Well, we turned around the other day and realized that we are now past the one year mark. Time flies. Everyone at the shop wants to thank all of you out there who have taken us this far. It’s been a wild ride and we have some great things in the cards - expect some big changes! Don’t be scared though, because it will only mean a better experience fill with more product (think more shoes, more sunglasses, more tees, more watches, more jewelry, more dresses, more shirts…), a better website and increased customer service. How are we going to do this?
Just wait….
In the mean time, we have teamed up with Red Stripe, The Party and Kiddrae254 to put on an appreciation event. Check out the flier, but on Saturday the 12th of July we will be bringing you a mix of music, beer and sale prices. Stay for a minute, stay for the day, we don’t care; we will be hanging out at the shop relaxing and handing out great deals on all type of merchandise.
Randomly came across this photo and thought that the sunglasses looked familiar. Looks like he got his hands on a pair of vintage Alitalia aviators that we had in stock over a year ago. There might be a pair left in the warehouse for anyone interested…
We recently put out a case of new sunglasses from Initium with some 20 styles and colors. There are quite a few styles and a variety of pricepoints. The quality on these things is head and shoulders above almost all of the ‘luxury’ brands out there. The reason for this, and what most people don’t know, is that almost all of luxury brand sunglasses are produced by a licensee, who just cranks out tons of sunglasses and slaps whatever logo on the side (that’s why they alway seem to last about 3 months).
Initium on the other hand has all their frames made in Italy using the finest acetates (plastic) and professional-grade optics (They were one of the first to introduce gradient polarized lenses). Take one look through these things and you will be blown away by what you have been missing. Here is a pic they just sent me of Matt Damon on the set of a new, yet-to-be-named movie wearing the Morning Glory sunglasses:
We have restocked with a plethora, yes, a plethora of Nooka watches. In the rubber styles we have white, black, red, yellow, blue, grey….
Nooka - Zub Zot ($130 - $140)
These watches are the perfect Summer accessory, and you are guaranteed to get people asking how the hell you tell time on these things. Don’t worry, we’ll give you a tutorial. For the more refined look, we have two pieces from the premium collection:
Nooka - V Series Zot White Face, Leather Strap ($265)
Nooka - V Series Zot Mirror Face, Metal Mesh Strap ($265)
Antenna just dropped off some copies of their new Summer 2008 magazine. They usually go fast, so unless you want to pay $8 at Borders for one then head on down.
Don’t you always get annoyed when you can’t get that one smudge off your computer screen or the hair that fell behind the glass. Well, a friend showed us a really cool technique to clean just about anything, anywhere on your computer screen. Take a look for yourself HERE.
Hold on to your seats, because next month the shades to end all shades will be making a stop at Centre. We might have mentioned these a while back, but here are some more ‘looks’. Every color of the rainbow, Zeiss Lenses, premium Italian acetate and hinges. Your fakes (come on, we all have a pair) from Urban Outfitters are shaking in their boots!!!
This looks to be the second to last shipment from Stussy for Spring ‘08 and it includes some great pieces with the Futura Destiny Raindrop Camo. First up is Destiny Futura Jacket, featuring a very light nylon shell and some great tech details. Next are two more pieces with the signature Raindrop Camo: the Record Bag and the Men’s Tote Bag. Really great details on these pieces and we especially like the record bag (not that anyone seems to use vinyl anymore - but it will fit your nifty new MacBook and Serato Scratch control vinyl).
More more more, yes yes yes. Stussy stussy stussy. The perennial favorite, returns with some accessories for your head. First from the Detstiny Collection is the Futura Arrows Script Fitted in two colors followed by the Logos All Over in a Satin Black. Also, there are a couple of detail pics after the jump below.
Stussy Destiny Script Fitted New Era Ballcap - Graphite ($45)
Stussy Destiny Script Fitted New Era Ballcap - Camo ($45)
Stussy Logos All Over Fitted New Era Ballcap - Black ($40)
With the weather warming up and the sun gracing our faces, it’s time to think about sunglasses selection. If you want a unique look that heralds a sun-drenched, beachy, hippie, surfer 80s vibe (which is pretty much everyone, right?) Then look no further than Ksubi. Yes, they changed their name from Tsubi after the wonky footwear company Tsubo sued them, yes, they make great denim, and, yes, their website looks like Google. But these Aussies can make some sunglasses or ’sunnies’ as they are known down under. Pics will be up shortly, but here is a teaser of the Ifould:
Also in the shipment you’ll find old favorites like the Old, Willy and Geezer, but we flavored it up with some great color and new styles like Lumsden.
The Lemur is a top of the range control surface for audio and media applications, that breaks from the prior art on several grounds. Its major innovation consists in its brilliant modular graphic interface concept and its exclusive multitouch sensor technology. The continiously growing palette of configurable graphic objects enables you to design made-to-measure interfaces. This endows the Lemur with the unique and protocol independant capacity to adapt its behavior according to the application you are controlling: sequencers, modular synthesizers, virtual instruments, VJ software, 3D animation tools and light control.
Understand much of that? Neither did we, but just watch the videos below and were sure you’ll be intrigued (and want one NOW!)
And, you can check it out in ‘action’ with this bootleg video of Kanye and Daft Punk’s Grammy performance. Catch a glimpse when the pyramid opens at about 2:45 in this video:
Leica has always fascinated me. Few other brands poses the customer loyalty and/or fanaticism of the famed German brand concepted in 1913. For some reason, the brand seems equivalent to a subtle, but commanding wristwatch or maybe even a Visvim jacket. All the details are manicured out and the right person knows just why they paid so much for what otherwise might be mistaken for a mundane object. Photographer David Perez put it nicely:
“I recently went to my friends office and low and behold i see a new Leica M8 sitting on the desk. Now im not usually a jealous person but for a few minutes i was green with envy. I mean i own one of the best Canon Digital cameras they make and i have my own Leica M6 but i have been dreaming of this camera night and day since its inception. Why i dont know but there is something special about Leicas. When you wear one around your neck its like someone put a costume on you that said “Hey this guy is member of secret club dont fuck with him”.
Ive gone to stores where they would never give me the time of day and when i go back and have a Leica around my neck they walk up to me and say “good day sir can we help you today. Its like that old Eddie Murphy skit on Saturday Night Live where he dressed as a white guy and people at banks were giving him money when the Black people werent around.”
This is frankly brilliant. A hands-free umbrella is perfect for walking to work while yapping on your phone with one hand and cradling a cup of coffee with the other. Unfortunately it’s just never going to make it past the “my friends will laugh at me” stage, because they will. They will laugh so very hard. It’s a cruel, backwards society we live in, and it’s no wonder we don’t have flying cars yet. That said, you can destroy your own fashion credibility today for a mere $59.99. Maybe the fanny pack types will accept you, but we can’t make any guarantees.
You will positively see this in the near future as you kill time on a flight looking at the catalog in your seat-back pocket. It will be right next to the personal hovercraft.
I was just recently referred to a site called Etsy.com recently and I have to say, there is some pretty interesting hand-made product featured. You can find just about any type of crazy nick-knack you could ever want to see - some of it great and some pretty terrible (but I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder). Perhaps the coolest functionality of the site is the ability to search for locally produced items, search an interactive globe for the most recently submitted items and even look through a 3-d generated time-line of products. If you didn’t understand those descriptions just click HERE and see for yourself. Or for a little history, check out the Etsy Wiki.
Gave you a heads up on The Hundreds blog and their Photobooth in THIS post last week. Well, this week they announced a new watch they are producing in collaboration with X-Large and G-Shock. Sporting The Hundreds signature camo and interchangeable bands, this is a definitely a watch we are going to ‘watch’ out for. Get it?! Oh the wit…
After a nice mention on the vintage sunglasses, it looks like our Nooka watches have attracted some attention from Daily Candy as well. If you have been through the shop, then you have probably seen the watches and then quickly asked how they tell time (don’t worry your not the first). Well come on down and we’ll give you a free tutorial on how to both read and wear the watch. That’s right, you heard it: free tutorial! Right now, we are putting together some charts explaining just how much exponentially cooler you will look wearing said watch, but those will be reserved for the advanced seminar.
In real news, we are expecting a shipment about mid-day with a plethora of colors to satisfy any palate.
“Jeremy Scott got together for the second time with French bag company Longchamp. Once again they collaborate on the classic Longchamp folding bag. This time it comes with a new footprint design. The bag is now available for 175 Euros in the Colette online store.”
Wouldn’t mind seeing some of these around Dallas. Anyone?
