RONIT BARANGA

CORALINE

UMIT BENAN

After Umit Benan moved from New York to Milan, he found, to his surprise, that he was harassed constantly by the authorities, both legal and sartorial. The cops mistook him for a criminal, repeatedly barring him from entering his own apartment complex, while a well-known boutique even forbade him from trying on a shirt before buying it. The reason? Evidently, his beard. Forced to adapt, he shaved, and found that the ill will immediately dissipated. Then, inspired in part by his travails, Benan created an eponymous line of menswear that is (like his face once was) proudly rough on the outside. The suits, shirting, knits, and outerwear—available this fall—are made from (cashmere, Sea Island cotton) (The shirts are produced by Lorenzini.) But Benan hides all this on the inside: A rough-looking sport coat, for instance, is really just an inverted cashmere houndstooth check, so the world sees the fabric's underbelly, while the handsome fabric is for your eyes only. (His motto is, "What you see is not what you get.") The results are both luxurious and suitably discreet. And as you can see from his lookbook, Benan got the last laugh: Not only does his model sport a healthy patch of facial scruff, he himself grew back his beard.

Raf Simons x Fred Perry Tonal Loafers

Tapping the services of Raf Simons once again, Fred Perry works up a footwear lineup to compliment their apparel collaborations alongside the Belgian fashion designer. Part of the Spring/Summer 2009 offerings, Fred Perry gives a better look into a loafer silhouette featured in two tonal (red and black) color choices top off with traditional tassel shoe laces. Look for these to release at select Fred Perry retailers soon.



i want them so fuckin bad.....

NAS/ALIFE G-SHOCK MUST HAVE

On Monday July 14th 2008, ALIFE hosted a private music session for the record release of QB’s own, NAS.

In conjunction with the session, ALIFE collaborated with CASIO to produce a custom G-SHOCK DW-5600E.

Design features include:

- Custom detailing on the face;
- The phrase “ALIFE STATE OF MIND” etched on the wristband;
- The ALIFE SESSIONS logo on the back casing;
- Custom packaging.

This second ALIFE CASIO G-SHOCK collaboration is limited to 100 pieces, and will be available this Saturday, February 7th exclusively at ALIFE NYC, ALIFE BC and ALIFE LA Flagships.

Will Sweeney in Los Angeles

The Hope Gallery in Los Angeles will be hosting an exhibition from February 14th to March 10th with the work of illustrator Will Sweeney. The show will feature Sweeney’s new illustrations as well as collaborative work with artist Susumu Mukai. In addition to the artwork, there will also be t-shirts and vinyl toys for sale. If you’re in town, be sure to check it out at the Hope Gallery.

Hope Gallery
1547 Echo Park Ave.
Los Angeles, CA

lakers road rage !!!

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Luke Walton, SF	30	3-6	1-2	0-0	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	3	+13	7
Lamar Odom, PF	38	13-19	0-1	2-3	7	10	17	2	0	1	2	1	+9	28
Pau Gasol, PF	44	6-15	0-0	6-8	3	9	12	6	1	1	0	1	+11	18
Kobe Bryant, SG	35	8-17	0-2	3-3	0	3	3	2	1	0	2	2	+5	19
Derek Fisher, PG	28	5-9	2-6	1-2	0	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	+10	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
Trevor Ariza, SF	18	3-7	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	-1	6
Jordan Farmar, PG	20	1-7	0-5	0-0	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	3	0	2
Josh Powell, PF	10	2-4	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	+1	4
Sasha Vujacic, SG	13	2-4	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	+3	4
Chris Mihm, C	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	-1	0
Shannon Brown, PG	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Adam Morrison, SF	DNP COACH'S DECISION
D.J. Mbenga, C	DNP COACH'S DECISION
Sun Yue, SG	DNP COACH'S DECISION
TOTALS		FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF		PTS
		43-88	3-20	12-16	12	30	42	25	7	5	6	16		101
		48.9%	15.0%	75.0%	Team TO (pts off): 6 (8)
+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court. snaps clevelands home winning streak.... 23-1

radmonavic lol

In his final Lakers practice on Friday, Radmanovic didn’t wear basketball shoes. He wore Vans – the low-top, slip-on kind of sneakers favored by skateboarders and, yes, snowboarders.

Seriously.

can you drive on.....