Paul Smith New Line Looks Like Girls
- story Alex Frank
It’s November and most people are thinking about warm sweaters and Thanksgiving turkeys, but Selectism brings us news of Paul Smith’s vibrant youth offshoot Red Ear, a kaleidoscope of a collection that looks like Easter eggs stuffed in a basket—or something like the closet/floor of Christopher Owens from Girls. Seriously, the dude with the long tresses in the lookbook could literally be baby Owens if he dyed his hair black. Throw in some polka dots, a few awesome printed shirts, a fucked-up San Francisco sunrise, a pizza and a bottle of wine…You get the picture.
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posted on Nov 23, 2009 in STYLE, STYLE NEWS tags Christopher Owens, Fred Perry, Girls, red ear, selectism
Raf Simons 100th Anniversary Suit For Fred Perry
- story Alex Frank
Some things are the same as they were 100 years ago, and that’s a serious truth in the world of menswear. It’s officially the 100th Anniversary of Fred Perry’s birth but if I saw him riding the F Train on the way to work wearing that outfit pictured on the left, he wouldn’t look like an old timer, he’d just be the freshest guy underground and an inspiration for the rest of the day. We’ve seen decades of bell bottoms and leisure suits, but it’s comforting to know that the right suit is eternal. Mr. Perry’s iconic personal look has been redesigned by Raf Simons to celebrate the centennial milestone of his birth, and if you notice, he hasn’t changed much. Raf Simons is as unsentimental about the past as a designer can be, but you suspect that when confronted with updating Mr. Perry’s look, Simons didn’t have much to add. The pants are a bit slimmer. That’s about it. If that little has changed since Mr. Perry’s heyday, you might be making a safe bet for the next century by buying yourself a Raf Simons for Fred Perry ensemble.
FADER/Fred Perry: These New Puritans + Jeremy Jay In LA
- story THE FADER
All you West Coasters that were jealous of the FADER/Fred Perry party with These New Puritans and Shy Child we threw here in New York a couple weeks ago stand up! Tomorrow night at The Echo in LA you can catch These New Puritans as well as mega happy good times LA dude Jeremy Jay for FREE! Also free is the Bass Ale. Watch a video from These New Puritans’ New York performance up above, and if you are hanging in California RSVP after the jump. If you go the These New Puritans dude might even wear his chainmail vest thing.
