happy new year...

...here's to another windy, bendy, extra surprising 12 more!!!

homme boy...

...it was inevitable, i guess. streetwear IS officially dead when you have that 'lil E.T. troll of a wetspot, Nigo, teaming up with United Arrows for some 'trad' credibility. early-adapter to all things 'allover print' and heir to the japo zeitgeist throne of that 'other' yellow supposed futurist, Hiroshi Fujiwara, looks like the miniature lutin is also hot to stay a step ahead of bad 80's-colorful-throw-up explosion he helped create...spawning countless abortions like The Hundreds, DimMak, Crooks & Castles and every other wannabe Bla-sian.

Nigo = #2 in japanese...awwww, that's so cute...in America, #2 simply means you're the FIRST loser.

"...and if you ever saw it..."

nature's mall...

we've all witnessed the transformation:

preppy handbook for japo style guides from int'l bookstore....alife nike dunk for redwing irish setter...trucker hat for slouch beenie...shrunken blazer over a hoody replaced for chore coat...vespa for triumph bonnie...palm treo for field notes/moleskin...printed contrast cuff/collar woven douche-shirt for chambray shirt...the bathing ape catalog for filson catalog?

...taxidermy is the new black for those fixed gear fashion nerds. they'll be pissed to know the dust a wild boars' head collects when weezing in their golden years reclined in a (modified) eames (barca)lounge(r) chair hacking luggies into a jack spade tote watching matlock. until then, hopefully a rookery of rednecks lace these poseurs up the next time mr. city mouse is at a cabela's purchasing shooting gloves to protect his manicure during the swipe of his metrocard for the 1 or the 9 at franklin.

manjuiceonyourunabomberbeard!

epic butterface...

poppa wheelie

thank-stealing...

mansformation...

...what's worse than religious fanatics and their cute 'lil superstitions? it's overly zealous fashion 'nads that allow their obsession to infiltrate chapter & verse of their lives. whether it be elitist denim nerds creating ring-spun wedding tuxedos or spirited gothic leprechauns waving their ancestral flag via the former hair-bear lives they'd led - it's equally annoying.

although this couple above would make the cutest indo-scottish gremlins to help tighten the noose in between some autoerotic asphyxiated session.

childhood mammaries...

Elize from Jacques Magazine on Vimeo.

tomb it may concern...

other examples:

http://canvas.landsend.com/canvas/men/

http://www.selectism.com/news/2009/09/07/field-and-stream/

http://www.hamilton1883.com/

http://secretforts.blogspot.com/2009/06/another-acl-scoop-gant-rugger-ss10.html

http://www.porhomme.com/2009/08/harvard-yard-harvard-universitys-menswear-line/

safety last...

...not totally sure what's going on in any of these images, but i'd like to run with these folks for a weekend - they seem like they got just the right kinda crazy in them.

rugburn #7,002

lattice bow our heads in prayer...

lat⋅tice

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–noun

1.	a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.

2.	a window, gate, or the like consisting of such a structure.

church made me stupid...

are you strapped?

...wear it with pride.

tricked? or treated?

...all denim is not created equal:

http://www.acontinuouslean.com/2009/08/20/the-interview-tony-patella-of-tellason/

...may, or may not be into...

whatever you and your family...

glow in the dork...

...i used to have respect for this company, they're makin' it difficult though.

rugburn # 8,209

did you get enough peanut butter? let's go nite-nite...

wordpress = 3008....blogger = 2,000 and late

...update your feed roll to Coop's new leaf:

http://positiveapeindex.wordpress.com/

this cat named 'coach', relaxed...and NOT relaxed:

while relaxed here, i've seen him otherwise and it's nasty like THIS* here, ooffaa.

vintage line-up...then & now

just because...

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touch my charles dickens...

...summer is officially over. school is back in session.

no more swimming, time to put away the weiners - sigh*

painfully employed...

...working in the rag trade pushes one's tolerance levels to new heights. after a week of being surrounded, i can only conclude that some form of the boat/deck shoe is the 'new' ed hardy tee.

built for speed...

...the best thing about travel, is often the car service ride home in the lincoln town car.

too much monkey business...

...tradeshows are supposed to be fun - but this'll be the last time i party with THAT guy!

was in the desert all last week...

...pickpocketing store-owners - more on THAT in another post.

vegas was good for me, NOT so good for others: exhibit A, above.

no strings attached...

so my female alter ego on the leftcoast always falls for prototypical 'why buy the cow, when you can get the milk for free'-type of w(e)inners that can't ever seem to commit. i'm trying to convince her to find a nice boy in a library, or a church, or a park...'lil did i know she'd be dating some thundercat, named HANNIBAL, that stunt doubles for the matrix! when you get to about 3:00 min - listen closely - somewhere you can faintly hear superman, the punisher and a bartender named mike squeaking out a cry for help.

hope your weekend has been great...

...i fkn LOVE the summertime!

just cuz it's old, doesn't automatically make it good...

when i see shit like sharon stone at 50 showing her buuubs*...it reminds of all the 'lifestyle trendhumper websites for the modern man' and how shelf life is mandatory propoganda to some attained level of aplomb.

when good fonts go bad...

juxtaposed just so - sometimes unusual combinations produce beautiful things: jack & ginger-ale, cap'n crunch battered chicken tenders, midgets & circus, sonny & cher...

but i'd bet those grandaddy phantoms of font, House Industries, had NO intention of the Juggalo* subculture appropriating their famed CRACKHOUSE for a suckass display suggesting their deconstructed form of early Phoenecian writings of 2nd millennium BC would help add contrast, color, sparkle & movement to necrophilia.

r.i.p.

les paul, 1915 - 2009

chicken salad vs. chicken shit

vespa + LV material = cute

R1150 GS + hotrod'd LV material = fuck you