Coming straight from the New England frosts of Portland, Maine, is Portland General Store’s whiskey-inspired shaving products. The Wet Shave Jelly (below) is a whiskey-scented gel that creates a rich lather to shave with. Bentonite clay — “one of the most effective and powerful healing clays… that pulls oils and toxins from the skin” — […]

I suppose it was only a matter of time before WASTED GERMAN YOUTH took his craft-work and applied to Germany’s oldest and most valued profession: brewing. WASTED GERMAN BEER for now is not currently available in the US, but if you know a good beer store you may want to inquire about getting them to […]

Avante-gard designer Raf Simons continues his assault on the sneaker game with the release of his latest collection of footwear. Fresh for his Autumn/Winter 2011 line, Simons’ collection varies from the elegant to the outright outlandish, using everything from brightly colored patent leathers to natural full grains to a variety of luxurious materials on a […]

A new take on sustainable design, wooden watches from Los Angeles-based WeWOOD. The watches are carved and crafted from discarded wooden floor scraps, and completely free of toxic materials. Originally formed in Italy, the company brought with it to the States a sophisticated taste in design, and combined it with Los Angeles’ demand for eco-friendly […]

Top-Felt‘s slippers/house shoes mean to make the most of the Barefoot Running movement. Many orthopedic experts believe that today’s over-tech shoes offer too much heel and arch support, allowing runners to use a sprinting step that they would never use naturally while barefoot — leading to such ailments as plantar fasciitus, shin splints, etc. So […]

San Francisco-based artist Markus Diebel has created a line of jewelry that benefits a good cause: the manymals. The idea behind the design was to create animal charms that hang naturally from the necklace as they would in their indigenous habitat. Each animal is hand sculpted and scaled down, then cast in sterling silver. The […]

Maison Martin Margiela loves their white — the more white, the better. Taking this mindset to an extreme, MMM took some already off-white suede high-top sneakers and slathered them in white paint, creating their aptly named White Painted High-tops for their Spring/Summer 2011 collection. The shoes feature a natural gum rubber sole which is partly […]

Each log bowl, designed and created by Loyal Loot, is hand made from beginning to end — everything from hand selected logs found from naturally fallen trees, to the actual carving done by local crafts people. But fret not greenies, each log used is either found from trees that have been cut down from landscaping […]