Fourth of July weekend is here― between fireworks and barbeques, celebrate our nation’s birthday with the latest, holiday-themed drop in the Levi’s x MOCA collab! Art in the Streets exhibitor Shepard Fairey’s very limited-edition patriotic design will go on sale this Saturday 7/2 (only 50 pieces were made). Fairey’s trucker, along with the first eight jackets that have launched in the collection, are available online at www.mocastore.org. (Chaz Bojorquez, Crash, Lady Pink, Kenny Scharf, Andre, ESPO, KR & Revok).
Located at 125 Rivington Street in the heart of New Yorkʼs Lower East Side, the store buildout employed a gut renovation to expose the original brick walls and wood flooring, showcasing the character of the original building architecture. Rather than hide the buildingʼs imperfections, the store highlights the raw essence and industrial beauty of the space through the use of concrete and a thin veneer of white paint to brighten the atmosphere.
Drake has a way with releasing materials that makes the internet go ape-shit bananas for it. After the first 3 leaks off his sophomore album, Take Care comes the visual for the most sung, downloaded and loved of the three, Marvin’s Room.
Without a doubt, the summer season is the one to show off your vast collection of eyewear and the summer wardrobe that you’ve been planning for the last several months to show off. Legendary fashion house, Chanel let us in on some of their secrets in their latest video. This time, they reveal how they make their sunglasses.
PF Flyers re-introduces four classic styles featuring Red, White and Blue colorways just in time for the Fourth of July holiday. The Sumfun Lo, Bob Cousy and both the Center Hi and Lo all emerge in patriotic colors for summer. The Sumfun Lo is the latest reissue from PF’s 70-year old archive. Built on an authentic Posture Foundation insole, the Sumfun has a striking espadrille-styled upper and features refined foxing details. Continue reading “PF Flyers Re-introduces Four Styles for Fourth of July” »
Analysts disagree about Apple’s intentions when it comes to capturing the vast prepaid (pay-as-you-go) market with the next iPhone. But there’s a simple clue that will tell you.
Curren$y has amazed us once more with his new album, Weekend at Burnies‘s, obviously lifting it’s title and inspiration from famous 1989 comedy, Weekend at Bernies‘s starring Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman and of course the dead guy, Bernie. The 10-track mixtape and 12-track deluxe edition will be sold in stores and online beginning today, June 28th. Here’s the visual to the albums first single, “She Don’t Want A Man”.
“Everyone loved him, and even when he was dead, people thought he was alive,” Curren$y said. “They were just like, ‘It’s Bernie, he’s just always smacked.’ Dude was a party man as well as a business man. You gotta appreciate a dude with that party reputation that is working that hard.”
At the conclusion of his 47-date tour of the United States, Curren$y will also take his tour overseas, for five exclusive dates throughout Europe. Curren$y will perform in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland, to promote Weekend at Burnie’s. Curren$y is still working on his full-length major-label debut Muscle Car Chronicles, which is due in stores later this year. Purchase Curren$y’s Weekend at Burnie’s here.
Mercedes Benz brought Terry Richardson, better known for his risque photography, on board to create their new ad campaign for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week key visual with the new Concept A-CLASS.. The fashion world combines with the car industry in this video starring Jessica Stam.
Black ScaleLos Angeles is now open for business and being their 3rd store (SF, NYC and LA). With half the staff located in Los Angeles and their headquarters being in LA for the last 2 years, it made perfect sense for the retail extension, the location will be used as their creative home and offices. The support in Los Angeles since the start of Black Scale has been well-received from retail boutiques that carried the line and its customers that show their love.
Black Scale
128 S. La Brea
Los Angeles, Ca. 90036
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Special Olympics World Summer Games Organizing President Joanna Despotopoulou greeted the parade of athletes, as more than 7000 athletes from nearly 180 nations made their way into the Kallimarmaron Panthinaikon Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece to roaring applause from the fans.
As Special Olympics athletes and coaches from across the world settled in to the stadium, everyone welcomed legendary singer, songwriter, musician and producer Stevie Wonder. Stevie opened with his song ‘You can feel it’ followed by ‘You are the sunshine of my life’ which got the crowd on their feet and dancing. Wonder, one of the great personalities in music history, spoke to the audience about the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of Special Olympics: “Her vision has helped the world appreciate the value of all human beings. Eunice made us understand that we are all special. Our dreams are only limited by our vision.”
