The Selby recently worked on a project to interview a group of inspiring people for the Cole Haan Spring Summer 2010 campaign. Some really nice portraits of some very inspiring people indeed! Check them all at The Selby and at Cole Haan.

“We admire those who jump in with both feet, who seek out the sweet spot between ambition and satisfaction. The ones with a renegade sensibility, unwilling to settle for anything less than brilliant…”

Can’t find much about her, but I really like the images of Sidewaysglances (Laura S.) a lot. Keep an eye on her…

In November last year Tenue de Nîmes visited the Grenson factory in Rushden, Northamptonshire to salute our first Grenson x Tenue de Nîmes shoe. We developed a black Tenue de Nîmes interpretation of the Grenson classic: the Fred. The shoe is a limited edition high top brogue with a triple layer -blue tone- leather sole. Tenue de Nîmes was amazed by all the stages of English craftsmanship to finally come together in this characteristic shoe. That is why we decided to do a video about the factory and the nearly 200 pit stops that our shoe had to make before it got delivered in Amsterdam. The factory images and report will be published in Journal de Nîmes Nº5, in July 2010.

More images after the click –

The treasures (dutch only) we’ve collected and shared in the new Blend Paper became an excellent mix to dress you from top to toe. Starting with the fabulous London Undercover umbrella’s by Jamie Milestone, a vintage Harris Tweed jacked found at Kiliwatch – Paris, the unforgettable Lee x James Dean replica (the original, worn by James Dean during The Giant, 26th of april 1955, was sold for $35.850,-) and closing our column with the to-be-released collaboration of Grenson and Tenue de Nîmes which will be launched in the coming week. Stay tuned for that one!

A great ebay find by WMCF, this USN WW2 hand painted holdall. And be sure you’ll keep an eye on this blog packed with great inspiration!

Bodega collaborated with Baileyworks to create the ultimate set of a bike, a messenger pack and a touring tee. It comes in three flavors, the Independent Fabrication Duck Hunter, Mellow Fellow (above) and Fixie. Enjoy some stylish cycling…

The spring/summer collection from Adam Kimmel is presented a film by Meredith Danluck featuring Rocky McDonald in The Cowboy in the Continental Suit. Above two pictures grabbed from the lookbook and shot by Jim Krantz. Love it!

We are very proud to bring you the news that the first restyled issue of Blend, the Blend Paper, just hit the stores. The dutch paper focusing on fashion, music, art, culture, media and people comes six times a year, the Blend Magazine (the international english glossy) will be our next project and will be published four times a year. We started the restyle process 6 months ago and were involved in shaping the whole concept and idea behind the magazine and helped it grow into two different issues, a dutch paper and an international magazine. Enjoy a little preview after the click and get yours in the newsstands around in Holland.

Print Magazine invited 12 leading visual artists to create a design for a cause to be printed on tote bags. One hundred percent of the profits from these bags will go to the causes chosen by the artists. Now they are inviting you to submit your design as well! Three winning designs and artists will be featured in the magazine. One winner will have his or her creation printed onto a bag… Please head over to Print Mag for more information >

Lovely pictures for the Beams Spring–Summer Catalog (See more at Inventory)

A weekend roundup.
On the street… via Manzoni, Milano by The Sartorialist (Above)
The J.Crew men’s catalougue featuring Tyler Brûlé.
Iroquois 2009 AUTUMN／WINTER COLLECTION “Be natural”
The Spades Interview in NY Magazine
Church’s – English made shoes. A Très Bien Shop Video

Enjoy your weekend!

Louis Vuitton changed their communication from showing old and erstwhile world leaders on their way down the road into telling the story of the high-end craftsman and the beauty of the details.
I saw the sneak preview of the images, shot by Desiree Dolron, a few months ago and I instantly fell in love with the brand.
Above image is the sewing of the leather with a beeswax thread to protect the stitchings overtime. Louis Vuitton: The sum of details beautifully captured by Desiree Dolron! For more images

My favorite artist Adam Stennett made a new painting for the exhibition curated by Marc Straus which opened yesterday at Ana Cristea, 521 W 26th Street, NYC. Above his new work Soothing Syrup with two Poppies… Other artists in the exhibition are Marc Bijl, Zsolt Bodoni, Michael Brown, Joe Diebes, Tim Eitel, Daniel Pitin, Serban Savu, Andrew Sendor and Richard Wathen.

In December 2009 we did an interview with Nigel Cabourn in Amsterdam. Nigel was asked to present his inspiration for the new Spring-Summer 2010 collection. “The Spring/Summer 2010 Collection BURMA is inspired by the contents of Nigel’s Father’s army handbook. He used this as a diary during his time in India and Burma between 1942 and 1945″. Tenue de Nîmes selected some of the finest styles this spring although we could have bought it all. Read More >

Designboom shared this beautiful project by london based designer Tithi Kutchamuch and frequent collaborator Nutre Arayavanish. ‘The Housemates’ is a collection of 6 unrare hidden lives in our house, caterpillar, ant, spider, fly, fruit fly, cockroach, inspired by collectors of rare insects and can be worn as brooches. Available here >

The Selby visiting Cecilia Dean at the Visionaire office in NY.

Started by Brenna Boyce and Daniel Lewis Brooklyn Tailors are beautiful handmade and bespoke garments made by skilled craftsman. It’s lovely to see these kind of companies opening their online shop in Etsy and moving from hard to get into something very reachable…

Denim Legends is one of these books I thought I wont buy because it’s good, but not worth the full 800 euro’s. So I’m very happy to see that the best part of it, the first half of the book which is filled with the vintage stuff before 1980, is shot by one photographer, Michael Wells, who shared it online in his portfolio. Well, not everything, but enough for me to re-consider buying the book anyway…

Two of our favorite brands teamed up to create a special Transit Elite Sweater in Nepal. Rapha & Apolis Activism. ‘Luckily enough, Shea Parton of Apolis Activism and Cole Maness of Rapha were able to cycle these mountains, and it’s inspiring to see that they were able to capture the sights and sounds of the area by doing the things they’re passionate about.’ Lovely!!
Via SwipeLife

After the Horses of spring/summer ‘10 Camo finds its inspiration in the Circus for the autumn/winter collection. ‘Once upon a time the circus world was an amusement for everyone, especially for those who couldn’t travel or see any other ethnic groups or strangeness.’ Please welcome the lovely garments in nice colors and beautiful details of the Circus collection.