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Visvim F/W 06-07 Classics

Vincent — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:54:08 +0000

Visvim Wampum Beads T-shirt & Visvim Striped Border Crew L/S (Luxsic)

Review : Porter Card Case

Vincent — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:28:47 +0000

Porter’s motto : “Heart & Soul into every stitch” is nothing short of the truth. In fact, the Yoshida Co has been producing hand made utilitarian bags since the early 30′s. They boast an impressive reputation by bringing a simple & stylish design approach yet putting a complete devotion to functionality, materials and fabrication.

I’ve owned this case for a year now. It belongs to the Freestyle collection. The leather-like effect is obtained by rubbing by hand the polyurethane-coated canvas making it fully weather & tear resistant. So far, after a year of living in my back pocket, the wallet is in MINT condition. Not a scratch or a tear in sight.

Giveaway : Dissertation on The Authenticity of Utility

Vincent — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:03:25 +0000

The leather laces snapped on my pair of Mowat’s so I wrote an email to VISVIM; to my surprise, 15 minutes later, I had a reply sitting in my inbox inquiring my address so they can resolve the issue Asap. No questions asked, not even asking for a photo of the defect, just my address. Two days later, a UPS man drops off a neat package from Cubism inc; inside, my laces, with the FW09 Dissertation. Customer service at its BEST. Another reason why this brand gets my FULL support.

It’s called a dissertation, because it isn’t simply a catalog, there’s always a prologue in which Hiroki will explain from A-Z his inspiration for the season. Included are photos from his resourceful travels, allowing the consumer to see the full idea that lead to the garment. In this particular one, Hiroki talks about his visit to Padova Italy, where he studied the hand-sewn Goodyear welt technique used in his FOLK line.

Since I already have this one in my Library. I’m gonna give it away to you guys, My Readers! All you have to do is follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/onandbeyond and Tweet : Follow @onandbeyond and RT to win Visvim’s FW09 Dissertation!

Visvim Jokhang

Vincent — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:44:06 +0000

My last pair of black jokhang’s were traded away for a pair of mowatt’s, so when I saw a pair of sand versions floating in an auction, I had to act quick. The guys over at Sutocorp made the transaction fast and easy. Honestly, they are the most professional proxy service out there, with order status updates every few days, I knew exactly where my package was and when it would arrive. The whole process was a pleasure to deal with. I paid a total of 80$ for these denim stained FBT’s, pretty stoke about that…

An Old Love Affair

Vincent — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:01:03 +0000

It was my birthday last week. A dear person in my life got a pair of vizavimu flown to me from overseas. SO let me take a second to say, thank you and i love you for this. What can be characterized as one of my ULTIMATE grails, the Logan lo elk’s are beyond what I imagined they’d be. Naysayers will call them ripoffs of authentics & eras, but I’ll let the elk leather do the talking and ignore what they have to tell me. Upon arrival, I had to give it the vinny seal of approval by giving the elk a good sniff(that’s how you find fake vis’), indeed, they were good and my cheeks began to hurt from an excessive amount of smiling.

Porter Deluxe Wallets

Vincent — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:36:25 +0000

Best known for their technical practicality, Japan’s Yoshida & Co have come out with a new wallet part of the Porter Deluxe line. The wallets feature two openings at opposing ends giving an 80′s like appeal to the simplistic functionality that defines Porter’s renowned aesthetic. The wallet & more will soon be available at OFFTHEHOOK in Montreal for approximately $100CND

HUgE Vol. ALL

Vincent — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:18:03 +0000

“I just hit up Matt W. (Stussy Tdot manager) for a favor. You’ll love me for this one. It will compensate for you working on my website. Make sure to quote this when you blog about it.”

Maura found a way to get me the full 11 issues of Huge…I just realize that the good folks at BNTL had already posted about the Paul Anthony issue in June…kinda bummed, but here is more from mine and yours-to-be favorite magazine. If I were to create a magazine, it would look pretty close to this. Thank you Maura for hooking this up. love ya for this one!!!

Ralph Lauren ID

Vincent — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:10:23 +0000

Back due to popular demand, Ralph Lauren’s ”Create your own” campaign is back on the RL jp site, meaning you can choose from 12 colors and create your own color combinations.. I know i say this alot, but fuck would I love to be able to read japanese. RalphLauren.jp

HUgE

Vincent — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:40:51 +0000

When I was in Toronto this summer, I was in the search for Japanese magazines and discovered one I hadn’t ever seen before, I was used to the Street Jack, Cool Trans, Samurai…among others. But never seen this one before. While I was accustomed to the regular layout pages chocked up of products, fillers, and advertisement, HUgE felt much more substantial as I slowly flipped through its 145 pages to be exact. In other words, they’ve mastered what means to be aesthetically presentable while still maintaining a great focus on the products sharing the spotlight in their features. A person like I, who can’t read Japanese, just wants what is pleasing to the eye, which makes this magazine perfect for me and other fellow foreigners. I think this deserves a spot in my magazine shelf next to my Theme magazine’s and Visvim dissertations.

ps: where else would you see the names tenderloins, margiela, visvim & patagonia all in the same magazine…