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9/27/2010
Avey Tare, Panda Bear,Geologist and Deacon, the musical pioneers behind Psychadelic band Animal Collective, have never been shy to show their true colors when it comes to supporting the preservation and nurturing of Mother Earth and her beautiful animals. From inception they've set a tone for the kind of artists that will stand the test of time, using their talents to help bring light to causes larger than themselves and their music. This week the band made waves with the release of their new music video, "Bluish", a visual journey of trippy amazements, and mind blowing cinematography, and now comes news of a new fundraiser in conjunction with Los Angeles sneaker company, Keep.
In collaboration with Keep, Animal Collective have designed their own line of shoes with all proceeds going to the Socorro Island Conservation Fund which supports the biosphere of the Revillagigedo Archipelago, a couple miles off of Baja,CA. The S.I.C.F is focused on preserving the shark and manta ray community that is is constantly being illegaly fished off the coast of California. The first shoe to drop from the line is the "Avery Tare Ghost Tobin" a slip-on shoe, with hidden velcro,adorned with ghosties and swirlies decorating the white body of the shoe. The Tobin can be pre-ordered right now and will be shipped in March. All advanced sales of this shoe will come packaged with a cassette of unreleased music.Get all the info and order your shoes right here. Now all the hipsters of the world can own the proper dancing footwear to accompany their well photographed nights out.
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7/9/2010
It's amazing what the art of a tweet can do. @BPglobalPR a moc/satirical twitter account, has grown into an online commodity, and a hub for awareness within the BP oil catastrophe. Over the past 81 days, @BPglobalPR has gone in on BP's inability to assess the destruction of our Gulf, and the continual susness that is being fed to the media through various BP principals. Due to @BPglobalPR's prolific use of the 140 character space provided by twitter they've amassed a following of over 185,000 people around the world. This kind of mobilization is vital if we plan on reaching the masses and actually changing the way people view the importance of our environment. Not as sperate lands but as one land, one people, fighting to protect and nuture this globe we live on. Tomorrow Los Angeles fashion creatives, De La Barracuda will be hosting @BPglobalPR's ArtShow/Sexy Party in order raise money to help clean the toxic waste spilled by BP oil rig's that are currently contamineating our Gulf shore. The charity event will have one of kind of art pieces, clothing pieces, and tons of alcohol to drink away some of the memories caused by BP's sincerest efforts to destroy our eco-system.
July 10th 1pm-8pm De La Barracuda 7769 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046
If you're inthe LA area you gotta come thru. We'll be there chopping it up, good music + good people = baus time.
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7/8/2010
Christophe Loiron, creater and designer of LA based Mister Freedom, is delivering another classic line for fall/winter 2010 in conjunction with raw denim specialist's Sugar Cane Cult. Mister Freedom is the epitome of Americana fashion, from the use of khaki's to naval inspired textiles and cuts, you can always expect the highest quality of baus menswear from MF. Loiron's keen eye captures the natural aesthetics that has curated the Americana style, this intertwined with Sugar Cane Cult's one of a kind Japanese Denim, has always been a must buy for those interested in high-quality dungarees. TheeWebsite sat down with Christophe not too long ago for an Aesthetics episode with Hanna Beth, and got a once in a lifetime opportunity to capture the genius designer in his self-made vintage haven and store. Be sure tocheckout the episode on the--> Aesthetics Profile. Be sure to keep checking for Mister Freedom updates on LosChronicles since we'll also be hosting a Contest with some dope piece's from Mister Freedom's F/W line.
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7/6/2010
It's often suggested that life's biggest obstacle is finding your purpose. At some point you hit that road block, why I am here? Some people just know when their a kid, for others it take's a lifetime of trials and tribulations before one can reach true realization. Yet, the challenge of life only begins once you find your calling. For some the risk of pursuing your dream trigers fear and alters your judgement, but there are those who live off their instincts, but rather than play life as a crap shoot they find a balance in which to pursue their dreams and maintain a healthy lifestyle. LA based Serenita clothing was started by one of these dreamers, who also happens to be one of our close friends. Brian Bolton, Bay area native, moved to Los Angeles 7 years ago, with a dream, passion and drive. He rarely ever looks back(except when he misses his mom). We've had the chance to watch Brian and his brand grow over the year, so we sat down and talked to him about what's brought him to this point and what he and Serenita have dreamed up for the future.. Prelude: Brian insisted on using smiley faces in his interview.
1. What got you into the creative arts and the world of fashion?
I guess my imagination. I was never a bad student in school, I've just always been more of a day dreamer and art became the outlet for me to express my daydreams. 2. Was Serenita something you've been thinking about for a while? Serenita the name wasn't but doing a t-shirt line was always on my mind. I'm a strong believer that a name is a huge part of a company. If you have a meaningless name then your company is prolly shitty and Meaningless. Serenita is Italian for serenity and peace. That resignated with me for a while. I needed peace in my life at the time when I started the line and I was dealing with a lot personally, I was hoping by puttingall my energy into the line it would help me achieve peace in my life. More importantly though I intend on creating a charity called Serenita where I'd like to sponsor a person a month who needs help. It would be great for each seasons artwork to tell a story about the person Serenita sponsored. I've always dreamed of changing the world one person at a time and this way I can upgrade people's style and a persons life :) 3. Going off the designs from your first drop with Serenita, you seem to have an affinity fro Hollywood and Partying. Was that catalyst in your inspirations for your the line? I can't lie booze and partying definitely played a part. Some how I seem to come up with clever and funny shit when I'm under the influence. If I still like them when I'm sober then I know it was meant to be and I make the shirt. Like the "To Love and Die in LA " shirt, I came up with while enjoying a blunt listening to Tupac. It was a truly magical moment. It started with me asking myself why do people even wear those "I Love NY" shirt and why doesn't LA have a shirt, then Tupac ,"To Live and Die in LA" came on and that was that. 4.Looking into the crystal ball what do you see in-store for Serenita in the future? Hmm.. I see my clothing in stores.(softbody laugh) I'm really looking forword to starting the charity and just watching Serenita grow. Everything else I'll leave to fate. 5. Let's not forget about your T.V. show, Daddy's Girls, the girls have Pastries, can we expect to see Serenita featured on there this season?
Well I guess we'll havta see. ;) When the girls originally asked me to be on the show I didn't really see myself having a huge part in it, and I don't want Serenita to look like its piggybacking off the girls. Since the day I met them I always kinda felt like their LA brother from another. And on the show that's really all you'll see. The shows called daddys girls not Brians girls.(haha) That being said I don't think I'd even feel comfortable if I was on there promoting myself. I think now that people know me it makes more sense to see more of what I'm up to but like I said we'll see.
I plan on putting out a line under Serenita called Crooked Crows. Crooked Crows is definitely inspired more by urban culture compared to Serenita, that's kinda how I got the crows part, just the imagery and stigma that a crow represents holds pretty close to the world we live in today. The crooked part is straight from how fake and selfish people can be in this industry. Pretty straight forward. So yeah I'm looking forword to that and continuing to live the dream!
If you want to stalk, follow, whatever you like Brian: @Brian_Bolton
Lookout for Serenita and the rest of our fashion section to be released and for sale on TheeWebsite in the coming weeks.
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6/20/2010
If there's one fact that this year's NBA championships proved, outside of Kobe being the best player in the world, it was that fans in Los Angeles represent to the fullest. Whether it be face paint, body paint, flags on every window of your car, Flag in-front of your house,Kobe jerseys for every single person in the family- maybe a D.Fish jersey out of respect, and of course the custom T’s. It used to be a tradition to get your Laker T’s from the dude on the corner selling them for 10$ a pop but now with the Street-wear takeover, it’s only right that you go to your favorite spot on Fairfax or La Brea and pick-up the Laker Shirt of your choosing. Freshive @ Reserve420 x Revenge Click images to checkout the stores websites. Undefeated x “You Can’t Beat LA“
Somehow Triumvir, a streetwear brand from LA, made a Celtics shirt. We don't support this shirt. But for all you haters out there, enjoy.
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6/20/2010
Ironically two months ago during Earth Week, a BP oil rig 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana sank and began to contaminate and pollute the waters at a rate of what was originally reported at 5,000 barrels of oil a day. But we have come to find out like most things BP was lying straight to our faces, and the rig was actually pumping out over 1,000,000 barrels of oil a day, for the past two months. You might not have heard about this if you’ve been completely out of the real world or if you consider E News the best place to find out about news in the world.
(bird off the coast of Louisiana)
(BP Oil Spill if it happened in Los Angeles)
This spill is a sus catastrophe, and another warning to everyone around the world that we need to take increasing action on how we produce and use energy. We have let Conservative Capitalists Tyrants constantly barter their way through the system and snake their way into tearing every fucking dollar and cent out of this country, rather than helping in the preservation and longevity of our world. Now 50 million barrels of oil later BP has finally signed a contract promising to set aside 20 billion dollars solely for the clean-up of the destroyed eco-systems off the coast of the Gulf, but most experts claim it will take at leats four years for the ocean to be anywhere near the condition it was before the titanic tragedy occurred. Hopefully our nation is starting to open its eyes to the ridiculousness of the oil industry and the fact that we need to make leaps and bounds in a direction towards new, clean energy.
California based streetwear company Us Versus Them is one of the few leaders out there helping build a voice for our generation. Make you check them out. These shirts are aesthetically Baus but its the message behind them that makes them the shit.
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