tee time

the humble tee is truly a cultural icon, from cladding a certain oh-so-sexy rebel without a cause, to katherine hamnet's supersized and slogan emblazoned tee's. they have been deconstructed, all but obliterated, mass produced and made luxurious, and they show no signs of going anywhere. 

so we were very excited to hear about the mehr als ein t-shirt (more than a t-shirt) exhibition at the bielefelder kunstverein in germany that centers around the notion of the tee shirt as an artistic medium - featuring international artists, designers and fashion designers all contemplating and exploring the idea of the tee shirt through a variety of medium. one of our favourite labels postweiler hauber will present a video and 3 of the spray t-shirts from his “i love my t” ss07 collection, as well as a tapestry made out of t-shirts … he is joined by artists such as tracey emin and jenny holtzer, designers such as vivienne westwood and bless and many more.

the exhibition opens on friday 13 november, for more information visit the bielefelder kunstverein's website here

went up a hill...

image courtesy of jak&jil blog

sorry for all the next season teaser's but we had to share these beautiful pics from the super talented tommy ton from jak&jil blog fame of complexgeometries next collection due to drop february next year. the collection is amazing, and i think everyone here has ordered at least one piece for themselves... the sheet tee (top and middle pics) in particular was a personal fave!!

check out all the images here

and someone snap up the last complexgeometries dress left, before it's toooooo late!! click here!

wall hanging

image courtesy of is mental blog

salvor projects is one of our favorite little discoveries, his drapey hand printed scarves and tunics have been a huge hit this season, and the designer ross menuez is an absolute sweet heart! so we were really excited to see a snaps of a beautiful poster run of images from salvor projects next season collection thanks to the lovely amanda at 'is mental' blog. the huge posters pasted up all over soho give you a little sneak peak of what's to come from salvor projects, it's due to hit stores january/february, and yes, we did order both of those pieces...

check out the full post here

got your eyes on?

from the top, p.a.m 'eyes', geoff mcfetridge 'corbu', deanne cheuk 'gold fingers', p.a.m 'weiner'

to compliment our array of incredible, but alas slightly impractical hand fashioned cardboard sunglasses we decided it was time to get the real thing, and thankfully colab sunglasses have a similarly quirky vibe - and have just arrived instore today - yay!!

colab (as the name suggests) collaborate with guest artists each season, giving them complete and unfettered creative freedom - we have picked some goodies from p.a.m, deanne cheuk, and geoff mcfetridge. 

each frame is one of a limited edition of 1000 throughout the world and individually numbered on the inside arm. all colab sunglasses comply with worldwide standards, regarding sunglare, ultra violet protection and strength against breakage. each pair comes in custom packaging featuring cleaning cloth, carry bag and other treats...

click here to check out the full collection available online and instore now!!

so good it's scary

happy halloween!!! if you're in auckland we will be doing a little dj stint (and i use 'dj' in the loosest sense of the word...) at our favourite auckland bar d.o.c - they are having an el día de los muertos - day of the dead party, it's gunna be amazing! i was going to dress up as a kind of man eating taco with nasty teeth, but i kinda ran out of time... instead i'm pretty inspired by the fever-ray-esque make up above... 

following is a teaser of our playlist tonight. come along!!

head's will roll - yeah yeah yeah's

i want candy - bow wow wow

black magic - jarvis cocker

bleeding love - leona lewis

bat dance - prince

zombie - cranberries

psycho killer - talking heads

she wolf - shakira

el día de los muertos - day of the dead

d.o.c bar

352 karangahape road, auckland

from 9pm...

vaile of (not so) secrecy

above images courtesy of rene vaile

i cant recall the first time i met rene vaile, it may have been a halloween party - or maybe i'm just remembering the giant cod piece he was wearing... either way it was while ago. he's a super sweet guy, and takes the most beautiful photo's around - with stylist chris lorimer his photo's defined one of our favourite (sadly no longer around) mags 'staple'. he's worked with numerous new zealand designers, and since moving to sydney, a number of australian designers too, creating beautifully off kilter fashion images that have graced the pages of everything from australian vogue to dazed and confused.

as the lovely leah from plaything puts it:

"rene vaile shows a considered yet spontaneous energy within his portraits of friends and travel picture. the infectious imagery leads the viewer into a quiet and romantic place."

SO, we are kinda a whole lot excited about his first solo show at plaything gallery next week, make sure you get down there for the preview on the 29th october from 6pm - 8pm i'll bet ya' 20 bucks it'll be pretty darn amazing. (please note this offer is purely for literary effect only)

rene vaile/untitled

plaything gallery

21 dacre street

newton

preview 29th october from 6pm - 8pm

show running till 14th november, gallery open tuesday - saturday, 11am - 4pm.

press up's

it's 1am time again! yay!!! two of our favourite new zealand designers areez katki and liam from deadly ponies are pictured in the 'young guns' feature showing off their wares, and super duper cuties matt and andrey transform a postweiler hauber sweat into pants in their 'boys don't cry' editorial. 

check out the full issue of 1am here - it's aweeeeesome!