Rival Schools are back and touring. I'll be trying to catch them this fall some where on the east coast. Such a great band. Here are a couple of the east coast dates:
Nov 3 2008 8:00P
The Khyber Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 4 2008 8:00P
Maxwell’s Hoboken, New Jersey
Nov 5 2008 8:00P
The Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland
Nov 6 2008 8:00P
Mercury Lounge New York, New York
These sneakers by Comme Des Garcons and Lewis Leathers have flown under the radar but they are beautiful. I recently picked up a pair and have been getting some good wear out of them and the leather is fantastic on them. Lewis Leathers is a leather company based out of the UK since 1892. The sneaker is a great take on the classic Chuck Taylor style replacing the rubber capped toe with a leather cap as well as adding a zipper on the rear and a buckle rear closure. These sneakers are being produced in extremely small quantities so you better track down a pair if you can find them.
I've been both sick and busy and recuperating from New York fashion week and will begin updating soon.
Updates to follow:
S/S 09 Trends in Menswear
A Brief Look At S/S 09 Womenswear
As well as more assorted updates.
Thanks for sticking with me.
Ok so I get asked/gushed to/poked fun of/petted/etc about my hair on a regular basis, so I figured I would let you in on what I use. I keep it simple I use a shampoo called 
Cutler Daily Shampoo, this shit is fantastic. I wash my hair every day and this shampoo really does the trick, it keeps my hair hella clean and soft plus it smells pretty damn good. I picked this up from Miomia in Williamsburg and I suggest you give it a shot.
pick it up.
runway photos courteous of coutorture.com photographer stan honda
I was fortunate to attend Richard Chai's spring summer 2009 runway show this morning at Bryant Park, and I must say it was a fantastic collection. Chai's attention to detail was seen in all the pieces and how beautifully the all of that silk he used flowed in the right places and grabbed in just the right places as well. The color palette started in beautiful creams and whites with amazing cropped blazers and a terrific deconstructed cream trench. Chai then dug deeper into the spectrum of color and the collection flowed through with mints, magentas, pewters, prints, the best was the black. My favorite pieces where the black jackets and the black silk crinkled chiffon spiral pleated skirt. Overall I though it was a very well done collection with great interchangeable wearable pieces complemented by the stunning dresses. Very nicely done Richie. Talk about a busy year debuting mens in Paris, Target Go-International collection, and all the while keeping his women's line in order and looking exceptional.
FIRST PICTURES AVAILABLE ANYWHERE. Thanks to Darkanimal for these shots, full show review coming first thing tomorrow. Thanks to Robert and company for having me especially Joseph Williams.
Show Review
Robert Geller's goal for this collection was to truly embody his vision and aesthetic, and his inspiration was found in eastern Europe. Geller's take on spring/summer flowed fantastically from his autumn/winter collection bringing his dark elegance into this typically lighter season. A brilliant color palette of plums, charcoals, blacks and creams all perfectly muted played with the amazing fabrics used through out. Boiled wool pants and asymmetric waistcoats, striped linens, and lambskin bombers in black or petroleum blue with amazing stitch details. Some of the collection had echos of Ann Demeulemeester especially in the use of stripes and fabric rose accessories, but even on that note the collection remained very much so Robert Geller especially in his impeccable tailoring on the jackets. Gradient dyed jeans were one of the pieces that really struck me as well from the show, just the way it was done and worked into the look was so subtle yet eye catching I loved it. I was a bit thrown off by the heavy horizontally striped sweatpants, a bit of a prison look but something that has slowly grown on me as I think more of them. The brown oversized lightweight coat/trench towards the end of the show was amazing and the look it was a part of was pure perfection for me.
This well curated collection in a fantastic location was just what Robert needed, this collection will be just another stepping stone to prominence for Geller.
Yea Yale from we are the market got in touch with me this past week to get some insight into what's currently selling in New York this fall. WATM.com sent over a couple of short but to the point questions for me and hope I gave them some decent answers. Check it out and let me know what you think yo. Thanks to the crew at BPMW and WATM.com for getting in touch.
wearethemarket.com
A couple of small nips and tucks have occurred here at First Floor. I hope you like the work we've had done it was simple outpatient but I'm pretty happy with the results. Let me know what you think.
