this blog is a visual notebook of inspirations for a group of bandit bloggers. we post things we see and like. our lives don’t revolve around singular topics and neither does our blog. sorry! nothing is in-or-out of context here. enjoy xx
ok now the ac post was inspiring…. you guys can go and help yourselves to nike and their virgil abloh shit… printing redundancies on shoes and shirts don’t rock my world and they sure as hell don’t qualify as apparel design… a catsuit and a tutu is the best they can do? yawn!
when it comes to tennis get ups, for me, nothing beats the sergio tacchini and fila whiteline outfits designed for mcenroe and bjorn borg, i would kill right now for those zip ups… anyone know one?
john mcenroe sporting a nike T… while borg stays loyal to his fila endorsement for the time being
i always loved this sergio tacchinis zipper top part of the outfit for john mcenroe…. this was reissued a few years ago but unfortunately the cut of the sleeves did not match the original
“bad hair day”-cade
john mcenroe, bjorn borg, and vitas gerulaitis in new york’s central park aug. 25, 1981.
cheese festival with sergio tacchinis vintage ad campaign
borg and his iconic head band… oi think he was the one to start that silly craze that dragged on all the way to andre agassi and beyond
it was an equal opportunity type of a decade, brands where content in owning one area or another, nike made the shoes, and italian sergio tacchini made the clothes. a balance ecosystem. here, bjorn borg and john mcenroe in nike and diadora shoes but fila and tacchini apparel and dunlop and wilson racquets… good old days… finally no i did not forget richie tenenbaum or the royal tenenbaums. I chose to omit them… lame channeling mister wes – i like your other films much better. by dd
the irony of it all: at the billie jean king national tennis center
serena williams argues with the chair umpire during the match against neomi osaka at the womens 2018 final in US open.
john mcenroe known for his well tempered manners, gestures angrily at empire joey lessing during a match in new york in 1980 (aka mcenroe pissed!)
lovely naomi osaka wins in not the most idyllic of settings…
at least somebody is happy! not that mcenroe had nice words for serenas game – not if she was to face a male tennis player… let’s make that movie again.
Ill let you all go to town on this. i’m split. rules are rules, you can argue them, try to change them, but while they are there deal with them. then again john and hi boyfriends before serena surely put up a fight much louder and more out of line than her. i was first taking sides with serena but only to be convinced of some doubt otherwise by my female friends!!! you guys duke it over. its a silly social thing… by ac
pix of model candice swanepoel by photographer adam franzino
we do have a mandatory nude post policy here at TS, where we are obliged to post soft nudes just to compete with all you “influencers” who post , well soft nudes on instagram! so here it is… but here’s a story at least about these pix… now can you imagine candice had to go on social media and ask people not to body shame her after she gave birth to her child and gained like 2 and half pounds. what kindd-of-a world do we live in people? by ac
utopia’s todd rundgren and blondie babe bebe buell, singer and former fashion model in their hay days of rock and youth. welcome todd to the team! by xy
love the new moncler designs by london-based menswear designer craig green
a nod to the frenchies… the michelin man would be proud of mister green
samurais looked cool in japan – people who try to look-like samurais in aspen, a whole ‘norther story!
skepta drinking his cool-aid : no… you don’t look cool dude, you look ridiculous
again not that these are intended to be worn, although no doubt kanye and his fans will, there’s also those who wear pineapples on their heads, or anything that is obnoxious, attention is on the decline, but this exercise in shape and proportion is simply a breath of fresh air for us. they make us love moncler for their bravery… and that alone is worth every penny they spent…
drooooool…
asymmetric anyone?
love these silhouettes – Hattori Hanzō
invincible in the tube
sculptural
and there’s always a variation of the label to insure your money is well spent…
maison martin margiela label
the label is very margiela-knock but that’s ok, you can copy legends. we did it too. well done moncler for the statement, love the trickle down variation also on ssense.com and congrats to you on having a silly market that will wear anything you dish out as long as its reassuringly expensive – its called desperation by uh
“this is my very first vlog EVER!” says alissa violet, making the world a better place one video at a time
and here’s the swedish equivalent, elin ersson, who was being trashed by haters for doing all of this for some fame and attention!! oh really? refugee deportation from gothenburg to Afghanistan the perfect topic for teenage fame.
I mean how horrible can people be to look past the brave efforts of this young girl, risking financial and physical damage to save a strangers life she believes is at risk. these horrible people consider her action to be fueled by self promotion? if this is how people do self promotion, and chase after their 5 minutes of fame, then be it… how fantastic that would be. yuuuuuge respects for swedish lioness elin ersson, so impressed with your bravery and conviction the world needs more of you. aside from the julian assange incident, i think i simply love sweden and even more now. we love you erin xx. by kt
the beatles, playing with now considered vintage slot cars back in the 1960’s
john lennon approved! need we say more…
history of slot racing PART I
scalextric out of UK was the first manufacturer of what we know today as slotcars.
here is a little history about how these toys came to be and how they died out on a mass level but flourished in cult communities after the invention of video games. scalextric are quietly flourishing today under hornby. but they are beginning to come back in a strange way, from car commercials featuring slot cars (audi even making a experiential track complete with ipad camera view), to barneys new york using a slot car track in their NY window displays, to pierre hardy using slot cars for their campaign, to a $300,000 model offered at neiman marcus created by slotmods!!!! and all the way down to a simple set for under $200 that you can pick up online at carrera toys.
cars meant something beyound bling and power. before alexander mcqueen designed looks for lady gaga, his older uncle, steve mcqueen, drove around in the coolest cars… actually im joking doubt they are related.
a very rare “Fly” slot car model of steve mcqueen’s porsche 917K in gulf livery… yes thats a camera in the front. Steve used that to shoot his film “le mans” worth a watch.
history of slot racing PART II
there are still several manufacturers besides scalextric such as carrera slot cars out of germany, slot it out of italy, AFX and autoart out of the US an many from places like australia, spain, and even france.
a blue buggatti type 251 by cartrix made in recent years…
and here’s a little natgeo video of how this stuff was made.
a recent issue of a vintage lotus in high detail by scalextric 1 of only 4000…
loro piana toy husky made of mink and fox fur $3,500
loro piana toy beagle puppy, crafted from their cashmere fabric $1,625
loro piana toy bunny made of the softest orylag and castorino fur
bit crazy to kill a live animal and then make a plush toy in its image, but what the hell, humans have done worse things… like separating baby humans from their mothers and then denying that they did it… so if you can get over the guilt, as we seem to do on everything, then these plush toys are quite a special thing. loro piana : “since 1924 this italian label has been synonymous with craftsmanship. In the words of its founders sergio and pier luigi loro piana, the brand “has built its reputation over decades of searching for the best raw materials and on the refusal to compromise on quality in all aspects”. by cm
an ode to our last sneaker post here we are again… you can pick up these, and many many other cool but rather over-priced sneakers ($200, $700, $1,500 and up to $2,000), in link below. that is if you too lack the confidence and self esteem that comes with living in this kanye and kim world. while spending money and faking your talkents will never make you any cooler than you are, you can continue to believe that it will. there’s a line at the supreme store every day with the dorkiest of dorks, just get in there. actual cool people don’t stand in line for an hour to pay $300 for an off-white t-shirt. if you know one that does… he’s a dork! cool people probably wear hand-me-downs and random shit picked up here and there for cheap. if they fork out money for something I assure you, its not pyrex or vetements or off-white… its something old or unheard of. that’s the very reason fashion brands often look like wanna-be hand-me-downs, all the way down to moth holes in your $1,200 marino wool sweaters, and models looking like street people where pulled onto the runway. but good luck feeling cool and hope that the money your spending ‘aint yours. hi daddy. here is the link… have at it. by dd
enjoy! really into this dude lately. on auto play here… killing it with the customary weapons readily available… P.S. automat is an independent online radio station live streaming the best underground music from a truck parked around the world. now go get some tacos. by uh
here with francois truffaut on michelangelo antonioni’s blow up
alfred hitchcock said to howard fast (one of his writers). “i’ve just seen antonioni’s blow-up. these italian directors are a century ahead of me in terms of technique! what have i been doing all this time?” by xy
kinder-gardeners asked to design LV SS19: louis vuitton men’s spring summer 2019
is that free style jazz i’m hearing?
just picking up some groceries at the corner love…. demna gvasalia for balenciaga spring summer 2018
tip #8: paris gypsy’s who play tricks and entertain are a great source of style inspiration
we’re living in a time when kanye is considered a genius, donald trump is considered presidential, chiara ferragni is a feminist (!), and kim kardashian (who sold herself in a sex tape) is considered a business inspiration for young women! so should it be any surprise that brands who sell their shit to the same stupid public have hired equally unqualified people to lead their brands? not that fashion EVER was a viable source of inspiration or intelligence but still you must admit there was glimpses of creativity (alexander mcqueen, gareth pugh, rei kawakubo, raf simons, iris van herpen, etc)… it is a sad times for creativity when you have some half witted infantile creatives sketching out their 3rd grade arts & craft ideas on the global fashion scene. its bad enough when you have to go see your 3rd graders artwork as a parent, now you are expected to pay $$$ for it! what a gas, just consider this brilliant new idea by virgil abloh for nike… the nike zoom fly SP.
did you ever wonder what shoes were made of? …well now you know!
1- become famous for nothing… how you ask? by working for some one else who became famous for nothing 2- take an existing shoe that a real designer designed, and 3- tie some zip tie shit you have lying around the house to it so you can look “weird and different”… 4- triple the price and just try selling it to some idiots who’s willing to buy it 5- relish in the fact that there are plenty who will.
I wonder if those are shoelaces? please comment below.
next: now that you have determined what “type” of people buy your shit, help them out. give’em a hand. be sure to label things. i mean who would know that shoes come with laces, if you don’t label them? be sure to indicate what part is foam, what is a logo, and so on. for the good of all man-kind I just hope somewhere on this it says “shoes” because it could be easily worn as gloves! of course we wished this terrible creative idea was at least original… #sad (learned from our president)
but with your audience also having amnesia they may not remember that this terrible idea was used a decade ago on soap dishes, bottles, gloves etc. there was a time when “mentally-challenged consumers” had the option to buy products that had some stupid graphics, stating what they were, like a cup had the word “cup” written on it, so you wouldn’t use it as a plate. but that fad died very quickly…
getting schooled by seemingly upset virgil abloh. lesson one: “what is a logo”
or did it? virgil abloh 3rd grade inspiration is alive and kicking in some dark places like walmart and macy’s… it turns out virgils creativity is right on par with the cutting-edge designers of “better homes and gardens” where you can buy this lovely pump, available at walmart for $8.53 (about $8 more than its worth).
or this strange object which i could not decipher until i read the words “trash” and should you not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, in smaller type, the word “bucket”. this caliber of finesse may explain why the byredo collab candle with virgil smells like a cheap auntie perfume at kmart… i’m all for mixing high and low, but im noy high myself, I just don’t want to pay high prices for low goods…
“who’s got the crack” by the moldy peaches
I have more to say especially about vetements DHL shirts and shoes, but i really have to go to a birthday dinner. I will proof read this tomorrow but hope you had a good laugh and if not some food for thought, there is room in this world for all things but there could not be a bigger mismatch than this unless we agree that we have all drank the f%$#ing coolaid… and on that note here’s a song to cheer you up for the weekend. just stay off the drugs kids. i’m talking about walmart; anti deprescants and anxiety pills xx. by dd
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