São Paulo Fashion Week Winter 2009 Highlights

Brasileirismos, or Brazil-isms, is admittedly a redundant theme for the already distinctly Brazilian collections at the Winter 2009 edition of São Paulo Fashion Week, which ended last Friday. The biggest change, compared to past seasons, was the massive influx of international journalists flown in (including our own Ami Kealoha and Greg Mitnick; video forthcoming) to provide coverage of an event whose organizers are pushing for …

Riitta Ikonen

Finnish artist Riitta Ikonen creates impressive costumes for her subjects, who then incorporate them into their environments in playful and hilarious ways. The experiences of the people wearing Ikonen's creations as they ride on subways, walk through parks and stand on the street seem just as important as the resulting images. Check out more of her work on her site.

Keep x Tobin Yelland: Camera Tee

In collaboration with Keep, photographer Tobin Yelland's fascination with his camera has taken on a new form with a graphic tee emblazoned with one of his drawings. Known for taking pictures of skateboarders, like any good photographer, Yelland loves his camera. But unlike most other photographers, he fanatically draws his Leica. He looks for interesting subjects when he takes photos, but when he draws, he …