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Julia Hederus x K-Swiss
March 18th, 2008 |
Legendary footwear label K-Swiss have teamed up with Swedish designer and Central St Martins MA graduate Julia Hederus on a limited edition footwear collection inspired by the style of K-Swiss wearing Hackney youth’s. Hederus has a unigue feel to her work with mixing elements from a clean approach and putting it together with simple yet [...]
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Chuck Anderson x Burton Light Camo Jacket
March 18th, 2008 |
Fans of Chuck Anderson’s work will recognise his signature style adopted by Burton and the No Pattern artist for this new "Light Camo" jacket, due to be made available this coming winter. Its a great example of the way art work can be used in fabric design effectively without losing its feeling.
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Neighborhood x The Hideout 10th Year Anniversary
March 18th, 2008 |
The Hideout’s website have announced the first part of ther 10th anniversary celebrations, a series of garments in colabration with Neighborhood, a brand who stands well for what The Hideout, or formerly Hit and Run is about. The 3 items shown below, will be released in the London store on the 22nd March and online [...]
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SxSW 2008 Report from Rockfeedback
March 18th, 2008 |
The good folk at Rockfeedback have summarized the last few days of the massive South by Southwest Festival in Austin Texas: The Dodos, Candence Weapon, MGMT, Basia Bulat, Foreign Born, Vampire Weekend and more! Check this report out, as well as parts 1 and 2 here. Thanks Nick Abbott.
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Anthony Lister ‘Super Villains’ Exhibition
March 18th, 2008 |
Wooster Collective have provided the world with images of new work we can expact to see included at Anthony Lister’s upcoming ‘Super Villains’ show. The exhibition will open on April 26 at New Image so is definitely a date to put into your diary if in the area.
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Burton x Head Porter Plus Excursion Line
March 18th, 2008 |
This fasconating collaboration which culminated in snow boarding company Burton teaming up with Head Porter Plus to produce a back pack has finally released, and by doing so making very little noise. The pack entitled ’Excorsion’ comes in two colors, your regular black and great tone of blue providing all the detailing you could expect. [...]
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Nike’s Dunk Be True La Brea Living Room
March 18th, 2008 |
Nike’s Be True campaign recently played homage to the Dunk by setting up an interesting sit in at a 70’s esque living room at hot dog joint Pink’s, the room was filled with people not wearing entirely a lot of clothing whilst watching March Madness. Super Touch got some great footage of this ineteresting event [...]
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Supreme x Medicom Kubrick Kermit The Frog
March 18th, 2008 |
The latest item to surface from the much talked about Supreme collaboration with Kermit The Frog includes Medicom Toy and their more exclusive line of Kubrick. Onegram’s Hisao Ebisu has posted the image with very little information although you can expect this to create as much talk as the tees and the decks did recently.
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Fergadelic Interview
March 18th, 2008 |
Fergadelic is without a doubt one of my favourite artists, his work for his own label, Tonite has played a big part in my own inspirations and influences within streetwear as has his work for numerous other projects. This is one of the most exciting interviews for me personally, but also one of the most insightful yet here at Slam X Hype. Remember you can check out our exclusive look at Fergadelic’s latest Tonite collection here for men and women, and expect much more soon.
As an artist where do you draw inspiration?
EVERYWHERE! I am obsessed with visual information & with feeding my Brain. I have an ever growing library of books…books of photography, ethnography, music, underground comix, magick, etc. I constantly listen to music & have a serious Vinyl habit; I interpret this music in a visual way (the covers of the Records are very beautiful, too). I love to go for walks, listening to my iPod – I’ll walk along the canal & through the parks & look at the trees, flowers, animals & people. I watch DVDs a lot & have a Projector for home cinema action… Youtube is great for watching old music videos.
You seem to have an ever evolving sense of style in your artwork? Would you agree with this? and if so.. what do you think keeps it evolving?
Yeah, I conciously try to advance my ideas & technique. I’ve deliberately avoided having an icon in my work or one signature style. I think variety is much more interesting & I’d rather tell my story using different techniques & mediums. I want to build a body of work that makes sense when presented on mass, but includes differing (even opposed) styles. The evolution process is neccessary to stay alive artistically. Just to do one thing over & over again (as so many artists seem to) is stifling. I am curious & enjoy exploring new things – I expect this from my audience, too.
When you started Tonite some years ago, what was the initial concept and drive behind the label?
To present clothing made from the Heart, which would be worn by Hippies, Punx, Metallers, Ravers, Spacemen & Women, Dancers, Artists, Travelling People, etc. To help people Fly their Freak Flag. To build a New Tribe! & this is STILL what I’m trying to do.
Streetwear as such has changed alot since you first started Tonite, and also your involvement with other labels, how has it changed for you, in terms of the second coming of Tonite?
I haven’t changed the ethos behind Tonite, but my ideas about being a brand have changed. When Tonite first arrived, I deliberately made it an anti-brand. I offered each graphic on it’s own merits, that you would buy if you liked. The brand identity, the label, was very much secondary…almost invisible, infact, when compared to the way brands are supposed to work. I’ve now fallen back in love with the idea of being a brand. Of making people belong to something when they buy Tonite. Of telling a bigger story.
Can you explain to us this upcoming collection and what influenced you?
The season that’s about to hit the shops is quite tribal, quite Hippy-ish. One of the important graphics is "Hippy Disco", which is my way of celebrating the Cosmic & Balearic sound. You know, dancing on the beach to slow & soft music as the Sun goes down!
What other projects are you working on right now?
I’ve completed a collaboration with Paul Smith Jeans, for their Japanese stores. It’s great working with them. I’ve done a mini-collection, which includes a raincoat & board-shorts, as well as Ts. The concept was Robinstein-FrankenCrusoe (Robinson Crusoe meets Frankenstein!) This will launch in Japan in April. I’ve also made some sun glasses with the Australian company CoLab. This was super fun to do, as you can imagine (it’s a bit of a dream project, right!?) I’ve also been making on-going contributions to the mighty P.A.M., as well as Suburban Bliss & Answer.
One of your outside projects that I’m a particular fan of is, The Changes, which you complete works for alongside Sk8thing, Perks and Mini, how did you involvement in this start and what does it mean to you?
The Changes was started by Misha (Perks) of P.A.M., we were in Japan together & he asked me if I wanted to be in a band with him & Shauna (Mini). It took me about a quarter of a second to say "Yes!", he also invited Shin (Sk8Thing) to join. We interact like a band (Misha’s the Lead Singer), but make art instead of music. The Changes is a space for the four of us to have FUN. That’s actually it’s main purpose. & in so doing, we merge our independent creative selves & make a kind of Mind-Meld. The work is beyond collaborative & has become a fluid thing that we all feed & which has an identity beyond it’s four components.
As an artists what other artists have inspired you in the past, and who inspires you now?
The first people that I recognized for myself as artists were those behind 2000 AD comic. I particularly loved the Judge Dredd strip as drawn by Mike McMahon & Brian Bolland. When I was 11 I used to try & copy their stuff. 2000 AD with it’s twisted European aesthetic lead me into Metal Hurlant, the French comic & artists like Richard Corben & Liberatore…Moebius was my favourite. I still love these artists & feel their influence. I also love Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Rousseau, Magritte, Steven Sprouse, Terry Richardson, Karen Kilimnik, Katsuhiro Otomo, Helmut Newton, Tadanori Yokoo…I could go on & on! Extra special mention to Eye, from the Boredoms; his work is INCREDIBLE! He’s a Shaman & an Explorer of Inner Space & Magick. He uses Music & Visual Art in exactly the same way… all things that I aspire to. Last year I discovered Daniel Richter, whose stuff is so exciting & new. I must also mention my friends Ben Sansbury & Nicola Pecoraro. They make beautiful art; it’s great to have peers who inspire you & spur you on.
Whats next for Tonite?
Harder Better Faster Stronger!!!!
Watch out for the Tonite site launching soon too.
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Union Front Man Tees
March 18th, 2008 |
Union is perhaps the number one destination for shopping in both NYC and LA hosting a wide range of high proflie labels including their own label which have become a really saught after. The Union Front Man Tees which have become signature work from the label and only release two times year have dropped instore [...]
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