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Individual Sentiments S/S 2014 Bags

This past June in Paris, Yoko Ito, the designer behind the Japanese brand Individual Sentiments, introduced a capsule collection of unisex bags made of laser-shredded lambskin and treated horsehide. Below is our exclusive preview. The bags will be available as part of the Spring/Summer 2014 collection.

Rick Owens to Open Two DRKSHDW Stores

Yesterday, Rick Owens announced the opening of two temporary DRKSHDW stores. The first DRKSHDW Ephemere, as they are called, will open in New York City at 70-72 Wooster Street in SoHo, and will operate from July 16th to October 26. The second one will open in London at 30A Redchurch Street in Shoreditch from September…

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Boris Bidjan Saberi x Munoz Vrandecic

When Boris Bidjan Saberi was starting out as a designer, having settled in Barcelona, he came across the work of the Chilean artisan Miguel Munoz Wilson, the designer behind the Barcelona-based label Munoz Vrandecic. Saberi was smitten. He approached MV about collaborating, but it did not work out.

Ever persevering, Saberi came back years later with another offer that Vrandecic could not resist – just one pair of boots, no more, no less, designed and made together. I asked Saberi and Munoz about how this collaboration came about.