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Splitting the Atom
February 6

While waiting for Heligoland, the new album by Massive Attack, here’s a little warmup: Splitting the Atom, directed by Edouard Salier. Beautiful!

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Beauty
February 5

“Recently, I have come to believe that we ‘discover’ beauty through the cleaning and polishing we do to preserve things as they are.”

Kenya Hara in White

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Another Feature
Libertine-Libertine
February 5

After receiving the new imagery of the Autumn/Winter collection by Libertine-Libertine, a beautiful collaboration between Libertine-Libertine, Sacha Maric and Tom Gottelier, we asked Rasmus Bak to tell a little more.

A short introduction: “Libertine-Libertine was established in 2009, during the long nights of the Danish spring, and is based on a different set of values and  approach to the fashion scene. We wanted to build up a prolific, dynamic & creative platform that could feature a lot different projects ranging from fashion to music & art.  It has been quite a ride since the launch in Paris last summer and we are currently represented in selected stores scattered over 12 countries now.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Les Hommes de Tangier
February 4

My favorite photographer Pablo Delfos just emailed me with a new series of pictures he made: Les Hommes de Tangier. Be sure you’ll keep an eye on his blog! More images after the click > Read the rest of this entry »

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Barbour x To Ki To
February 4

A very nice collaboration again: The Barbour x To Ki To T630 Bicycle Jacket. Looks like a perfect mix to me… Available at Oipolloi.

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EDZINE
February 3

Edwin just launched their second EDZINE, a monochromatic visual and written journal of cultural ephemera from the darker recesses of the minds at and associated with … Edwin. Strange, dark and beautiful…

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T-Michael
February 2

1 shoe last, 3 styles and 5 colour combinations: T-MICHAEL will launch it’s first shoe collection tomorrow in Ridehuset, Oslo, accompanied with some beautiful tunes by Tord Gustavsen. Designed at Skostredet and hand finished in Portugal the shoe will come in vegetable tanned full grain leather, blake construction and a curvy shoe last. (picture by Bent René Synnevåg)

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Midnight Over My Actions
February 2

Moma, the craftsmen from Italy with their beautiful range of shoes, finally shared a little piece of their secrets with the world. It was always hard to get a clear view on what they do, and how they do it, but their agency Pil Associati together with Leandro Manuel Emede made a beautiful 8,5 minute short were we can see the real craftsmanship behind Moma. Enjoy MOMA – Midnight Over My Actions with some lovely images, vintage machinery and fine detailing…

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The Walk
January 26

Last week in Paris we met Silas and Kristian, the people behind Soulland, and they shared their beautiful autumn/winter 2010 lookbook with us. The book is designed by Marco Pedrollo and shot by Nikolaj Holm Møller. The cold, desolate snow landscapes of Denmark and Norway form a fantastic decor for the beautiful autumn and winter collection of Soulland. More images after the click > Read the rest of this entry »

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Absolution
January 26

Absolution is a new brand of organic unisex cosmetics launched last year in Paris and the answer to the paradox of our century: finding harmony between nature and culture. The bottles are packed in lovely boxes printed with plant inks and made from recycled materials (and designed by Arnaud Pigounides).
The skincare line can be adapted to your skin’s mood by adding a drop of the La Solution products to customize it for your skin only. It all feels good! And as Isabelle Carron, the founder of Absolution says: “We all know by now that life is no fairy tale… But if you follow your heart and intuition, you may just make it a little more fun.”

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Moments Within a Moment
January 25

‘Moments Within a Moment’ is a limited edition box set designed by Buero New York in collaboration with photographer Jim Krantz to accompany his exhibition at Colette running through Saturday January 30th. (Thank you Edson)

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Martin
January 25

Last week I received a preview of the Spring Summer collection of Martin, a very nice little label from San Francisco with some fine garment. For instance this coated cotton windbreaker with matte sheen and breathable waterproofing. The collection will hit the stores on February the 15th…

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Treasures Nº7
January 25

The new Blend Magazine with our Treasures just hit the stores. This time with our favorite perfume from Le Labo, Rose 31, our little collab with Royal Republiq, the Tenue de Nîmes x Royal Republiq boot, the new issue of Free & Easy and of course our favorite illustrator and good friend Hiyoko Imai with a little preview of the illustration she made for the new Anothercompany website. Enjoy!

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The Marigolds
January 24

Yesterday Merijn Hos launched his monograph The Marigolds in the American Book Center in Amsterdam. Can’t wait to get my hands on this lovely little book stuffed with his bizarre characters, beautiful collages and abstract landscapes. You can buy the book online at Hugo & Marie, and offline at the ABC, Amsterdam (a.o.).

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Brainwashed
January 24

Again, a fresh and inspiring ChangeThis manifesto by Seth Godin: Brainwashed, seven ways to reinvent yourself.

‘If you interact with others, you have the platform to create something new—something that changes everything.’

Seth Godin

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Paris II
January 23

After setting a world record (visiting stores in one day) on Thursday we went to three fairs yesterday to get more Winter 2010 inspiration. The day started at the Capsule fair where Rene did not get the chance to recover from his hangover caused by to many Grey Goose at Le Baron with Acne’s Charlie Hedin and Kanye West. The reason for that were the brothers from Naked and Famous denim, or actually Brandon the older of the two, that started shooting words and sentences at us about his great new products with 500 miles an hour before we had the chance to look at a single one of them. After asking him politely to slow down just a little bit we fell in love with their unusual interpretation of Japanese denim. And to give you a little preview on what will arrive soon, we hereby announce that Tenue de Nimes will soon carry the heaviest denim ever made in the world.
In the same area as the Canadian brothers was Adam Alexander Bach, founder at Mismo, a Danish accessories brand that creates astonishing bags made with simplicity and quality as most important focus points. Just before we went out for a meeting with Edwin, we ran into the specialism of Rocky Mountain Featherbed. They make most incredible outerwear pieces like the body warmer shown above. Amongst two other we managed to get our hands on 6 leather/denim pieces that will hit the TdN store next fall.
Paris was two days full of great meetings, brands, shops and people that provided a lot of inspiration for the store, the Journal de Nimes and our weblogs. We will share all our other Paris highlights soon.

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Paris
January 21

We arrived in Paris very early in the morning. Today was all about sourcing inspiration and shopping. Tomorrow will be visiting fairs and shows the entire day. We managed to stuff all the must-sees in ten (short) hours and we will share the favorites of the day. We started in Le Marais where we visited the lovely French Trotters, enjoyed the refinement of Surface to Air and visited the new L’Ecraireur. Walking towards our favorite vintage store Kiliwatch we came across this amazing little book shop with vintage magazines and books deriving from first edition Rolling Stone to the collectibles by Visionair. We could have spent an hour at Comptoir de L’Image but after buying a vintage denim book we had to run again. The rest of the day was full of excited Japanese at Marc by Marc Jacobs, waiting lines at Colette and next level fabrics at 45rpm. We ended our journey at another planet: ever heard of Merci? Never seen so much in one day. More Paris impressions in our next Journal de Nîmes.

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(capsule)
January 20

We’re heading to Paris and (capsule) tomorrow to meet up with Mismo, Soulland, Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair, Camo and all the others. Stay tuned for an in-depth review on todays most interesting and inspiring brands this weekend and we’ll try to update you with some news during the show… TBC

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Another Issue
Another Issue
January 20

www.awoiska.nl
www.lemuelbarbour.com
www.heidi-norton.com
www.gercoderuijter.nl
www.himaa.cc
www.ingemorath.org

Another Issue is hosted by Today’s Issue.

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Riikka Sormunen
January 20

A while ago I mentioned the finnish illustrator Jaakko Pallasvuo. While checking for updates I found a link to the beautiful portfolio of Riikka Sormunen. This 22 year old illustrator from Finland already has an amazing portfolio and gives us a glimpse into her sketchbook at her blog.

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