Monthly Archives: November, 2009

BlackBerry Pearl 9100 revealed, has lost its gemstone but not its luster

The BlackBerry Pearl 8100 was, and still is, a lovely little phone, QWERTYfied, pocketable, and rocking that little milky trackball that gave it its name. There’s finally a true successor coming down the pipeline (the flippy 8230 not really counting) though it ditches the iconic pearl for a now-standard (and hopefully more reliable) touchpad. There’s [...]

Gucci GG1622/S Sunglasses

Gucci Creative Director Frida Giannini has her crosshairs set on the “Digital Generation” with two new styles she’s designed for their first youth-oriented line of eyewear. The male-oriented style is a plastic aviator design available in six colors that are adorned with a lower profile logo and the signature Gucci colors. Link: $220 Credit: acquiremag.com

Blackbird Rider Ferrari Guitar

What you’re looking at is quite literally the Ferrari of guitars. Ferrari commissioned San Francisco-based Blackbird Guitars to build a limited edition version of their Rider travel guitar done up with a subtle touch of Ferrari livery. The Ferrari version of the carbon fiber guitar sports a red A string, a Maranello Red interior, and [...]

Bang & Olufsen BeoCom 2 Holiday Colors

Sure, the design of the BeoCom 2 is polarizing, but you can’t help but be intrigued by its unconventional shape. For the holiday season, Bang & Olufsen is updating the phones in a number of colorways in which a unique process was devised that uses a strong lacquer that is used on cars to avoid [...]

Air Jordan 2010

The Air Jordan legacy goes the revolutionary route with next year’s Air Jordan 2010. The most obvious distinction is a massive transparent window through the middle of the shoe as a representation of Michael Jordan’s on-court prowess of “seeing through opponents”. The shoe’s collar is also cut disproportionately with the medial side being higher up. [...]

New Victorians in New York Times

Today’s New York Times Style Section features an article and accompanying photoshoot addressing an emerging trend of Victorian revivalism. The renewed interest in Late 19th Century accoutrements and, to a lesser extent, themes in art, film, interior design and recreation, is largely based on a refined yet masculine aesthetic. While tweed rules the day as [...]

Billionaire Boys Club – Space Beach Creeper Boots

As Fall season continued onto Winter, Billionaire Boys Club (BBC) has already begun to release merchandises created for the transitional period, such as the Space Beach Creeper Boots. Taken familiar design cues and compositions from the rugged traditional field boots, popularized by contemporary fashion scenes in recent years.   BBC added its own elements into [...]