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Seems we’re fixed on the childhood experience of designers these days. Yesterday, we marveled when Alexis Bittar told Vogue Italia how he started selling vintage on the street at 13. Today, thanks to PSFK, we learned about the early training of Austrian knitwear sorceress, Michaela Buerger who parlayed her experiences crafting with her mother and grandmother and a little DIY couture designing in her teens into a collection that’s carried at Colette and Opening Ceremony. Said Buerger, “My childho

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Yamamoto To “Bomb” Your Coffee Table



When Yohji Yamamotoannounced that his very first biography is to be released in October,
we must admit that we expected the usual rags-to-riches story with an awful lot of gloating and good PR. We were in for a sweet surprise. Yamamoto’s biography, entitled My Dear Bomb (alluding to his random spurts of creative energy, not actual explosives), doesn’t just discuss the man behind the designs, but also, his philosophies. With over four decades of experience under his belt and a daughter that debut
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Photo via Style Bubble


As much as we love young designers, it’s still a rarity for a recent design school graduate to make our jaws drop to the floor. So when Style Bubble featured Helen Furber’sridiculously forward-thinking shoe designs, we had to share it withyou. They’re just that amazing.

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Seems we’re fixed on the childhood experience of designers these days. Yesterday, we marveled when Alexis Bittar told Vogue Italia how he started selling vintage on the street at 13. Today, thanks to PSFK, we learned about the early training of Austrian knitwear sorceress, Michaela Buerger who parlayed her experiences crafting with her mother and grandmother and a little DIY couture designing in her teens into a collection that’s carried at Colette and Opening Ceremony. Said Buerger, “My childho

Read more…

Yamamoto To “Bomb” Your Coffee Table



When Yohji Yamamotoannounced that his very first biography is to be released in October,
we must admit that we expected the usual rags-to-riches story with an awful lot of gloating and good PR. We were in for a sweet surprise. Yamamoto’s biography, entitled My Dear Bomb (alluding to his random spurts of creative energy, not actual explosives), doesn’t just discuss the man behind the designs, but also, his philosophies. With over four decades of experience under his belt and a daughter that debut
Read more…

Photo via Style Bubble


As much as we love young designers, it’s still a rarity for a recent design school graduate to make our jaws drop to the floor. So when Style Bubble featured Helen Furber’sridiculously forward-thinking shoe designs, we had to share it withyou. They’re just that amazing.

(more…)

Read more…

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