Hedi Slimane diaries

Hedi Slimane (pronounced “eddy“) was recently interviewed by Dirk Standen, editor-in-chief at Style.com, via email, on where design, fashion, and music are heading in the new decade. In response to a question about new forms of digital media taking over, Hedi responds: “You don’t fight but embrace a natural evolution, really, and try to figure out how it would... Read More

Patrick Long Tote Bags

//image via Willamette Week On a recent trip to Canoe in downtown Portland I ran across these tote bags and have been lusting after them ever since. They’re designed by Patrick Long who is a Portland designer I was unfamiliar with up until now. Here’s what the product page on Canoe’s website has to say about it: Portland designer Patrick Long drew inspiration... Read More

Covered in scales, in space

This is our first post on fashion. I didn’t originally think of this space as a place to comment on what is happening on the runways of Paris and beyond, so I think I’ll save it for special occaisions. I’ve been watching this show over and over again for a couple months now, I really am a fan of what is happening here. I’ve always loved Alexander McQueen... Read More

Story of a Collection

Someone in a room somewhere made a very, very good decision around the Steven Alan line. Some creative director or team of designers realized that the world is starved for good storytelling. They also realized that there is a certain backlash to blatant advertising techniques that fueled our disposable culture in the last century. How then would someone tell the story of a still... Read More