Porta's Look!...Takashi Murakami for Louis Vuitton

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A Collaboration between
Takashi Murakami for Louis Vuitton.

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" Superflat First Love "

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" Superflat Monogram "

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An ad campaign for LOUIS VUITTON by Mamoru Hosoda. an updated alice in wonderland, in which a girl, searching for her lost cell phone, floats in a dizzying world of the company's logos. While waiting to meet her friends outside of a Louis Vuitton store, Aya's cell phone is eaten by the LV Panda, who then promptly swallows Aya - but the inside of his stomach is gateway to a psychadelic wonderland. Based on characters created by famed superflat artist Takashi Murakami.

Location:
-The LOUIS VUITTON store featured in this video is the Omotesando in Tokyo, Japan.

Music:
-The song featured in this movie:
Fantastic Plastic Machine - "Different Colors"

Facts/FAQs:
-The original video on YouTube!
-The director of the Digimon movie is the same person who directed this movie: Mamoru Hosoda.
-Marc Jacobs and Takashi Murakami collaborated to create the fresh looking multicolore design for Louis Vuitton.
-Takashi Murakami has featured his artwork along with Louis Vuitton's collaborated products at MOCA, Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art. The limited Murakami edition of Louis Vuitton's Neverfull bag is one of the most sought after items for Fall 2007. The newest character added on the Louis Vuitton monogram pattern is the Chibi Kinoko on the Agenda PM.
-Takashi Murakami will showcase his MURAKAMI exhibit for the 2nd time to the public at the Brooklyn Museum in New York between April 5 - July 13, 2008. The most anticipated new design that Takashi Murakami has reinvented for the luxury company Louis Vuitton is the "Monogramouflague".

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SUPER
AWESOME!!

-the portsastylistic

New Modern Classic...A Midsummer Night's Dream Or Courts On Canal

"Smart tennis is a three-step process. Recognize your opportunity. Analyze your options. Capitalize on the opportunity by using the best option."

- Brad Glbert

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jakedavis

Panama Hat | Marc Jacobs

Winning Ugly | Brad Gilbert

Vintage Wayfarer Max | Ray-Ban

19th Century BD Shirt | Engineered Garments

5" Essential Chino Short | J.Crew

Budweiser Duffel Bag | Supreme

No. 117 Hidden Buckle Belt | Billykirk

Vintage Tennis Sneakers | Nike

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Inspiration
-Casual Sport

"Never let them see you sweat."
- from a Dry Idea deodorant commercial broadcast in 1985

Stylistically speaking, in most sport you fall victim to the uniform that is already set in place. A kit that has evolved over time with a high polyester content that somehow lets your skin breathe and wicks away moisture. Nowadays in sport, cotton is pretty much obsolete and replaced by the likes of Nike Dri-FIT, Adidas ClimaCool, and Under Armour.

The technology has been amazing when it comes to performance. But I have this romantic notion of actually looking good while playing sports. I love the idea of being able to wear what you workout in to dinner or the cinema as well. This vintage shot of Dean playing table tennis is really inspiring. It's effortless, chic, and full of class. I'd like to think Dean would have rest his paddle in one of these waxed cotton Jack Spade covers after he was done if they were around back then.

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" Maybe a bit pretentious but still a really fantastic interchangeable look."


-the portastylistic

Porta's Eyes...It’s Nice That Issue 2

It's Nice That Issue #2

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Following the success of our first printed publication (launched earlier this year), we are pleased to announce Issue #2 will be released at the beginning of October. The demand for the first issue was fantastic and sold out in under six weeks, so we’re excited to be getting under way with the next edition. We’re going to be printing a larger run, be stocked in more outlets worldwide, but most importantly still making sure it’s crammed full of great content.

The format will be staying the same, documenting the best of the work we’ve featured on the site in the past six months alongside a series of interviews and features written by current practitioners. If you didn’t get the chance to see Issue #1, all the details and images can be found here.

We will be documenting the process over the coming weeks and have opened up the opportunity to pre-order. As before, all pre-orders will not only guarantee yourself a copy of the magazine but also receive a very special print by a fantastic artist (to be announced very soon) and it will be shipped to you a few days before it’s official release, allowing you to get your hands on it before anyone else.

So, on this page we’ll keep you up to date with it’s progress, letting you know the line-up of interviews, features and work in the build up to the beginning of October. You can also follow us on Twitter, as well as see more images on Flickr and Facebook. As always, thanks for your support and we look forward to sending you your copy of Issue #2 very soon.

more on...

pop*eye..." Indietracks 2009 "

" If you want the continual musical sugar rush offered up here,
then there can be no better event on the calendar."



-the portastylistic

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Indietracks 2009
Review

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Indietracks is one of the more obscure yet loveable festivals, set deep in the Derbyshire countryside and featuring streams of indie bands, mainly from overseas. The outdoor stage is taken over for the weekend by Spain's Elefant Records, in celebration of its twentieth anniversary of pioneering up and coming bands, and a mixed bunch they were too. This gave access to a somewhat brighter selection of artists on the indoor stage and there was then the church stage for those who always wanted to sit in a pew without having to sing along or being handed a collection bowl at the end of the 'service'.

The whole affair kicks off in bright sunshine on Saturday with a jangly noise machine from Leeds called Downdime giving bright hope for an entertaining weekend, although the dose of euro trash that followed from Sucrette gives notification of an awkward balance to contend with. The scheduling on the main stage is, to say the least, a little random. Highlight here on day one is those old stalwarts The Frank & Walters who found themselves mid-table in the listing. The older school of attendees bounce along merrily to old standards like 'Colours' and 'After All' prompting a pondering on why these guys aren't somewhat bigger and indeed further up the bill.

In fitting with the site being home to old steam trains, both the main and indoor stage are running well behind schedule very early on. But with the sun continuing to gleam, the gathering of purists and lost souls are content to sit idly awaiting whatever the bill decides to throw at them. As we approach dusk, on come Camera Obscura on the back of their rather fine recently released album 'My Maudlin Career' and they give a stylish performance, digging into the back catalogue for the diehard fans on site.

A brief glimpse at Emmy The Great to unsuccessfully find out what all the fuss is about, then back to the field to catch headliners La Casa Azul. Oh dear. They may well be the label's biggest selling act but one man donning guitar and crash helmet playing Euro dance, supported by the other four band members on a screen, meets with a justified degree of bemusement from the gathering, who trundle away with jumbled up feelings of the day's experience.

Day two, in true British style, brings the rain, thus affording the indoor stage a more generous turnout than the previous day. Bonne Idée gets affairs underway this time with a wistful set of tunes. Then comes Zipper with a wonderful blast of energetic power pop to set the feet a-tapping. Back on the main stage we then have seven-piece The School who also played the inaugural Indietracks two years earlier, when surely they were all still at school. They were clearly up there to enjoy themselves, so come over as an entertaining bunch of likeables.


Mid-afternoon then and back indoors we are blessed with the superb Northern Portrait. Frontman Stefan Larsen holds the appearance of a regenerated young Morrissey so when the music starts, shutting one's eyes you are blessed with the sound of The Smiths all over again. Hugely refreshing and with a debut album due out later this year, possibly the brightest button on this multi-coloured dream coat of a festival.


Back outside and Lucky Soul put up a solid performance, with the beauty of Ali Howard enough to drag folk out of the engine shed for a gander. Then we have BMX Bandits, who've always been a bit off the wall. Time hasn't been kind to Duglas T. Stewart, beaming and bantering to all like that eccentric old uncle you rather hoped your friends would never meet. Wrapping things up on the indoor stage are Art Brut, with Eddie Argos ranting on like a modern day Jimmy Pursey, informing the crowd over and again just how "too twee" they all are. But it was a great set and their brand of 'oi!' is just the close that was needed.

Finally then, on the main stage, we are graced with the presence of Teenage Fanclub whose blended wall-of-sound guitars are just the antidote for the drizzle that continues to fall. They know their trade well and stand out as the class act here, digging deep into their bag of songs, mesmerising old and young alike into walking away from the site with a glow in their hearts and a warm buzz inside their heads.


At a time when we are flooded by summer festivals way beyond the wallet capacity of most aficionados, there will doubtless be casualties - Indietracks should not be allowed to suffer that fate. It's an occasion when artists and the paying public mix together as one, with no pretence, no egos and nothing of the corporate juggernaut. It's merely about the music, something that the likes of Glastonbury lost sight of a long time ago.

TC

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Norther Portrait - I Give You Two Seconds to Entertain Me




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Norther Portrait - (new song?)




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Norther Portrait - What Happens Next




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Cats On Fire - Higher Grounds




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Butcher Boy - When I'm Asleep




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Cooper - La edad de la inocencia




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Countryside




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BMX Bandits - I Wanna Fall in Love and Serious Drugs




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La Casa Azul - Love Is In The Air (cover)




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Hong Kong In The 60s - Footsteps




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Eux Autres - Other Girls




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Camera Obscura - Honey In The Sun




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Kevin McGrother




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Cola Jet Set - Quiereme




more on full album below post...

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Teenage Fanclub - Sometimes

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The compilation is available now
from Make Do And Mend Records, which was Huw's DIY label of the week this week!

-the portastylistic

pop*eye...Cola Jet Set - Guitarras y Tambores (2009)

"...and on top of that, it's a zippy, bubbly, super fun listen."


-the portastylistic

Cola Jet Set - Guitarras y Tambores (2009)

Guitarras y Tambores is Cola Jet Set's second album, and their first on Elefant following their stint on Subterfuge Records. This disc is another helping of sweet-as-pie, bubblegum-inspired indie pop along the lines of Saturday Looks Good to Me, Acid House Kings, and the Bicycles. And with a couple exceptions -- the jumpy, disco-tinged "En Esta Pista Ya No Se Puede Bailar," the perky "Tonto Corazón" -- this release is just a touch dreamier than Cola Jet Set's debut, Contando Historias. It's a drowsy-eyed, jangly affair, and it doesn't hurt that the production is like buttercream frosting -- super smooth, with glints of reverb. So it's probably no surprise that one of the best tracks on the album has the word "dream" in the title -- "El Sueño de Mi Vida" (the band's entry for the 2009 Eurovision preliminaries in Spain) is luminous with Byrds-style guitar riffs, and "Suena el Teléfono"'s icy-cool hook is irresistible. Both of these tracks were penned by Felipe (formerly of the likeminded group Los Fresones Rebeldes), and if you were to go by the songwriting credits alone you could say that Guitarras y Tambores is essentially Felipe's baby. That said, there's a real sense that Guitarras y Tambores is the work of a whole band. "Chocolate y Té," for example, penned and sung by Cristina, is angular and dark in a way that Felipe's songs aren't. It gives the album a welcome bit of darkness, preventing the whole thing from being too syrupy sweet. Guitarras y Tambores doesn't fall prey to any second album stumbles -- it doesn't take itself too seriously; it doesn't fall prey to pacing issues;


Indie,Pop,Twee,Psychedelic,Spain

more on...cola jet set

New Modern Classic...Public Enemies Costumes

“ Clean Cut ”

this will be awesome costumes
and production design.



-the portastylistic

I decided on Public Enemies, because I was helpless to resist the opportunity to stare at Johnny Depp for two hours, lol. Turns out, I fell in love with Marion Cotillard too! She was gorgeous and her performance was really intense. The costumes and production design were fantastic, as well -- seemingly spot-on for the period and yet also incredibly chic by today's standards. I kind of zoned out during all the shooting, but nonetheless enjoyed the film a lot.

" The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s."

" Michael Mann makes signal crime and movies about crime an art form."

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Johnny Depp sports two exquisite pairs of sunglasses.

If you have any information, of if you’re in contact with Colleen Atwood,
I would love to learn more about Mr. Depp’s eyewear for the film.

photo © Universal Pictures

photo © Universal Pictures

photo © Universal Pictures

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This summer,
while audiences root for bad guy John Dillinger, famed Chicago bank robber,
as he lives larger than life in Michael Mann’s latest blockbuster Public Enemies,
I’ll be ogling his hats.


Now, they limit their production to twenty colors a year.
“Although we reran the oxblood Depp wears in the film.”

It’s a cool color. In certain lights it looks black in others dark brown.

Optimo Hats

Not just any Buddy, that’s the signature of regular customer, blues legend, Buddy Guy.

“We play a lot of jazz and old rhythm & blues in the shop. One of the cool things about working here, we cater to that crowd.”

Jazz Masters, Blue Smiths, and Public Enemy Number One. All in a day’s work.

Additional photos provided by Universal Pictures and EKH.

For more of my visit to Optimo Hats, see my Flickr account.

Special Thanks for Visitor at allplaidout

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This is a very good film,
with Depp and Bale performances of brutal clarity.

Johnny Depp is way to handsome to interpret the role of John Dilinger!
He's maybe a really good actor, but with his pretty face Public Enemies
won't be a real gangster movie!
:)

John Dillinger and Johnny Depp

All Photo by Public Enemies Movie

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" Though the night seems to be happy with who waited...
it was a happy time of it by the shortest,
but not all who sin. Because all people have the right choose
for themselves all. Can only continue...

... With all one's energy to run,
even know the last time it will be disappointed."
:_(

-the portastylistic