A lot of young guys look up to you and get inspired by your personal style, who inspires you? I don’t think it’s any secret that the one person I look to for style inspiration is Kanye West. I do think it has gotten a bit out of control though, there is a limit to how many chains a white boy can wear at the time. I am also only 1.73 cm, so I have some natural limitations to what looks good. I am 29 now, and I think I have found my own style though. Have you always been interested in fashion? Not really. I grew up mostly wearing football jerseys and Nirvana t-shirts. My parents were both really well dressed. My mother was a stewardess, so visual appearance was important but I kind of rebelled against the standard Ralph Lauren polo t-shirt. Why did you decide to design a sneaker? I have always been a sneaker fanatic. I spent a lot of time in the skater community as a kid, where sneakers were worn not only for comfort but as an important accessory as well. I am not an educated designer but the interest is genuine, it was great working with Casper. Casper and the Beast is a newly started brand, so we had a lot of fun designing together. We wanted to do only a limited stock on this sneaker as it is not about the money, but about the love for sneakers. Does this mean that there will be more designs from you in the future? I would like to design another sneaker with Casper. This was my first try as a designer where you learn as you go along - the next collaboration will probably be a bit more structured. As I said, I have not studied design so I will probably continue to design through collaborations. I would like to look into designing clothes in the future as well. What will be your next sneaker purchase? The Yeezy 350 Boost. I would also like to complete my Nike Independence Day Pack - I’m missing the white sneakers! And finally, what will be the hit of the summer? Drugs You Should Try It by Travis Scott.

The 'Urban Warfare' sneaker from Peter Falktoft x Casper and the Beast will be available online & in-store from 12pm on June 13th.

We talked to the sytlist Simon Rasmussen about life, music and his new collaboration with KangaROOS. How would you describe the KangaROOS by Simon Rasmussen for Storm capsule collection in one sentence? Good guys wear black, bad guys wear white. What was your biggest source of inspiration for the design and campaign? I looked into the history of KangaROOS - and my main inspiration is a picture of legendary American football player Walter Payton posing in front of his new Lamborghini back in 1985. (See image gallery) The Lamborghini was given to Walter Payton by KangaROOS. Why did you ask art photographer Asger Carlsen to shoot the campaign? I have been a big fan of Asger´s work since I bought his book Wrong in 2010. And I wanted to do something cliché for the capsule collection but with a different outcome. So I asked Asger if he wanted to shoot this naked girl and a black dude in a leather track suit in front of a Lamborghini and luckily he said yes! Top 3 songs at the moment? Jay Z - fuckmewithmeyouknowIgotit. Kanye West - I am a God. Chief Kieef - Chefin Keef. Portrait image shot by Kim Reenberg

We interviewed stylist and art director Simon Rasmussen, one of the two creatives behind 100 Great Danes. When did you start thinking about this book? About seven years ago I started to work with Bjarke Johansen and during one of those shoots we had the idea to create a clean, beautiful nude book. All images are inspired by the 90s super model era celebrating strong, beautiful women. How did you find and select those 100 beautiful Danes? We chose girls from our network to begin with and soon expanded our search through model agencies and friends. The book is not a selection of the top 100 most beautiful Danes in the world – it is a hand picked selection of personalities and features we find inspiring. All models worked on this project on a pro bono base supporting the art project in form of this book. Why and how are you supporting the White Ribbon project with this book? We decided very early on to link this project to a charity organization, when we found the White Ribbon and Sloggi team fighting to raise awareness about violence against women, we knew we could help. Our book is a tribute to all women and it has created a lot of media attention for this cause. What is your favorite photo? That’s a really tricky question. I have some favorite moments. For example when we shot Lykke May on a ranch in Colorado, we asked her spontaneously if she could ride a horse. Without any hesitation and fully nude she did it - with absolute grace - a beautiful moment. Or when we shot Christine Sofie in front of the Ayers Rock, jumped a fence - and got caught… What’s the next book, “100 Great Men”? (Laughs) No, we don’t know, we might do an international version. Also I’m working on a new magazine focusing on art culture and fashion called "Office“, so I’m pretty busy. It is made in New York and is an eclectic mix of what me and the two other editors like. Office is a very serious title, we like the clash of the artistic content and the conservative title of the magazine.

This is an interview with founder of the limited edition vintage label Human Made. Nigo who is also the force behind cult brand A Bathing Ape and a long-term vintage enthusiast reveals the details that distinguish a collector’s item. (interview from Nowness)

Archival selection Generally, I’m only interested in things up until 1950. It’s hard to explain how I select pieces. From a vintage-history viewpoint it’s a weird selection, but it’s just the things that speak to me most.

Vintage longing I don’t tend to search for things because I like the idea that you come across something and decide at that time if you like it or not. But I want a Lee cowboy jacket, a denim jacket with blanket lining. I found one but it was damaged, and the dealer had repaired it so I couldn’t buy it.

Memorable story The first time I ever bought a vintage garment I was 15. It was a Levi’s Type 2 jacket. The thing was shredded, falling to pieces. My mum was totally pissed off and couldn’t imagine that I’d bought a jacket with holes in it. She gave me hell for it. I’ve still got the jacket now.

Man-made inspirations I didn’t want to make anything for Human Made without actually having the garment to look at, inspect and see how it’s put together. Nothing has come from photographs. Pretty much everything is from my own collection, but rearranged.

We talked to our friend Astrid Andersen about life, music and her new AW13 collection. How would you describe your brand in one sentence? I just wanna make men look hot. What inspired you while designing your AW13 collection? I found a book about danish bodybuilders by Joachim Ladefoged, who is an amazing photographer and it had a quote on how the sprinter has the time to race against but the bodybuilder only has the mirror and I found a lot of power and fragile elements within this. Those are basically the two emotions I wish to combine in my work. Strong yet vulnerable. Powerful yet sensitive. Top 5 songs at the moment? Ukendt Kunstner - Langt Væk, kanye West - Guilt Trip, Tyler The Creator - Yonkers, Redman,Method Man - Da Rockwilder, Jay Z - crown Best advise you ever got? Go with your gut feeling. Check out the new AW13 collection here

A few weeks ago we were honored by the visit of Baptiste Bouygues, the man behind French-based fragrance Maison Ormaie. The brand that transforms perfume into a piece of interior design. All of their fragrances are composed solely of natural ingredients with the ultimate goals of elegance and quality. After a detailed presentation of perfumes and staff training, we had the opportunity to ask a few questions which you can find answered in this blog.

Click through the pics to find out more!

We are honored to publish this interview with Joanna Ryglewicz, the founder and brand creator of Oio Lab, a premium skincare brand from Poland.

Since their founding in 2018, Oio Lab have been using innovative methods to produce skincare for both men and women. What is so special about the products is the combination of a scientific approach with natural ingredients. Oio Lab is where nature meets science.

The products include organic, cold-pressed oils of the highest quality as well as plant extracts obtained using innovative methods. They also enrich the natural base with highly selected active ingredients of proven effectiveness.

Click through the pictures to find out how the brand was created, her future dream projects, which products Joanna uses herself and much more!

Explore our range of products from Oio Lab online or in store.

In the sexiest episode of VICE Meets ever, Vice interviews stylist and Editor-in-Chief of Richardson Magazine, Andrew Richardson. See his home/studio and get a preview of his latest issue, which features former pornstar Belladonna without hair.

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Austrian Nana de Bary has created scents for more than a decade, but recently she has launched her own perfume brand: Liaison de Perfume. Big fashion magazines like Vogue has kept a watchful eye on Nana de Bary and in connection with the launch of Liaison de Parfum, American Vogue called the perfumes for "Highly Addictive". All fragrances from Liaison de Perfum are made in France using traditional refined methods of classic perfume art.

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All the fragrances from Liaison de Perfum are a tribute to life. For her five new perfumes, Nana is inspired by both people and places she loves. It is the aroma of her elegant grandmother from Vienna, who enters a ballroom wearing a couture dress in silk. And it's the smell of a walk along Sardinia's coast a spring morning many years ago. It is the aroma of self-confidence a dear friend finds in the success of her new career path. It is a world that recognizes a life of remarkable presentations. There are five seductive and mysterious fragrances, inspired by periods in a lively life full of love, and created by romantic essences.

The five fragrances are: As If, Stay With Me, I Dare You, Resist Me and No Matter What

"YOUTH AGAINST ESTABLISHEMENT"

Noon Goons is the Californian -born and bred- label quietly taking over the ruling class, will it be in fashion or world order.

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Genuine to its skate and surf roots (a noon goon is a group of tourists that shows up and crowds a beach at noon, when the real surfers have already gone about their day), the LA label also heavily displays its punk attitude, allowing it to seep into the designs, and serving as ultimate moral compass not to wander away from authenticity.

photo credit: Gogy Esparza

Dima Leu takes sportswear to the next level. Born in Moldova and raised in Italy, Dima completed his Fashion Design degree at the University of Venice and subsequently developed his Sport Suit project. This project explored the boundary between suits and tracksuits and resulted in the development of tailored sportswear. According to Dima Leu, clothing is a powerful tool through which we can explore and express our identities.

”Hanrej is an old and condescending term for a man with an adulterous wife.” The word originates from German hahnrei, which is a castrated rooster.

HANREJ is a Danish brand with its main focus on jewellery.

The designs are clean and elegant, while still communicating an abstract, reckless and distinctive appearance.

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The term HANREJ and its powerful meaning is the fundamental inspiration for the brand universe, which centres around a humorous and ironic view on gender roles, sex and a general questioning of traditional preconceptions.

Inspiration for the first collection especially lies in the human body. The impulsive and vivid features, that are gracefully framed by something orderly. Like the veins and organs of a human, neatly framed by our exterior.

The jewellery knows no gender and the complementing universe is original, entertaining and innovative.

One of the few female designers on the British Menswear scene, Lou Dalton has fast become one of the most in-demand designers in the fashion industry right now. The label of Lou Dalton was founded in 2005 and she worked as a design consultant with clients like Hamish Morrow, UNITED ARROWS and Stone Island, before launching her own label. Her USP is having an innate and all-encompassing understanding of what men want from their clothes: practicality, a dash of adventure and above all else, something that makes the wearer look damn good.

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Dalton's collections have often been inspired by the men in her life: her father and her partner. Coupled with her Shropshire roots, this ensures Dalton’s collections continually remain grounded in wearable menswear, while pulling on a variety of intriguing curveball influences, from Apollo missions to caravan dwelling farmhands to Texas oil barons to Scorcese’s "Taxi Driver".

OAMC represents a hamonious balance between modern aesthetics and innovative techniques. Taking influence from comtemporary culture, traditional menswear, functional and rational design, nature, technical innovation, material development, and extensive traditional craft, creative director Luke Meier creates modern menswear for the culture and context of now. Respect for the past is important; notions of re-creating the past are not. OAMC is about the present; what is aesthetically pleasing now; what is culturally relevant now; what is technically possible and valid now.

OAMC offers total look including outerwear, knitwear, woven shirts and bottoms, shoes, leather goods, eyewear, and accessories.

OAMC goods are produced in France, Italy, Portugal, and Japan and are offered in limited quantities. The majority of the materials, trims, hardware, and other components are custom developed and produced for OAMC, and the products which are made represent the highest in quality standards. OAMC is designed in Paris and developed at the Milan atelier.

INTRODUCING REESE COOPER

A multi-disciplined artist, Reese Cooper is a storyteller. He documents his exploration and experiences in his label. From fashion to photography, film to furniture, each project or collection tells a story - some fact, some fiction - woven together through powerful imagery and messaging all underpinned by precision detail.

Since launching the first full menswear collection for Autumn/Winter 2018 in Paris, each season reflects a “chapter” in the brand’s journey. Womenswear debuted in Spring/Summer 20. Both menswear and womenswear draw from the brand’s core inspirations—vintage Americana fused with the great outdoors.

SS21 is now available both online and in store.

“Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967. A cultural earthquake determined to trash the previous generation’s old values and embrace a new consciousness of freedom, sex, drugs and rock’n’roll.

The search for enlightenment led the flower children to travel to places like Machu Picchu and Kathmandu using decorated, colorful Volkswagen buses. Ideas on the next hotspot or music festival were collectively shared within the hippie community by the Invisible Post.”

Top notes: Petitgrain, Green Fig, Tangerine
Mid notes: Palm Leaf, Black Currant, Cyclamen
Base notes: Sandalwood, Virginian Cedarwood, Tonka Beans

Specifications - 30ml. / 100ml. Eau de Parfum. 

Please note: perfumes are only shipped within Europe