After a lovely week in the south of France I’m back. We’ve enjoyed the wine, the weather but sadly enough not the hills on my bike. A broken rear dropout kept me from climbing the hills, which was too bad, especially since Rapha supported us with some really… [ Continue reading ]

Last tuesday we were invited to the house of Marc Kreydenweiss, just outside Nîmes, France. In the beautiful rolling hills packed with miles and miles of the Costière de Nîmes grape fields, divided by black lanes of cypress, lies the 20 acres vineyard of Famille Kreydenweiss. At the end of the 20th century the 14th generation of winemakers moved from the Alsace to the Garde to satisfy their passion for red wine with grapes like carignan, grenache, mourvèdre, syrah and grenache. All organic, farming based on the moon calendar, with a cellar build on the golden ratio and constructed on the basis of ancient principles - the place is balanced like a perfect glass of wine. [ Continue reading ]

Tonight Tenue de Nîmes will officially receive the first signed copy of the ‘Amsterdam Inspiration Guide’ by Frame. The guide will be an inspiration guide for cosmopolitan travelers. According to the publishers it will be a handbook to make any traveler at home instantly in our metropolitan city. The book… [ Continue reading ]

Next week we’ll be in France, enjoying the weather, the hills (thanks to Rapha) and the wine (thanks to Chabrol Wines). Updates will be scattered. We will be back and running the 23rd of May. Meanwhile enjoy the updates at the Tenue de Nîmes… [ Continue reading ]

At the end of 2010 Dutch graphic designer Jeroen Pruijt moved to Naples. He started a photographic journal, sharing his love for this city thru his analog pictures taken with an old Rollei 35.
In his words, '...Naples could be considered as chaotic, with cars and motorbikes racing around the city not paying attention to traffic lights. She could also be seen as corrupt or dangerous by some, but one thing that Naples could never be considered, is boring. Yes there is a dark side, but the bright side is overwhelming. In Naples the 'good' and 'bad' contrast each other to such an extreme, it's breathtaking.' A contrast that reflects in his beautiful images. [ Continue reading ]

While working on the book of Milan Vermeulen with his pictures of the World Beard & Mustache Championships in Alaska, Milan showed me something new. Last February Bas Zwartepoorte and Milan went on a big adventure. Driving all the way from Amsterdam The Netherlands, to Banjul, Gambia… [ Continue reading ]

Another great find on flickr today. The work of Robin Mellway. There’s not much information out there, but the pictures speaks for themselves – beautiful – and all shot on 35mm, 120mm and Polaroid films. Make sure you keep an eye on him, and subscribe his… [ Continue reading ]

Now and then I really feel the need of going just somewhere. A remote place, far away from everything we know. Three years ago I traveled to Libya, something you wouldn’t do at this moment, but back then it was one of the safest places one could… [ Continue reading ]

The weather is getting better here in the lowlands, but it’s still cold, too cold. And since Rapha will open a temporary Cycle Club in Mallorca I’d really love to escape for a moment and get my bike to the sunny island of Mallorca. Located in… [ Continue reading ]

Now and then Yamandu pops up for a short break on his project ‘Europeans’ to update us, and share some new amazing images. For this project he crosses Europe to capturing culture, sports and nature; collecting stories, notes, characters, motives and landscapes that are… [ Continue reading ]

New York was amazing! As you could read on the Tenue de Nîmes blog we ran around like crazy, visiting all the sweet stores around Soho, Brooklyn and Meatpacking and had some really inspiring meetings with Tellason, Cone Mills, Naked… [ Continue reading ]

This week we’ll be working in NY, visiting the (capsule) fair and getting inspired by this lovely city. We’ve had a great start in Soho with The Quality Mending, a beautiful small vintage store, Partners & Spade, What Goes Around Comes… [ Continue reading ]

Looking forward to New York, to Capsule, seeing all the new collections and inspiring brands, and to our upcoming Journal de Nîmes the North American Issue. I think this illustration from CXXVI Clothing Co. illustrates it all. [ Continue reading ]

The past few days we’ve had a lovely start of 2011 in Antwerp. We’ve had a great time at Boulevard Leopold, a beautiful 19th century house in the centre of the Jewish quarter. If you are planning a visit to Antwerp, be sure you’ll go there. [ Continue reading ]

PORT, a soon to be launched quarterly about Intelligent Style for Men will be ‘harking back to the grand extended magazine interviews of the mid 60’s, the lead PORT profile will offer an authentic, in-depth look at the life of a contemporary icon and the forces… [ Continue reading ]

This Monday we were invited by Christopher Bastin, head designer of Gant office is located in Nacka Strand, a lovely part of Stockholm near the Baltic Sea. Caught by its wintery atmosphere we saw a glimpse of the new Gant Rugger collection. The main inspiration of the 2011 designs was a 1960's Rode Island School of Design year book that Christopher bought online for only a few euro's. [ Continue reading ]

Today we were fortunate enough to be invited to Stockholm for the official launch of the Gant Rugger collection for winter 2011. After a very early flight we wandered around the snowy city during the morning and visited some of our favorite shops in… [ Continue reading ]

Always on the hunt for the best places to eat and stay we were happy to help out TravelTeq to create a place to share their favorites. Be sure you’ll check A Continuous Report by TravelTeq when planning a trip… [ Continue reading ]

I’m in LA for one week and will not update Anothersomething. There will come some really nice features on Mister Freedom, Killspencer, Topsy and more… I’m sure it’s worth waiting for! Stay tuned. [ Continue reading ]

For the last International Blend Magazine we’ve put together the Treasures we found when visiting the Red Wing Shoes factory back in June: 1. Red Wing Shoes – Mister Red Wing Shoes repairing himself. 2. Denim & Boots – The prefect combination. 3. Cars… [ Continue reading ]

I think we’re all fascinated about these used pieces of luggage. Louis Vuitton together with Abrams will publish ‘100 Legendary Trunks’ this december. A book showcasing the most beautiful creations of the House. ‘Authors Pierre Léonforte and Éric Pujalet-Plaà curate 100 of the finest trunks the… [ Continue reading ]

My brother shot this new and noteworthy project by Sou Fujimoto Architects. Say hello to the an almost Escher look a like collective housing project Tokyo Apartments where the seemingly random placement of the units makes you feel “you have your own house in… [ Continue reading ]

Yesterday I was introduced by the official apple accessories brand COTEetCIEL and I was really impressed! Sure, I will not give up my lovely TravelTeq, but can imagine taking this one on my two day trip to cary my computer, accessories and… [ Continue reading ]

Upon a Fold did a post on a beautiful gift shop and tearoom in Tokyo called ori HIGASHIYA. The shop is specialized in the traditional art of Japanese confectionery known as Wagashi. The shop with the beautiful paper folded wall is designed by… [ Continue reading ]