tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13203089150570862552024-03-12T20:50:28.223-07:00misterlego@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-77791883692935372872014-07-30T12:49:00.004-07:002014-07-30T12:49:53.884-07:00Streetwear’s New Guard<div style="text-align: center;">
<strong>NEW YORK, United States — </strong>“There’s a new kind of streetwear emerging and you can see it in brands like <a href="http://www.businessoffashion.com/2013/05/hood-by-airs-ascent.html">Hood By Air</a>,
Off-White, Pyrex and Pigalle,” Marcelo Burlon, founder of
multi-category streetwear business County of Milan, told BoF columnist <a class="kws_link" href="http://www.businessoffashion.com/susanna-lau" target="_blank">Susanna Lau</a> <a href="http://www.businessoffashion.com/2014/06/marcelo-burlon-built-county-milan.html">last month</a>.</div>
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Since its early days, the term “streetwear” has grown to encompass
companies ranging from Stussy — a $35 million brand founded by designer
Shawn Stussy amidst the surfing and skateboarding culture of Laguna
Beach, California, swiftly embraced by the hip-hop scene and later sold
in major department stores — to the venture-backed, multi-channel retail
giant Karmaloop, which generated $130 million in revenue in 2011 (the
last year for which figures were released by the privately-held
company). The category is known for taking simple items like baseball
caps, graphic t-shirts and varsity jackets and transforming them into
branding tools for young kids looking to assert a visual identity.</div>
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As a result, Shayne Oliver — founder and designer of Hood By Air,
which blends bold graphics, striking silhouettes and high-fashion
elements borrowed from designers like <a class="kws_link" href="http://www.businessoffashion.com/raf-simons-co" target="_blank">Raf Simons</a>
and Helmut Lang — resents the term “streetwear,” which he feels can
have juvenile and overly commerical connotations. “I feel like there’s
something demeaning about it, like, ‘Oh, that’s <em>streetwear</em>,’”
he says. But others amongst the new wave, like Burlon, see their roots
in companies like Stussy. “Shawn Stussy is a very inspiring person who
somehow opened a door for a group of creatives people that influenced
all of us. The mindset and the similarities that we share keep growing
as the years pass and stay contemporary through time.”</div>
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Stussy’s references often came from high fashion brands, like <a class="kws_link" href="http://www.businessoffashion.com/rei-kawakubo" target="_blank">Rei Kawakubo</a>’s <a class="kws_link" href="http://www.businessoffashion.com/comme-des-garcons" target="_blank">Comme des Garçons</a> and, most famously, <a class="kws_link" href="http://www.businessoffashion.com/chanel" target="_blank">Chanel</a>.
Some of the brand’s most enduring designs are self-aware
reinterpretations of Chanel’s iconic interlocking C’s (replaced with two
S’s) and signature fragrance (a minimal graphic that reads “Stussy No.
4”). But, crucially, the label filtered high fashion through the unique
lens of subculture, blending the feel of an exclusive brand with a
distinct type of cool, exhibited through graphic prints, wardrobe
staples and a rough-around-the-edges authenticity.</div>
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It became a powerful formula that influenced future tastemakers like
Hiroshi Fujiwara, who began Goodenough and Fragment Design; Nigo, who
would establish A Bathing Ape; and former Stussy shop manager <a class="kws_link" href="http://www.businessoffashion.com/james-jebbia" target="_blank">James Jebbia</a>,
who, in 1994, would found seminal New York clothing brand Supreme.
“When Supreme came around, streetwear was something that people could
covet,” allows Oliver. “It was like: ‘Yo, this is what we are. We’re
here making clothes for the street — for <em>us</em>.’”</div>
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As the first generation of streetwear brands grew in popularity, it
wasn’t just the aesthetics of high fashion brands that inspired them.
They also began to employ luxury-like strategies of exclusivity and
scarcity to generate demand for their products. Special products
sometimes sold out the same day they were released, generating hype and
eventually leading to the snaking lines often seen outside Supreme
stores on the day highly-anticipated collections or collaborations are
set to drop. “Limited-edition things were king and products were treated
like: ‘There’s only a hundred of these and they’re numbered,” remembers
Virgil Abloh, designer of Off-White. Some of the labels he lauded at
the time were Crooks and Castles, Alife and Nom De Guerre. “I directly
pay homage to all those, because those are the brands I grew up on.” But
the currency of cool is forever fluctuating. “The taste of now is more
of mixing high-low; it’s more iconic and cool to wear a <a class="kws_link" href="http://www.businessoffashion.com/louis-vuitton" target="_blank">Louis Vuitton</a> bag with a Supreme t-shirt,” observes Abloh. “Celiné and [<a class="kws_link" href="http://www.businessoffashion.com/nike" target="_blank">Nike</a>] Air Force 1’s look cool, but there’s a design mentality around that, which I’m trying to be a part of.”</div>
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Perhaps no boutique better reflects how much the market for
streetwear has evolved than Union. Founded back in 1989 in New York’s
(then gritty) Soho by James Jebbia and Mary-Ann Fusco, the store stocked
labels with subculture appeal, like Duffer of St. George and Pervert.
“Over the past 25 years, the scene has matured and now you can see its
influence in every pocket of fashion from streetwear — straight, no
chaser — to men’s contemporary to high fashion,” observed Chris Gibbs,
Union’s current owner.</div>
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Gibbs thinks there’s a cult appeal to brands like County of Milan,
Hood By Air and Off-White, which don’t just sell clothes that fit, but
unique messages and identities that consumers can align with. “You can
get the same style of garment — or pretty damn close to it — from a lot
of different designers,” he points out. “People end up picking the
brands — really lifestyles — that they’re down with, and ride with
them.”</div>
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“Each of us created his own unique world and vision,” says Burlon.
“It’s not like a cult-y thing. It’s more of a network. A cult is like,
very secretive, and this is more of a network of ideas,” reflects
Oliver. Abloh adds: “Marcelo, myself, and Shayne have a certain kind of
mindshare.”</div>
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Alongside their interests in subcultures, Oliver, Burlon and Abloh
share a passion for music and nightlife, and all three lead parallel
lives as globe-hopping DJs. “[We have] different tribes, different
principles, but they’re all rooted in culture,” says Abloh.</div>
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The immediacy of the Internet and the instant access to inspiration
that platforms like Tumblr can provide have also shaped all three
designers. “The Internet helps us be connected to the past and to the
history,” says Burlon. “What better way to make something than converge
new ideas with something that has history,” adds Abloh.</div>
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But it isn’t just about unearthing the old, insists Oliver. “It’s not
like we’re like trying to like trigger people’s memories or link
ourselves to some sort of past message. It’s meant to be fresh, you
know?” He compares it to playing a Dolly Parton song in the middle of
one of his DJ sets as opposed to a Dolly Parton song playing at a
country music night. By artfully reintroducing the old, it feels
subversively new.</div>
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But do these new upstarts have the potential to grow like Stussy or Supreme?</div>
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“It’s one of those funny things: The generation behind it is always
gonna try to overthrow the one that’s in front of it. I just hope that
we do live up to the James Jebbias and the Shawn Stussys,” says Abloh.
“It’s sort of our duty to pick up after the all the streetwear legends.
It’s a glimmer. I don’t think it’s real yet.” Abloh declines to reveal
Off-White’s current revenue, but says the company is “meeting goals.”
Its website currently lists 31 stockists. Burlon’s County of Milan
boasts over 250 stockists. Meanwhile, Hood By Air is currently sold at
90 retailers.</div>
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Oliver believes that a market for this new guard exists, but it’s
less about “streetwear” and more about a unique blend of meaning and
accessibility. “Just because it’s a t-shirt just doesn’t mean it’s
automatically in the context of streetwear,” he says. “Everyone wears
t-shirts and that’s why I started a t-shirt line.”</div>
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But accessibility is relative. Hood By Air’s Classics t-shirts sell
for $110 to $190; Off-White’s “Caravaggio” t-shirt retails for $305;
Marcelo Burlon’s t-shirts sell for about $290. In contrast, the average
t-shirt from a brand like Stussy or Supreme hovers between $26 and $45.</div>
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Burlon says it’s a combination of high-end product, scarcity,
celebrity association (fans of County of Milan include the rappers Pusha
T and Drake, as well as NBA player LeBron James) and independent spirit
that “make the sense of luxury” — and justify the prices.</div>
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“Ultimately, we’re independents and that means we’re playing our own
game, without any type of rules or restrictions. I think people feel
that and they recognise themselves in this process.”</div>
@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-88623751239546251862014-07-30T12:40:00.002-07:002014-07-30T12:40:24.506-07:00 The Key to Selling an $800 Sneaker<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i>For years, rap stars have boasted in their songs by name-dropping luxury brands such as Gucci, Versace and Dior. In a recent mixtape, 2 Chainz dropped the name of a new and little-known shoe: "Buscemi." He rhymed it with "sashimi." </i></div>
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<i>"It's definitely not a brand that a lot of rappers mention—I try to stay ahead of the trends," said 2 Chainz, who added four pairs of Buscemis to his 600-pair shoe collection after spotting the solid-colored leather high-tops last summer on a New York shopping spree. </i></div>
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<i>The sudden appeal of Buscemi—a year-old, $800-a-pair sneaker brand that has been snapped up by Justin Bieber, Sean "Diddy" Combs and other celebrities—marks a new chapter in conspicuous consumption. In the digital age, where nearly everything is a click away, there is growing pressure to flaunt possessions that no one else can buy. </i></div>
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<i>"You ain't got THESE!!! Na na na na naaa!" tweeted Mr. Combs to his more than 9 million Twitter followers in October, linking to a picture of his new chocolate-hued Buscemis on Instagram.</i></div>
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@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-75556726105497763852014-07-30T12:18:00.000-07:002014-07-30T12:18:28.936-07:00Michael Jordan – Rise of the Jumpman<div style="text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/125501480@N07/14785165931/" title="hypebeast-magazine-issue-7-the-legacy-issue-michael-jordan-01 by donnutareus@yahoo.co.uk, on Flickr"><img alt="hypebeast-magazine-issue-7-the-legacy-issue-michael-jordan-01" height="426" src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2921/14785165931_c247df09ef_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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The following originally appeared in <a href="http://hypebeast.com/2014/7/hypebeast-magazine-issue-7-the-legacy-issue-michael-jordan">HYPEBEAST Magazine Issue 7: The Legacy Issue</a>. It’s available now at select retailers globally and the HYPEBEAST Store. </div>
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The chance to meet a personal hero is a rare one. Being able to then work closely with and to even call that person a friend is simply incredible. For Jason Mayden, this dream became a reality as the Chicago native and Stanford graduate applied for an internship with Nike, and eventually became Senior Global Design Director for Jordan Brand. There he sat with his hero, Michael Jordan as they worked on designing a signature shoe worthy of His Airness. Starting off as an avid fan to then working on projects like the Doernbecher Freestyle and Air Jordan 2009, Jason knows first hand what Jordan Brand culture is all about and what it means to the people who have embraced it. Currently serving as a d.Fellow and Lecturer for Stanford’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design aka the d.School, Jason helps to inspire the next generation to follow their dreams, much like MJ did before him. This is why we felt that Jason’s interpretation of the rise of the Michael Jordan and the Jumpman fits best with telling the story of a true legacy.
Palms sweating, heart pounding, shaking uncontrollably from the excitement that had built over the past 27 years, it was finally my moment, it was finally MY opportunity to begin the process of designing the signature product of one of the greatest athletes of our time and that athlete was none other than Michael Jeffrey Jordan aka Air Jordan.
To understand the vast array of emotions that overwhelmed me in 2008, we must first examine the man behind the brand. </div>
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The year was 1988 and Chicago had become the center of the universe during the NBA All-Star weekend. During what is now referred to as “The Decade of Indulgence,” Michael represented a different and contrarian view to opulence. He was immensely respected for his keen eye for style, deeply loved for his ability to effortlessly transform the illusive concept of “cool” into a commodity but more importantly, he was highly regarded for embodying an undying sense of optimism. Ultimately he expanded our limited concept of human potential with every effortless stride on the 94×50-foot wooden stage where he would perform dazzling feats of athletic heroism.
Moreover, he carried with him the blessing and burden of being “our” hero. He represented the hopes and dreams of every young boy and girl in the city of Chicago during a time when there were limited examples of excellence beyond the corner. Michael encapsulated the hopes and dreams of America at a time when the now infamous Jordan, last name Belfort, embodied the ideals of a subset of America that focused on greed and self-indulgence. Michael transcended race, wealth and regionalism. And as such, Chicago excitedly and reluctantly sent our champion to do battle with the likes of Dominique Wilkins and Clyde Drexler, two of MJ’s greatest foes, because we knew that he would no longer be ours. We knew that his brilliance was too great to not be shared with the world. We knew that we were all witnesses to the transcendence of Michael from a man to a phenomenon; a phenomenon that would be best represented by the product adorned with his likeness, the Air Jordan.
Like all great heroes throughout history, Michael would be faced with adversity, moments of self-doubt and tremendous personal and professional failure. However, despite the complexity of celebrity and the high expectations of a demanding city, Michael, much like Perseus the winged foot hero of Greek mythology, would rise above his most villainous opposition by conquering a moment in time with one amazing display of unbridled human potential.
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@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-5492338799601211472014-07-30T11:54:00.000-07:002014-07-30T11:54:04.459-07:00Martin Lawrence: ‘All I Wanted Was to Right the Ship’<div style="text-align: center;">
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The comedian and actor talks to Dave Itzkoff about returning to television and good health — and letting his daughters in on his past. </div>
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Your new FX series, “Partners,” stars you and Kelsey Grammer as mismatched lawyers working together. Had you ever met him before this project? I first met Kelsey at a Christmas dinner over at Tim Allen’s house. We just met in passing and said hello. I had no idea we would ever work together, because we’re more of an odd couple. I never saw us together. </div>
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Have you found that television has changed since the ’90s, when you were making “Martin”? Well, yeah, the demands are greater now. It’s not as easy to get on TV. Just to get ratings, it’s very hard. The paychecks are not the same anymore. </div>
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Do you think that “Martin” helped create opportunities for other black performers to get shows? Maybe. I don’t know that it’s gotten better. I think we’re in a hole right now, and so whoever is working — black or white or whatever — there are many more people that ain’t working, that just don’t have a job, that are struggling, that are just trying to get their hustle on. </div>
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And even at your level, you’re feeling that? Can’t you just go take your fortune and live in the Hills? I mean, if I had to just live in an apartment and, you know, drive a dune buggy, that would get me by. I don’t have to live in the Hills. </div>
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Given your history — you’ve been hospitalized for exhaustion and dehydration, you were in a three-day coma in 1999 — did FX want a clean bill of health before hiring you? They didn’t require that. They see me in every meeting. I was a standing bill of health. I run on a treadmill. I do weights. I get exercise at least three times a week. I play basketball at least two times a week. </div>
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When do you find time to make a show? When they call, I’m there. </div>
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In your stand-up comedy film “Runteldat,” you tell a story of being confronted by the police while under the influence of a powerful substance you call “ooh-wee.” Do you ever regret being that candid about your life? No, I don’t. I want my daughters to hear that story. I want every kid in the world to hear that story, so they know they have choices and not to make the same choices that I made. I have no problem with telling the truth. </div>
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There’s a lot of very blunt sex talk in your stand-up as well. Are you comfortable letting your daughters see that too? I let my oldest watch it. I don’t let my two other daughters watch it. My oldest just watched my first stand-up film, “You So Crazy,” the other night. </div>
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What did she think? She loved it. She said: “Daddy, I couldn’t believe it. Wow.” I told her, “I wanted you to see it because you have a boyfriend now, you’re getting ready to start college and these are things that you need to arm yourself for this world.” Daddy tells it like it is: rough and raw. </div>
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Have you made an effort to take it easier in recent years? It was good for me to pull back and just not be so hard on myself and not think the world is out to get me. To grow up from that, it’s like a weight off my shoulder. </div>
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Did you really feel that the world was opposed to you, even when you were that successful? You do, when things don’t go your way, when you see the stress of the world, the hatefulness of the world, the meanness. To see it from that level, I was like, Man, this is not what I thought it was. </div>
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What helped you reach a more positive frame of mind? Going through the coma and getting arrested and things like that. Troubles that I had never gotten in before. That changed my life. All I wanted was to right the ship. But when you’re young growing up, you think you got it all figured out. </div>
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In “Runteldat,” you say, in effect, that people should ride life until the wheels fall off. Do you still feel that way today? Yes, I do. Live life to its fullest, to its grandest, and ride it until the wheels fall off, man. You only get one. </div>
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Even in spite of everything you’ve been through? I feel that way even more now after what I’ve been through.</div>
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source <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/magazine/martin-lawrence-all-i-wanted-was-to-right-the-ship.html?_r=0">here</a>. </div>
@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-77210564484055965742014-07-27T15:27:00.002-07:002014-07-30T12:20:11.497-07:00sarah the boss <div style="text-align: center;">
Sarah colette's favorite instagrams to follow for style.com</div>
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http://www.style.com/stylemap/2014/07/25/sarah-andelman-best-instagram-accounts/</div>
@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-68549851957746986062014-07-27T14:56:00.002-07:002014-07-30T12:20:21.064-07:00charlamagne said.. <div style="text-align: center;">
you can chase your dreams, as long as you're dealing with your reality. </div>
@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-84868971564221121682014-05-23T00:39:00.001-07:002014-05-23T00:39:15.088-07:00Crème Caramel<div style="text-align: center;">
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Sexual impulse is put under a retro-filtered microscope in Canada’s short, Crème Caramel. Giving the popular pudding top billing, the Barcelona director collective depict a portrait of desire for the latest in NOWNESS’ weekly series #DefineBeauty. Having shot music videos for Scissor Sisters and Phoenix, Canada’s Nicolás Méndez, Lope Serrano, Oscar Romagosa and Alba Barneda deconstructed the sensual yet somehow irreverent features of the female form. “When you are obsessed with someone, it’s not just with that someone—it’s with the shape of the hips, the color of the nipples, or the shade of her hair when she comes out of the shower,” says Serrano of their inspiration. “We were thinking of a metaphor that represents the heterosexual male view of the female body: something sweet, tender and beautiful—a crème caramel.” The directors captured the trembling dessert—which they insist is an aphrodisiac—alongside hyper-stylized visual motifs that include kaleidoscopic illustrations and 1970s records. While Serrano crafted the drawings featured in the short, a chance encounter with French band La Femme as he listened to the studio stereo resulted in the climactic soundtrack, “La Femme Ressort.” “When you’re making work based on visions of a woman’s body, you cannot lose your own desire, which is instinctively sexual,” says Serrano, who also cites Godard’s chapter for the 1969 multi-director feature Love and Anger as a reference. “But we’re not insisting on the simply erotic notion, it’s also anatomical: a wonderful succession of details.”</div>
@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-39450681747355290712014-04-06T16:53:00.002-07:002014-07-30T12:23:32.427-07:00"I don't even know how to apply for a job any more!"<div style="text-align: center;">
If its been a while let me give you the benefit of my experience.</div>
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You'll
have to pander to inexperienced or under qualified 'Recruitment
Consultants' who are basically shiny suited sales guys more suited to
Estate Agency or working in mobile phone shops. They'll call themselves
specialists in your field but its because there is no regulation, they
can call themselves whatever they want.</div>
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You'll find jobs you
think you're perfect for on job boards but you won't get call backs,
possibly because the job doesn't exist and the agency is just pulling in
CVs for the future, possibly because the 'specialist' doesn't think you
are correct for the role because they haven't actually talked to you
and your missing a key word they are searching for from your CV.</div>
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If
you're lucky enough to get an interview, you won't get the job because
the company thinks 'we interviewed someone better' although they won't
or can't say why.</div>
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And then you'll never hear from the 'recruitment consultant' again.</div>
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If you can, start your own company. - LeaderOfTheFree</div>
@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-14224338431105271132014-03-18T09:55:00.001-07:002014-03-18T10:19:25.275-07:00'Fantastic Man' - A Film About William Onyeabor <div style="text-align: center;">
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Easily one of the best 30mins I've ever experienced on the internet. Great documentary investigating the Nigerian ogah - William Onyeabor. The original Nigerian dance music pioneer, a man who has been a shrouded in mystery and myth for over 40 years. Big props to the people over at Noisey/ Vice, always going that extra mile with their video content.
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That first track, my gwoooosh! </div>
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Forbes counts down the top ten most promising American companies on this year's list.</div>
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January 2014. </div>
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Alan Arkin, Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, John Hawkes, Matt Damon, and Richard Gere join THR's news director Matt Belloni and executive editor Stephen Galloway for our actors roundtable.
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@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-30084579549806595512014-01-25T10:34:00.001-08:002014-01-25T10:35:52.576-08:00 Child of the 90s | Internet Explorer <div style="text-align: center;">
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Microsoft has released a new advert for Internet Explorer which might
just make you cry - if you were born between 1984 and 1988, have a
taste for nostalgia and turn the music up really loud.</div>
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The 'Child Of The 90s' ad takes a trip back through everything that
was popular back in the land before iPods, including Pogs, bad haircuts
and, well, Internet Explorer.</div>
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The point is that you grew up, and so did they. So switch from Chrome already. </div>
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But the effect for the right audience - including yours truly - is
just to make you a bit weepy for a lost time when the internet made
weird noises when connecting and Rage Against The Machine were still
making albums.</div>
@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-51558523801493615322013-12-25T15:37:00.000-08:002013-12-25T15:37:16.012-08:00http://winter2014.nikeinc.com/<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Strongest website of 2013. <a href="http://winter2014.nikeinc.com/">http://winter2014.nikeinc.com/</a></div>
@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-18214484904492649542013-12-25T15:31:00.003-08:002013-12-25T15:31:52.433-08:00Qatar: A tiny country asserts powerful influencehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_ZuXbOtBbo@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-60084344976119428852013-12-25T15:15:00.003-08:002013-12-25T15:20:21.186-08:00My Philosophy: Dame Dash<div style="text-align: center;">
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The Internets went wild when a photo of Jay Z and Dame Dash together surfaced back in August. Reunited and it felt so good. Though the relationship between the former Roc-A-Fella partners went sour after years of rumored personal differences, Dame assures his bank account is what kept him from beefing.
"Because people part ways in business doesn't mean they should be considered enemies. That's just some hype that the press sold," he tells VIBE. "Anytime I ran into Jay, it was what it was going to be. I made too much money to be mad at him."
For the final installment of My Philosophy, Dame Dash also speaks on his loyalty to Cam'ron and Jim Jones and his strong belief in karma.
"My thing is to make everyone around me rich, not to say be responsible for that, [but] because I'm always secure with the friends that I love are alright," Dame adds. "We used to live by that code called the Circle of Success."
Watch him discuss the happiness of success and why he pays the bad press no mind above.
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Monster looks to rebuild on its own after losing Beats by Dre<br /><br />The audio cable company was in a coveted position as the decade began after launching what became the hottest headphones on the market, Beats by Dre. The audio devices had hip-hop/production legend Dr. Dre as a namesake and soon became synonymous with headphone chic. Celebrities like LeBron James, Diddy, Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber launched their own signature Beats by Dre lines, and a host of other performers, athletes and entertainers became unofficial representatives as the most famous faces on the planet sported Beats on their ears. <br /><br />But Beats Electronics ended its partnership with Monster last year. Even though Beats is still superhot, Monster CEO Noel Lee believes his San Francisco-based company has the proper pieces in place to regain its mojo. </div>
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@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-55714217580451341642013-12-06T12:55:00.000-08:002013-12-06T12:55:36.752-08:00Kanye West on Juan Epstein!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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These are selected clips from an interview with Kanye West conducted by
Tomas Koolhaas in October 2013 for his film 'REM' -a documentary about
his father, the architect Rem Koolhaas.<br /> </div>
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CONTEXT:In May 2012 OMA (Rem Koolhaas's architecture firm) designed a temporary
pavillion for Kanye West at the Cannes film festival. The purpose of the
pavilion was to screen a film purpose-made by Kanye West that was shot
using seven cameras recording simultaneously from different angles. The
pavilion housed seven separate screens, each one showing a separate
camera angle. Despite the innovative nature of the film and the pavilion
itself the entire endeavor received only a limited amount of coverage
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<br />@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-20851084628153059692013-11-19T17:19:00.002-08:002013-11-19T17:19:43.412-08:00Ruth Glass<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>Ruth Glass</b> (born Ruth Adele Lazarus, 1912–1990) was a German-born British sociologist.</div>
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Glass's work reflected her belief "that the purpose of sociological
research was to influence government policy and bring about social
change".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ODNB_RG_1-0"></sup></div>
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A lasting legacy is her coining of the term '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentrification" title="Gentrification">gentrification</a>',
which she created to describe the processes by which the poor were
squeezed out of parts of London as upper-class ghettos were created.</div>
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Between 1935 and 1941 she was married to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_William_Durant" title="Henry William Durant">Henry William Durant</a>, the statistician and pioneer in the field of public opinion polling. She married <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Glass_%28sociologist%29" title="David Glass (sociologist)">David Victor Glass</a>, a sociologist and demographer, in 1942.</div>
@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-85011218250760063412013-11-19T16:31:00.002-08:002013-11-19T16:35:27.397-08:00 Stop making <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">
Some hard 2 digest wisdom courtesy of: Bob Lefsetz<br />
Thanks Nate @ tumblr</div>
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"The album is dying in front of our very eyes.</div>
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In other words, what kind of crazy fucked up world do we
live in where Katy Perry’s new album “Prism” only sells 287,000 copies
in its debut?</div>
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One in which everybody’s interested in the single, and no one’s got time to sit and hear your hour plus statement.</div>
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This is not emotion, this is statistics. The shelf life of
news is shorter than ever. The shelf life of art… You blink and it’s
done.</div>
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I’m fine with you preaching to the choir, making an album
for your fans. You gotta go where you wanna go, do what you wanna do,
with whomever…</div>
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But if your plan is to increase your audience, spread the
word and make money, suddenly the album just isn’t working. The
youngsters are streaming singles and the oldsters are staying home. How
do I know? Elton’s album isn’t even in the Top Fifty and McCartney’s
album barely broke 20,000 this week, and there wasn’t a better oldster
hype than for these two projects. People just don’t want ‘em.</div>
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So what’s the industry to do?</div>
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Have a rethink.</div>
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In other words, hype doesn’t work.</div>
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No one had more hype than Miley Cyrus, but “Bangerz” didn’t
even sell 45,000 copies this week. She can go on SNL, tweet her life
away, but it’s not moving the needle. Lorde is selling as much as her
without the benefit of scorched earth, proving that quality music is as
good as hype, but…she’s not burning up the chart either.</div>
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We’ve turned into a nation of grazers. And the artist’s job
is to constantly be at the smorgasbord. Not to deliver one big meal
that is picked at and thrown away, but a constant presence in the
public’s face.</div>
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Media cannot be limited to the album release date. It must
be a 24/7, 365 day a year effort. Same with creativity. If your track
gets traction, more power to you. If it doesn’t, go back in the studio
and make more.</div>
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In other words, if you’re sitting at home bitching that
you’re not making any money because the Internet stole your business
you’re RIGHT! There are so many diversions that no one’s got time for
mediocre anymore. They just want superior. As for piracy… If you think
“Prism“‘s sales are low then you believe people are leaving AT&T
Wireless because of Skype.</div>
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Yes, AT&T’s subscriber numbers are declining. Oh,
they’ve got some new iPad accounts, but contract subscribers are moving
on to the cheaper T-Mobile and the better Verizon. Castigate me all you
want, but the statistics don’t lie.</div>
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Just like these album numbers.</div>
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If you’ve got a concept album, go ahead and record it. If
you’re only interested in selling a little, be my guest. But if you want
to penetrate the consciousness of a large group of people and grow the
pie, an album isn’t working. Hell, it’s not even working as a revenue
model!</div>
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Labels are no longer in the record business, they’re in the
star business. How to maximize the revenue of an individual or band in
as many media as possible, in as many ways as possible. Yes, while you
were bitching about piracy your whole business model disappeared.</div>
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If music were the government it’d need a new hit. What I
mean is the debt ceiling debate is history, the government needs a new
hit single to stay in the public eye. But if it was run by musicians,
they’d keep imploring people to read about the debt ceiling debate and
the government shutdown. But the public has moved on.</div>
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You put out these albums and in almost every case, the
public moves on in a matter of WEEKS! A few bought it, they heard it,
and they’re satisfied, and left waiting for years until you grace them
with a new release. The rest of the public is just waiting for a hit
single to burble, and if it does, they’ll tap their toes and snap their
fingers and ask WHAT ELSE HAVE YOU GOT?</div>
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And what you’ve got had better be just as good as the hit.</div>
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No one wants album tracks anymore. Not unless they’re every bit as satisfying as the hit.</div>
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So it’s not only classic rock acts who are no longer
putting out albums, soon no one will do it. Oh, it won’t be soon,
because artists think making albums is part of their DNA, going into the
studio and making a ten track “statement.”</div>
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But that’s like saying typewriters have to be an office
fixture. And you can’t post online unless you write in multiple
paragraphs. And texting must be abandoned because it’s not in depth
enough.</div>
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The goal of a musician is to be AHEAD of the audience.</div>
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Right now everybody’s behind.”</div>
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While it first started out of a passionate love for surf culture, New York-based <a href="http://hypebeast.com/tags/saturdays-surf-nyc">Saturdays Surf NYC</a> has turned into a seriously influential force. <a href="http://hypebeast.com/tags/colin-tunstall">Colin Tunstall</a>, <a href="http://hypebeast.com/tags/morgan-collett">Morgan Collett</a> and <a href="http://hypebeast.com/tags/josh-rosen">Josh Rosen</a>
all co-founded the brand back in 2009, continuing to spearhead its
numerous operations. Amongst other things, this includes running a
coffee shop, designing a full range of menswear apparel, and also
curating a namesake magazine with non-advertisements and rare
interviews. All of this takes an unfathomable amount of work, surely,
but the powerful trio has so far pulled off each progressive move with
grace and casual vibes. Here HYPEBEAST got a moment to catch up with the
guys in New York for a conversation on Saturdays’ creative process,
beach culture in an overtly metropolitan city, why they chose to expand
in Japan, and the future of the brand itself. Enjoy the interview below.</div>
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@misterlegohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725203923092541205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1320308915057086255.post-91308951177384198062013-11-18T13:50:00.000-08:002013-11-18T13:50:05.429-08:00 With New Launches, i-D and Dazed Embrace Digital-Age Dynamics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i-D and Dazed, two of fashion's most respected youth-focused media
companies, are adopting new digital-age approaches to content, platform
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<b>LONDON, United Kingdom — </b> Today, British style bible <a href="http://i-d.co/">i-D</a>,
which was acquired by global digital media and publishing group Vice
Media in December of last year, is overhauling its online presence with
an innovative video-driven experience. The move will be swiftly
followed, next Monday, by the launch of <a href="http://www.dazeddigital.com/video">Dazed Vision</a>,
“the in-house video arm” of Dazed Group, independent publishers of
Dazed & Confused, DazedDigital.com, AnOther Magazine and AnOther
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In recent years, the media habits of young fashion consumers have
changed dramatically. And the new launches — by two of fashion’s most
respected youth-focused media brands — reflect a media landscape that’s
being radically re-shaped by the dynamics of the Internet, giving rise
to new approaches to content, platform and monetisation. </div>
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<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/nov/18/terry-richardson-fashion-shameful-photographer?CMP=fb_gu">http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/nov/18/terry-richardson-fashion-shameful-photographer?CMP=fb_gu</a></div>
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new york, the internet, money, history, music, culture, diplo and much more.</div>
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