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Christian L’enfant Roi: Little Princes
Christian L’enfant Roi makes clothes for bratty boys. Christian Deslauriers creates the fey, printed suits and soft shades of maroon in his menswear line for a very specific clientele—as he puts it, his muse for … read more »
Casely-Hayford’s Lower-Priced Line for John Lewis
Our favorite father-son design duo Casely Hayford has released their latest collection in an ongoing collaboration with department store John Lewis, the British equivalent of something like Macy’s in the US. Distilling the Casely-Hayford look … read more »
Cop A Look: 1990s Leonardo DiCaprio
In 1996 the world took a collective break from whatever the hell it was doing as we all simultaneously drooled over Leonard DiCaprio in Baz Luhrmann’s hyperactive, rave-inspired film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. The … read more »
Painkiller Explores an Underwater Aura for Spring
Painkiller’s spring collection was recently released, and Bangkok-based Siriorn Teankaprasith, who we featured in our FADER #75 Fall Fashion Feature about women designing menswear, is exploring a nautical theme and taking it to a weird … read more »
Baggu’s Fruity Summer Bags
Baggu is releasing 3 new color ways for the warmer months of 2012. Made from Argentinian leather and appropriately dubbed Citron, Mint and Grapefruit, they go live on their site today. A little pop of … read more »
Malick Sidibé’s Portraits of Mali
Out this month from Rizzoli is a curation of images from iconic photographer Malick Sidibé, who began documenting the country of Mali in the early 1960s after its break from the French colonial system. Taken … read more »
Showroom Visit: Wool and the Gang
With knit-it-yourself, at-home kits and organic alpaca wool, you can’t help but imagine that Wool and the Gang would be a brand that serves up crunchy granola hippie clothes. But when we stopped by their … read more »
Christopher Shannon Debuts Not-So-Basic Spring Basics
Christopher Shannon does some wild, wackadoo things on the London runways, turning run-of-the-mill streetwear inside out with prints and oddball materials, but for a new, more accessible diffusion line called Kidda, he’s distilled all of … read more »
Thrintage: 46th St. Salvation Army
FADER contributors cross boroughs, counties and states to find fine thrifted and vintage pieces on the cheap for our column, Thrintage. This week, Kadeem Johnson & Nick Spain hit up Salvation Army in Hell’s Kitchen, New York … read more »
Michael Williams and Bushmills Make a Booze Bag
Menswear aficionado Michael Williams of A Continuous Lean, Irish whiskey distillers Bushmills and North Carolina bagmakers Parrot Canvas have pulled all of their respective talents to collaborate on a new bag that’s a pretty impeccable … read more »
