The book New York New York combines the talents of renowned photographer Harry Benson and society columnist Hilary Geary Ross to create a stunning portrait of New York’s best-known citizens. From captains of industry, politicians, movie stars, dancers, artists, and best-selling authors to celebrated athletes and society doyennes, New York New York captures the glamour of Manhattan from the early 60s to today in hundreds of black-and-white and color photographs complemented by revealing captions. Subjects include Truman Capote, Robert Redford, Tom Wolfe, Paloma Picasso, Spike Lee, Wendi Murdoch, Julian Schnabel, Al Pacino, Lauren Hutton, Andy Warhol, Jackie Kennedy, Daryl Hannah, Donald Trump, Brooke Astor, Yoko Ono, Woody Allen, and Michael Kors, among many, many others. The 320 page book, is now available at Storm.

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Gaia Repossi interviews Tom Sachs on how verstility in one's artistic point of view can take You on a galaxy tour to the moon and back.

Read the full interview on www.intermissionmagazine.com Click on picture to see works by Tom

Just back from the Pitti Uomo fair in Florence and brought back a few inspirational images.

Featured on the pictures is an exclusive AW2012 preview of knitted scarf patterns from Drakes and some new styles and colourways from local heroes Mismo. You will also find Nanamica, Gitman shirts and our good New York friends from Engineered Garments.

The first new outerwear pieces from the nanamica Spring 2012 Collection is about to release. The Gore-Tex Soutien Collar Coat returns in new colors. The coat comes with a full Gore-Tex shell, while otherwise sticking to a rather classic design. Next to the regular beige and navy colors, the yellow is the most interesting this season. Look out for these soon at Storm.

Californian designers Kate & Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte weave a vibrant tapestry of natural and built environments, featuring inspiring landscapes and the characters that inhabit those worlds - with artistic contributions from contemporary talents such as Jay DeFeo, John Baldessari and Joss Whedon.

Highlights of A#11 include two exclusively commissioned portfolios, featuring Kirsten Dunst in the Rodarte Autumn | Winter 2011 collection photographed by David Armstrong, and Elle Fanning in the Rodarte Spring Summer 2012 Couture collection photographed by Bill Owens.

As a designer influenced by nature, it was natural that James Heeley should be fascinated by the world of scent. It was through his design work that he discovered how sents are 'designed'.

His first scent, 'Figuier', is remarkable for it's precision in evoking with apparent simplicity the natural scent of a Mediterranean fig tree. With time and experience, his beatifully constructed, simple, light scents evolved into more complex creations such as 'Cardinal', 'Esprit du Tigre' and 'Cuir Pleine Fleur'.
His continually eveloving work now contains a varied collection of unique scents, each made according to the art of traditional French perfumery. Every detail, from the creation of the scent to the recyclable packaging is designed 'in house'. Today, Heeley is one of the few living, owner-founder, independent luxury perfume houses in Europe. It is this independence that allows the creative freedom to create individual scents that are simply unique.
Born in Yorkshire, England, James Heeley studied Philosophy and Aesthetics at King's College, London University. He lives and works in Paris.

Heeley Parfums now available at Storm.

Ad exec and art collector, Christian Boros owns an old air raid shelter in Berlin’s mitte district, which he purchased after the fall of The Wall.

The massive bunker is now his own private art museum, semi open by appointment. We've never been so lucky as to get an inside visit, but this video from the great FvF takes care of that for us.

Very nice.

Established in 2003, SASQUATHfabrix is the apparel-making side of the Wonder Worker Guerrilla Band. Their concept statement – “HIGH PERFORMANCE VANDALISM. ALWAYS PRESENTING A SENSE OF FRESHNESS” – hints that they might not be averse to making trouble now and then, while their menswear and accessories show that they are dead serious when it comes to creating high quality original streetwear.
Storm is proud to exclusively present new items from SASQUATHfabrix’ Autumn/Winter ‘11/’12 collection – Modern Ninja, in-store now.

While we are waiting for the new season .....

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Creative Director Daniel Baer and
Mixt(e) Magazine Stylist and Fashion Director Joanna Schlenzka, have brought together a breathtaking line-up of the finest fashion photographers for the inaugural Style Calendar.

This beautifully designed calendar is a new large-format editorial publication full of arresting and gorgeous imagery.

It represents a creative platform for emerging talents and for some of the most established names in the world of fashion.

Renowned designer Todd Oldham and writer Kiera Coffee have created a massive monograph on seminal designer Alexander Girard as the ultimate tribute to this design icon. As one of the most prolific and versatile mid-20th century designers, Girard’s work spanned many disciplines, including textile design, graphic design, typography, illustration, furniture design, interior design, product design, exhibit design, and architecture. Exhaustively researched and lovingly assembled by designer Todd Oldham, this tome is the definitive must-have book on Girard’s oeuvre.

Girard’s work continues to inspire new generations of designers and admirers, and this beautiful book is the ultimate tribute to his legacy. Available soon at Storm. Click for video

Hidden away in the recent STPL Collection Lookbook was this, the Reed Space x Penfield Stapleton Motorcycle Jacket. Based off Penfield Stapleton, one of the label’s most popular silhouettes, the Reed Space x Penfield Stapleton Motorcycle Jacket is made for speeding down the wide open road.

Nylon taffeta shell reinforced with black leather yoke and racing stripes, a vibrant red lining helps to awaken the inner racer within you while its down filled insulation keeps you toasty in those cold winter nights.

Voguing came out of the extraordinary house ballroom scene that emerged in Harlem, New York in the 1980s where men competed against one another for their dancing skills, the realness of their drag and their ability to walk on a catwalk runway like a model.

Voguing erupted into the mainstream in 1990 when Madonna’s song Vogue became number one in over 30 countries. The year before Malcolm McClaren first brought voguing into the mainstream with his song Deep in Vogue featuring dancer Willi Ninja. In 1990 Jennie Livingstone’s film Paris is Burning, documented the house ballroom scene in it’s ascendant, the film a runaway success grossing over $4,000,000.

As voguing entered into the mainstream the house ballrooms of Harlem came downtown mixing with the downtown fashion crowd of Manhattan, before the onslaught of the AIDS epidemic ravaged the ballroom community.

These wild years of voguing and the house ballroom scene are vividly captured at its height in hundreds of amazing, previously unpublished photographs. A visual riot of fashion, gender, polysexuality and subversive style, Voguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York 1989-92 is also a fascinating document on sexuality and race.

The 200 page book, Voguing and the House Ballroom Scene of New York City 1989-92, features hundreds of stunning photographs from the hidden world of New York’s house ballroom scene out of which came voguing, the dance made famous by Madonna. Available now at Storm. Click for video.

Seydou Keïta
Photographs, Bamako, Mali 1949–1970

Seydou Keïta was born in Bamako, Mali in 1921, then part of the colony of French Sudan and a bustling transportation hub on the route to Dakar. With a Kodak Brownie given to him by his uncle, Keïta took up photography at the age of fourteen, going on to establish what would become Bamako's most successful portraiture enterprise of the 1950s and 60s. Photographs, Bamako, Mali 1949–1970 draws on an expanded archive to offer over 400 portraits, mostly unpublished, from the height of the photographer's productivity in downtown Bamako. Providing lushly patterned backdrops and props that now serve to date distinct periods in his career, the artist often styled his subjects but also encouraged their active participation, hanging sample portraits around the studio as inspiration. Migratory youth, government officials, shop owners and Bamako's cultural elite all make appearances here, and while Keïta's photographs served as both family record and cultural status symbol for the clients who commissioned them, these images have become a lasting visual record of Mali at that time.

Publisher: Steidl, 412 pages, 27.5 cm x 35.5 cm
Clothbound hardcover with tipped-in photos on front and back, protected by an acetate jacket, housed in a cardboard slipcase. Available now at Storm.

Puma has joined forces with Tokyo-based sneakers connoisseurs Mita to add a fresh blue twist to the Suede Mid. Back in 1968, Puma introduced the classic Suede, the world-famous basketball low-top b-boys and b-girls made famous during the golden days in the 1980s.
If you like an authentic hip hop style, then this one is for you!