That Robyn is a BAD GAL

God, I love this woman!  Awesome new video for "Bad Gal", by Savage Skulls & Douster, featuring the ever incredible Robyn.

Alexandre Plokhov Fall 2011

Video presentation for the debut of Alexandre Plokhov's namesake collection.  Some of you may remember him for his contribution to the cult menswear brand, Cloak, which just so happens to be one of my favorite male brands of the 21st century.  It was a brilliant flash in the pan!  Most recently, Alexandre was at the helm of menswear for Versace.  I would say he's responsible for taking the Versace man into a very modern place.  I'm excited to see Alexandre starting on his own line.  I expect to see great things in the future!



ALEXANDRE PLOKHOV FALL/WINTER 2011 Directed by Douglas Keeve from ALEXANDRE PLOKHOV on Vimeo.

For Heaven's Sake

Courtesy of Damien Hurst

Jil Sander Fall 2011/12

And so it begins!  The Fall 2011 menswear season kicked off this week, first starting off in Florence with Pitti, then traveling to Milan for the menswear shows.  One of the first collections to show in Milan is Jil Sander.  Jil Sander always has a minimalist take on fashion, with a slow and methodical evolution of the brand from season to season.  This season, the structured rigorous suiting that we've seen in the last several collections was replaced with an ease and unstructured quality.  The silhouette evolved to have more ease, the shoulder was dropped a bit, everything was less snug. The biggest update for me came through in the use of color, which will be a major trend for this Fall season. For the past three menswear seasons, color has become very somber, taking its direction from a very strong military influence. Last season, we saw some of the more directional brands begin to play with color, including Jil Sander. This season, color took a dramatic shift, with most of the collection playing between the expected dark palette of black and navy and injecting some super saturated brights and primary colors. Overall, the effect is quite refreshing. It's good to see designers realize that we men need some fun in our lives, too!

My House

This is the first single and video for the new album from Hercules and Love Affair, slated to be released this year.