The Season of the Bomber Jacket

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—01. Dries Van Noten.
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Highlighting one of the season's best items, T Magazine contributors Arno Frugier and Jason Rider have produced a short story entitled The Season of the Bomber Jacket. It features six examples available this spring, including standouts from Dries Van Noten, Our Legacy, Schott NYC and Haider Ackermann.

—T Magazine

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Photographer: Karim Sadli
Styling: Joe McKenna
Models: John Whiles & Paul Barges

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"Along the edge of the River Thames, finely crafted work clothes worn with subtle insouciance are a reminder of the past and a glimpse of the future."

This simple but elegant story was photographed by Karim Sadli and styled by Joe McKenna for T Magazine, featuring a selection of spring pieces from a handful the best contemporary collections today.

—T Magazine

Behind the Scenes: Jil Sander Fall-Winter '14

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—01 & 04. Kuba Dabrowski for WWD.
—02 & 03. Kevin Tachman for T Magazine.

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As the trail of fashion shows have begun in Europe, we'll be seeing a lot of new collections in the weeks to come. While it's not something we generally cover extensively, these behind the scenes photographs from Jil Sander's Fall-Winter '14 show in Milan offer an interesting insight, and provide a more intimate look at some of the collection's key pieces and fabrics.

—Via T Magazine and WWD

After Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master

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—01. Paul Thomas Anderson.

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While this might not be considered typical blogging fare, any interview with Paul Thomas Anderson is usually too good not to recommend reading. The New York Times recently spent some time with the director during an unusual and lesser seen stage of his latest film's production: the time spent after the release; winding down and cleaning up.

—From The New York Times, Oscars Issue

People Watching: Steve Roden

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—01. Wallace Neff Bubble House.

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In her latest People Watching for the New York Times Leslie Williamson says of artist Steve Roden: "every time our paths have crossed he tells me a story about some amazing object he found at a flea market or auction site. His collecting often inspires and feeds his art. Even the research he undertook last fall at the Berlin archives of the German philosopher and literary critic Walter Benjamin was a bit of a treasure-trolling expedition. “I didn’t know what I was looking for,” Roden told me. “I just know I wanted to find something.” This mind-set might be the key to Roden’s art. He isn’t an artist who creates for specific exhibitions; his work continually evolves with the subjects that interest him and the objects he finds. He is a seeker, and through his seeking he creates."

—Steve Roden from The New York Times

Bookstores for Gazers

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—01. Photograph by Philip Greenberg.

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South Willard just posted a nice little article from The New York Times about the recent evolution of art book stores. Click the link below to read Randy Kennedy's piece in full.

—South Willard

People Watching: Max Lamb

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—01. Living space.

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Leslie Williamson's excellent People Watching series continues with a visit to the home and studio of London based designer Max Lamb. "Lamb and his girlfriend, the artist Gemma Holt, share a live-work space in a former shoe factory in North East London. Entering the front door of No. 11, you pass through Lamb’s workshop first before entering the living area. The workshop is packed: polystyrene is stacked to the rafters, and European oak dowels of every size imaginable line the walls."

—Max Lamb from The New York Times
—Leslie Williamson

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People Watching: Jesse Schlesinger

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—01. Food supplies and daily belongings.
—02. Fahey.

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"Working in a variety of media — site-specific installation, sculpture, drawing, built environment — Schlesinger creates works that are consistently imbued with a light, poignant touch and are rooted in exploring the ideas of home, ritual and space."

—Jesse Schlesinger from The New York Times
—Via EGMV

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