Everyone should check out the latest issue of 10 Men Magazine Winter Preview. 10 Men is a magazine containing men’s fashion, articles, great photography and reviews. It’s definitely one of my favourite magazines in the world so far. After reading so many magazines every month, it is only natural we develop our own preferences. And I must admit I’m quite a magazine junkie. I started off of course with Dutch magazines but those magazines bore me a lot, and it takes a lot to bore me. I ended up on picking up lots of magazines to read to only 3 great magazines to pick from named Inventory magazine, Workwear and 10 MEN magazine. I consider these magazines as the basics of all new and old topics on fashion, lifestyle and art. Anyone wanting to know about this ought to have a look to these wonderful magazines. I also really really love the cover of the latest issue of 10 Men. I always feel that magazines should produce covers that would entice people to pick it up to have a read, as well as making the readers want that piece of clothing on the cover. For a proper good look you’ll have to go out and buy it, definitely worth checking out!!!

This is a small interview about how Daily Paper worked together with Acht Amsterdam and created the Acht snapback, now instore!!!

ACHT AMSTERDAM
VIJZELSTRAAT 105
1017 GW AMSTERDAM
TEL: +31(0)20-3207007
E-MAIL: SERVICE@ACHTAMSTERDAM.COM

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a famous Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor who lived most of his adult life in France; he is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Among his most popular works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) and Guernica (1937), his portrayal of the German bombing of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. Still, after watching this old video from the Golden Girls- an old American sitcom about four previously married women, it makes you wonder if the story about Tête de Femme”, what actually means “Head of a Woman” in French is true. If it makes you wonder, it’s Not A Shame!!! It’s worth checking out the work of Pablo Picasso, even if you’re not much of an art-lover you will fall in love with his creations. On a side note, the painting of Pablo Picasso’s Tête de Femme is a portrait of the artist’s second wife, Jacqueline.

Artifact Design is an award-winning 2D and 3D design studio based in Atlanta and LA. They originally made this video as a part of a commercial spot about hamburgers throughout recent American history. However, the potential also existed for the set to be the stage for a visual exploration in lighting, composition, and cinematography. So the assets were repurposed to try and achieve that goal. I’m pretty sure I was born in the wrong decade but stuff like this makes it bearable. The end result is a very nice retro piece detailing the styles of the 50′s 60′s and 70′s, I love it!!!!

Givenchy‘s Riccardo Tisci represents to me a particular class of designers whose intricate visionary masterpieces defy the real world so utterly that they can sometimes scarcely be called clothes at all. In the mind’s eye of the designer and the hands of his atelier craftspeople, a world within a world is created – a symbolic landscape where the subconscious sweeps through with all the force of a hurricane. For this collection, Riccardo Tisci has taken inspiration from the bird of paradise – both the mythical animal and the flower. The dresses are airy and structured and make use of angelic colours and light materials. The thick plastic zippers, strategically-placed sheer cutouts and calculated overabundance of embellishments ensured that the pure intentions were tempered by a pinch of beauteous transgression: the hallmark of a tried-and-true Radical Perfectionist.

Quick question, take a look in your closet, do you own a pair of Air Jordan’s, Air Max’s, Cross Trainer’s, or Huarache’s? If you do or you’ve always yearned for a pair then credit that desire to one man, visionary footwear guru, Tinker Hatfield. Tinker Hatfield is recognized as one of the most innovative designers in the history of footwear. You should def take the time to watch this short video, it’s worth it.

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Ok, seriously, I need to hop on a plane ASAP! This is such a great video, and well worth all those airfares. Absolutely fantastic!

Denim sparks creativity not only in those who manufacture but also in people who are not related to the industry at all. Christian D Bruun and Mark Romeo have been attracted enough to denim to make a full documentary on it and to have shot it all over the world. Blue Gold is a new documentary on the iconic blue jeans – from the working man’s pants to the phenomenon it is today. The film includes stories from collectors, vendors, historians and denim legends. If there is a documentary to get me more amped to watch, it would be this one.

The guys from FrenchTrotters recently published a great video of their trip to Pitti – it’s worth a watch if you’ve been following coverage and is probably the best piece of visual media I’ve seen from this season’s show. “Featuring Daiki Suzuki and Engineered Garments, Nigel Cabourn, Gitman Vintage, Mark McNairy and Woolrich Woolen Mills, Levi’s Made & Crafted, Alden and Yuketen.

There are a substantial variety of spots in Amsterdam from where by you can obtain trendy garments, but it will all depend on how much you are willing to spend or can afford to spend. If you have the money to spend, love cutting edge couture, pret-a-porter and more – don’t look any further – spend it at Carmacoma the most exclusive representative of the houses of Balmain, Rick Owens, Alaïa, Gareth Pugh and more. As many of you may have seen from my bio, I’ll take you on a journey and present you with an insight in to my life in Amsterdam. This quote also means that I will try to show you the best of Amsterdam!!! Marjon Visser is the owner and just about one of the sweetest women in the world, … she is every bit as adorable as her shop. From the first moment I stepped into the shop, I was warmly welcomed and she even gave me some very good advice for my upcoming men’s collection. It’s definitely worth checking out.

CARMACOMA
NIEUWE SPIEGELSTR 7B
1017 DB Amsterdam
+31 (0) 6 5393 8650

Opening hours:
Tuesday till Sunday 11:00h – 19:00h
Monday on appointment only
info@carmacoma.com

This beautiful video is made by Catsnake for The Friends of Earth, an environmental organization. This short brilliant film is about two containers of milk who fall in love and the video makes you rethink next time you consider putting something in the trash. Love stories speak to everyone, even if it’s milk love..

If fashion is at the forefront of your brain my fellow readers- I’m not even sure if this rhetorical questions is moving the story along – but have I got a movie for you! L’Amour Fou is a documentary by Pierre Thoretton about the rise of famous fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Bergé. It is not the first documentary on the Fashion Icon but probably the most intimate to date. Designer Yves Saint Laurent met and fell in love with the industrialist and patron Pierre Bergé in 1958 and were inseparable until the fashion powerhouse’s death in 2008. Following his passing, Bergé decided to auction off the art collection that they had both collected for years, which was spread across three lavish homes. As you can imagine, the process was a quite a daunting task, both an emotionally and physically.

Two Other Excellent Documentaries on YSL made during his lifetime. The 1992 documentary – 10 years before the closure of Yves Saint Laurent haute couture : Provides the look at the life and career of the legendary designer.

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The next Yves Saint Laurent Documentary – “5 avenue Marceau, 75116 Paris” : Fascinating look at the designer and his staff as they prepare the winter 2001 haute couture collection.

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British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng is one of Britain’s leading suit tailors with clientele that includes Richard Branson, Laurence Fishbourne and Samuel L. Jackson. His triumphant journey to success in the fashion world has been captured and turned into a 90-minute documentary called A Man’s Story. His success story is incredible, he’s broken so many barriers to get to where he is now, on top of the game – when you think Savile Row, you think Ozwald Boateng. Just look at his clientele list, it speaks for itself. I hope to add my name to that list one day. Watch the trailer below and enjoy!!!

Check out a great interview with designer Massimo Vignelli, the man responsable for the New York City subway graphics, among many other things. Such an insightful interview! The interview is about 7 minutes long and they cover his career and talk about the problems people encountered with this New York City subway map, history of design and much more. According to Massimo, “A designer without sense of history is worth nothing.” Everytime I listen to Massimo, it’s a learning, it’s a realization, an inspiration and a whole lot of respect. The great Massimo Vignelli also said that “good design lasts longer” and I couldn’t agree more, enjoy!!!

I thought I’d share this with you because Fstoppers caught up with a man named Noam Galai who found out slowly that a self-portrait that he took ended up being spread all around the world without him knowing. A very interesting story about copyright issues and a single photo stolen over the internet. The worst and the best of the Internet. That’s all.

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The jeans phenomenon has enthralled million of peoples for decades. Whole generations have grown up with blue jeans, and all jeans lovers have their own jeans story when they think back wistfully to their first pair of blue jeans. A cult product, jeans have not lost their fascination, then or now. It seems that jeans will never go out of style so let’s start at the beginning of this movement. Here is a small video that explains how Levi Strauss began in 1847 and met his partner Jacob W. Davis 1873, who added metal rivets for reinforcing pockets. The whole world was reveling in jeans fever. Only jeans could make an outfit complete and sexy, enjoy!!!

As a loner and private person, Vivian Maier’s breathtaking photographic work was never seen – much of it never even developed. Recently discovered, it is now being shared with the world. You will love the story, enjoy!!!

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Aaron Rose is a lot more of an influence than you probably ever thought. He’s responsible for the large-scale, traveling museum exhibition titled ”Beautiful Loser” (there’s a book too), he’s a writer and independent curator who shows all over the world, and he was the owner/director of the highly influential Alleged Gallery in New York for 10 years. Gestalten.tv sat down with Aaron for a little chat, enjoy!!!

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Directed by Hype Williams. “All Of The Lights” by Kanye West feat. Rihanna and Kid Cudi with vocals by Fergie, Charlie Wilson, John Legend, Tony Williams, Alicia Keys, La Roux, The Dream, Ryan Leslie, Alvin Fields and Ken Lewis. Although the song features vocals from an array of music’s biggest artists, the video, only features appearances from Kid Cudi and the stunning Grammy award winning, Rihanna. This video is another example of music visual motion art at it’s finest. Enjoy!!!

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“We all get dressed for Bill,” says Anna Wintour. The ‘Bill’ in question was photographing street fashions decades before The Sartorialist and Tommy Ton. Bill Cunningham, 81, has been documenting the fashions found on New York Streets for already 50 years now. He can be found riding his bike around the streets of New York, day and night, with a smashed Nikon camera. Bill goes everywhere on his bicycle, gnawing anything that catches his eye. “The most appropriate fashion uncover is unquestionably on the street,” he says in the film. “Always has been. Always will be.” Cant wait to see this movie!!!