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“Helmut Lang”
11/14/08
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Art Threat

The Steel Helmut

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The overlap between the fashion and art world tends to be a sly, embarrassed one—at least, as long as you’re name isn’t Murakami. But we’re always happy when designers spread their wings, especially on the web.

Helmut Lang recently put up a virtual gallery with some of his less wearable items—like heavily textured pine tar on wooden boards, or the riveted stacks above. The best part to our eyes is the rotating images on the website that let you see Helmut’s precious creations from any angle.

Of course, it wouldn’t be truly upscale without a liquor sponsor, so Helmut’s latest project gets the moniker “In an Absolut World.” Just because it’s art doesn’t mean it can’t be good business.

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09/23/08
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Naughty Fox, The Perfect Moccasin &amp Sean to Vuitton

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Bad Fox: Transformers 2 femme fatal and GQ covergirl Megan Fox has a loose-lipped Mom. Mrs. Fox chatted with her hometown newspaper and confirms your biggest dreams—Megan as a very, very naughty teenager. [Palm Beach Post]

Tight Helmut: We must concur, Marc Jacobs, you’re not the only one in the Fashion District hitting the gym. [Men.Style]

Louis Canvassing Connery?: Great Scot Sean Connery could be the next face in the ongoing Annie Leibowitz-shot Louis Vuitton campaign, joining Francis Ford Coppola and Catherine Deneuve. [Fashionista]

Mocc’ing Luxury: Valet offers a peek at Arrow Moccasin Company’s winter offerings, featuring sheepskin upgrades and even a pair of made-to-measure if you send them an exact trace of your feet. [Valet]

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05/13/08
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Mad People, Man Bags and Lauren vs. Lauren

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Madison Avenue Chic: Behind the scenes at the href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/06/madmen200806">Vanity
Fair “Mad
Men” shoot ( href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gearpatrol.com/images/januaryjones_4.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gearpatrol.com/blog/2007/05/08/gear-girl-january-jones/&h=450&w=450&sz=70&hl=en&start=7&sig2=6VAVWweNOVSFacjKC7nieA&um=1&tbnid=lZxJ8wFfH-TD1M:&tbnh=127&tbnw=127&ei=0uYpSIqqO4aWigHHrdTtCA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djanuary%2Bjones%2B%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG">January
Jones in the house). [ href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/video/2008/madmen_video200806">Vanityfair.com]

Bag of Sunshine: Sacks for the season. [ href="http://www.refinery29.com/shopping_roundup/15_spring_bags_for_guys.php?topcategory=shopping_news">Refinery29]

May it Please the Court: Traditional-dressing British
Judges to get even more awesome. [ href="http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Quirks/2008/05/13/funky_designer_dresses_british_judges/3343/">UPI]

Deal Alert: Savings on Rag & Bone and Helmut Lang
from Wednesday through Friday. [ href="http://racked.com/archives/2008/05/13/helmut_lang.php">Racked]

Bush Whacker: Seeing as he was uninvited to Jenna
Bush’s wedding, David Lauren, son of Ralph, cheated on alarming
beautiful/surprisingly intelligent/secretly liberal Bush cousin href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/0/02/20071014094448!Lauren_Bush.jpg&imgrefurl=http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Lauren_Bush.jpg&h=3072&w=2048&sz=691&hl=en&start=20&sig2=QH5ARoFymNRUviB0CB9Bfw&um=1&tbnid=XC1OiTmWwtjo6M:&tbnh=150&tbnw=100&ei=CugpSPm8F4qoiAGpkeXpCA&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlauren%2Bbush%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DN">Lauren
because he is very, very stupid. [NYPost]

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12/07/07
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Lang Pops, Ralph Shops and Smith Talks

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**Lang-Term Occupant**: Helmut-Langless Helmut Lang store pops up on Washington Street [The Fashion Informer via Racked]

**Digital Retail**: _Fashion Fits_—all the fun of folding shirts for minimum wage captured on your desktop. [Slackerjack]

**Polo Club**: MOTH vet Ralph Lauren snatches up a wing at Bergdorf’s [WWD, subscription required]

**New Yorkshire**: More on Paul Smith’s love of Leeds. Yes, Leeds. [Yorkshire Evening Post]

**Yes, Please**: Pick us up something from the NotCot gift guide. [NotCot]

**Catching Flack**: Try on Distilled’s fatigues. [Refinery29]

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11/27/07
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Filmic

Culture Clash

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Few rock bands have had a greater influence on the cultural landscape than The Clash. Trying to trace all the evidence of their inspiration on fashion alone would be a Herculean task, but their influence on modern menswear can be seen in the designs of everyone from Helmut Lang to Hedi Slimane.

The Clash’s frontman, Joe Strummer, who died in 2002, was responsible for most of what made them great. You can see how it all went down in punk auteur Julien Temple’s excellent new documentary, *Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten*—and maybe pick up a few style tips of your own.

Strummer was a genius with color and contrast for one thing; after all, this is the guy who mixed preppy pink and green with an iconic punk rock photograph on the cover of *London Calling*.

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