Marie Jo L’Aventure by A.F. Vandevorst

A new lingerie collaboration looks to the future with modular garments and photo-realistic prints

Belgian lingerie label Marie Jo L’Aventure breaks new ground this A/W 2010 when it launches an intriguingly minimalist collaboration with fellow countrymen, the fashion label A.F. Vandevorst. The six-piece collection,named Marie Jo L’Aventure by A.F. Vandevorst, is an exercise in how to approach form from a different perspective, harnessing tactile materials, print technology and a modular approach to highlight and enhance the female silhouette. While …

Pardon Jack Johnson

No Mas and Barking Irons honor a heavyweight champ and civil rights hero with a new t-shirt

One hundred years ago this 4 July 2010, “The Fight of the Century” took place in Reno, Nevada. The first-ever black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson defended his title by defeating the “Great White Hope” Jim Jeffries and delivering a blow against racism. Despite the success, two years later Johnson was convicted and incarcerated under the Mann Act for his romance with a white woman. In …

The Paint Pack

Paint the town white with Akomplice and Conveyer Fred Segal to stave off global warming

Featured on CH in the past for their provocative and often politically-inspired clothing line, Akomplice‘s latest mission is to paint the town white. Colorado-based brothers Mike and Patrick McCarney recently teamed up with Conveyor Fred Segal to produce a paint kit that helps support the Paint Project—an organization that aims to paint roofs around the world white, reflecting the suns rays, keeping houses cooler and …