Stone Island, one of our favorite brands just opened the doors to their Paris store on June 24th. Housed on 316, rue Saint-Honoré, the store’s future-forward design looks like a space capsule, which is no accident considering the brand’s commitment to research and technology.  The ceilings and walls gleam white, while the garments on the racks often feature a similar luminescence.  Design features include a stainless steel marine floor and carbon and fiberglass elements that provide the lighting. Check out the new store and explore a space that matches the ambition of the garments sold within.

The Selby is a primo photo blog dedicated to chronicling the interior lives of people like Pharrell Williams, Kate and Andy Spade, and Glenn O’Brien. Their photos are rich in documentary-style truth while being simultaneously stunning and captivating. Dockers recently enlisted the services of Selby to photograph some Bay Area natives working and relaxing in their clothing. David Burnett is shown doing some grit work for Habitat for Humanity, Andrew and Adam Mariani are cultivating, pruning, and relaxing at their vineyard, filmmaker Barry Jenkins is shown relaxing and jotting down ideas at his home, Danny Hess crafts a surfboard, Brian Barneclo is dirying up his pair of Dockers in his studio, and Bobby Chang does some design work for Incase. Check the photos from the shoot to see some wearable casual offerings from Dockers, and then head over to the site to see what some very imaginative minds surround themselves with for inspiration.

As an inauguration to the new Remade In Switzerland project, designer Christopher Raeburn and Victorinox Swiss Army created a stop motion video on location at the very factory floor in Ibach, Switzerland. To further the experience of authenticity, sound engineers recorded each machinery running on the background and introduced them at different intervals on the soundtrack. Raeburn also asked the workers themselves to model the product and take pride in their workmanship.  As a result, a video lookbook less ordinary than the rest during the New York Fashion Week. via: Esquire

Photography: Poe for Juncture

The Red Wing Shoe Company was the brainchild of Charles Beckman, who wanted boots made his own way with versatility and comfort. The company has come a long way since the early days of its inception in Red Wing, Minnesota, in part due to the acquisition of a tannery across the street. The lives of the company’s employees are highlighted in this “From the Heartland” series online, where an in-depth website with scores of photos of employees from many aspects of the factory–from craftspeople to maintenance workers. Beginning on February 10th at the Red Wings Shoes store in Amsterdam, there will be a fill exhibition which will be on display until February 24th. Click on the site to see employees–young and old–tell their stories of their lives at the the factory, and be sure to look for the standout story of a couple who has eaten lunch in the same nook for 30 years.

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Exhibition Date: February 10th – February 24th

Gareth Pugh, the designer on many a luxury houses “ones-to-watch” list, made his debut at Italy’s Pitti Uomo with a beautiful fashion film. The film, created by Ruth Hogben, captures the intensity and sense of drama that this young designer has already mastered. After following Pugh’s career over the past several years and seeing the fashion film he showed at the last Paris Fashion Week, the directors at Pitti invited him to show there. Pitti is known for it’s openness to experimentation and the mixing of art with fashion. The 10 minute film merges religious iconography and futuristic imagery to create a spell-binding experience.The garments are sharply angular or flowing and billow in the wind. The final scene is a group of still figures all in white, which then multiple and fill in screen, like a digitally-enhanced version of a renaissance statue. Pugh’s sense of showmanship is apparent, but seeing garments worn by models at the film’s presentation proved to many how wearable and desirable his clothing is outside of a fashion spectacle.

During its temporary stint at the former Deitch Project space on 18 Wooster Street, Levi’s Photo Workshop was like a Godsend to New York City’s thousands of photographers, amateur and professional alike. Its spacious locale and available equipments were more than ideal for a great photoshoot while its community driven workshops help those who are aspired. Before they packed up the vintage Leica cameras and Profoto light stands, the space organized a last send off party before its official closing. Together with developer of Hipstamatic, a versatile photo app for iPhone, which will mimic all forms of films, flashes, and lens, Levi’s Photo Workshop hosted the Holiday Hipstaland Event right before Christmas. A complete range of gears, even settings for quirky Christmas photos, on-site makeup artist, to fake snow, were provided; the only things event goers have to provide were themselves, their subjects, and a vivid imagination.