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href="http://pblks.com/2009/09/planet-of-the-bapes/#comments" title="Comment on Planet of the Bapes">2</a></span> </p> </div> <h2><a href="http://pblks.com/2009/09/planet-of-the-bapes/" title="Planet of the Bapes">Planet of the Bapes</a></h2> <div class="entry"> <p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1779" title="3884637904_c564dfc0c7_b" src="http://pblks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/3884637904_c564dfc0c7_b-499x636.jpg" alt="3884637904_c564dfc0c7_b" width="499" height="636" /></p> <p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1782" title="3884634332_c5bd751439_b" src="http://pblks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/3884634332_c5bd751439_b-499x636.jpg" alt="3884634332_c5bd751439_b" width="499" height="636" /></p> <p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1785" title="3883841143_d22f520fc8_b" src="http://pblks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/3883841143_d22f520fc8_b-499x636.jpg" alt="3883841143_d22f520fc8_b" width="499" height="636" /></p> <p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1784" title="3884631800_1014b4627c_b" src="http://pblks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/3884631800_1014b4627c_b-499x636.jpg" alt="3884631800_1014b4627c_b" width="499" height="636" /></p> <p><strong><em>Just Another Uniform</em></strong> by Kozue Kitchens, aka Kozy of LA-based husband and wife duo <a href="http://www.kozyndan.com" target="_blank">Kozyndan</a>.</p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"><em> </em></span></div> <p><em>“Kozy made this piece for a show at <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/pieces/190" target="_new">Gallery Nuceleus</a> that is on now called: <strong>Sweet Streets: Art Inspired by Japanese Street Fashion</strong>. </em><em>Kozy and I have no interest in, or love ofJapanese Street fashion and tend to think of the young Japanese who are so slavishly devoted to the various styles to be vapid and conformist and not expressing unique personal style at all, but rather just trying to fit in. The theme of conforming is a huge part of Japanese culture and the Japanese street fashion culture is just another prime example.”</em></p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"><em> </em></span></div> <p>Having worked as an editor for a streetwear publication in a past life, I can concur, it’s as vapid and aimless as anything could ever possibly be.</p> </div> </div> <div id="post-757" class="post"> <div class="postMeta"> <p class="container"> <span class="date">Jun 17, 2009</span> <span class="comments"><a href="http://pblks.com/2009/06/look/#comments" title="Comment on Look!">3</a></span> </p> </div> <h2><a href="http://pblks.com/2009/06/look/" title="Look!">Look!</a></h2> <div class="entry"> <p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-770" title="ook" src="http://pblks.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/ook.jpg" alt="ook" width="539" height="424" /></p> <p>Fashion brands and designer labels have been using web-video here and there for quite a while now, but <strong>video look books </strong>(or ‘video looks’)<strong> </strong> still seem to be a neglected medium, with only a handful of outfits making use of video looks to showcase and promote their work online. A unique mix of advertising, short film and music video, there is serious amount of potential for these types of videos to come into its own as a commercial art form.</p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p>Video looks are superior to print look books for a number reasons, the most obvious being that their isn’t any shipping or off-shore printing involved. But more importantly than the ease of distribution, video looks can better communicate the “feeling” and lifestyle aesthetics that labels want their designs and overall branding to be associated with – especially in terms of impressing upon the viewer the lifestyle-specific <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jouissance"><em>jouissance</em></a> that so much of fashion is dependent upon. Here are a few recent examples of relatively well executed video looks:</p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="550" height="309" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4774766&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="550" height="309" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4774766&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><a href="http://patrikervell.com/">Patrik Ervell</a>: High-end minimalist American sportswear (men’s)</p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="550" height="309" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3918107&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="550" height="309" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3918107&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><a href="http://nineteen-ninety.com/">Too Black Guys</a>: Toronto-based Canadian streetwear (men’s)</p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="550" height="367" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2794642&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="550" height="367" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2794642&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><a href="http://www.frankieb.com/">Frankie B</a>: 70s vintage/rock-inspired jeans, etc (women’s)</p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="550" height="309" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3844654&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="550" height="309" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3844654&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><a href="http://www.bedwintokyo.com/">Bedwin Tokyo</a>: Classically-designed, pop-culture referencing Japanese streetwear (men’s)</p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="550" height="413" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3291957&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="550" height="413" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3291957&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><a href="http://www.samanthapleet.com/">Samantha Pleet</a>: Brooklyn-based, Romantic/literary/indie womenswear.</p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="550" height="309" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1806010&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="550" height="309" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1806010&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><a href="http://www.bandofoutsiders.com/">Band Of Outsiders</a>: Classic ’70s Americana (men & women’s)</p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="550" height="309" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1557296&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="550" height="309" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1557296&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><a href="http://www.uniformsforthededicated.com/">Uniforms For The Dedicated</a>: Collective-produced, Swedish electro-hipster menswear</p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="550" height="367" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3179693&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="550" height="367" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=3179693&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=a02ab8&fullscreen=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><a href="http://lewisnyc.com/">Lewis</a>: <a href="http://www.lewisnyc.com/">NYC-based</a>, retro-chic (women’s)</p> <div><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div> <p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="550" height="309" 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