Nike Vintage Running

Posted on July 17, 2007 Under Fashion

I'm having a hard time separating my feelings about the upcoming Nike vintage running shoes themselves from the marketing campaign that surrounds them. For starters, it seems risky to go on record criticizing the fine men and women at the…

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Doodled on Tigers

Posted on July 16, 2007 Under Fashion

Onitsuka Tiger, the hip tattoo artist to its parent company Asics' podiatrist, is showing off. These Onitsuka Tiger Rakugaki shoes have a unique scribbled-on look "” which makes sense because apparently rakugaki means "doodle" in Japanese "” while maintaining the…

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Jeremyville: New Online Store Hotness

Posted on July 16, 2007 Under Design

Jeremyville has a brand-spankin' new online store open that you have to go check out. Chock-full of all the goods you've grown to know and love -- sketchels, vinyl, sneaks, etc -- he's gone and packaged it all up in…

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Lakeview Manufacturing Company: Chicago

Posted on July 11, 2007 Under Fashion

The Wrigleyville neighborhood in Chicago will never be thought of as a shopping destination, at least not unless you're in the market for an Old Style, roasted peanuts, or a Hebrew National frank. There are a few spots here and…

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Threadless: I Listen To Bands

Posted on July 9, 2007 Under Fashion

I just wanted to give a quick nod to this hilarious t-shirt that popped up recently at Threadless. There's not much to say about it that you can't decipher by reading the blatantly clear message that is the shirt. I…

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New Young Lovers

Posted on July 9, 2007 Under Fashion

Aussie clothing company Young Lovers recently dropped a few more of their extremely limited edition shirts, and the designs for this set of tees pack just as much freshness as you'd expect from a company based in the land of…

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Paul Frank x Urban Decay

Posted on July 6, 2007 Under Fashion

You know, you can always tell a true lady by the way she totes her necessities when traversing the Swiss Alps. Like my mother told me, there really is no better way to test ones dedication to beauty than to…

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Pro-Keds: New Kicks

Posted on July 3, 2007 Under Fashion

Pete Maravich, Nate Tiny Archibald and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wore Pro-Keds. In the days before Nike and Michael Jordan cornered the basketball shoe market and athletes were still allowed to have a personality, Pro-Keds were some of the most stylish athletic…

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Cicatriz Clothing

Posted on June 27, 2007 Under Fashion

Awhile ago, I wrote a rather scathing review of an interactive mirror being used by a well-known fashion designer to digitally dress potential customers in her latest collections. I thought it was really, really, lame...and I still do, but a…

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Erica Weiner

Posted on June 27, 2007 Under Fashion

If one of Erica Weiner's mantras is "Make inexpensive jewelery that doesn't look cheap," the others must read something like "Make the most badassest jewelry on the planet," "Use my own personal basass status to increase the overall population of…

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