Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
KANYE WEST X LOUIS VUITTON INTERVIEW
As the Kanye West x Louis Vuitton footwear release date approaches, insights into various facets of Kanye West’s life are revealed. Topics include actual work designing the sneakers to his own personal thoughts on fashion, music and his personal life. The whole interview can be seen here but a selection of the most interesting answers can be seen below.
LV COLLABORATION
How did your collaboration with Louis Vuitton come about?
I already knew and looked up to Marc Jacobs. Then Louis Vuitton called me and said they had this idea for me to do shoes. I was really excited about the opportunity. I don’t know if they quite knew what they were getting into asking me to help create something!
How did you work with the teams from Louis Vuitton?
We’d fly out there. They’d have ideas. I’d have ideas and I’d start sketching. I just sketched every idea in my head, women’s, men’s, everything. In the end Louis Vuitton had to narrow it down because I had SO many ideas that I wanted to get out.
What was your image of Louis Vuitton before you became so closely involved with the company, and have your impressions evolved in any way as a result of the collaboration?
They’ve always been my favourite aspirational brand from the day I bought my first wallet. Actually I used to dream of being able to buy their trunks and put them round my house.
Why sneakers? (I know you are supposed to own at least 400 pairs)
Because they’re a great entry point for people who can’t afford the trunk, you know. Also, sneakers, I think, are a way of displaying where you are mentally.
What was your inspiration for this collection?
I was inspired a lot by the movie Dune—remember those big padded collars they wore? Well I did that padded look as a flap at the back.….
And what socks would you wear with those?
Well, that’s interesting. I wanted to make a tube sock with an LV patch on the side to go with them.
STYLE AND FASHION
Who is an exception to that rule?
The singer, Rihanna, who is 21. She’s kind of like a genius because regardless of how many stylists she has, I know she does it on her own. That’s an innate talent, having style like that. It’s kind of like the way people play sport, some people just hit the shoots into the net better. Yeah. Fashion is a sport in a way.
Are you a fashion genius?
I don’t think I’ve reached genius level yet. It’s good. But its not good enough for me. I want to be better.
Who are your fashion icons?
Michael Jackson is the best dressed person of all time. Not today, I can’t say that, but in his hey day. When he was wearing all those jackets covered in Swarovski crystals. And then all those leather jackets and Mickey Mouse t-shirts and those tailored pants and penny loafers. Michael Jackson, he was for real.
What is your favourite item in your wardrobe?
My vintage Levi’s jeans jacket. It’s the perfect, perfect jacket. Someone told me it was really, really good because it’s got the big ‘E’ on the label, which means it’s from a certain year.
What do you think is different about French and American attitudes to fashion?
Well, I notice if you’re in the ‘hood’ in Paris, you dress in a hoodie like they do back home. I love that, that the look is straight out of America. Because it wasn’t always thatway.
MUSIC
How do you find the ideas for your music?
I get inspired by concepts, theories, philosophies.
Give me an example.
The saying ‘What Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stronger’ was an inspiration for the song
Stronger.
If you hadn’t been a successful Music artist, what would you have liked to be?
An author, maybe. Although I have already written a book.
Who has been the biggest influence on your career?
Me! Meaning my mistakes, I’ve learnt so much from them!
PERSONAL
How would you describe the experience of Paris / France?
Y’know, when I first went to Paris I used to HATE it. Now it’s one of my favourite cities in the world. I compare Paris to a girl that you meet at a bar who is very rude to you, who you end up falling in love with.
What do you like most about the city?
I like the heritage, the attitude. The vibe I get from Parisiens is highly educated, highly cultured and very impatient. And I’m into that. Paris forces you to step up your game. It forces you NOT to be ignorant about things.
How do you take criticism? There are plenty of people, I notice, who like to criticize you on your blog, kanyewestunivercity.com.
Well, you have to figure out why people say those things. Like, were they having a bad day or something? Actually, I think it’s kind of fabulous, people saying stuff like Kanye, you’re a faggot, or Kanye, he doesn’t take himself too seriously. That’s a great blog comment! Because of course I’m taking myself WAY too seriously.
Still. What’s it like being such a fashion icon? Kids of eleven want to dress like you…
Well, you do have this ability, when you are famous, to set trends just by being photographed and that’s really not fair. I shouldn’t get any more credit than the next person for, say, bringing back those Linda Farrow flying shades, I just happened to be wearing the aviators that to me were the most ‘normal’. That doesn’t make me a fashion icon though. People who have TERRIBLE style have the ability to set trends.
How do you deal with your fame?
I deal with it by realizing I’m kind of confined in my walking TV show. Sometimes I feel like I’m an animal at the zoo, with everybody the other side of the glass wanting to see the monkey overreact. It’s a little like being in a cell, but what’s good about living in a cell is I have cellmates. Jay-Z, he’s definitely in my cellblock.
What are your goals, then?
If it’s the last thing I do, I want to drop all the bravado that most urban rap artists carry. I want to make new good stuff and not brag about it. Just to do it. One of the other things I’m going to do is to take my next fee—I charge at least $100,000 a verse—and donate it to my charity (the Dr Donda West foundation he started up with his late mother to combat high school drop out rates).
In what aspect do you consider yourself Number One?
Actually, I don’t think I’m number one at anything…except for learning.
So the ability to learn is excellence for you?
I think so. You can never stop learning. Like my grandfather who is 90 and just took a painting class.
Via Hypebeast
Thursday, June 25, 2009
MAINO "UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL" SEASON 2.
Now, I never really post these type of videos, not to say there's something wrong with them, but they were never priceless creativity material but these two videos, I feel like Maino spoke the truth and put a lot of shit into perspective, especially when describing life in prison. I think a lot of young cats living the fast life need to pay attention to Maino and what he has to say. Check it out!!
NOOKA UNDRCRWN WATCH
UNDRCRWN has team up with Nooka to create a colorful Nooka UNDRCRWN watch($275). The watch features a striped polyurethane band and with a black ZenV display. It will only be made 200 pieces, now is pre-order, will be shipped from June 29th. Via likecool
JAZZMUTANT LEMUR TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL SURFACE
The Lemur’s top feature is its unique multi-touch sensor, able to track an unlimited number of fingers at once. This transparent sensor is set on a top of the range industrial-class 12” TFT display. Compared to the average laptop monitors, the Lemur’s panel is much brighter, contrasted and it offers a much wider viewing angle. Thus, you can always see what is on display, even under spotlights or in a critical lighting environment.
The Lemur also embeds an internal CPU, a powerful GPU (graphic processing unit) as well as a FPU (floating point arithmetic unit), which makes it a quite independant pet for your laptop. In other words, since it manages video rendering and other processor-consuming tasks by itself, it will not overload the processor of the computer.
As any electronic device or musical instrument, the Lemur obviously needs to be handled with care. Nevertheless, no worry about that, you can use a Lemur in any situation wherever you are : although it is not unbreakable, it has been designed to comply with industrial product standards and it is robust enough to work in the most critical contexts. Indeed, the whole system is housed in a sleek, robust though lightweight aluminium enclosure. The sensor itself is protected with a vandal-proof coating that resists to scratches and humidity. And since it is glued on a 3mm glass plate, the touchscreen also protects the TFT display from being damaged.
The Lemur communicates with the host computer using Fast Ethernet connection, thanks to its built-in 100BaseT interface, which means that the Lemur is capable of exchanging thousands of control messages at once with your application. It also means that you can connect numerous computers and Lemurs on a local area network and make all of them party together.
Via flylyf
MOVIE TRAILER: THE LAST AIRBENDER
Looks like its going to be fire but I never like M. Night Shyamalan's movie endings. But don't get me wronng, I loved "Signs" and I liked "Lady in the water".
THE KID DAYTONA - COME FLY WITH ME TRACKLIST
1. Just Fly {prod. 6th Sense}
2. Air Jordan feat. Harlem’s Cash {prod. The Government}
3. The Groove feat. Mickey Factz {prod. Deputy}
4. Honestly feat. Avriel Epps {prod. Cook Classics}
5. Twilight {prod. Jet Audio}
6. Contact! feat. Kardinal Offishall {prod. 6th Sense}
7. Flava Season {prod. Double 0}
8. The Minimum feat. Tiara Wiles {prod. 6th Sense}
9. In The Wind {prod. 6th Sense}
10. Lately feat. Amanda Diva {prod. Ill Bomb}
11. Eye Know feat. Mike Maven {prod. 6th Sense}
12. Perfect feat. Outasight {prod. 6th Sense}
13. Right Now Till Then {prod. 6th Sense & Frequency}
14. Air Born feat. Bun B {prod. 6th Sense
CHIPMUNK INTERVIEW AND FREESTYLE ON SEMTEX
CHIPMUNK-THE PROGRESSION [INTERVIEW & FREESTYLES] from DJ SEMTEX on Vimeo.
This kid is from the U.K and he really goes in, and from what he says, sounds pretty smart. Check him out, I posted a video of him way back, sometime last year I believe. Check him out.
Check out his videos.
THE NO FUTURE COMPANION
KAWS works together with Japanese illustator Hajime Sorayama to create this Future Mickey Mouse. It is a 13�� figure and with a fully posable robotic metal finish. It looks Cool! It will release this Saturday June 27th for $980. Via likecool
NAS & DAMIEN "JR GONG" MARLEY - DISTANT RELATIVES PREVIEW
NAS & DAMIAN "JR GONG" MARLEY DISTANT RELATIVES preview from nabil elderkin on Vimeo.
This is going to be a good album...pretty interesting stuff...I like the angle they're coming from!!
Monday, June 22, 2009
FALLEN PRINCESSES
My boy had these on his blog like a few weeks back but I love them so much so I just had to throw them on here. Peep the creativity. Via likecool
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