Thoughts

Upcoming work, news, inspiration, randomness — all that we do and all that is us.

  • SUBVERSION

    April 27, 2016

    In an industry of prevailing luxury-good norms and commercial pillaging, newcomer Vetements has amassed an unexpected following for their outré creations and eccentricity — think tablecloth-turned-dress and mannish oversized tailoring. The audacious brainchild of brothers Demna and Guram Gvasalia is by no means an impetuous attempt: previously of Maison Martin Margiela, Demna mastered the rules […]

  • CHILDLIKE WONDER

    January 29, 2016

    It’s hard to ignore the childlike quality that Paris-based self-taught designer, Simon Porte Jacquemus, brings to the Parisian fashion scene. His eponymous label, Jacquemus, has a strong social media presence, particularly on Instagram, where the designer shares his whimsical musings in a triptych format. His playful approach of shapes and sizes — one-legged pants, tuxedo shirts that form […]

  • TOGETHER

    August 7, 2014

    The World Cup may be over but this collaboration between adidas and performance artist Marina Abramović is timeless in its message about teamwork and togetherness. The project is the first ever re-staging of Abramović’s 1970’s performance, ‘Work Relation’, and finds interesting parallels between the artist’s work and team sports. Watch the video here.

  • MUTUAL BENEFIT

    August 4, 2014

      If any misconceptions remain about eco-fashion—for example, that it only comes in earthy tones, in basic silhouettes, and is too expensive despite all its good intentions—New Zealand clothing label Kowtow is set to change all that. Priding itself as using 100% certified fair trade organic cotton for their sophisticated, minimalist designs, at prices that […]

  • It was a haunting carnival celebrating the future of sartorial ideologies, with ingenious craftsmanship trumpeting what is to come in fashion’s realm. The finale of London College of Fashion’s graduate show presented 26 collections, with several collaborations that fused the talents of contour fashion, womenswear, embroidery, and millinery. These graduating classes of 2014 show how […]

  • A collaboration between UNIFORM and The Boy Who Cried Action , this video- as inspired by Tudor’s Heritage Chronograph Blue and commissioned by style magazine and Style:MEN, was naturally a nice interjection to our current projects. With the folks at STYLE offering us complete creative freedom, our imagination drifted with fluid abandon at the thought of […]