We're scouring the runway once again for the latest denim collections and trends. Today we concentrate on Milan's denim highlights from Calvin Klein, Philipp Plein, Diesel Black Gold and Frankie Morello.
Calvin Klein
For S/S 13, menswear designer Italo Zucchelli returned to the brand’s identity with a particular focus on its 90s denim classics. This meant a runway of boxy, stone-washed jackets and
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Levi's Vintage Clothing prepares for the launch of their F/W 12 collection with the release of their second hardback lookbook. This season's edition was presented in two halves and inspired by Brooklyn, N.Y. - the first half focuses on vintage boxers and the second on outlaw greaser bikers of the 1920s and 30s.
Outlaw Greaser Bikers
Vintage Boxers
Following the success of last season’s limited
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Last week, European fashion month kicked off with Pitti Immagine Uomo, known to menswear mavens as simply "Pitti": the most stylish trade show on Earth. The stylesight team was on hand to captures all the flamboyance in Florence.
The now-illustrious Pitti Uomo and its onslaught of stylish visitors has become recognised as the world’s most important platform for men’s clothing, accessories and for launching
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We were all very excited about London's first standalone men's fashion week held over the weekend. The event saw a vast array of collections, presentations and special talks from popular British designers such as Paul Smith, Jonathan Saunders and Christopher Kane. Here are our favorites from the world of denim:
Christopher Shannon
Christopher Shannon has been making waves in the menswear scene since winning
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As festival season is well and truly upon us, we're going to give you little slices of denim festival styling as often as we can here on the DDD.
The other week we were down at the fantastic one day London music festival, Field day. The event may only last one day but tons of new bands and big acts were packed into
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Iconic magazine Visionaire is launching a new collaborative database and fashion entertainment platform VFILES, opening up its incredible archives online.
This week we were very excited to see some amazing denim photography from past issues on it's Facebook albums section.
The album spans from Visionaire's inception in 1991 through its VMagazine days capturing key casualwear moments in recent denim history. The album,
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We're big fans of Paris-based denim brand and record label April 77 and always visit their awesome Marais store when we visit the city. So yesterday we were very excited to hear that they're opening a new store in the Bastille area of the city!
Designed by architect Federico Masotto, it’s located 7-9 rue de Charonne in the 11th district (metro Ledru-Rollin
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For Spring/Summer 2012, Naked & Famous introduces the "World Tour Jean" in conjunction with Korean street fashion magazine CRACKER YOUR WARDROBE.
Naked & Famous has long held a reputation for its expert craftsmanship in denim construction and attention to detail with every pair of its Japanese jeans. It is this expertise that has led the Canadian brand to partner with hard-to-find and unknown brands such as Oni Japan, Big
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We're in very patriotic spirits today in London: yesterday, despite the traditional English weather of rain and freezing wind, we watched the 1000 boat pageant down the river Thames and partied at local street parties all around the U.K. Today the Union Jack flags are a little soggy, the sky is still a little grey and the victoria sponge cake has all
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For the June 2012 issue of Lightning magazine the editors put together a very special feature on "Real Workers" in celebration of the true craftsman and laborers that inspire denim design today.
Few magazines capture the essence of Americana and heritagewear much like Japanese publication, Lightning. This month's edition takes a detailed look at "Real Workers" style, chronicling it from the early origins of traditional
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Kill City Jeans is a brand that has a real sense of identity; founder Drew Bernstein was a punk kid in L.A. when he began making leggings and clothes for friends and eventually rock gods such as Mick Jagger, Axl Rose, Aerosmith and Motley Crue.
His first label, Original Cult, morphed into the two brands we know and love today: Lip Service and
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Tellason Denim is one of the best of a breed of Made In America brands to emerge over the last five years. We've blogged about the company, their roots and their ethics a couple of times already but this recent video by online retailer Huckberry featured on Hypebeast caught our eye. In it, Pete Searson, one half of the brand, talks
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We at Stylesight are BIG fans of Ksubi- they get the balance right between fashion-forward and fearless design with ultra-wearability that makes us want every piece.
Their F/W 12 collection (S/S 13 in Australia) featured at last week's Sydney Fashion Week and looked amazing. Named Bad Sports, it channels 90s activewear styling with a dash of surf and skate culture reworked
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G-Star is always looking for new ways to express its DNA, and for Fall/Winter 12 they chose to create an unexpected combination of a fashion show and contemporary dance with its RAW art performance at Bread and Butter Berlin. To coincide with this line they also released a runway collection showcasing complete looks from the show.
The foundation of G-Star is based
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This week CBS news premiered a short documentary exploring the history of denim, from America's mines to the artisanal jean stores of today.
Thanks to the good folks at Tenue de Nîmes, we were introduced to this interesting documentary by CBS news showcasing the art of blue jeans and how history leaves its imprint on every pair. The film highlights some of the
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