Mister Mort Gets First Dibs on New Levi’s x Opening Ceremony Cord

Mister Mort usually takes pictures of impeccably dressed older gentlemen for his style blog, with the odd young dude or hot girl thrown in if he’s feeling particularly inspired. And although he might snap a quick pic of his own wardrobe from time to time, generally speaking, MM stays out of the picture. Today though, he’s posted an image of himself dressed in the new Levi’s x Opening Ceremony three-piece corduroy suit, partly because of an unintentional tweet-leak last week, but mostly because nobody on this Earth could pull off a magnificent mono-color, mono-material look quite the same way as he can. Also, if jeans and a denim jacket is a Texan tuxedo, what’s the correct term for head-to-toe cord? Wes anderson would probably have something to say about this.

New Season Un.Der T by Telfar

Telfar partnered up with American Apparel for the second season of his limited-edition diffusion line, Un.Der T. The new collection takes the humble tee into entirely uncharted territory, and some FADER staffers have even dubbed the new look Hospital Chic. If surgical scrubs of the future look anything like this, then clearly the healthcare system is in safe hands.

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Alter Launches Text-to-Buy Site

As if Alter weren’t content to bore a hole in our wallets with two store locations in Greenpoint, Brooklyn—one for the girls at 140 Franklin street and another down the street at 109—they’ve launched a service that makes it possible to re-up your closet with the tip-tap of a text message. The new m-commerce site offers a smart edit of Alter goodies including leather holsters, fingerless gloves and spiffy vintage bowties, and they’re celebrating online mobility tomorrow evening with neighbors Kill Devil Hill. Details after the jump.

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Bblessing x Black Sheep and Prodigal Sons Planetary Pins

The first images of Bblessing’s collaboration with jewelry designer Derrick Cruz of Black Sheep and Prodigal Sons have rolled out, with a cosmic set of lapel pins. Each pin is crowned with a symbol of the original seven planets, and dudes who are used to elegant gentlemanly accoutrement like this should probably bag the entire galaxy.

Stylee Fridays: Haversack Shows Us Why Old Dudes Do it Better

There is little information on the Haversack website, aside from a mission statement laid out in four simple bullet points, which can basically be summed up in one sentence: solid vintage-inspired menswear that has an eye to the future and its soul in the past. They’ve broken down their current collection into three bite-sized chunks, and the jazzy beachside delivery is clearly the pick of the bunch. Mjolk’s spring 2010 offering edged us in similarly awesome direction when we previewed the line at Capsule last year, and designer Lars Stoten cited the Lost Generation of artists (Hemingway, Pound, Picasso) as a major inspiration, presenting a closet of clothes you might pack for a 1930s vacation on the French Riviera. Haversack takes that idea one step further, using a gentleman that could easily pass for one of the crew to model all three collections.

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Joe Casely-Hayford For John Lewis

How can you ever get tired of high/low designer collaborations if they continue to produce results like Joe Casely-Hayford for John Lewis? John Lewis is a sensible, well-priced department store, the kind of place where you buy a school uniform or a smart Oxford button-down. Casely-Hayford is basically the opposite, blending influences like a painter mixes paints, and then tailoring it all in the Savile Row tradition. But somehow, someway, the two institutions met in the middle, and the new clothes have the best of both worlds—color and texture in entirely sensible proportions. Plus it’ll be inexpensive enough that you won’t have to spend all your Euros at once. The collection has us dreaming on like-minded pairings: Dries Van Noten for Target and Raf Simons for H&M anyone? (via Style Salvage)

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Jada Does a Biggie

Jadakiss re-stages the most famous Biggie promo picture of all time for the spring 2010 Coogi campaign, and it’s this image of Jada, resplendent in new season knitwear and throwback Versace shades, that has ruffled the feathers of certain Cosby fans in the office. Basically, they’re claiming that Bill’s extensive collection of cozy big papa knits never quite gets the props it deserves. Whichever side of the argument you sit on, few could be mad at the idea of T-Pain doing the grampa shuffle, re-enacting The Cosby Show opening credits next time around. Check out a behind-the-scenes video from the Coogi/Jadakiss photoshoot after the jump. (Via Rapradar)

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AMS Knitwear by Lynnda Needles and Danny Sangra

AMS KNITWEAR 2010 from danny sangra on Vimeo.

Knitwear sensei Lynnda Needles and artist Danny Sangra have named their line AMS, short for A Minute’s Silence, after the famous scene in Band of Outsiders where Godard cuts the sound. There really isn’t anything quiet about their new knits, and the colorful checkerboard sweaters look like the inside of a Pac-Man labyrith. Prop stylist Fred Butler has an interview with the pair up on her site, and apparently each piece comes with the original artwork and is safely wrapped in a handmade moth-repellant bag. As well as her wearables, Needles makes knitted art, including hanging plants and polar bears, which she tells us more about in our upcoming style issue.

Staff Affections

Every Thursday, FADER style assistant Alex Frank asks employees and employers at our favorite shops around the world what their most cherished in-store item is at that exact moment. This week, we caught up with New York’s Pixie Market.

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Video: Jean-Charles de Castelbajac’s Paris by Knight

Jean-Charles de CastelBajac, or JCDC as his friends MIA and Jammer call him, puts all of his collections on Youtube. The newest one, “Paris by Knight,” went up on the Castelbajac channel a couple of days ago. He’s known for his cartoony flourishes (remember those Iceberg sweaters?) and retina-scorching use of color, but his latest collection is considerably more low-key—the French designer sets the mood straight off the bat with a single-breasted pinstriped suit. There’s still wiggle for play though, especially in his armor-plated leather jackets and Joan of Arc balaclavas.

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