Words: Anna Conn (Everything is Beautiful)

Images: Style.com

If you enjoy bright colors and mixed prints, Suno is definitely a label worth keeping an eye on.  Max Osterweis formed the label in 2008, more than a decade after he began collecting textiles from Kenya.  Needless to say, when it comes to prints and color, Osterweis knows his stuff, and it shows in every collection he’s put together thus far.

The A/W 2010 collection is no exception, showcasing vivid reds, blues and yellows, and bold prints that pay homage to the pop phenomenon of the 60’s.  The silhouettes were kept youthful and fun, with bubble skirts and cropped jackets, as well as a few billowing, bohemian looks thrown into the mix.  These clothes are definitely flirty, but with a fresh air of brazen independence.

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Words: Carly Rogers

Image: Hanneli

The infamous Chanel temporary tattoos.  I don’t know how to feel about them.  Part of me wants to love them – let’s be honest if you gave me a pack I’d slap them on in an instant –  but there’s something so …. (for lack of a better word) lame about them.  If only in the sense that Karl can do anything and make it covetable. read more »

Anand Chalmers plays guitar for The Sparkling Arrest. This is the story of being in that band. Behind the mystery and granduer of rock’n'roll, there is an untold reality: one that involves the expiration date on a bottle of milk; excercise; talking to the neighbours. This is that story.

When we first got together and formed a band, we all mysteriously assumed, without really thinking about it, that our number one priority as a group was to make music. Of course, this state of delusion didn’t last long. I’ll admit we took longer than some, but eventually we saw the light. There were countless tasks that required our focus ahead of making music – The King himself, Elvis, went as far as to say: “I don’t know anything about music. In my line you don’t have to.”

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Words: Anand Chalmers

Image: Stereogum

Three albums into her career, and Joanna Newsom is more of a puzzle than ever. A classically trained harpist, her first album was filled almost exclusively with the instrument, backing her strange child-like voice. She referenced Narnia, and wrote some of the most imaginative and intricate lyrics ever put to song. Her vocals grew markedly better on her second album, Ys, and dense tapestries of string arrangements were threaded through her still ever-present harp. The album was a step in a more challenging direction, with songs of up to 16 minutes that wound intricately, without anything vaguely resembling traditional verse/chorus structures. read more »

Words: Carly Rogers

Images: The Cobrasnake (above) , Todd Selby (below)

If we’re completely honest with ourselves, most people today have an interest into what’s going on in other people’s lives.  The popularity of things like Facebook, Blogging and even reality television don’t lie.  So it’s no suprise that Todd Selby’s website, which offers an insight into the houses and subsequently the lives of artistic individuals is so popular. read more »