Featuring J W Anderson, Christopher Shannon, Libertine Libertine, Alexander Olch, Cosmic Wonder, Hope, Stine Goya, Rag and Bone, Jan Van Essche, Our Legacy, Maria Francesca Pepe, Anntian, ConfettiSystem and Martin Lamothe renowned Belgian retailer Hunting and Collecting have compiled a truly impressive look book for fall/winter 2010. Staying true to the unique concept of the space that has seen the store become an instant favourite.

Hunting and Collecting Fall/Winter 2010 Lookbook is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

Images: Fashionisto

Hope Autumn/Winter 2009 Collection is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

Hope, brings Change, that leads to Progress…

Be Well.

HAIL TO THE CHIEF is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

Russia, should you be afraid of it…?

Perhaps & Perhaps not…?

Well as there is talk of President Medvedev being a ‘Yes’ man or a puppet to the President, now Prime Minister Putin. He also seems to be following Putin’s anti American line…& wants to rejoin ties with Cuba & perhaps set up a base there.

Could this all change with all that has happened in the Political Arena of the US. Can President Obama relax Mr Putin with his words of Change…or is it too late & Putin has taken what he sees as an advantage.

I my own little vision I find it quite Ironic that here we are with a New US President that has inspired a Nation, & we have a Russian Leader wishing to expand their ‘Collective’ by making alliances with Anti American Nations in South America…Cuba & Venezuela…& announcing that they would take measures to counter any US Build up in Missile Defense (Thanks G-Dubya). Can I just say Kennedy – Khrushchev…Cuban Missile Crisis.

Sometimes I wonder if we ever learn, or is it that our leaders are so in their moment that the map that got them to where they are in time is all but forgotten. Or is it even worse that they look back & act out of fear of repetition.

I hope that they end up calming the situation down & find a common ground.

Putin hates Bush & no doubt Bush see’s him as Ruskie Commie Red, because he just does not know any better.

I have faith that the New Foreign Policy that President Obama will lay out, will pacify some of the current situations that exist & may be bubbling under the surface.

But no doubt Putin will pursue his own ambitions, but he may be swayed to be a little less aggressive in his tactics.

Time will tell.

Be Well.

HERE’S A TALE is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

And the winner is by unanimous decision… is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

I am hearing the quiet chat of defeat from a few people that seem to feel that this November the US will vote in McCain & Palin as President & Vice President. As much as the thought of it make me venomously filled with rage, there is still a chance that this may happen.

Is the great United States of America ready for a Black Democratic President. A Majority of the Rest of the World thinks Yes…but what of the good people south of the Mason Dixie Line…are you ready…is there enough ‘CHANGE’ in you to make this happen for the good of the Country ? Obama Praises the American People for not getting enough Credit & Respect for the Reforms & Changes they have made to better Race Relations in the last 40 years. But has it changed enough…

More than this, will the Brothers & Sisters stand up & make their Vote count. Many friends of mine stateside, & one particular in Philadelphia are worried that not enough of the Black Vote will turn out. I for one ‘HOPE’ that this is not the case, & that the do change repetition & get out & Vote…make a difference.

But more then turning out for a Brother, turn out for what the man stands for also…be knowledgeable of what the Senator from Illinois aim’s & can do….’HOPE & CHANGE.’

‘I am asking you to believe not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington…I’m asking you to believe in yours.’
- Barack Obama

‘REFORM*PROSPERITY*PEACE’ is what McCain & Palin offer you as their words of their Doctrine. Let me look at that…

‘REFORM’ – Reform the rest of the world to work our way, & lets Reform our home land by being almost as dictatorial as Bush, but lets step up the Big Brother tactics….Lets take a few more steps to the Right.
‘PROSPERITY’ – The American Dream gone mad, More Power, More Money…Lets get it & Keep it to ourselves.
‘PEACE’ – By means of ridiculous foreign policies, Globo Cop on PCP. Big Brother works so like I said…step that up…a few more steps to the Right please.

All of this leads to an ever growing state of Isolationism for the Homelands, while Foreign Policy effects the Entire World.

We, the World wait for the Young Child of Nations to wake up to a new decision Good or Bad…& what can we do…nothing…we wait & deal with the after math.

Yes of course I am biased, but logic demands a change…

Politics is way to selfish.

Be Well.

PLEASE NO MORE is a post from: SLAMXHYPE

Hope, the Swedish label run by designers Ann Ringstrand and Stefan Soderberg, has released their lookbook for S/S 09, which is chalked full of great looks for next year. The fits and the way the garments fall have a classic look and actually remind me of something some of my favorite literary characters from Less Than Zero would wear. A nice variey of colors ranging from grays, to blues, to softer teals, and good old black are all represented nicely on the sweaters, pants, shorts, shirts, and coats offered by Hope.

Thanks to We Are the Market for the information.

Hope Spring/Summer 09 is a post from: SLAMXHYPE