Filed under: personal style, Style, Uncategorized | Tags: personal style, philip crangi, Style
Jewelry designer Philip Crangi embraces many elements of personal style that would give lesser men pause: copious tattoos, prominent glasses, a full-on mountain man beard and, of course, more jewelry than Mickey Rourke (RIP Loki). And he does it with an ease and an effortless cool that has won him countless admirers, from The Sartorialist to Teen Vogue. Despite all of the ornamentation, you never get the sense that Crangi’s playing a part or dressing in costume; the impression is he’d be wearing a railroad spike cuff and an anchor pendant no matter where he lived or what he did.
“Everything you wear, you should feel like yourself when you’re wearing it,” Crangi said in an interview with GQ a little while back. True words from a man with one of the most clearly realized visions of personal style. After the jump, a brief survey of Crangi’s signature look.
Filed under: Mixtape Monday, Music | Tags: big boi, bombay bicycle club, discovery, drake, good shoes, janelle monae, kate nash, locksley, millionyoung, Mixtape Monday, Music, nicki minaj, robyn
Some new. Some old. All good. An assortment of songs on my iPod now.
1.) “Always Like This,” Bombay Bicycle Club
2.) “Days of Youth,” Locksley
3.) “Under Control,” Good Shoes
4.) “Do Wah Do,” Kate Nash
5.) “Tightrope,” Janelle Monae feat. Big Boi
6.) “No Hassle,” Robyn
7.) “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” Discovery feat. Angel Deradoorian
8.) “Cynthia,” Millionyoung
9.) “Your Love,” Nicki Minaj
10.) “Over,” Drake
I already wrote about the AW10 Lookbook from German brand SoPopular today on WATM, but I had a few more thoughts this afternoon that I wanted to cover here. I was first introduced to the brand about a year ago, when the label was still finding it’s footing and reaching an audience Stateside. A year later, after a multi-colored SS10 collection that seemed a bit misguided, SoPopular’s AW10 collection really delivers on its early promise. It’s confident, cohesive and sophisticated, but still very accessible, acknowledging the designers’ streetwear roots and influences that were the catalyst for forming the label. It also seems to be tailored much better.
I also like to see that they’ve stuck with model Cole Mohr for all of their lookbooks; he seems to embody the youthful, design-forward edge SoPopular employs so well.
More from AW10 below.
This was a throwaway shot from my hotel window during my last trip to Rome a few years back. I recently rediscovered it while going through some old photos, and it’s become one of my favorites again. The stillness, the fluorescent light on the cobblestone, the Vespas — it reminds me so much of the city I called home for five months when I was 21. My memories of Rome are always more sensory than my memories of other cities; the smells, the sounds, that distinct almost-quiet that fell upon the city at night, interrupted by a growling motorino or animated conversation echoing against the travertine walls. Not as silent as the suburbs, but without the constant noise of New York or London. This shot was taken a few blocks from where my apartment was in Trastevere, but on the other side of the river, close to Largo Argentina. Click to enlarge.
Filed under: Music, Time Capsule, Video | Tags: Music, positive k, Time Capsule, Video
