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“Charity”
04/08/11
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Karina is Not Happy About the Nail Clippings on your Nightstand

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Lonely at the Top: Glenn O’Brien’s guide to social climbing. Caution: you are witnessing a trained professional. You may not be able to pull this off at home. [GQ]

The Literary Type: A designer has made book covers for a dozen or so classic albums. Blood on the Tracks is pretty brilliant. [Mother Jones]

Embrace the Funk: An ode to the sheepish pleasures of the corduroy shirt. [Guide to Bad Taste]

Relief: Hickoree’s has turned their homepage over to a limited edition Japan-themed pocket square, with 100% of proceeds going to the International Rescue Committee. [Hickorees]

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10/04/10
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Kempt Man of the Hour: Matin Maulawizada

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In the midst of all the hate directed towards black suits, we thought we’d take a moment to appreciate what it looks like when it’s done well. In general, it’s something like this.

The gentleman in question is Matin Maulawizada, founder of Afghan Hands and a man who was born to wear a black suit. For starters, the charity gala in question was both after hours and serious enough that a little toning down was entirely appropriate. The three-inch polka dot tie keeps him from coming off as funereal, but otherwise he’s skirting the edges of black-tie territory. The result is a slightly more elegant version of a business suit—which is a pretty good model to keep in mind next time you’re hitting the gala circuit.

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04/29/10
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Good Idea

The New Frames

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The best frames don’t always come from designers—for one, the touchstone of British eyewear is still the National Health Service specs rocked by Morrissey and Elvis Costello—so it’s worth paying attention to what’s the world’s opticians have in stock.

These frames from Yves Behar’s Fuseproject just arrived as part of a larger charity mission to get proper eye care to Mexican schoolchildren. They’ll be shipping out at a rate of roughly 300,000 a year, which means they’ll have a pretty big footprint. We prefer the round Corbusier-style frames, but there’s also a squared off version and the colors will change up from school to school. They should be a signature style for a whole generation of kids, so don’t be surprised if you see them on the next movie star who moves north to make it big.

Or if you see a knockoff in next year’s designer collections.

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02/23/10
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Art Threat

Color It In

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With both claymation and comic books safely transitioned from childhood curios to highbrow art, it’s time for a few more nostalgia pieces to make the leap. And we’ve always been partial to coloring books…

This one in particular—part of the Between the Lines series—has some serious high art pedigree, with uncolored illustrations from Takashi Murakami, Raymond Pettibon and newly minted sneaker empersario Kehinde Wiley. They’re all incomplete works…but that’s the whole point. It’s one of the smarter open collaborations the art world’s seen in quite a while. All that’s missing is a place to see the works after they’ve gotten a little crayon on them, but it’s nothing a tumblr couldn’t solve.

And if you were wondering about the $20 price tag, the proceeds go to RxArt, a non-profit dedicated to bringing art into hospital settings. Hopefully they’ll bring a few books along for the ride.

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12/09/09
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Claudia Schiffer Defies Your Indoor Smoking Ban

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Second Hand: She better hope Bloomberg doesn’t find out about this. [Fashion Gone Rogue]

Goody Two Shoes: A charitable gift guide, for any leftover bag money you have lying around. [TBD]

Thugs and Backpackers: Harris Tweed goes in for a streetwear collab. We’re just not sure how to feel about this one. [Hypebeast]

The Who Sell Out: David Lynch tries his hand at directing ads for Christian Dior. We guess this means they’ve forgotten about this. [Telegraph]

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11/20/09
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Object

Blazed

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The lightly structured blazer has been a favorite item of ours for quite a while now, but we’re always glad to see a new one hit the market.

This item, dubbed the Shanahan Blazer, comes from Company of We, a “democratic luxury” brand hitting the wholesale market in January, but available through eCommerce in the meantime. And, in the spirit of Movember, if you order before Dec 1, they’ll donate 20% of your order to charity—provided you put in the right coupon code. Sounds democratic to us…

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11/18/09
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Ad Rock

Jeans Across America

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The biggest problem with rugged items is that sometimes, they outlast your desire to wear them. That’s why you have more old jeans in your closet than old undershirts and why they’re so hard to part with—after all, they still have some good wear left in them.

Luckily, the grunge-inflected denim-lovers at Volcom have an idea. In the spirit of denim-based charity, they’re teaming with the National Coalition for the Homeless to collect as many wearable pairs of jeans as possible and direct them to less sartorially demanding hips. Drop off a pair at a local retailer and you’ll be entered to win a year’s supply of Volcom stock.

It’s called Give Jeans a Chance and it’s a marketing gig, make no mistake—looking up local retailers yet?—but as long as it’s helping out the less fortunate, we can’t say we mind. We’re even willing to indulge in the animated psychedelic promo video…provided it’s for a good cause.

See the video here»

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03/20/09
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Current Affairs

Sweet Charity

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Charity has its rewards. Especially in London, it turns out.

At a hospital benefit, Kate Moss raised 5000 UKP by auctioning off a single kiss. Of course, the true value of Mme. Moss’s momentary affection is priceless, but in the interest of a well-funded health system, it’s worth knowing what the price tag came to. It should be enough to buy an extra defibrillator or two…

We can only imagine what the tab would have been in more flush times.

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02/13/09
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Good Idea

Spreading Cheer

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Fashion Week isn’t all glitz…although there’s plenty of it to go around. The outerwear marque Mackage has teamed with the New York thrift store Housing Works to organize a coat drive coinciding with the annual fashionfest.

It’s fitting enough, since the festivities should inspire a lot of people to ditch their older gear, but Mackage is hoping it inspires them to pick some up too. They’re also auctioning off three coats (two female, one male) to raise funds for the drive. The men’s coat can be found here, and while the bidding’s still just getting started, we’d guess it should buy more than a few wraps for the city’s less fortunate residents. As a bonus, it’s signed by actor and recent off-broadway star Peter Sarsgaard…

…which we guess makes it more valuable?

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01/20/09
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Blithe Spirits

Lucky 44

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The rush to the Obama brand continues…and it’s not all modernist Swedes.

Hennessy is producing a limited-edition cognac called “44” in honor of today’s inauguration, with a percentage of the proceeds going to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. It only runs $30, but when you consider that the “limited-edition” includes 180,000 bottles…that’s a lot of education.

We can’t blame them for wanting to get in on the magic, but how historic can the bottle be when you’ll probably finish it before Jan 21 rolls around?

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12/05/08
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Cat Power, Craig Power, and Curb Power

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American Flag: ACL demonstrates the proper way to wear the American flag…with a little help from Chan Marshall. [A Continuous Lean]

Omega Man: Daniel Craig auctions off his watch for underprivileged youth. To keep his Bond credentials intact, we’re going to assume he was drunk at the time. [Hodinkee]

A Meme is Born: Apparently, the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme makes anything funny. Especially Crash. [CurbThis]

The Hour is Nigh: If you’re sending things in time for Christmas, this is how long you have to order. [Dealhack]

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11/24/08
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Ad Rock

The Mustache Movement

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Canadian Club just released an update to the Goldwater-chic ad campaign that caught our eye back in January. This time, they’re circulating stirrers with mustaches at the top, so you can give yourself a small Poirot-style ‘stache or give a bit of hair to your favorite magazine fodder.

We’re glad to see anything that brings more mustaches into the world, but this has more behind it than you might think.

Get the full story here»

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05/15/08
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Across the Sea

Starving Models

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With social conscience becoming an increasingly valued part of a brand, it was only a matter of time before charities decided to get in on the action. That way, they can finally make some real scratch.

UK Vogue is reporting Oxfam’s first designer boutique in London’s Westbourne Grove. An all-star team of British designers contributed to the store, which combines donated designer clothes with unique and reworked pieces from the London College of Fashion. Of course, it’s all sustainable and fair traded to within an inch of its life. After all, they’re still about fighting poverty»

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04/10/08
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Justice for Sale, Diddy on Film and Charney Gives it to L.A.

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For Whom The Bell Tolls: Kristen Bell twice in one
week? What? You got a problem with that? [ href="http://www.fhmonline.com/articles-6272.asp?cnl_id=3&stn_id=12&idx_id=6272&page=6#">FHM]

Den and Geller: Kempt fave href="http://www.robertgeller-ny.com/#">Robert Geller opens at
Odin’s satellite store. [ href="http://men.style.com/news/blog/2008/04/the-good-german.html?mbid=rss_upgrdr">Men.Style]

Can I Turn it Up for You?: Always classy that Dov
Charney. [AnimalNY]

Pay it Forward: Got an extra, unused suit? Pass it
on. [EarthTimes]

Get Ready to D.A.N.C.E.: href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo_QVq2lGMs">Justice’s new
clothing line is just as hip and French as you might expect. [ href="http://stereogum.com/archives/justice-launch-a-fashion-line-you-probably-cant-af_009012.html">Stereogum]

Deal Alert: Yoko
Devereaux springwear starting tomorrow. [Racked]

COS Play: Monocle takes a hard look at H+M’s new
branch line and the takes the temperature of European retail. [ href="http://www.monocle.com/sections/design/Web-Articles/HMs-Collection-of-Style/">Monocle]

Rock and Roll Will Never Die: Except when it does.
Hey, maybe you kids should have been out there protesting, say, three
years ago. [Gothamist]

Where’s Waris?: You ask. We’ve href="http://www.getkempt.com/scene/kempt-moth-waris-ahluwalia.php">already
delivered. [ href="http://acontinuouslean.com/2008/04/10/man-of-the-hour-waris-ahluwalia/">A
Continuous Lean]

The Man Who Would Be King: P Diddy’s fashion week
documentary about his quest for LOVE! INSPIRATION! and REBELLION! and
style’s CROWN! was so MIND-CRUSHINGLY AWESOME! that we couldn’t watch
more than 12 seconds of it. [ href="http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2008/04/more_sean_john_awesomeness.html">NYMag]

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