ellesse heritage has created City Portraits, a series of films by fashion filmmaker Konstantinos Menelaou documenting familiar iconography – and what it means for a day in the life of the story’s featured protagonist.
Each film paints a unique portrait of the cities in which the protagonists live and thrive. A ‘day in the life’ style documentary captures their working life, hobbies, active routines and personal interests; giving the viewer a highly personal insight into each city.
Every morning Londoner, Chris overlooks the iconic river Thames, residing in the famous OXO tower building. Activity is at the heart of his lifestyle, working as an alternative personal trainer. He explores the culinary offerings of the city and fulfills his passion for food by working as a chef. Even though Chris is submersed in one of the fastest cities in the world, his day to day way is calm. Taste, touch and smell lead him around his city.
Summer sees life in Berlin, with Autumn/Winter moving to New York City.
Public Label (first introduced in 2006) is an extremely limited, design-oriented menswear line, constructed with quality fabrications and production details. The theme of the Spring/Summer ’12 Public Label collection is bringing things back to basics; to supply the customer with important standard pieces that one may find essential to their everyday wardrobe. With the line including basic tees and tanks in an array of colors, denim jackets, shorts, chinos, and high-quality selvedge denim jeans, Public Label’s Spring/Summer ’12 collection offers something for everyone.
This season’s version of the ever-popular Toðer trainer by Bernhard Willhelm & Camper Together comes in a bold camo-print, with a soft, leather and nylon-mesh upper. The slight military theme is contrasted with bright pink accents, as well as a tough, rubberized heel section. The trainer is also available in a bold blue and grey colorway and a refined white colorway, with a suede, leather and nylon-mesh upper. The trainer blends hiking boot details and a ripple sole construction with hi-top features, to great effect. Previous models have been incredibly popular and this version is certain to continue that trend.
Continuing the collaboration between adidas Originals and Canadian workwear specialists Ransom into the summer, this part-trainer part-espadrille style offers the perfect way to move between the beach and the city. The lightweight canvas upper has subtle addias and Ransom branding on the tongue and on the outside of each heel and sits on top a hemp espadrille sole. Meanwhile, a paisley footbed adds to the playful feeling of summer.
Ronnie Fieg is set to release his take on the M65 jacket with Marshall Artist. Fieg will be dropping 2 colors of the jacket with both being comprised of a PU coated chambray and a PU coated gingham. The jacket combines both style and functionality with features such as a packable hood, large pouch pockets on the chest, adjustable funnel cuffs and a drawstring adjustment. Both colors of the jacket will be available at in-store and online at Kith.
The second entry in oki-ni new FOCUS series deals with a rugged menswear staple that forms the core of most men’s wardrobes.
Denim is a fabric with many qualities: it is rugged and hardwearing; it is expressive and ages with grace; and it is a cultural icon that brings to mind lost legends like Brando and Dean. It is a fabric that creates obsessives; people who could name all the denim mills in Japan or tell you, by sight alone, which laundry techniques have been used to give your jeans that vintage look. But it is also a laid back everyday fabric that is unassuming and undemanding.
However you choose to appreciate it, denim has something there for everyone and this is a collection of some of the best denim pieces from SS ’12, seen as part of looks that showcase the fabric’s versatility.
The Vintage High is an ever-present within the Common projects line-up as one of the brand’s signature styles. Basing this design on the iconic Blazer high-top, Common Projects use only the finest materials to construct their refined brand of luxury footwear.
This shoe is constructed from an upper of soft red leather and suede, trimmed with a contrasting white tongue and heel tab. It is fully leather-lined for comfort and durability, and sits on a hard-wearing vulcanized rubber sole unit. As always, Common Projects finish the sneaker with their proprietary gold stamp; denoting the style, size and color of the shoe.
The style that started the Volta revolution, the Classic combines boot and high top elements to create something new and altogether more interesting. This new summer version of the Classic features an upper crafted from organic linen in an earthy beige, contrasted by burgundy colored Tuscan cowhide. This upper sits on top of a hardwearing Vibram sole, which also features rich red stitching on the underside. Finishing touches are added by discrete Volta branding on the tongue and heel tab.
Photographed by Brian Kelly, San Fran’s skate apparel brand HUF presents it’s 2nd delivery mid-season lookbook; half art project and half sneak preview that showcases new shirts, sneakers, snapbacks and wovens in their element on the streets of New York City.
The Plaza’s Edwardian Room has come full circle in the celebration of men and style with the opening of Italian menswear line Angelo Galasso.
Opened on October 1, 1907 as a men’s only café, the Edwardian Room, located on the northeast corner of The Plaza with views of Central Park and Fifth Avenue, was designed by the hotel’s architect, Henry Hardenbergh. With the era of Prohibition, this beloved home of the men’s “Power Breakfast” and after work cocktails permanently opened its doors to women in 1921 and became, for many, the most romantic restaurant in New York. It became the Plaza Restaurant in the early ‘40s and officially the Edwardian Room in 1955. Through its name changes and incarnations the incredible architectural details and masculine personality have endured and the space has remained the Edwardian Room to New Yorkers and its devote visitors.
