get about  7 days of rain per year. If I lived in the Pacific Northwest, I […]

The late Alexander McQueen has just released a pair of new high top sneakers for the Fall/Winter 2010 collection. One of the sneakers is made with all black leather, and the other with black leather and smoke wool, but both sneakers are accented with a side zip detail with a skull pull-up zipper.  You can […]

Wingtip brogue boots are flying pretty high for the upcoming season, so it’s no surprise Alexander McQueen is releasing these beauties in his 2010 Fall/Winter collection. The late designer goes simple and subtle with his rich brown leather iteration, featuring a slim outsole and upper and traditional brogue motif on the toebox. The boots come […]

French retro helmet designer Les Atelier Ruby have long sold their helmets at Parisian boutique colette, but they have now premiered a new helmet project called “Costume“. Customize your very own helmet among 4,000 combinations, centered around their famous blue “colette” design. Seems like a good idea — most of their editions have been penned […]

Quite simply, no matter how in-fashion or out-of-fashion they are, Ray-Ban Aviators will always be the definitive sunglasses for me. Oldmadman Mundt wore them when I was a nascent pup, and when I was rebelling from the fam I thought they were lame, and so I opted for big chunky Orange County surfer/skater glasses instead […]

You know we’re fans of the avant garde Visionaire Magazine, who always push themselves to evolve the format to the next level. Most of their work is so future-forward that the term “magazine” is a disservice, like Issue 57 (consisting of an electric calender with 365 different curated images) that we covered a couple months […]