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Chanel Fall 2009

Im in Maison Martin Margiela

Maison Martin Margiela Fall 2009 Men's: Menswear Fashion Collections on men.style.com: "Always artful in its presentations, the house of Margiela showed its Fall collection in a series of police lineup tableaux, like The Usual Suspects, with Noo Yawk voices straight from a detective show intoning the details of each outfit. It was a smart way to get across the collection's roots in the seventies, another era of economic hardship, when New York was on its knees and honest cops tried to clean up the mean streets. Hardly surprising, then, that it was easy to spin a story out of a trench, a jacket, a zipped boot that were treated to look rain-speckled (after a stakeout?). Leather jackets—one in shiny burgundy, another in a ten-pocketed tribute to the style of a bygone age—were also worthy of the wardrobe of our whistle-blowing cop.

Actually, that 'bygone' bit may have become a bit of a problem for Margiela menswear. Fashion archaeology is all well and good while it's dredging up tasty morsels of the past, but perma-pressed slacks were, are, and ever will be period pieces. And the pilling effect on a pair of jeans was simply silly. The most interesting pieces in the collection were the things that applied themselves to a design challenge, like the coat whose excess folds of fabric gave it a genuinely interesting volume, or the jacket with a multilayered shawl collar. The evening group was called 'After-Party,' and featured a shirt with a printed red wine stain. Fashion partied hard for the past decade. Now it's bracing itself for a long hangover."

Just a hint of color

Solebox x Saucony Shadow 90 | Highsnobiety.com: "Solebox reveals their latest collaborative sneaker, this time with Saucony on the what they’re calling the Shadow 90. What’s a Shadow 90 you ask? As Hikmit from Solebox puts it “Shadow 6000 upper with Shadow 5000 sole unit = Shadow 90.” Black suede and mesh with orange highlights on a white midsole. Release date is estimated for November/December."

Vests,Jackets, and Bookbags

Nike Sportswear Holiday 2009 Apparel & Accessories | Highsnobiety.com: "Nike Sportswear was a big step for Nike in terms of quality apparel. Today we can show you the probably best jacket to come from the line to date. This weekend the ZIZO M65 Jacket has been released. Similar to previous M65’s from the collection, it comes with a seamless upper, taping and lots of other features and details. This version now comes made of Gore-Tex and it even comes with a thermal liner, making it the perfect winter jacket. Of course the jacket does not come cheap. It will retail for 500-600 USD, yet keep in mind that something of similar quality from Visvim will put you back around 1500-2000 USD. The jacket comes in two colorways this season.
Other than the M65, Nike Sportswear also released the M51 Hooded Jacket, the Laser Runner Jacket, as well as a backpack and a messenger bag. All now available from NOS."

Gray Area

Undefeated x Stussy x Hectic x New Balance MT580 Preview | Hypebeast: "Undefeated, Stussy, and Hectic continue their footwear collaboration alongside New Balance with a new version of the MT580. Coming off a successful campaign with the Full Metal Jacket program, all three brands are back, this time focusing on a more toned down theme although its a bit difficult to assume at this point with only a small preview available. Confirmed details include a ¥16,590 (Approx. $185 USD) price tag and availability at Undefeated Tokyo, Stussy Japan, and realmadHECTIC. Stay tuned for further details and a closer look in the coming weeks"

Tasty Pastry

Wayne Thiebaud on artnet: "Wayne Thiebaud - 70 Years of Painting, Laguna Art museum, Laguna Beach, CA

2007 Everyday Delights: Prints by Wayne Thiebaud, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO

2005 Wayne Thiebaud, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005 Wayne Thiebaud, Works on paper, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD

2003 'Wayne Thiebaud: Works from 1955 – 2003', Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California. Travelled to: California State University, Sacramento.

2003 'Wayne Thiebaud: Fifty Years of Painting', Kempner Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

2002 'Riverscapes', Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, California. 2003 Travelled to: Allan Stone, New York; Faggionato Fine Arts, London.

2001 'The Private Wayne Thiebaud', Phillsbury and Peters Fine Art, Dallas, Texas.

2001 'The icing on the Cake: Selected Prints by Wayne Thiebaud', The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

2001 'Four Decades with the Allan Stone Gallery', Allan Stone, New York.

2000 - 2001 'Wayne Thiebaud: Pastels 1960 – 2000', Campbell- Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, California.

2000 - 2001 'A Paintings Retrospective', organised by the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California. Travelled to: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York."