THE SUN ALSO RISES (OVER ERNEST’S GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER)

Alongside Bono, Louis Vuitton has chosen great granddauther of Ernest Hemingway and daughter of Mariel Hemingway, 22 year old Dree Hemingway, to be one of the faces for their latest campaign.

“Reminiscent of Hemingway’s African tales such as The Snows of Kilimanjaro, the casting choice is a fitting one as the author is often credited with introducing the Swahili word “safari” into common parlance.” (Luxist)

THE GALLANT CAVEMAN

For the sophisticated homo erectus, introducing arguably the slickest bar set I’ve seen in a while.

To create their new collection of hyper-masculine curiosities, the glass-blowing studio Esque and the art and design firm No. 1 Son (both based in Portland, Ore.) pilfered ideas from millennia past. Aptly named (Bar)barian, the collaboration was inspired by what Andi Kovel and Justin Parker of Esque call the ‘‘noble savage’’: objects that were once made from horn, wood and stone are reimagined in glass and leather. Why serve drinks from an ordinary decanter when you could present (Bar)barian’s Flagon, a swirling glass vessel that resembles the horn of some mythical beast? Or why not go all out with the Travel Bar: two hornlike glasses, a bone-shaped stirrer and a leather studded case in which to lug them?  (via The Moment)

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NEW IPOD NANO IS AWESOME

Get details here…

H&M’S NEXT COLLABORATION…

is Lanvin!

It looks like H&M has snared one of the hottest labels in Europe — Lanvin — for its next designer collaboration. According to market sources, the Swedish fast-fashion giant will unveil a project with Lanvin and its creative director, Alber Elbaz, within the next week.

On Tuesday, H&M launched a viral video campaign on its Web site and YouTube to build curiosity about its annual holiday designer tie-up. A series of black-and-white videos features stereotypical fashion designer types: a man in a skinny dark suit; a woman in an outlandish blouse and chunky jewelry. By midday Tuesday, H&M’s Facebook page was peppered with guesses — Bottega Veneta’s Tomas Maier and New York society dresser Carolina Herrera among them — posted by Web users.

The video ends with the date Sept. 9 — presumably when H&M will unveil details of its latest collaboration, which have ignited retail pandemonium annually since the retailer first partnered with Karl Lagerfeld in 2004. Other designers to have collaborated with H&M include Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, Stella McCartney, Roberto Cavalli and Sonia Rykiel. A project with Lanvin would be a coup for H&M, given Lanvin’s status as one of the fastest-growing designer firms in Europe, and Elbaz’s drawing power as a fashion personality. (via SlamXHype)

SCOTT CAMBELL X LOUIS VUITTON

Finally, a Louis Vuitton collaboration that I can get behind…  NY-based artist Scott Cambell has adapter a mainstay of the LV collection- the scarf- with his signature dragon motif.  Look for this on hipsters, fashionistas, and professional hip-hoppers/athletes, (and maybe me) this Fall…

J. CREW MEN’S SHOP, MADISON AVE.

J. Crew menswear, under the reign of Frank Muytjens, has evolved into one of the leaders in quality and style innovation in the last year or two.  As a testament to the lifestyle that the brand has cultivated, the new retail outpost on Madison Ave. shows off what J. Crew does best- strategic and complimentary partnerships, quality, and a set of aesthetic values that make sense.

Check out the video tour of the shop from A Continuous Lean.

J.Crew Upper East Side Mens Shop from Michael Williams on Vimeo.

TAKE IVY, BOOK ABOUT AMERICAN STYLE

Chances are that if you read the style pages of any newspaper or lifestyle blogs you will have already read quite a bit about “Take Ivy.”  For the unenlightened however, we just wanted to recap what the big buzz is about as the book is finally available on North American shores…

Take Ivy, originally published in Japan in 1965, set off an explosion of American “Ivy Style” fashion amongst the students of the Ginza shopping distrcit in Tokyo. The New York Times described it as “a treasure of fashion insiders”. Take Ivy has been the Ivy League Bible for the Japanese baby boomers, who were very much into the whole Ivy League look, having been a very rare find in the West, garnering auction prices as high as $2000. Take Ivy was authored by four japanese sartorial style enthusiasts and is a collection of candid photographs shot on the campuses of America’s elite Ivy League universities. The series focuses on college-aged men and their clothes, capturing the unique fashion of the student population of that time. Whether getting a meal on campus. lounging in the quad, riding bikes, studying in the library, in class, or at the boathouse, the subjects of this photographic compendium are impeccably and distinctively dressed in some the finest American-made garments of the time. (wiki)

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MEET KATIE GRAND

Models.com just posted a very insightful interview with one of the leading tastemakers in both the publishing and fashion worlds, Katie Grand…

“Katie Grand, the name says it all. Fashion’s premier iconoclast keeps changing the rules of the game with her cutting edge styling, idiosyncratic muses and dedication to her craft. With stints at fashion’s coolest glossies – Dazed, The Face, Pop, her tenure as the Editor-in-Chief and creative force behind LOVE Grand is among the most influential women in the industry. On the eve of the release of LOVE’s latest issue and its first iPad app (“Love Issue 4″ available for free in the iTunes store NOW), Christopher Michael sits down with Katie to talk technology, tenacity and fashion’s recent curve resurgence.”

Read the full interview here…

A NEW LOOK FOR HEALTHY FOOD…

As a parent or as a child, everybody can relate to the struggle of convincing yourself to eat healthy.  The junk food companies of the world simply have a leg up in creative and attractive advertising that carrot farmers of the world do not.

However, according to Fast Company, “an ambitious new ad campaign by Crispin Porter + Bogusky tries to convince kids that baby carrots are like Doritos. (But what about the cheese dust?!)

The high-profile ad agency is launching an ambitious $25 million campaign to help the carrot industry compete with the junk food industry. The campaign is being launched with the help of almost 50 carrot growers, including carrot behemoth Bolthouse Farms.”

Read more here…

BONO FOR LOUIS VUITTON

In his first advertisement ever without the rest of his U2 bandmates, Bono and his wife Ali Hewson can be seen in the latest Annie Leibovitz adverts for Louis Vuitton.

“It’s also the first time that a label other than Vuitton is getting a fashion credit, the pair are wearing their own clothing line, Edun, a line of ethical fashion. Vuitton parent company LVMH owns a 49 percent stake in the company. In the ad, Ali Hewson carries a new handbag that was a join project between Edun and Vuitton and has a special charm that is the French firm’s first made-in-Africa product. Proceeds from the bag will go to TechnoServe, a nongovernmental organization that fosters enterprise in the developing world; Conservation Cotton Initiative, which supports sustainable farming in Africa.

The ad shows the pair leaving a plane with a South African landscape as a backdrop and carries the tagline “Every journey began in Africa.” They donated their fees to TechnoServe, Conservation Cotton Initiative and Chernobyl Children’s Project International. ”

(via Luxist)