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From Japan



Engineered Garments SS12

I told myself I wouldn't start looking at spring or summer collections until we had some sort of winter but I'm no longer holding my breath. Instead, I'm looking forward to shorts, bucket hats, chambray, fun patterns and all the things that the Japanese brand Engineered Garments does so well. Check out the rest of their lookbook here. -Bob

From Philadelphia

The Making Time Valentime Project

Woo your crush and donate to a good cause at the same time. Get all the lovely details here. There's gonna be a lot of making out on the dancefloor at this Making Time, we think. 

From Los Angeles





Paper Pastries

Paper PastriesEnamored Pencil Set is perfect for all of those love letters you'll be writing in the next week.

From Philadelphia


Tumblr Tuesdays: February 7








From London


Mind The Mustard

Mind The Mustard is a new online shop that sells cool vintage and modern clothing. From platform brogues to cute overalls, all of the pieces are affordably priced and one of a kind. - Hazel

From Philadelphia

The War On Drugs "Brothers"

The new video for "Brothers" from The War on Drugs is like an incredibly short horror film for the ADD generation.  It has all of the key elements: a girl who is not too good on her feet, a creepy guy who toys with said girl, an ominous dark house with no escape and—of course—an ending where we are left with more questions than we had at the start.  We're ready for a sequel!

From Elsewhere



Chick-a-Dee

What's one way to make a smoke detector cool?  Put a bird on it.

From New York




BLK DNM Leather Jacket #5

I die for 'leather jacket #5' in purple from BLK DNM! I am, in fact, quite enamored with this label as of late. I mean, have you also seen the goat suede cape?! X - Jen

From Elsewhere



YooouuuTuuube

BRB, we're going to go spend the rest of the day on YoouuuTuuube.

From New York




MoMA Print Studio

Attention all zinesters! Museum of Modern Art in NYC is having an exhibition called Print Studio (4 West 54th St) right now. My fav thing to do there is to peruse the photo books from the Reanimation Library, make photocopies, and then go back into the images, manipulating them with an acetone transfer pen. There will be demos and workshops there and everything is totally free. It's open Wednesday through Monday from 11am-4pm and runs until March 9. -Maggie Lee

From Elsewhere



Natural Selection Studio

Greg Gallegos of the Natural Selection Studio uses woodturning and dyes to create these beautiful bowls.  We love that although the colors are bright, they can all be found in nature.  Just add these to the list of things we really want, thanks!

From Los Angeles


(Photo via PaperMag)

The Dog Show L.A.

What's pastel pink, totally rad and has a giant unicorn head? The Dog Show store in Los Angeles! The candy-colored weirdo boutique currently stocks '90s sportswear but come summer the shop will be filled with cool swimwear. They also have a cat phone that meows instead of rings! Wowza! - Hazel

From Elsewhere

Wanderlust: Vietnam

"The landscape in Vietnam has been beautiful, and the traffic has been terrifying and annoying. Misty mountains, rice fields, and water buffalo along with non-stop honking and oncoming buses entering your lane to pass out traffic in front of them. As a cyclist, you can’t take your eyes off the road without risking your life.




It seems that in Vietnam there’s one rule of the road: you always have the right of way. You have to be aggressive. People don’t use their brakes, they use their horns; they don’t slow down, they just make a lot of noise until someone moves. Cars, scooters, cyclists and pedestrians who are joining traffic don’t look to see what’s coming before they move in, they just move in and figure if they’re in the way, it’s someone else’s problem.


What I really like is how much the Vietnamese make use of limited space on a vehicle. Seeing a whole family (mom, dad, grandma and maybe a lil' one) on a scooter is so common that I’m not even taking photos of it. In the U.S., it’s pretty uncool for two guys to be on the same motorcycle, but in Vietnam, two or three guys on a scooter is very cool. 



I’m surprised by how many people I’ve seen sitting on the rear rack of a bicycle. Sometimes they help pedal, or do all the pedaling while the other steers, or if it’s grandma, she just sits there and enjoys the show."-Eoin

From Sydney








MANIAMANIA Modern Utopian

You totally have my permission to freak out over the new MANIAMANIA collection.  I'll be right alongside of you wondering when all these pieces will find their ways onto our hands (and arms and neck). X - Jen

From London

The Darkness "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us"

Philly's own Thom Lessner and Ted Passon provide the animation for this awesome 'comeback single' from The Darkness. (Via RollingStone.)

From Philadelphia

Music Mondays: February 6th, 2012


From New York

Happy Birthday Elmo!

Happy Birthday to Elmo, our favorite 3 1/2-year-old little monster.

From Philadelphia










Flickr Favorites: February 3

"Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless." - Bill Watterson 


Submit your photos to the UO Flickr pool!

From Los Angeles

Le Petit Petit

The new film "Why Must I Fall In Love" from Le Petit Petit is giving us some serious fashion inspiration for the weekend.  We're totally into the sheer maxi/hooded-poncho combo.


From Elsewhere

Kaori Mitsushima

Artist Kaori Mitsushima knows a lot of cats, and has dedicated numerous zines, paintings and drawings to them.  In the video "I Am A Cat," Kaori talks about her love for her feline friends and shows us some of her work.  We relate to her on so many levels.