Intimate Rendez-vous

I found this little video clip from JCReport covering a small tradeshow- Rendez-vous ,which is usually held in Paris but recently popped off for the first time in New York. Rendez-vous's, niche is showcasing emerging designers and their collections reinforcing the notion that bigger is not always better at least as it relates to fashion tradeshows. In the clip they shout out labels such as Corpus and Surface 2 Air just to name a couple. Unfortunately the host of this clip is very unorganized and needs help remembering the designers that they like! Which is the dog on purpose for the video!! Anyway here it is. Hope you all do better catching the names then I did.

Easily the Dopest Video in 2009! - Kanye West ft. Kid Cudi (Welcome to Heartbreak)

KANYE WEST "Welcome To Heartbreak" Directed by Nabil from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.
This so funny I have to you let you all into my mind real quick. While contemplating on what to write to you people I saw a video interview with Kanye West by Details Magazine(www.details.com)since he is don'n the cover of this month's issue of the men's fashion magazine. As I'm watching this video an overwhelming feeling of indifference came upon me because how nauseating it is to hear one man spend almost the entire interview on a narcisistic rant. Note, talking about himself why people ask why talks in third person he says, because I'm a "walking brand" so on and so forth, notwithstanding the reality of that statement. Yet, it still left me wondering is this all he plans to give his loyalist fanbase on live tv when he isnt performing music. Shallow egotistical rhetoric! Anyway, the caviot of this is that I didnt quite want to be controversial or contrary to my true feelings either about it. Please dont take this as I'm hating dude because I really like Ye he is making history no doubt! That's why instead I wanted to post this video and some commentary on the ingenious quantum-progressive musical work of Mr. West. This song is already and instant favorite of mine. Just sometimes I wish someone could WAKE UP MR. WEST!

Style & Substance

While perusing on www.columbusunderground.com I came upon a story that refreshed my soul and reminded me PROGRESSIVE STYLE IS THE SUBSTANCE OF FASHION!The story was about a new boutique called- Substance, located in the Short North of Columbus,Ohio. Owner/Designer Christina Kitatu is responsible for bringing a new fashion retail concept that focuses on an open creative process by engaging customers in the design process itself. Designers help shoppers create their own pieces that exemplify their own personal style. It's invariably a dynamic and academic approach to connecting with the shopper. Substance offers primarily women's apparel,accessories and shoes. Each collection is designed from recylced overstock and outdated clothing. So not only is the customer experience dynamic but they actually make the customer feel that they are giving back to the enviroment or to a charitable cause. Could this be the beginning of an influx of new progressive fashion we'll just have to see. If you're ever in Columbus,Ohio pivet down to the Short North that your day may be filled with style AND substance. http://www.shopsubstance.com/

Fashion F*kery Courtesy of Kinna Leblanc

Fashion Fcukery from JKL on Vimeo.

King of the Lo Heads- 88 Keys

Free the Robots: Listen to the Future

style progressive is all about collaborative efforts. Free the Robots, part of a collab with Jazz + Milk - a production team out of Europe - has been making illy jazz-tronic music for lovers of all things jazz, hip-hop, and electronica in one big mash-up.

Check out Lil Man as he bashs his plush toy's head to FtheR's "Listen to the Future". Yeah, the song is hot...



You can pick up the entire LP on ITunes or check out more at their MySpace here...

WE KNOW WHAT YOU LIKE- I LIKE THIS JAM!

I Know What You Like! from Ryan Leslie on Vimeo.

School is In!

You Can Go to School but You Can't Buy Class!

What up, steez pro's of the world! I was perusing through Complex.com and found a jewel! A brief five minute video interview with designers, Maxwell Osbourne and Dao-Yi Chow, the dynamic design duo behind the clothing label Public School. In this video they give intimate details on the their creative process and what inspires their edgy, rebellious (as they call it) but cool design aesthetic. They share that growing up in the "Black Apple" (New York City) and being a product of the public school system especially informed their strong belief in self-expression, and if you've ever traveled to NY you've beared witness to the proliferation of individual style amongst the natives there. These cats hold down the outerwear game solid! Peep and enjoy!