Some looks from the Freshjive Spring 2011 Collection.
“Now in its 21st annum, Freshjive’s creative voice has decided on a new direction for his young adult line, abandoning the category that it has so long been instrumental to. Bringing in creative director Mark Wiesmayr, who has worked with Tsubi, Urban Outfitters and Blue Blood, Freshjive is stepping away from its street wear roots, in the direction of a more men’s, designer-contemporary line while maintaining its street culture sensibility and affordable price point.
Choosing to move forward without visible name branding, the new Freshjive has a focus on rustic modernism, in both texture and form, celebrating the masculine relationship between avant-garde design and heritage aesthetics. Enhanced by their signature fabrics and details, this new line is a landmark of Freshjive’s cultural metamorphosis. The design of the coming seasons will be themed around characters and stories, and will convey narrative messages on the canvas of fashion forward garments, with modern silhouettes.”
Kanye gets some help from Jay-Z and Swizz Beatz for the remix of “Power”.
Kanye West ft. Jay-Z & Swizz Beatz – Power (Remix)
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Sexy watercolors by Marcelo Daldoce for Playboy magazine.
Marcelo Daldoce began painting when he was 16 and dropped out of school 3 years later. He then applied to an art school named Núcleo de Arte. After school, he interned at a design and illustration studio. He worked at different ad agencies in Brazil for 4 years and today owns an illustration studio with two partners.
Dan Winters is known for the broad range of subject matter he is able to interpret. He is widely recognized for his celebrity portraiture, scientific photography, photographic illustration and photojournalistic stories.
Christopher Conn Askew was born in Hollywood, CA in 1970. He began drawing at an early age and never received any formal art training. Christopher was a tattooist from 1990 until 2006. These days Christopher lives in San Francisco and his art is done on paper. He uses primarily watercolor, ink, graphite, gouache and gold leaf.
“Compelled to examine this contemporary subculture, Bertucci traveled to various tattoo conventions in the United States and abroad, photographing women ages 19 to 59 both in her studio and on location. Here, Bertucci chooses to frame her subjects in simple, timeless poses that both formally accentuate the female figure and poetically delineate their illustrious tattoos. Bertucci’s imagery and execution can be referenced back to classical portrait paintings, yet contradicts the historical view of the ‘anonymous muse’ by including image titles that reveal a name, age and occupation. This incongruity renders a complex window through which the viewer’s perspective of time and era is blurred.”
Lina lives and works in New York City. She completed her M.F.A in photography at Pratt Institute in New York and received her B.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin. Her photos have appeared in Vogue, Life, Entertainment Weekly, and The Village Voice.
Yu Tsai lives in Los Angeles and New York. He discovered his passion for directing, photography and design while studying at Art Center College of Design in Pasedena.
