Bookmarc x KRINK

Marc Jacob’s Bookmarc and Krink partnered on a selection of the highest quality markers and paint pens. Consisting of 3 products in an array of colors, this capsule collection is exclusively available at marcjacobs.com and Bookmarc boutiques worldwide. The collection features the K-60 Paint Marker ($14), K-12 Paint Marker ($9) and K-47 Permanent Ink Marker ($8). Pretty cool!

By: retrogurl
Posted: 05.23.2013
Categories: art/design, fashion
Reebok Classics Introduces Stash for the City Classics Collection

This year Reebok Classics is celebrating its 30th anniversary of the Classic Leather silhouette. To honor this, they’ve teamed up with graffiti-pioneer Stash to reintroduce the brand’s most successful sneaker release with a capsule collection, The City Classics. The collaboration features works by 12 of the world’s preeminent graffiti writers, curated by Stash as original representatives of the City Classics program.

The artists include: Wane (NYC), Eklips (LA), Pose (Chicago), Mad (Philadelphia), Tati (Miami), Totem (Atlanta), DA Flow (Mexico City), Sick Systems (Moscow), Rae Martini (Milan), Rimo (Tokyo), Monster (Paris), and Swifty (London). The Fall/Winter 2013 collection representing Stash and the 12 cities around the world will launch on July 1, 2013. Stay tuned for the collection preview soon!

By: retrogurl
Posted: 04.15.2013

Vans x Love Me

Vans has teamed up with artist Curtis Kulig, famous for the LOVE ME tags across the streets of Los Angeles, New York and Tokyo for its Spring 2013 Classics Collection. The three-piece capsule  collection hits stores on February 1st just in time for Valentine’s day.

LOVE ME is featured in three distinct looks on Vans Classics. The Vans iconic red Authentic is adorned with an all over embroidered LOVE ME while the Checkerboard Slip-On becomes the canvas to a paint splatter design. Finally, the SK8-Hi Slim, a women’s specific style, features an oversize embroidered LOVE ME on the side panel.

In addition, Vans will be hosting bicoastal events in celebration of this special collaboration. This Friday, February 1st, Curtis will be hanging out at the Space15Twenty Urban Outfitters in Los Angeles with a curated LOVE ME pop-up and Polaroid exhibition. The night will feature DJ Sets from Aska from ESP and a special live performance by Sky Ferreira. Curtis will then head back to his current hometown of New York City on February 14th to celebrate the day of love at the Vans DQM General. Guests can look forward to a LOVE ME kissing booth, music, a Minx Nails x LOVE ME nail station as well as a signature neon LOVE ME sign at each event. If you can’t make the celebrations, you can send your special someone a LOVE ME message through the month of February with e-postcards designed by Curtis.

Visit Vans.com/LOVEME to RSVP to your local event, send your Valentine a special message and to purchase your favorite style just in time for the season of love.

By: retrogurl
Posted: 01.28.2013
Categories: art/design, fashion, kicks

MAC Archies Girls

OMG love this new MAC Archie’s Girls collection, love ARCHIE! The collection is super cute, love the artwork on the packaging too.

Betty and Veronica – the names alone are a vivid four-colour flashback to an era of sweet, comic book innocence. Their eternal love triangle, with all-American freckle-faced Archie, is legendary in its teen tension, tight sweaters and two-toned saddle shoe charm. Girl-next-door blonde Betty vs. vivacious, spoiled rich-girl, brunette Veronica, an epic rivalry, now in two contrasting M·A·C colour collections, packaged in exclusively designed cases.

The collection will be available online January 30, 2013, in NYC M·A·C Stores January 31, 2013 and all other locations February 7, 2013 to April 4, 2013. Can’t wait to get my hands on it! Love.

By: retrogurl
Posted: 01.24.2013

Krink x Coach Spring 2013 Collection
Photos courtesy of Coach

I personally really like Krink and love his work featuring his iconic drip aesthetic. A collaboration that I never envisioned but is so happy that is happening is the Coach collaboration with Krink. Krink is a street-art phenomenon based in Brooklyn, the brainchild of KR, a.k.a. Craig Costello.

According to the press release, the Coach Men’s design team worked closely with Costello to make the Krink Collection as true to his artwork as possible. The drips were painstakingly reproduced through a special 30-step silk-screen process that captured their subtle nuances, depth, texture and richness. It was important to Costello that the spontaneous nature of his style be represented. Each item, bathed in a  ifferent color from the Krink palette, has a sense of motion from the combination of blurs, splatters and solid lines.

The Krink Collection will be featured in select Coach stores around the world and on Coach.com starting March 2013. I simply can’t wait, so cool! This black and silver Krink Weekend Tote matches my Krink x Incase laptop case oh so perfectly, need! More photos after the jump…

By: retrogurl
Posted: 01.17.2013