If you’ve been looking to upgrade your LEGO collection with a handsome young gent to visit that “Grandma’s House” set you built, you’re in luck. LEGO has recently launched the new Minifigure Series 7 featuring 16 new designs —including “Grandma Visitor” — yaye! There’s plenty more, from the frightful to the straight up nerdly (shocker). […]


28 Mar
Iconic British label puts all its cliques into collectible figure form

The iconic British label Fred Perry has spurred many a youth movement in its day, starting off as simply a tennis label which was then unknowingly adopted by — and in many ways ended up defining — the mods. The 2tones came after, and soon the label was appropriated by a seemingly incongruous gamut of […]


22 Mar
Lost In A Supermarket tests Nike's athletic tech gadget motivator racing on frozen Swedish lakes... how much Fuel will it earn?

We just got a Nike FuelBand delivered to our offices, and we have to admit we’re both stoked and a bit perturbed. We appreciate the preview, but what exactly are you trying to tell us Nike? I mean we know the Fat Tire and Balvenie has its waistline effects, but dammit we’re working on it! […]


27 Feb
Luxury mid-top sneakers for Spring/Summer 2012 collection

Lanvin adds a new sneaker style to its growing Spring/Summer collection with this Black Ridge Tennis Sneaker. The French luxury house’s latest mid-top features a ridge detail on the leather upper that makes the shoe stand out from previous sneakers such as their Leather & Nylon, Lizard Leather, Anthracite and Taupe Sneakers. Highlighted by a contrasting […]


31 Aug
McQ gets subtle for Fall/Winter 2011 footwear collection

With what is normally considered summer footwear, Alexander McQueen give his take on the tennis shoe with the latest in his Fall/Winter 2011 footwear collection. With the exception of McQueen’s signature skull embossed on the heel, the all white sneaker is the apotheosis of subtlety — an aspect rarely attributed to the work of the […]


7 Feb
Metallic bronze sneakers with contrast trim

The latest offering from Lanvin’s expanding couture footwear collection, this Tennis Mi Haute sneaker features a heavily textured grained metallic bronze leather upper, with contrasting white leather trim. Pick up the sneakers at Montreal boutique ssense for $795.


7 Jan
Namechecking Eames, Terry Gross, Evan Williams bourbon and Clark Grizwold...New Orleans style

By all accounts, Generationals seem custom made for Lost In A Supermarket. First off, before forming Generationals Grant Widmer and Ted Joyner were in a band called the Eames Era. While naming your band after a Mid-Century Modernist legend would be enough to prick our ears, there are the additional points that he loves bourbon […]