9 Jan
Quentin Tarantino's pretty thugs in collectible form

Ever since seeing Django Unchained over the holidays, we’ve had a lot of Quentin Tarantino on the brain. Not only did I watch Pulp Fiction again recently, but I already lined up Jackie Brown on the old Netflix queue. What can I say, it’s one of my favorites. But as good as all of the above […]


12 Dec
From Japanese art to the appreciation of well shaped derrières

The second installment of our Best Of 2011 retrospective series focuses on the Top 10 Books of 2011, including photo-heavy coffee table books, research tomes and literature. From the history of menswear staples to Japanese art to modernist architecture to the appreciation of the well shaped derrière, there were a multitude of books published covering […]


23 May
Grey plaid design woven in pure virgin wool

The Ace Hotel New York’s signature plaid blanket is now available for purchase via their online shop for $150. Made exclusively for the Ace NYC by the established wool makers at Pendleton, the blankets are fashioned of pure virgin wool in a unique design specifically created for the New York hotel in Pendleton’s Oregon mills. […]


There’s no shaking the undeniable catchiness of Manchester Orchestra, the Alpharetta, Georgia band whose elegiacal “Simple Math” has taken over college radio. At first listen one could brush it off as a very capably written indie pop song, and you wouldn’t be wrong. But at second and third listens the track becomes an earworm, and […]


6 Jan
Russell James captures nude models lying around Richard Branson's exotic island for charity...just kidding, it's for kicks

So apparently Richard Branson — you know, that Virgin billionaire that’s super cool because he jumps out of airplanes and circumnavigates the globe in a balloon — owns this ridiculous British Virgin Island where he has these crazy orgies and week-long bacchanalian parties. Called Necker Island, it’s basically the kind of paradise you’d think billionaires […]


2 Dec
Sophia Coppola releases a serious cinematic turd

Madman Mundt and the Elf breakdown Sofia Coppola’s latest, Somewhere. The film is out in limited release in the US on December 22nd. The Elf As I write this, there’s a little mantra running through my head: I WILL NOT BE SNARKY. I will not say that Sofia Coppola’s movies get made because her dad […]


9 Nov
100% virgin wool robe in Surfer Girl fabric

You just have to love Seattle’s Blackbird boutique, which seems to always be stocked with the best curated items. Such as this Pendletone Loung Robe, a 100% virgin wool robe in a blue Beach Boys plaid fabric. The legendary Beach Boys wore Pendleton’s signature plaid shirts on the cover of their 1963 album Surfer Girl, […]


3 Nov
Camel/camel plaid coat in virgin wool

Maison Martin Margiela gives us another reason to look forward to some cold winter nights. A classic duffle coat lifted straight from old naval photograph, the camel color reversible offers the option of a camel color plaid on the inside. Made in Italy from luxurious virgin wool fabric, the straight fitted coat features leather toggles, […]