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Spend a couple minutes in the multiverse and you may find it comfortable enough to participate in your own Parallelostory, which is just hip meta-universe slang for “parallel love story”. But remember, this is only one of an infinite number renderings of the same story that your dimensional alternates will have already viewed, are viewing, or will view.

has created its first all-white timepiece, inspired by Africa’s snow-capped Mount Kilimanjaro. The Gefica Kilimanjaro is the latest release in the brand’s signature bronze Gefica collection, the original of which was designed in 1988 as a hunting watch due to its inability to reflect sunlight and moonlight on expeditions. Only 100 numbered pieces will be offered this month from Gefica, each made by a single watchmaker in Switzerland. The titanium and bronze Gefica Kilimanjaro features a white strap and dial and automatic jumping hours and retrograde minutes, seconds, and calendar. Gérald Genta celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2009, and the Gefica Kilimanjaro, $17,400, is one of the few pieces offered to honor the

You may have heard rumors that she was retiring, but the sixty-something designer isn’t showing any signs of slowing down soon.

To mark the 30th anniversary of the bubbly designer’s label, Betsey Johnson collaborated Opening Ceremony, the hip retailer specializing in offbeat, original pieces from unique emerging talents as well as already established labels. And who knows more about dancing…sorry, we mean cartwheeling to the beat of her own drummer than Betsey?

In this punked-out partnership named Betsey Johnson Archive Curated by Opening Ceremony, the vibrant designer moves away from frilly pink prom dresses and back to the essence of her 80’s style, recreating pieces from her first lines, Alley Cat, Paraphernalia and of course, her current namesake line.

Metropolitan Home Design 100 from labatrockwell on Vimeo.

BMW’s S1000RR 1000cc superbike might not be making big waves in World Superbike competition just yet, but today’s release of photos, specifications and a hugely detailed press pack leaves us in no doubt that the new Beemer flagship will be an absolute monster on the road. A massive 193 horsepower is just the beginning – the S1000RR packs a combined ABS that’s lighter and smarter than Honda’s, variable intake tracts and exhaust butterflies that outdo the Yamaha and MV Agusta systems, a 4-mode variable engine mapping system that seems a lot better thought-out than Suzuki’s, and a very clever traction control system that’s integrated into the mind-boggling fly-by-wire engine management system in a way that seems much more logical than Ducati’s. Brand new in every way, this purpose-built German superbike is set to hit showroom floors well before the end of the year.

LA – J A S O N G I L L I S and R O B I N C E R V A R are the visionary
prime-movers behind the culty W e l c o m e H u n t e r s L A, a
‘guerrilla-style’ boutique and e-tailer that lends fledgling and
established fashion talents and artists a world-class platform to peddle
their stuff. Like a high-fashion version of the United Nations, Welcome
Hunters features a multitude of cosmopolitan labels with a heavy emphasis
on ‘directional’ and avant-garde clothing and accessories for guys and
gals who have a penchant for the daring, dashing and unorthodox.

With a groundswell of exuberance from Chinatown’s alternative art and
fashion community, Jason and Robin have set-up shop along Gin Ling Way,
spearheading a heterodox retail vehicle that nimbly combines art and
commerce and lives happily on the margins of LA‘s (somewhat vapid)
‘Hollywood-culture.’ The boutique is a well-known hub for underground
fashion aficionados with a predilection for drop-crotch-chic, asymmetric
unisex, hip-androgyny, eye-popping prints and titillating textures. “The
underlying aesthetic is predicated on unorthodox and experimental styles
and structures that are uniquely positioned and highly-artisan,” says
Co-Founder Jason Gillis. “It’s all about cool transgression and stand-out
fashion.”

With the recent relocation of Welcome Hunters to a larger space, the two
creators have added to the cascade of creative energy washing over the
hood. The area boasts a dynamic cluster of musicians, artists, gallerists
and fashionistas who constitute a renewed spirit and synergy not felt in
places like Silver Lake, Echo Park or Melrose. Welcome Hunters fits
perfectly into Chinatown’s underground community of art lovers, bargain
hunters, and trendsetters, and is a contributing force behind the artistic
renaissance taking place there.

Indeed, Jason and Robin have sorted-out a robust, two story loft, complete
with a mezzanine and ample room to showcase the edgiest of the fashion and
art worlds. The environment is multifaceted and gallery-esque, and serves
as a creative forum for collaborative design – a key aspect of Welcome
Hunter’s retail philosophy. With close proximity to galleries such as
Cottage Home, Chung King Projects and Telic, as well as pioneering
boutiques Ooga Booga and Lion’s Den, Jason and Robin have created an
exemplary destination for the independent and artsy.

Welcome Hunters collaborates with high-caliber talent, such as maverick
photographers Dan Monick (see photos) and Kristin Marlene as well as the
intrepid conceptual artist, Jason Yates and interior design boutique All
That Is Solid. It is the only store in Los Angeles that carries
iconoclastic labels like Material Boy (from Australia) and will soon be
debuting LA-based God‘s Prey. The rest of the adventurous and rare
selection encompasses much of the European conceptual vanguard, including,
for instance, Scandinavian labels Best Behavior and Kling, amongst others.

Jason and Robin spend much of their time hunting prodigious talent and
manifesting wicked-cool art projects. The dynamic duo scours the world in
search of cutting-edge and ‘progressive’ designers and frequently holds
in-house shows and exhibits to promote their choice cache of talent. “Our
mission is to offer coveted and difficult-to-find collections and
fashion-related art concepts that are mind-blowing, provocative and
supremely unique,” say the founders. “We dynamically rotate and upgrade
the labels we carry for maximum novelty and originality,” they say,
lending the store a guerilla-style feel that is truly fast and fresh.

Their racks boast vividly colored and well-constructed ‘street style’
collections for men, women and unisex types. Welcome Hunter’s gallery area
displays cutting-edge mixed-media art and photography (currently on
display is Daniel Palillo’s Gardens of O.D.P. SS09 collection and art
installation).

In addition to Daniel Palillo, you’ll find downright dope and doughty
ranges from Kokon To Zai (London), Marjan Pejoski (London/Skopje), Complex
Geometries (Montreal), Mundi (Reykjavik), Ground Zero (London), Skyward
(Gothenburg), Migh-T (UK) and Kling, to name a few.

These labels, if you weren’t already in the know, are part of a repertoire
of ‘bleeding-edge,’ cultish designers whose creations are kinetic off the
runway as they are on it – often blurring the boundaries between
street-wear and couture – while mixing resolutely unconventional
construction with exquisite accents, palettes and prints! Welcome Hunters
is one of the few stores in California (and indeed in the US) with a
narrow focus on niche and nuanced apparel with intellectual and
sub-cultural underpinnings. Jason and Robin (above on stairs), whose
backgrounds are in fine arts and comparative literature, respectively (and
have been immersed in the punk/music scenes since their teens), are
interested in the aesthetic, philosophical and sociological aspects of
fashion, and strive to provide ‘break-through’ and racy ranges for their
customers that few other stores can offer (Shop Fatal or Colette in Paris
and Reborn in Montreal are among Welcome Hunter‘s cool peers).

The duo gravitates toward novel urban-wear with strong Euro and Asian
influences (you won’t find James Perse or anything Kitson carries!).
Indeed, the preponderance of their savvy customer-base is unabashedly
‘anti-Hollywood’ and tends to embrace elements of the Harajuku, London and
Antwerp street scenes – and are at the forefront of global fashion and
music. Of course Welcome Hunters doesn’t discriminate against American
designers, obviously, and the boutique stocks Pleasure Principle and
Priestess NYC. Jason and Robin are also gearing-up to introduce a Welcome
Hunters SS10 ‘capsule collection’ that will incorporate elements of skate
and ‘new romance’ and will reflect their taste for transgression,
modernism and punk.

Fortunately for shoppers, Jason and Robin have impeccable buying taste,
with a proclivity for adventurous apparel, skewing toward the type of
exclusive, experimental and artsy pieces that befit girls and boys who hop
from gallery openings to Damien Hirst exhibits to Fugazi or M.I.A. shows.
Those seeking to circumvent LA’s hokey homogeneity will find themselves
right at home at Welcome Hunters, which flourishes amidst fire crackers,
red lanterns accented with the scent of incense and off-beat artists and
musicians in Chinatown’s urban playground.

As a concession to more risk-averse (but still urbane) patrons, Welcome
Hunters has partnered with veteran fashionista Raymond Tseng (of Lion’s
Den) to create Choose Chinatown, a concept/pop-up store that carries a
slew of cool brands like Peter Jannson’s WKND and Cheap Monday’s other
lines, including Kostym and L.L. Vintage. This project is equally dope and
is well worth the trip over to Gin Ling Way!

Seriously, if you are in or near LA, Welcome Hunters is a virtual rite of
passage for anyone interested in the chancy underbelly of global fashion!

Go check out Welcome Hunters at 451 Gin Ling Way, Los Angeles CA 90012 USA
213.687.9905
www.welcomehuntersla.com

Choose Chinatown, 441 Gin Ling Way, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 213.613.9200,
www.choosechinatown.com. Inquiries to info@choosechinatown.com.

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WE MISS THE OLD KANYE’.. I mean the new albums dope. I bump it,but it’s nothing like when you see a cat come up and he’s hungry and humble. When you get money it actually does change you. But does it change you for better or worst. All depends on the person. Or the “PERSONA”

“SAVE THE DREAMERS”
MACK/CEO/FOUNDER/DREAMER

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Watch out for my man Javier to blow your mind..

So clean in design, ground breaking displays, and flawless detail. Nooka is one of hottest timekeepers in the game. Word on the street is Kanye has joined forces with the digital dealers on a project, so they are moving in the right direction. Lookout for Nooka to bend trends with their innovation. Make way for new design and technology in the present and the future. nooka.com