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H&M fashion against AIDS…

January 31st, 2008 by kittylaboom

SPREADING THE WORD

Jade Jagger and Katharine Hamnett have joined forces with the likes of the Scissor Sisters, Justice, Rihanna and Timbaland to create a new collection - Fashion Against AIDS - with H&M.

All the artists involved have participated free of charge to design a range of T-shirts, tank tops and hoodies for the project, which was initiated by charitable organisation Designers Against AIDS with the aim of raising awareness of the spread of HIV/AIDS among young people.

The pieces run the gamut from subtle patterns representing those affected to more overt means of getting the message across; a contribution from Hamnett - a T-shirt emblazoned with “Use a condom!” - is typically vocal.
“It’s a collection that’s rich in colour, with considerable commitment going into every garment,” explains H&M’s head of design, Margareta van den Bosch.
“The artists have created personal prints with a strong sense of style.”

And with a top price of â‚¬ 12,90, there’s no excuse for not getting involved. H&M’s Fashion Against AIDS range will be available from February as part of its younger-end Divided label, with 25 per cent of the proceeds going to HIV/AIDS-prevention projects around the world.

For more information, visit www.designersagainstaids.com or buy a shirt online at H&M Online Shop.

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NY delft tableware..

January 30th, 2008 by kittylaboom

The classic tradition of Dutch Delft craftsmanship hits the streets of New York City.
Presenting the â€˜New York Delftâ€™ Porcelain dinnerware collection.

Each place setting is made of fine porcelain and has five pieces; a dinner plate, side plate, soup bowl, cup and saucer.
A 5 piece place setting is about $ 100..
You can order it via lovegrove & repucci..

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plastic LITTLE|jason scott musson exhibition

January 29th, 2008 by kittylaboom

Jayson Scott Musson from Philadelphia rap trio Plastic Little talks about his provocative poster art at his recent exhibition at the Dazed Gallery…
Check it out here!

If you don’t know Plastic Little by now…

Plastic Little - The Jump Off

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WEDDING DRESS #2 presented by DEGEWO

January 23rd, 2008 by kittylaboom

From January 25th to February 10th the festival of urban fashion and art called “Wedding Dress # 2″ takes place around the citizens of Berlin’s Fashion Week.
In Berlin’s neighborhood Wedding about 15 restaurants, temporary showrooms and creative ranges are furnished, in which urban fashion and international art projects are shown. Itself the following competition “Create your own Wedding space” is to deepen the argument with the urban area and to bring up the possibilities for discussion of its future use.
The festival has the goal of making the range for the future development citizens of Berlins neighborhood Wedding. Experiencable of inspiring and the discourse with planners, creative ones, politicians, energizing architects and adjacents residents.
In addition the program offers in about 25 restaurants vernissages and parties, discussion evenings, films and performances and shopping options.
FOUR MODULES
After the organizer, which had already given citizens of Berlin the possibility to present themselves in the Wedding housing enterprise DEGEWO, with the competition “Wedding Dress # 1″, young fashion designers in January 2005 now gone a step further with “Wedding Dress # 2″:
“Wedding Dress # 2″ draws completely consciously a very versatile overall view with four different modules approximately around the topic “urban fashion and art” and wants adjacents residents such as visitors into the happening to also include:
1. Shops and showrooms for road and urban fashion as well as “Remix” - ranges for creative working on fashion exhibitions of international artists.
2. Those at the interface between art and fashion work information to occupations in the fashion industry.
3. The Fashion Week Berlin and the planned building and town development measures of the DEGEWO as well as
4. the advertisement of a competition for the temporary use or installation in a restaurant on the Brunnenstrasse for about one year.

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jeremy fish accessories â¤

January 20th, 2008 by kittylaboom

First there was the Dalek shower curtain…

But now my BIG LOVE Jeremy Fish throws his hat in the accessories ring with his Superfishal line…

I really like the lifestyle products expansion route my favorite artists is taking just so long as he keeps it tasteful. Both these guys have done just that…

Get’em at Upper Playground!!!!

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macbook AIR | thin, thinner, thinnest…

January 16th, 2008 by kittylaboom

Apples secretive slogan that something lays in the air could be taken calmly literally:

FINALLY….. Introducing the MacBook AIR. The world’s thinnest notebook.

The MacBook AIR is ultrathin, ultraportable and ultra unlike anything else…

The MacBook Air is really a cool device. Excellent design, the multitouch trackpad is a killer and it’s so damn thin, really thin. It’s so thin I would be in the fear of breaking it when I use it.
VERY SAD: The MacBook looks so clumsy now…

The thinness of MacBook AIR is stirring. But perhaps more impressive, thereâ€™s a full-size notebook encased in the 0.16 to 0.76 inch of sleek, sturdy anodized aluminum. And at just 3.0 pounds, 1 MacBook Air is more than portable â€” itâ€™s with you everywhere you go.

The glossy 13.3-inch, widescreen LED backlit MacBook AIR display is the same viewable size as the screen on MacBook. The 1280-by-800 resolution gives you vibrant images and rich colors at full brightness the moment you open MacBook Air. So you get full-screen performance with all the benefits of a slim design.

The keyboard is full-size with crisp keys just like the ones on MacBook. But MacBook AIR goes further by adding backlit key illumination, making it easy to work in low-light settings such as airplanes and conference halls. A built-in ambient light sensor automatically adjusts keyboard and display brightness for optimal visibility. And with the oversize multi-touch trackpad, it just keeps getting better for fingers.

MacBook AIR includes an oversize trackpad with multi-touch technology. You can pinch, swipe, or rotate to zoom in on text, advance through a photo album, or adjust an image. This gesture-based input so successful on iPhone and iPod touch now comes to MacBook.

Starting at $ 1799 | â‚¬ 1699

PreOrder here.

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patrick wolf.

January 16th, 2008 by kittylaboom

Patrick Wolf has had an amazing year. Only 24 years old, he had already released two albums of strange electronic-tinged folk documenting the tumults of adolescence, before he returned with his breakout album ‘The Magic Position’. Where the previous albums seemed rooted in a love for the desolate areas of England, this one was more autobiographical; a song cycle that documented the headiness of first love. In turns lovestruck, delirious, melancholic, and triumphant, it has become a landmark album for 2007.

A self-proclaimed “gypsy” since leaving home at 16, he has forged his own way ever since, relying on music as his source of escape. He built his own theremin at 13 years and now plays no less than twenty instruments. A spell at Trinity College Conservatory was cut short by a desire to create his own music and Patrick Wolf was born. 20007 was the year where he has made that giant leap out of the cult star tag into the wider consciousness. From touring the world to posing for Burberry, he can genuinely stake a claim as a pop star…