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…”

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!

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 Read the rest of this entry »

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 >

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…

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.

Founded in 1969 by Mrs Elliot and known for their superior country clothing and horse rugs Lavenham comes with a colorful spring/summer collection – the perfect mix of traditional aesthetic versus contemporary styling. Enjoy some British quality while taking a break at your little hide-out in the wild or during your 5 minute walk for a coffee around the corner.

After one day at Premier Vision, Paris, inspired by fabulous fabrics and a great talk with our new partner in crime at Tenue de Nîmes Private Label Adriana Galijasevic we can say a few things about what we think is coming our way in the next 1,5 year.
Expect sailor inspired garments, overwhelming prints, inspired by Japan and Italy, extreme colorful pattern printed fabrics, synthetic, natural, soft colors in green and blue, turquoise… All light, uncluttered, unconcerned cuts, materials and colors. We’re looking forward to it!

Image: Two men rowing in a boat in the harbor, Boston, MA, US, 1940, by Carl Mydans (LIFE photo archive)

I’m really looking forward to the summer after seeing Band of Outsiders spring/summer 2010 collection images shot in Marina Del Rey. Lovely! (Via SL)

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 »

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

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 »

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…

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.

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.

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

First Spring, Yang Fudong’s new Prada Menswear film which premieres today at prada.com is a beautiful and absurd short inspired on the 20’s and 30’s of Shanghai.