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Monthly Archives: June 2008

Take Ivy, Photos by T. Hayashida

Posted on by Bobby Solomon

I was pouring over the website of amazing menswear company Blackbird when I came across this amazing book called Take Ivy. Take Ivy was the product of Japanese photographer T. Hashiyada, who traveled to America to photograph the fashion of ivy league schools. The result is amazing, a beautiful portrait of fashion in the late [...]

Displacements by Michael Naimark

Posted on by Bobby Solomon

How the world never runs out of clever ideas, I’ll never know, but I’m quite thankful. Displacements, an “immersive film installation”, is something that I wold dub clever. It’s not deep, it’s not impossible to figure out how it was done, it’s just a really good idea and the world is better off with it. [...]

Graph Paper Vans and Halftone Sandals

Posted on by Bobby Solomon

I’m only 25 but a lot of the time I feel like an old man. Slowly I’ve started to buy fewer graphic tees and have tried to filter in more collared shirts, basic patterns, and thin stripes. These changes also extend to my footwear as well, as I no longer wear the same black slip-on [...]

ROYAL/T

Posted on by Bobby Solomon

Yesterday I had a pretty epic day with friends Nick and Jen, consisting of brunch at my favorite place in LA, Aroma Café, then shopping at Heritage and H&M at the Beverly Center and finally ending at ROYAL/T out in Culver City. ROYAL/T is a new café/shop/art space that opened a few months ago that’s [...]

Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse

Posted on by Bobby Solomon

I just came across this really funny looking trailer called Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse so I thought I’d share it with you all. The trailer features Jay Baruchel and Seth Rogen (those dudes from Knocked Up) who have to live together after the world has gone to shit and there are monsters running [...]

José Manuel Hortelano

Posted on by Bobby Solomon

I feel like my last few posts have a certain vibe to them, so I’m hoping to continue that with this amazing self-portrait by José Manuel Hortelano called José Underwater. José is a 26 year old painter from Valencia, Spain who transforms photo images into amazing watercolor pieces. José Underwater was done in sort of [...]