L O O M S T A T E

I came across a fantastic brand called Loomstate located in NYC but also available worldwide through their online shop. It's special for everything is made out of certified organic cotton using SOCIALLY & ENVIRONMENTALLY responsible production !!!! They fully supervise the factories and manufacturers they get their beautiful clothes produced !

Founded in 2004 by designers Rogoan Gregory and Scott Mackinlay Hahn, their collections are just pure casual classics. They claim to have "washed and softened fabrics to tumble and aged hardware" which truly rings through when you browse through the pieces. Now they have many special projects such as Zero Waste which is done with a prof for Fashion Design and Sustainability from Parsons The New School for Design !!! I actually came across Zero Waste first (on Twitter, of course) and then travelled to Loomstate ! Zero Waste's limited design is a beautiful anorak that goes for $345 and only pre-order through online and will ship November 17 - November 21 2011. It comes in an organic dark ish grey and has this high collar which calls for NECK & CHIN WINDSHIELD WOO HOO !!!!! Since I've been working at JNBY, I found new appreciation on neutral tone colours and sustainable and high-quality materials. This anorak is 100% wool and it sure looks like it will keep you 100% warm & stylish !!

Loomstate has both MENS & WOMENS collections along with accessories and more special projects. Here are some of my favourites from both Mens & Womens collections that they have; I especially love their "Classics" line, and it's phenomenal how they can make sustainable DENIM !!!! I'm so impressed, hahaha :') :')

The paragraph below is from Loomstate's About page regarding their sustainability:

Loomstate is fully committed to organic farming, which is a form of agriculture which avoids or largely excludes the use of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, plant growth regulators, and livestock feed additives. Organic cultivation requires managing and preserving the sensitive ecosystem as opposed to stripping the land of its resources as conventional farming does. Loomstate uses 100% certified organic cotton from various regions of the world such as Turkey, Peru, Africa, India and the USA.

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5 For Show

소중히여기면서소중히살자.
Most from Haw-Lin

$$$$ I NEED CASH $$$$ FOR THESE $$$$

FOUND A NEW SITE..... WWW.FAKETOKYO.COM
I WENT GAGA ON AN ONLINE SHOP WHERE LANGUAGE (AND CURRENCY WAS TOTALLY A BARRIER).
WWW.FAKETOKYO.COM

---------remember that I have a huge soft spot for hideous things.....

This ain't too hideous. It's actually really nice. Especially the super cropped back !! AND GUESS WHAT !? It's unisex, too !!!!!!!!! *__*v

I don't know if I like his hair more than his skirt, or the actual jacket, or.. Yeah you get my gist. THIS IS SO EPIC MY EYES ARE HAVING A FIT. You know what also gives you a fit !? TRY CHANGING THESE PRICES to a currency you understand. You'd be falling off your chair by now. Chiching, bye-bye ~

Yes, I just can't get enough of the Olsen twins. They provide me with the thrill of unaffordablehandbags, affordable (so tempting) shades, and the cheap (OMG HOW AND WHY DO I NOT HAVE A TEE ALREADY !??!) StyleMint shirts. Here is the selection of shades from their luxury line, The Row, that I like from Net-A-Porter: (probably forever)

* M A I S O N M A R T I N M A R G I E L A *

.SWAG DOESN'T COME CHEAP.
.SWAG DOESN'T COME CHEAP.
.SWAG DOESN'T COME CHEAP.
.SWAG DOESN'T COME CHEAP.
.SWAG DOESN'T COME CHEAP.


So please shop now and max out your credit card at the following e-business sites:
WWW.FAKETOKYO.COM
WWW.SSENSE.COM
WWW.NET-A-PORTER.COM

And because I'm on a picture uploading roll, here are two girls you can analyze. Their ensembles are so much fun and edgy while playing on the high fashion (ish) grounds. Those Prada shoes.... to KILL SOMEONE for. Droooooooooooooooooool-

What's wrong ?

I'm unsure but the mood was wrong the way she talked was wrong. And the timing was wrong. It's my morning so don't ruin my morning. 

 

Some pics to make me happy before work. Last one's taken by Richard Avedon back in '66 !! 

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JUST SAYIN'

TAKEN ON MY BLACKBERRY. DON'T FOCUS ON ITS UNFOCUSEDNESS.

You like ? from Rachel Chung on Vimeo.

CALI SWAG + MUSTANGS = PARTY ALL NIGHT LONG

I LIKE CHINATOWN... MANIL + PHEOBE, RESPECTIVELY.

I GOT A LITTLE SENTIMENTAL FOR YOU [KATHY], NOT DRAKE. BUT HE'S GOOD HERE. THUMBS UP-




And here's the Blackberry battery killer. I listen to this and How We Do by Mount Sims so much, I swear, it kills my cellular battery faster than WhatsApp does. #totalexaggeration. However, that's how much I listen to those songs. Maybe next post, I post How We Do, but this one's It's Not You It's Me by Coconut Records.

It's been a while
How you've come back in style
Singing hey na na na na na
Back on the block
Really nothing but talk
Singing hey na na na na na
C'mon hey na na na na na

One two three
Tell her that I just can't go on
Tell her that there's just something wrong
Tell her that I just can't go on
Uh huh Oh no

Back by demand
Do whatever you can
You look older I can tell by your hands
Drinks only gin, says it's how to keep thin
And she's crying after every meal
Lord you don't know how you're making me feel

Rrraah
Tell her that I just can't go on
Tell her that there's just something wrong
Tell her that I just can't go on
Uh huh Oh no

Six records in
Don't know where to begin
Singing na na na na na
Tell her that I just can't go on
You'll follow through it's the best you can do
Singing hey na na na na na
Tell her that I just can't go on
C'mon hey na na na na na

Tell her that I just can't go on

Living's a beauty yet for me, humid death is coveted-

Cute or Just No ?

So I'm just casually clicking links from one Japanese boutique's site to another.. and from the boutique people's blogs to another..... lalallalala. Casually. I mean, I don't even understand Japanese.. and I came across this mind-blowing boutique called SPANK. Like where are these people from !? Yes, Tokyo. But what about their brainwaves !??!!!?!??! SO EXTREMEEEE. I love. You can tell. So then I came across these images of little sundresses:

So those designs are obviously sold exclusively at SPANK, the boutique, and are from Maga's blog. These are really interesting to me, because I have all the Barbie fabric they used at home... why and how !? They are my favourite Barbie BED SHEETS !!!!!!! I'M NOT JOKING. So one day, if you know how to work the sewing machine, give me a ring ! We can tear apart my Barbie bedsheets and make 'em into splendid mini dresses. Let's just pair them with like everything else PASTEL and look... good ? I'm half fascinated and half vomiting here. HAHA. But gotta give credits to ppl living true to their colours !! :) :) :)

SPANK's official website
SPANK's Maga's blog (where the dresses are from)
SPANK's (owner, I think) Tavuchi's blog - Visit this to just get a better idea of Spank's style + culture !!

Talking about SPANK this whole time totally reminded me of that Flash game from WAY BACK WHEN... SPANK THE MONKEY !!!!! Have you guys ever played it !??! I used to love it... Addictinggames was the best- I'll link you, actually. We can drown in nostalgia, hehehehehe.

PLAY SPANK THE MONKEY

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SWASH bucklin'

Recently going over a few files, I came across Swash's spring summer 2010 lookbook. Swash is a small thing not really well known over here in North America. Based in London, it is a fashion partnership between Sarah Swash and Toshio Yamanaka who both studied fashion design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. Every collection that they come out with is a brilliant mix of patterns and prints and quite heavily Japanese-inspired, though it pulls off the total British vibe. That's what makes Swash breathtaking, in my opinion anyways.

Swash's Spring Summer 2010 Lookbook

Yamanaka had also completed various courses in technical fashion design and trained as a pattern cutter at Kingston University and the London College of Fashion. His technicality totally shows through and maybe this is why they can also construct successful menswear accessories. I personally love their BIG bags that seem to be so big that you can probs fit your whole life in it. Hehe.

Swash grew in Japan then won lots of awards in Europe. What we want is for them to branch out into North America, and for that to happen... North Americans should start opening up to a stronger silhouette, funkier architecture, and anything goes prints. Let's have more fun with our clothes, shall we ?

Swash's scarf designs Spring Summer 2011

All about animals, dogs, zebras, slinkys, giraffes, basically anything goes. Not just the animal prints, but also the animal HEADS. These are scarf designs, but they design beautiful clothes that include turbans, wide-legged jumpsuits, maxis, draperies, leggings, and even to simple tees. Such an eclectic mix of character and vitality !!! LOVE !!!!!!

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