I really like this piece by Sao Paolo street artist Treco, and the time-lapse video by director Rodrigo Piza Levy of him creating it. I wonder what went wrong with the original trunk, why’d he have to change it? I suppose it’s something I’ll never know… DEU TRECO from rodrigo piza levy on Vimeo.


23 Aug
More headturning footwear from Yuketen for Fall 2010

Yuketen continues releasing headturning footwear with their Hunt Boots, following up their  After just showing you the Red Brown Quilt Hunt Boots with these Brindle boots. Fresh from Yuki Matsuda’s Fall 2010 Yuketen collection, each pair of the limited edition boot is hand-finished, and features their double ring crepe sole and a removable kilte. This […]


23 Aug
Juan James' Burka Board and Prayer Board

Juan James is the moniker for the collaboration between Chilean-born New York artist and designer Sebastian Errazuriz and New York artist and musician J. Carlton Dewoody. Together they created these two limited edition skateboards — called the Burka Board and Prayer Board — which are to be exhibited and auctioned off for a charity called […]


20 Aug
American made leather and plaid wool hunting boots

Yuketen’s Hunt Boots Red Brown Quilt are the type of shoe that makes me wish I was a hunter. The cow leather and plaid wool shoes are handmade in America to designer Yuki Matsuda standards, which are notoriously high. The company is founded on a strict quest for outstanding materials, and from there Matsuda does […]


When looking through Tixinda‘s portfolio, it’s hard not to get blown away almost immediately. What strikes you first is their talent for conflating the best of Western street culture with Hong Kong street culture, and lacing it out in Aztec and indigenous Mexican cultural influences. They’re dedicated to making this cultural bouillabaisse accessible to all […]


For Summer 2010 luxury house Louis Vuitton has released a new white-and-red colorway of their Tower Sneaker. The mid-top sneaker has a white leather base with the LV monogram pattern embossed, with accents set in a red patent leather, matching the red logo tongue tag. Simple and clean for summertime. via Highsnob


21 Apr
The streetfighting original returns in mid-range form

The motorcycle that singlehandedly started the streetfighter craze (arguably our favorite bike trend here at LIAS) is back in its perfect size: the Ducati Monster 796. The Monster 796 is the perfect synthesis between sports performances, aesthetics and daily riding pleasure — combining the user-friendliness of the 696 model with the sports performance of the […]


26 Mar
Part One in the lost history of a pop-fashion machine

Tokidoki is a Japanese word whose etymology is, for the most part, vague. The definition can flip from “sometimes” to “constantly”, although the latter’s more appropriate when applied to the flourishing pop-fashion brand tokidoki, as its proprietors are always in motion. Their output is prolific, their hustle grand. You’ve seen their coveted hyper-stylized Karl Lagerfeld […]