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 ]

Last week, after our trip to Nigel Cabourn, we visited this little shop in the center of Newcastle. With a define collection of brands End Hunting Co. stocks the premium menswear brands like Barbour, SNS Herning and RRL, some great footwear like Yuketen, Grenson and Fracap Scarponcini Boots and all the needed accessories like Saint James hats, Mismo bags and Comme Des Garçon wallets. The shop is packed with lovely details, ready for some treasure hunting and definitely worth a visit when around… Enjoy some more pictures after the jump. [ Continue reading ]

Just a very small update since I’m a bit too busy to do more than this at the moment. We are enjoying a fantastic stay at Nigel Cabourn in Newcastle to document his lovely brand for the upcoming Journal de Nîmes. Hearing all the stories behind every single… [ Continue reading ]

Cicero deGuzman, the guy behind Godspeed 45/06 just wrote me with some great new work and the release of the 3rd Godspeed Document. The quarterly collection of photographs documenting custom motorcycle builders, their work, and their workspaces features The Harpoon, Trevelen, and Yaniv from Powerplant Choppers… [ Continue reading ]

S.B. Foot Tannery is a magical place for producing leather. Big thanks to Daryl Mark – with more than 30 years of experience – for investing the time to learn us everything about the tanning process. After filling fifteen notebook pages and taking at least six hundred pictures, we… [ Continue reading ]

We had a busy schedule to look forward to so we got up early. No rise and shine but after another American breakfast we were ready for action. We visited “Plant 2” which is the current Red Wing Shoes factory where we were guided through all the different… [ Continue reading ]

The weather was much better today… We drove out of Siren where we stayed for the night and headed further south. Sun is shining, some good country is coming out of the speakers and the wilderness (We even spotted a black bear!) is making place for farms and cows. [ Continue reading ]

It was a busy day in Minnesota. Yesterday we arrived Minnesota-St.Paul where we rented a ridiculous GMC truck for a reasonable price. Being a bit jetlagged, we instantly decided to drive 200 miles to Duluth trying to keep our eyes open. It seemed only a short… [ Continue reading ]

Mon ami Luis Mendo became a returning contributor to Journal de Nîmes with his beautiful hand crafted City Reports. After Tokyo, Paris and Amsterdam (not published in Journal de Nîmes) he will visit London somewhere soon for the next issue. He recently brought all the different maps together… [ Continue reading ]