From the unconsciously drab to the unconscionably lean. For a garment so universal, jeans run a remarkable spectrum. In recent memory alone, the denim pant has cycled from laughable ultra-wides, courtesy of 90’s sidewalk botherers JNCO, to today’s similarly hulking, but rather more straight-faced, Needles… Read More
All posts tagged “Itten”
Itten: Incompatible with Facebook
Whooping comedians in cowboy hats; exploding buckets filled with Mentos mints, baking soda and Coke; middle Americans shrieking that masks are actually muzzles: Facebook is a horror show. Even sidelining Zuckerberg’s moral belligerence, it feels done — closer to the cultural irrelevance of MySpace every… Read More
Itten: A great beer garden shrug-on, some day
The human heart can be lifted by the most curious things. The recommissioning of a beloved TV show. The scent of a freshly vandalised easter egg. Your mum’s face when you play her a minute of left-field techno. A loose-associate’s misfortune. This jacket raises my… Read More
Practical, useful fact
If this shirt seems familiar, it’s because it is. Japanese brand Itten puts this piece out seasonally, in a variety of colours, all featuring a vaguely glossy nylon material. This makes them water repellent, which is good. But it also makes them a bit shiny,… Read More
From high street also-ran to fearsome garmsman
Imagine a dude was looking to completely change his game. Totally upscale his look. Planning to take the leap from high street also-ran to fearsome garmsman. You’d expect a ruinous level of expenditure right? Going from just another pair of ASOS jeans supping IPA with… Read More
Books, are they still a thing?
The library in Peckham appears to have been built from giant green pixels. People say it’s an inverted ‘L’ shape. It looks to me like a relic of Atari era gaming, a colossal gobbling mouth, slowly sinking into the concrete. The building won the Stirling… Read More