Inside a run-down mall off of Elizabeth Street in Chinatown, down an escalator to the basement and past a raft of empty storefronts, is a minuscule store, the size of a walk-in closet, that’s quietly at the center of a peculiar global fashion empire. It has no sign and it’s not on the mall directory. It’s impossible to find on Google. The enterprise, which its owner refers to as Unique Hype Collection, is in the business of buying clothing from the skate-inspired men’s fashion brand Supreme at retail prices, waiting until the items have sold out at Supreme’s physical stores and online shop, and then putting those items up for sale in the mall and on eBay at significant markups.
Manhattan Diary about Chloe Sevigny, 19, who is a downtown trendsetter of the moment. She was in a Sonic Youth video, recently in Details, in a series of photographs by Larry Clark, who has just cast her in his new movie "Kids". Her first break came at 17, when she was picked for a Sassy shoot, and was asked to be a summer intern there. Around that time, she posed for a fashion spread in Paper. A stylist, Gabriel Feliciano, said, "People want to project their desire on one girl. She's smart enough to hold back, and that allows us all to project whatever we want to. I could go on and on about Chloe, but actually I know very little about her."
The social club wasn’t so inviting, though, and had a lot of attitude. We made the rules and ran a business that was very successful. People were addicted to the clothes like a drug. We didn’t want to work so hard so we developed a sales style that worked in our favour. In the early days, it was like, come in, but don’t touch. You can look with your eyes, but not with your hands. It was a crazy way to sell garments but the customer learned the deal: don’t fuck with us and we won’t fuck with you.
This trailer, directed by the late James Lebon, features a look into the rave like gathering of Stussy Tribe members, including Jules Gayton, Michael Koppelmon, Albee and Hiroshi Fujiwara to name a few, as well as shots from their Tokyo travels and interviews. A reminiscing piece for sure, it certainly captures the storied history of Stussy and its influential role in the development of streetwear culture.
I only make something when I feel like it's right, or if I have the right materials. I don't use the internet, I find everything I put out by hand, and sometimes I don't find enough material, or I make stuff and then I just don't like it. Also, Fucking Awesome isn't seasonal, it's just there when it's there, and I don't make much of it. I constantly shoot myself in the foot from a business standpoint actually 'cause I make it for sale but at the same time I don't want you to have it. It's a bit of a personality disorder company.
The grand opening of the Wu Wear store in Staten Island. Sadly, the store only lasted 3 or 4 years.
Wiz Khalifa DayToday Season 3 Episode 6. Wiz Khalifa takes viewers on board the Waken Baken Tour across the country in his tour bus and showcases some of his new music and day to day activities.
Here is a nice old clip from BBC’s The Look. In this episode the show covers Chanel, Ralph Lauren and Stussy. Here you see the Stussy part of the episode. They talk to Shawn Stussy, James Jebbia and you will see a bunch of other familiar faces. A nice little history lesson and look back.
STUSSY WORLD TRIBE. A PHAT, PHUNKY LOOSE COLLAGE OF HOW THEY LIVED BACK-IN-THE-DAY.
スケートボードの最高峰ブランドAlien Workshopの顔役であり、ファッションブランドのFucking Awesomeを主宰する、世界で最もスタイリッシュなスケーターのひとりとして知られるジェイソン・ディル。2003年の最後の来日から7年の歳月を経て、再び東京の街に戻ってきた。 スケートボードのこと、ブランドのこと、そして自身について語ってくれた。
One of the most influential Japanese clothing brands to emerge over the past two decades has been snapped up by a Hong Kong apparel maker, in a move that underscores the growing wave of acquisitions of Japanese firms by their Asian competitors.
Despite the yuck factor, wearing raw denim jeans for 15 months straight without washing them doesn’t pose any health risks for healthy people, according to a student-professor team that tested a pair of those jeans at the University of Alberta.