UO Blog

From London

Lauren Porter Knit Ferrari

Lauren Porter Knit Ferrari

In this economy, it'd be crazy to buy yourself a Ferrari. Better just to get yourself 12 miles of yarn and make one instead. (Via What's Wrong With the Zoo.)

From New York

Catalog: The Illustrated History of Mail-Order Shopping

Catalog: The Illustrated History of Mail-Order Shopping

In this tome, author Robin Cherry traces the catalog from the farming supply days of Montgomery Ward to the infamous J.Peterson and all the goods in between—from submarine to aquarium bathtub—once available to be shipped to your door.

From Elsewhere

Peter Beste

Peter Beste

As one of our graphic designers said, "If there were two subcultures I wouldn't want to fuck with, it'd be Norwegian Black Metal and Dirty South Rap." In 2008, Peter Beste released a book called—what do you know—True Norwegian Black Metal, and 2009 promises to bring his monograph of Houston Rap Culture. It's his world and we just live in it.

From Philadelphia

Fleathers

Fleathers

This brassy collection will make you remember just how much fun dangly earrings can be.

From Los Angeles

Yiorgos Kordakis

Yiorgos Kordakis

In his current show, Global Summer, Yiorgos Kordakis presents hazy photographs of vast beachscapes giving the uncanny impression of miniature isolated dioramas. Through January 24 at M+B Gallery.

From London

Goodone

Goodone

Do I, punk? Do I? (Via StyleBubble.)

From Elsewhere

Mercedes Salazar

Mercedes Salazar

A more polished version of the bracelets you pick up on vacation and keep on until they're moldy, wet pieces of string, Colombian jewelry designer Mercedes Salazar bases her Putomayo collection on traditional South American designs, but updates them with a magnetic sterling clasp.

From Paris

Isaacymanu

Isaacymanu

You don’t need a protractor to wrap your head around Paris-based Spanish designer Isaacymanu’s geometrically-inclined garb.

From New York

Smith + Butler

Smith + Butler

Newly opened Brooklyn boutique Smith + Butler has everything a little hipster heart could desire: APC fragrance, Filson bags, Manimals moccasins and even vintage motorcycles.

From London

Jon Burgerman Color-In Wallpaper

Jon Burgerman Color-In Wallpaper

Remember being little and getting yelled at for drawing on the walls? Here's a chance for revenge. Brought to you by Jon Burgerman, the U.K artist famous for his doodles, this color-in wallpaper gives you the chance to indulge your inner ornery brat without getting put in time out.

From Copenhagen

Noir

Noir

What is the future of sustainable fashion? This.

From DC

New Rock Church of Fire

New Rock Church of Fire

New Rock Church of Fire is as up-and-coming as they come - in just a year they've gone from opening up at Velvet to selling out RnR - and finally they've got the full-length to prove it. Pick up Of the Wild at their record release party this Saturday, December 27 at 8PM at 9:30 Club.

From Elsewhere

Dice Magazine

Dice Magazine

Quite simply, Dice is the Easy Rider of motorcycle magazines: groovy, indie, and stylish as fuck.

From Stockholm

T-Post

T-Post

With T-Post, the news just got a whole lot more interesting—and less depressing. Sign up for a subscription, and the company mails you a T-shirt—with a news article printed on the inside—every six weeks.

From Elsewhere

Recycle Wrapping Paper

Recycled Wrapping Paper

Rip open your gifts guilt-free this year with recycled wrapping paper, such as this design from Fish Lips.

From Los Angeles

Hansel from Basel

Hansel from Basel

We just really appreciate a good pair of socks.

From London

Luella Bartley and Linda Farrow

Luella Bartley and Linda Farrow

Luella Bartley's much loved SS08 collection was largely inspired by Ghost World's wisecracking Enid (played by Thora Birch), and the look relied heavily on heavy, square black glasses created for Luella by Linda Farrow. Now the glasses are available to all, so that you too can accentuate the negative.

From New York

We Are Experienced

We Are Experienced

Photographer Danielle Levitt spent years documenting the teenagers in We Are Experienced, and the resulting cross section includes pageant queens, prom goers, suburban goths, band members (both punk and marching), skaters, Wiccans and wanna-bes. The result is a compendium of adolescent life more accurate than any yearbook could ever be.

From Philadelphia

222 Gallery Group Show

222 Gallery Group Show

Giving the pretentious elements of the group show the brush-off, 222 Gallery calls its latest exhibition just Group Show and forgoes the standard minimalism in favor of salon-style walls packed with works from the likes of Jeffrey Stockbridge, Maureen Duffy, Damien Correll, Emily Erb and more.

From Stockholm

Let The Right One In

Let The Right One in, the Swedish answer to Twilight, opens in more select theaters this weekend. Just listening to the trailer—rife with the sound of flesh-crunching bites and sloppy blood slurping—is enough to make you want to start stockpiling garlic and silver bullets. Chilly.