Last night I caught a play about the band Joy Division. New Dawn Fades tells the now familiar story of Curtis’ battle with epilepsy and depression against the backdrop of the band’s formation and rise during the late 70s. After 24 Hour Party People, Control… Read More
All posts tagged “Couverture and The Garbstore”
Sonny Crockett up top, Michael Jordan down below
I imagine the medical staff on a Klingon Bird of Prey wearing these. They’d be all sticky with bits of hairy skin and horn fragments. But I guess the fat soles would elevate the wear above all but the deepest puddles of green blood. I… Read More
Cartoon TVs on the blink
Buh-bum, buh-bum… Is this blazer representing the perpetual 4/4 house music heartbeat of life? Or just what TVs in cartoons look like when they’re on the blink? Not sure. Don’t care. Statement blazers are the move. And I don’t think they have to make you… Read More
I don’t want to be standing next to you in the same T-shirt
The Spring drops from Japanese brand Blue Blue Japan seem to be larger in European stores than in pervious seasons. Not sure if this is a good thing or not? On the one hand, it’s easier for me to grab a couple of pieces. On… Read More
A brunch meeting in Neros
A coat that thought it was a blazer, or a blazer that thought it was a coat? I’m on the fence with this one. As far as pilfering the past to create the new (it’s based on WWII munitions factory kit) Garbstore are on point… Read More
It’s finally come to this
Is this the end of times? I read the other day that a bunch of boozy London businessmen openly pissed themselves on an overcrowded train. Yep, it’s finally come to this. And what about the global mainstreamification of political hate speech? And ISIS? And the… Read More





