1 Jun
Limited edition scarves celebrating McQ's "Savage Beauty" exhibit

When New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art opened its Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty retrospective exhibition last month, nobody quite expected the response to be so great. To deal with the overwhelming turnout, the Met has decided to extend the show’s run an additional week until August 7th. In order to commemorate this unexpected but well […]


18 May
Limited edition homage to classic Matra Bagheera model

Last month we brought you Super Motor Company Scooters, a new retro-styled scooter manufacturer founded by Dutch cousins fueled with a passion for speed and love for old motorcycles.  Our standards were quite high since we had just come from testing the mx650 reviewed here. Now Super Motor has teamed up with Parisian boutique extraordinaire […]


18 May
Ultra luxury sneakers with crocodile trim

The latest in Gucci casual footwear are their Hi Top Lace Up Sneakers, available in 3 different colorways. All 3 have Gucci’s signature GG imprimé throughout the shoe, plus premium leather detailing at the ankle cuff and lace eyelets. The beige/ebony colorway (below) also features crocodile trim around the toe. Pick up the ultra luxury […]


Sometimes a product is so hard to believe it exists, it makes you question the very fabric of our society. They’re actually the products that inspired us to start this site — a simultaneous celebration and measured excoriation of consumerism in all its glory. From the gorgeously handcrafted to the vapidly inspired to the fallaciously […]


3 May
Taking very cheap footwear and making it very expensive

If you’re looking to kick your summer off right, then a pair of Havaiana flip-flops may be the way to get your BBQ/pool party juices flowing. And why pick up just any pair of the classic Brazilian sandals, when instead you can snap up a pair of their collaboration with Italian luxury house Missoni? Utilizing […]


2 May
A skateboard classic high-top gets reborn

Just in time for Spring, Italian sportswear label ellesse revives its classic The Assist skateboard high-top. Part of their Heritage line, The Assist was worn on the feet of legendary 80s skaters like Natas, Mic E Reyes, Tommy & Thiebaud. As it’s a classic skate shoe, The Assist features copious padding, protective lace loops, high […]


28 Apr
The quintessential 90s cross trainer gets a rebirth

Oh boy, this is one of those re-issues that you wait so long for you kind of get to the point that you don’t think it’s ever going to happen, so you resign yourself to a dull, vice-less life. It’s like you wake up after 20 years of marriage, and all of a sudden your […]


28 Feb
100% cotton canvas half sneaker, half chukka

NYC/Milan designer Adam Kimmel’s latest footwear release is a 100% cotton canvas mid-cut sneaker in a chukka boot style. The Italian made shoes feature a canvas navy upper, light blue laces, white rubber outsole and signature Kimmel  asterisk logo on the tongue label. Pick up the premium kicks for $340.