PAUL SMITH MILLER BROGUE

Posted on 2009-02-02

We’re very big fans of Paul Smith at Exit and we love these trademark Miller brogues that have been available in various hues for several seasons now and Smith’s SS09 collection looks to carry on the tradition. Miller is Paul Smith Mainline leather gentlemen’s brogue with sky blue dip dyed washed uppers. They are crafted on a classic Oxford brogue pattern, on a slim fashion last. The soles are trimmed right to the edge of the upper to give a more casual look. Part of the Dip-Dye range, the uppers of these shoes have been immersed in dyes and tumbled in large wooden drums to dye the upper leather, the lining and the stitching for intense colour. These brogues feature fabric window inserts on the inside lining and painted check insoles. The soles themselves are made with Blake Rapid construction and the bases have been hand painted and hammered.

www.paulsmith.co.uk

  

NEW ADIDAS ORIGINALS WEBSITE LAUNCHED

Posted on 2009-02-02

Adidas have just launched their new Originals website. In line with their 60th anniversary celebration, the website now features a fascinating interactive timeline of the brand. You also get to have a first look at new product and the various adidas lookbooks of the season.

www.adidas.com

  

MICHEL COMTE RETROSPECTIVE

Posted on 2009-02-02

Michel Comte was born in Zurich in 1954. He trained as an art restorer and then taught himself photography. In 1979, he received his first advertising commission from Karl Lagerfeld for the fashion label Chloé and moved to Paris. In 1981 he moved to New York and later to Los Angeles for his work on American Vogue. Within the space of a few years, Comte went from being an unknown photographer to being the most wanted man in the business and had established himself as one of the world’s busiest fashion and magazine photographers. He has worked for Vanity Fair and Vogue, and shot portraits of celebrities from the world of art, music, and entertainment including Julian Schnabel, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore, Mike Tyson, Carla Bruni, and Michael Schumacher, creating icons of portrait photography in the process. But in addition to portrait and fashion photography, Comte is increasingly branching out into journalistic and documentary photography. He has worked for the Red Cross and for his own Water Foundation and has travelled through war zones in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, or the Sudan. He is currently working on a film about the atrocities committed during the rule of the Khmer Rouge.

The exhibtion runs until the 10th of May 2009

NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft
Ehrenhof 2
40479
Düsseldorf
Germany

www.nrw-forum.de

  

MADE FOR SKATE

Posted on 2009-02-02

In the skateboard universe the evolution of riding technique, skateboard decks, graphics and art are well documented. Until now, however, skateboard shoes have received little attention. Made for Skate tells the story of skateboard footwear as seen through the eyes of those who lived it. Along with the classics by companies such as Vans, Airwalk, Etnies, and Duffs, it features hard-to-find and one-of-a-kind shoes that emerged throughout almost five decades of skate history.
This book provides an exhaustive overview of the history and styles of skate shoes and is based on the collection of the Museum of Skateboard History in Stuttgart, Germany.

www.madeforskate.com

  

TIBERIUS : CHADWICK TYLER

Posted on 2009-02-02

Honey Space Gallery New York, has announced Tiberius, a solo exhibition of new photography by Exit contributor Chadwick Tyler.

For his first gallery exhibition, the artist has created a series of original black & white photographic portraits depicting an array of expressive & sullenly beautiful female characters.
In Tiberius, Tyler juxtaposes the mystery and obscurity of the antiquated image with the clarity of deep emotion: transcendence, rage, ecstasy, hysteria, confusion, lethargy, exhaustion, lament, abjection, resignation, etc. The series is a sort of lexicon of unexplained broken beauty.

The exhibition runs from February 10th till March 12th, 2009.

Honey Space Gallery
148 11th Avenue
Between 21st and 22nd Street
Chelsea
New York
USA

www.honey-space.com

  

CK ONE

Posted on 2009-02-02

The new CK One ad lensed by Steven Meisel and features the talents of Allen Tsai, Anna Jagodzinska, August Templer, Cameron Russell, Caroline Ribeiro, Christina Kruse, Coco Rocha, Dennis, Gail O’Neill, Guinevere van Seenus, Guisela Rhein, Heidi Mount, Jamie Burke, Jamie Strachan, Jessica Miller, Johnny Zander, Joe Darcy, Kevin Flamme, Kirsten Owen, Linnea Russell, Liu Wen, Romulo Pires, Sacha Hanssens, Sessilee Lopez, Slater Davis, Travone Hill and Will Lewis.

www.calvinkleininc.com