ALL THINGS SPRING #1

i shall begin posting "all things spring" in preparation of the spring season and the spring attitude. coming out of a long autumn and cold winter full of flannels, ice, beards, boots, layers, budgeting, tiredness, and many things made of fail, i think it is time for some freshness, some color, a renewed hope, a new haircut, a new outfit, and a stronger smile. let's dance again. let's go!
(by the way, i think Oliver makes some of the best specs around)

random goodness #5

interesting ideas on what style is.

jake davis is one of those guys that i really respect because everything that i have seen him put his hand to, though diverse in expression, all have a sense that it is true to his own passions.

check out jake's short article on style, here. its a good thought.

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Hedi Slimane | LA Art Project

a set of beautiful photos taken from hedi slimane's LA art project, where he shot several artists from LA. you can view them all here.

Savant Garde, what is it?

Savant Garde (SA-GA) is my newest/oldest project. i feel like SA-GA has been a part of me for most of my life. it is the way that i am and so it has been my expression all along. it is only now that these ideas will enter other people's worlds in a tangible form. the primary thing for this brand will be garments and accessories that aid in the everyday savant's life. 

i am talking of the artist who wakes up in the morning to a bagel and paintbrush. i am talking of the writer who goes for a midday park-excursion for spontaneous inspiration. i am talking of the folk singer who calls his harmonica by her name. i am talking of the dreamer who transforms fantasies into films. i am talking of the tailor who esteems his scissors like a cowboy esteems his six-shooter. i am talking of the creative missionary using art as a tool of deliverance. i am talking about the thinker who lays out his ideas like a picnic blanket for all to feast upon. i am talking of the independents, the travelers, the visionaries, the communicators, the inventors.

SA-GA is inspired by life and living.

 inspirations are pulled from: ink, mark twain, bon iver, vintage safari trucks, green, canvas, record covers, beirut, mexican hot cocoa, levi's, french horns, clapping and snapping, john steinbeck, oxford shoes, bull denim, ocean's 11, cobble-stone streets, boiled cotton, archery, brooklyn, beirut, kim peek, late night games of chess, pencil against paper, silence, old folk, japan, the darjeeling limited, suede, mos def,  vintage time pieces, wooden easels, leather aprons, sketches, stained glass, accordions, obscure bookstores, silhouettes, crushable fedoras, billiards, romance, miles davis, tall mirrors, tool bags, cuffed trousers, adam & eve, cymbals, risk, corduroy, porsches, french gypsies, bill cosby, persian rugs, breakfast, travel, wool, stranger than paradise, natalie portman, tea-times, and landscapes.

SA-GA is something specific for the everyday savant.

SA-GA is for me.

m.

what do you want to do?

“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.”
- Bob Dylan

the sweet sound of sorrow

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its a leather case for the macbook air. its brilliant.

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