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Coco Design & Illustrations
Graphic Designer, turned fashion designer, turned fashion/design consultant... CocoPit's work is incredibly beautiful and takes a new spin on the traditional fashion imagery that we are all exposed to.
Esquivel Shoes
George Esquivel Designed Custom Shoes. Handmade in California.
Incredibly beautiful textures. I think I may have to treat myself to a pair of oxfords soon.
WeWe Clothing
Folake Kuye Huntoon has launched a new season of her Africa-inspired WeWe clothing line. For all of you parents looking for rad designer children's clothing, look no further. I particularly like the Shade Eyeball Tunic.
To keep up-to-date with them, check out their blog or facebook group
James Piatt
James Piatt is an American designer who is most recognized for his controversial handbag designs.
Amazing Interview with Simon Waterfall of Social Suicide and Formerly of Poke London
Simon Waterfall is a director of a UK fashion label called Social Suicide http://socialsuicide.co.uk/ and former Creative Director and Founding Partner of Poke London, a leading creative interactive design company also based in the UK.
Simon speaks to COFA Online about the creative journey that led him to where he is today, and the importance of a cross-disciplinary approach in creating successful, cohesive design solutions.
Through discussion of the challenges and creative thinking behind his fashion label Social Suicide, Simon offers us a glimpse of how design is, through necessity in our digitally networked world, a bridge that unifies different means of communication about an idea.
For more COFA Talks Online, visit http://online.cofa.unsw.edu.au
Johnny Cupcakes
Johnny's running a pretty cool company over there. Doing things his way and coming out with unique quality products. His stores are experiences, he's in touch with customers, he works with his family, and he's making a good business out of it. Bravo.
(The Halloween shirts are excellent)
Because Magazine
Created by the team at Tank, Because is a digital fashion magazine offering a curated click to buy collection of the best fashion and accessories, beauty, jewelry and culture currently available or arriving soon in stores and online.
When We Wore Our Art
When I was 21, a girlfriend gave me my first real leather jacket (she had money, I didn't). It's hanging in my closet down the hall --- Crass logo spray painted on the back and a phalanx of buttons (Germs, X, GBH, etc) on the lapels. Being a designer, my jacket is kinda slick, but I love the folk roughness of these. Too bad alt-fashion bullshit is so boring today in comparison.
OntFront Spring/Summer 2010 Collection Tonight is the Knight
OntFront has been making “bold sophisicated armor” for men for years now, but their Spring/Summer 2010 Collection Tonight is the Knight takes that idea to a whole new level. Bronzed models hit the runway in the line of chess-inspired clothing (and some flashy gauntlets to boot!). The chesspiece/chessboard motif showed up on a number of T-shirts, jackets, and sweaters. The main hues included cream, gold, black, and gray-brown. Many pieces feature angular detail on the shoulders which emphasizes the masculine edge of the line.
Chess-inspired fashion for next season? Well, personally I think that's a must!
C'mon! Tonight's the Knight? Thats bordering on the Harder'esque.
Virtu Magazine is Online!
An epitome of creativity. The outcome of combining fashion & design in an interactive virtual magazine devoted to offering luxury from cover to cover. A ground breaking publication with a provocative approach to visual content portraying the elite in fashion, beauty, design, architecture, culture and lifestyle.
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