June 17, 2009

Bike parts and Chari & Co NYC

Some nice stuff from the shop

Photo shoot for Pedal Speed Magazine

The stuff I bought. -Izumi Gray Chain -Miche 17T Cog




June 14, 2009

June 2009 Calendar


Late pass but whatever ;0

A-Trak, DJ AM, Drop the Lime @ M2 Ultra Lounge 6/17
Pygmy Shrews @ Cakeshop 6/17
Fake Blood @ Williamsburg 6/17
Mars Volta listening party @ Thompson Hotel Bar 6/18
Crystal Stilts, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart,caUSE co-MOTION! @ Cakeshop 6/18
Best Friends Forever, Hot Box, Babies @ MONSTER ISLAND BASEMENT 6/18
Juan Mclean @ Tribeca Grand 6/19
Distance, Dave Q (Dubwar) @ Love 6/19
Secret Machines, Dead Combo, A Place to Bury Strangers @ Santos Party House 6/19
Best Friends Forever, Dufus, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt @ Silent Barn 6/19
Dany Howells @ Love 6/20
HEALTH, Awesome Color, Kid Congo Powers @ 979 Broadway Backyard 6/20 Early Show
Camera Obscura @ Webster Hall 6/24
Fat Boy Slim, Shinichi Osawa @ Terminal 5 6/24
Sneaky Sound Sytem @ Webster Hall 6/26
Starkey, Drop the Lime @ Studio B 6/27
Cymbals Eat Guitars, Teletextile, Bedtime @ Cakeshop 6/28

June 9, 2009

Yohji Yamamoto SS08 Red Contrasting Stripe Shirt

Shirts are usually too boring or traditional but Yohji made this piece from Spring/Summer 2007-2008 collection that caught my eyes in red and awe. It is minimalist and edgy without being black. The red and ivory reminds me of the movie Dolls by Takeshi Kitano. This is no surprise since Yohji was the costume designer for the movie.


photos from Yoox and Men's Style



I have been hunting the shirt for a while on Yahoo Auctions and maybe one day I'll get it cheap but alas. So now it's available for $455 from Yoox which is probably half retail for a Yohji shirt. The shirt is made of 50% Rayon & 50% Cotton, too bad I can't yet pull the trigger on a shirt for 4 bills.

Books and magazine issues for Undercover or Jun Takahashi 2004-2009


-Undercover Grace SS09 Photobook (2009)
-The Shepherd - Undercover by Yoshie Tominaga (2008)
-Eyescream Magazine Undercover Issue (2007)
-A Magazine curated by Jun Takahashi (2006)
-Cream Issue 04 Undercover (2006)
-Gas 19 Madsaki/Jun Takahashi (2005)
-Intermission Madsaki/Jun Takahashi (2005)
-Undercover by W.W. (2004)


-photos from Jun Takahashi's blog, Futaru-issue on flickr, Bookendless blogspot, ViaAlley, Athens.co.jp. and Oogaboogastore

June 7, 2009

Undercover - Jun Takahashi

photo from Eyescream magazine

Jun Takahashi is probably one of my favorite designers ever since I saw "But Beautiful V Guruguru". Unfortunately, I can never wear women's clothes nor I'm not a big fan of streetwear (don't mention I own a Supreme cap), so I never owned any pieces from Undercover until recently. The knit blazer coat from FW07 blew me away, so this is how the addiction started. I'm still looking for the hooded blazer.

Jun Takahashi with Carrie Mundane (this is for the CP cru)


photo from Jun's blog


I wish I am e-famous so I can be next to Jun Takahashi. I was going over some videos of Jun on Youtube and I came across a video of him with BryanBoy in Tokyo. I think BryanBoy is annoying as adadadadafasd but the du is next to Jun Takahashi. It seems on the video Jun was asking who was the birthday cake for. HA!


video from Diane Pernet