Last year Tenue de Nîmes was invited to New Castle by Nigel Cabourn. He wanted to share a sneak preview with us of his 2011 Spring Summer collection. He told us about his search for old designs, materials and fabrics. He shared some of his most bizarre finds with us and told us about his quest to put these finds in a contemporary, Nigel Cabourn perspective. This search for a perspective led him to this season's theme: The Submarine. [ Continue reading ]

This Spring Tenue de Nîmes launches the first chapter of a hand-crafted private label. The initial idea of the private label is that each Tenue de Nîmes garment will be built in limited, exclusive quantities, under decent, proper circumstances from the best available materials that our suppliers can get their hands on. Tenue de Nîmes devotes itself to re-building daily icons (like the men´s shirt) that unite quality and craftsmanship and combine style with soberness. [ Continue reading ]

A collection inspired by the East coast preppy styling, the words of Jack Kerouac, the military Vietnam war era, Hawaii and the West coast surfers; Meet John-Jack Mercer a.k.a. JJ Mercer. ‘The JJ Mercer collection is a cohesive representation of four decades of Americana.’ I guess you can’t… [ Continue reading ]

We lately found out about this ad-free print magazine called L_A_N, ‘a publication for the fashionable futurist with an interest in the world of tomorrow, today.’ It’s a melting-pod of crazy, beautiful, challenging and cutting edge features on design, fashion and refreshing perspectives. Their second issue showcases… [ Continue reading ]

Daniel Askill, known for his beautiful short movie ‘We Have Decided Not To Die’ was hired to create this promotional video to introduce the new and colorful line of  the Australian cult fashion label Ksubi. Kolors is a fume-fuelled, slow-motion battle between three colour-clad… [ Continue reading ]

We’ve put together a special Queensday shelf, to celebrate the color orange (and the queen of the Netherlands…) 1. Knit-ted look book fall 2010 2. Journal de Nîmes Nº6, the Dutch issue 3. Cuvée René Gueuze Lambic Beer 4. [ Continue reading ]

Here’s another new menswear label on the horizon. Baldr Collective, a entirely European made label with its origins in Norway just released their first collection of t-shirts and mens button downs. They started with the aim to reinvent and redefine the scandinavian values within design, craftsmanship and materials… [ Continue reading ]

We’ve always loved Won Hundred’s appreciation for simplicity and understated design. With their Autumn/Winter 2011 collection they are going back to the 60’s, the London subculture of the Mods and their ‘Clean living under difficult circumstances’. ‘A nostalgic memory of days gone by, people you ones knew,… [ Continue reading ]

Last year we helped Knit-ted to start their knitwear label from scratch, building up the brand, doing the logo design, art direction and photography. It’s good to see their second collection, good to see them growing, becoming a stable and solid brand with some very nice styles! Go… [ Continue reading ]

Being super busy putting the final hand on getting the Spring-Summer collection online at Tenue de Nîmes (which will be available later this week) here’s a little preview to get you in the right mood. Stay tuned for some crazy stuff from Nigel Cabourn,… [ Continue reading ]

To celebrate the link between sport and subculture Fred Perry launched four pieces, inspired on the classic 60’s cycling shirt. Four authentic retro-cycling shirts with some neat styling details, fit and colour combinations. The Fred Perry Shirts are available in their Laurel Wreath shops alongside… [ Continue reading ]

Love this new piece by Stone Island: The Ghost Jacket, a camouflage concept carried to its extremes. A complete monotone colored jacket, as if they had been dipped into a tin of paint. Available in all black, or all white. [ Continue reading ]

Dutch denim genius MOOS released another remarkable ‘basic’ today.  His new release consists of 6 crew neck sweatshirts with a superb charcoal color dye. Made of made of US cotton and knitted by Toki-sen-i in Wakayama, Japan this hand-crafted cotton knit is a bargain. There are… [ Continue reading ]

Riekele shared one of his favorite movies again: Badlands by Terrence Malick. — ‘Badlands is the first feature-film of one of my favorite directors: Terrence Malick. He wrote some scripts for features before but they were never shot the way he had in mind. With Badlands… [ Continue reading ]

I'm always impressed by the 'lookbooks' by Urban Outfitters, and I always forget to write about them. The Spring Preview 2011 just hit the doormat and here it is. A really nice production by director and producer Harmony Korine for Urban Outfitters. [ Continue reading ]

The roar of gunfire is lost in a distance… The canons are spitting out their last red munitions. At the Tuileries, at the Louvre, at the Palais Royal, the smell of powder and of petrol fills the air surrounding the ruins…. …Paris will be the capital of… [ Continue reading ]

Last week the Danish fashion brand Won Hundred opened its first independent shop – a flagship store in Denmark’s most exclusive department store, Illum. Along with the opening they launched their first bag collection with wallets handbags, iPad and computer sleeves. A beautiful store I must… [ Continue reading ]

It’s good to see a company like Lavenham is moving on from its horseback riding history towards the Ivy League preppy trend without loosing its lovely style. A unique take on the Letterman jacket called the Hazel Jacket, a lighter quilted alternative take on a design… [ Continue reading ]

Last week in NY we quickly skipped thru the new collection of Camo and, as always, I was impressed. I love their style, fabrics and color tones. And from of next season they have a women’s collection as well. The next fall winter collection is called… [ Continue reading ]

Last December it was on the blogs all around the world, the most promising upcoming collaboration between Takahiromiyashita TheSoloIst. & Oliver Peoples Eyeglasses. They’re still not here, the five pairs will be released this March, but I really can’t wait to get my hands… [ Continue reading ]

Tonight the first menswear collection of our Dutch friends at Yarn Unit will be launched at Tenue de Nîmes in Amsterdam. The men’s collection is designed by Stéphane Barbier and is a oath to ‘The New Wave’ in international cinema in the 1950’s. The… [ Continue reading ]

Spring Projects will host a show with these fantastic new works by Hussein Chalayan. The work by Chalayan, called Anaesthetics, is an ‘almost hijab-shaped white cotton veil over a traditional Japanese Geisha’s wig, placed within a minimalist white box creates an unsettling ambience where… [ Continue reading ]

Soulland is surprising me every time they come up with a new collection. Next week they will present their new Autumn/Winter 2011 collection called ‘Civilized’ in Paris. It is a beautiful mix of Scandinavian minimalism vs. American history. Photography by Sascha Oda, art direction by Marco Pedrollo. Above… [ Continue reading ]

A few weeks ago Fred Bschaden pointed me on this fabulous B7 Parka from the Steward Archives. I instantly fell in love with it! Unfortunately it’s an extremely hard to find piece, there are some Japanese companies who make replica’s of this model, but… [ Continue reading ]