APRIL77 Fall Winter 2010 Campaign Shots
After a period of uncertain future and rumors of shutdown, French denim and music label APRIL77 is back with a new collection for autumn/winter 2010 and a new website to accompany it. The new season sees APRIL77 refocus on their basic product, denim, with an updated selection. Titled White Runes – Black Flags, the collection featured Washes – raw black denim, used black denim, raw blue – are references to nature, authentic and uncontrollable. Joey and Dictator, the 2 cult jeans of APRIL77, remain in this new collection, which also introduces Ride, a new tapered fit.
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Bellerose is a Belgian brand created in 1989. A collection inspired by original vintage garments and genuine workwear. Timeless and utilitarian, union made with military and old school influences – in other words – exactly what we like. The Bellerose stores also feature the likes of Engineered Garments, Haversack, LVC, Post O’Alls and many more Denimaniac favorites. Take a moment to flip through the brand’s spring/summer 2011 men’s lookbook.
Baldwin Denim Fall/Winter 2010
James from Secret Forts reports on the new and evolved-beyond-denim fall/winter collection of Kansas City based Baldwin: “Shirting in classic fabrics like chambray, gingham and oxford cloth, a blazer, pants with the same perfect fit as the denim range, accessories (ties, a KC fitted cap and a waxed canvas weekender in which to pack it all up), and a shoe in collaboration with Esquivel of California. Each of the pieces is as straight forward and wearable as the denim and all easily and cohesively work together. It’s well made, subtly detailed, sharp yet hard-wearing, clean, classic and modern.”
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55DSL Fall-Winter 2010
Created in 1994 as an experimental spin-off of Diesel, 55DSL, the Italian Streetwear/sportswear inspired brand has grown into a full-fledged youth fashion label on its own right. Here’s a look at the brand’s fall/winter 2010 lookbook.
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BRING ON THE NOISE Autumn/Winter 2010
Established in early 2007, Japanese men’s clothing label BRING ON THE NOISE has been quietly making a name for itself since. Inspired by music and counterculture, founder and designer Daisuke Konno creates a look fit for rebels with an advanced sense of style. Upon the launch of the label’s autumn/winter 2010 lookbook we asked Konno to tell us about the new collection and his future plans for the label.
Can you describe your creative process? What inspires you?
For this collection, I began to reconsider an underground culture in Tokyo again and went to various live houses to feel the atmosphere and look for something special.
Usually I take inspiration from variety of things like old photo books, vintage clothing, and fliers you can find at musical venues, as well as other things. Anything with a musical element is always inspiring.
Your new AW10 collection “Tokyo Rockers” is out now. Can you tell us about it?
Rock scene boom lost its momentum in the late 1970′s. Bringing about a breakthrough, musicians gathered and played gigs continuously in many parts of Japan. This movement is called “TOKYO ROCKERS”. The season theme is the movement spawned in the late 1970′s and early ’80′s, dawn of Punk. The brand pursues originality no other brands can create.
What are your goals for your brand?
I’d like people in the world to see and feel my collection in their hands!!! I hope I could have my own store in New York in the near future!
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Bassike Spring/Summer 2011
What started in 2006 as a premium collection of wardrobe staples quickly became Australia’s most popular answer for choice separates. Now stocked internationally, Bassike’s clean, simple, honest offering has developed into a more rounded collection with a feel for relaxed tailoring – without forgetting the basics. Here’s Bassike’s spring/summer 2011 men’s lookbook, check out oki-ni for their products.
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Oi Polloi's AW10 Outfits
UK-based shop Oi Polloi continues to dazzle us with their AW10 goods. With an impressive lineup of garments and accessories from brands like Woolrich Woolen Mills to Nigel Cabourn, the lookbook featured outfits present a strong sense of the season’s spirit.
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GANT Rugger Spring-Summer 2011
GANT’s younger brother, Gant Rugger plays with menswear classics and color for ss11. Check out the full lookbook after the jump.
GANT Men's Spring-Summer 2011
Let’s skip all those lengthy descriptions and superlatives on the collection. GANT does preppy Americana. That’s it. And that’s the case with the label’s ss11 and probably any other future collection. Not surprised? We knew you wouldn’t be… Only one comment, though: we can’t overlook that speck of French touch and an Italian sense of color creeping in… Can you?
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Cheap Monday SS11 Runway @ Stockholm Fashion Week
Cheap Monday’s designers Örjan Andersson & Ann-Sofie Back on their ss11 collection shown at Stockholm fashion week: “This time we wanted to try out a different aesthetic: sparkling, extrovert and shameless. For inspiration we looked at Latin denim fashions, Italian diamanté and LA celebrity taste. To get a contemporary feel in the collection we have also worked with a cleaner, more fabric focused and minimalistic look. A combination of the exaggerated and the minimalistic creates the balance for S/S 2011.”
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FrenchTrotters Raw Denim Shirt
Inspired by American heritage workwear and made from Japanese raw denim in Paris, this shirt benefits from the best of all worlds. Besides impeccable tailoring, the design features twill cotton shoulders and elbows yokes and mother of pearl buttons. Make it your own here.
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visvim Autumn/Winter 2010 @ Sense Magazine
Yet another editorial featuring visvim’s new autumn/winter collection, but being these visvim-junkies that we are, we can’t help but post it as well. In what has already become a tradition, visvim’s new, full of mountaineering inspirations, collection is given a dedicated editorial in Japan’s Sense magazine recent issue. Take a look.
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Soulland SS11 @ Copenhagen Fashion Week
The sweater and the suit both take front stage at Soulland’s runway at Copenhagen fashion week. Playing on the tension between formal wear and casual wear, designer Silas Adler pays homage to traditional Scandinavian craftsmanship while reinterpreting menswear with a present-day esthetic.
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Wood Wood SS11 @ Copenhagen Fashion Week
Denmark based Wood Wood’s roots may be in Streetwear clothing, but we think it’s safe to say they really got a style of their own. Bringing together elements of sportswear, Streetwear and contemporary menswear, the label’s spring/summer 2011 collection is fresh, trendy and spiced up with a healthy dose of humor. We love it!
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