Teamm8

Sydney designer Michal Nicolas is the creative genius behind the new Australian men's sportswear label teamm8. The brand draws inspiration from Aussie sporting values of team spirit, determination, strength and masculinity for everyday champions.

The teamm8 SS09 Collection introduces playful bold monochromatic colours, chic designs and luxurious fabrics at affordable prices that showcase a stylish assortment of fashionable underwear, swimwear and sportswear.

Teamm8 underwear is designed for contemporary male who appreciates underwear that's tough enough to go the distance whether it's on the sports field, in the office or on a date.

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Calvin Klein X Giveaway

This is on e a few of your have probably been waiting for. We've got 5 Pairs of the new Calvin Klein X range to giveaway to 5 lucky people. To enter, simply be a subscriber before August 31. We'll be emailing 5 random people from our mailing list and send them a pair in their size, no matter where in the world you are.

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Hot New Diesel Shorts

You must see the latest swim shorts by Diesel. These one-of-a-kind trunks offer a photographic print of ocean blue silhouetted palm trees – a very Summery look based on photographs taken by Diesel's Art Director. You're sure to enjoy enjoy the slinky, sexy feel of these 100% brushed polyester shorts from the Diesel swimwear collection. The fabric is extremely soft, lightweight and super-clingy when wet. Want a pair? leave your comments below

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New Brand! Aware Soho

AWARE was established in November 2001 on Old Compton Street, Soho.

The owner, a former diplomat and barrister who was getting quite bored in his career, identified a gap in the market as finding exciting (yet wearable) and affordable (yet excellent quality) designer underwear was becoming a real challenge. He gave up his legal career and went from "briefs to boxer shorts", although his friends thought he had gone mad!!

AWARE's Soho shop quickly became an institution where A-list celebrities and fashion designers would drop in when they were in London. Having a shop meant that our designers could incorporate customers' feedback into our collections which gave Aware an undeniable advantage on its competitors.

AWARE designers come from all around the world, from the UK of course, but also from France, Italy, South Korea, Greece, Spain, Argentina and Japan.

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Hot New Diesel!

You MUST get to InternationalJock.com for the hottest new Diesel Underwear and Swimwear. The new collections have just arrived (see some selected styles below). The shorts and short, the underwear is very cool and everyone needs to start shopping some of these items for their top-drawer! Summer is definitely here.

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Armani Exchange Mega Post

A|X Armani Exchange is accessible Armani, inspired by street-chic culture, fashionable dance music and everything that signifies freedom and personal style.

Armani Exchange is the youthful label created by Italian designer and entrepreneur Giorgio Armani. With Armani Exchange, Mr. Armani interprets his sensual and unique style to create a casual, yet sophisticated collection for the young, urban and sexy.

See a collection of the underwear campaigns and look out for our special feature next week featuring Clinton Mauro. If you like what you see, leave a comment.

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AX MODEL : Clinton Mauro

Clinton Mauro Stands 6′2″ feet tall, he enjoys writing, acting, snowboarding, working out, playing basketball and watching movies. He is best known for his Armani Exchange underwear campaigns. Leave a comment below, tell us what you think.

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HOMME|FASHION| Who is the Most Influential Man in Men Fashion World?

Whether you like this or not, the most influential man in men fashion world is definitely not Barak Obama, not yet. Brad Pitt is out, Mathew Fox is not in this list. So who else is in your mind?

Yes. David Beckham. If you have read any of the recent news. Dolce & Gabbana is in fact think that David Beckham is one of the most influential people in men's fashion.

The Italian designers' menswear range is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary. Neither can believe they have been so successful in the industry, and believe teaming up with the soccer star in the late 90s really boosted their range. 

"Before, it (men's fashion) was for social things, for gays, for eccentrics, for weirdos; it was a small market. David was the start, a hot, straight, family man with kids. He was such a big star and he gave the possibility to be fashionable to millions. He made it possible for men to approach fashion without fear. Men felt if he can do it, I can," Stefano Gabbana said.

The duo admits they wouldn't wear all the clothes they create, but say each piece has some of their personality in it. Both Stefano and Domenico Dolce design with their ideal man in mind, explaining they create looks they want to see men experimenting with.

So do you really agree with their statement? Again, we would like to hear from you. :)

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HOMME|PERFUME| LOEWE present: SOLO LOEWE POP

POP ART INSPIRATION

Pop art is an artistic movement emerged in Britain in the mid 1950s and in the United States in the late 1960s. It comes into being as a reaction to abstract expressionism and employs images of popular as opposed to elitist culture in art. 

In POP ART beauty can be found in any object. Everything from noble materials down to papers, cardboards, cans… is accepted. It is figurative and realist. It takes root in the urban life, twisting the meaning of familiar images towards a new aesthetics or a critical vision of the consumer society. 

Pop art is characterized by irony, but we also find in it some constant features such as fame, money, glamour, death…  
 

THE HARMONY OF EXTREMES

SOLO LOEWE POP was conceived as a response to the needs of the contemporary man, who lives surrounded by constant contrasts and is able to reach a balance between his working life and his family life, his obligations and his moments of leisure… 

Harmony is the key to resolving these vital conflicts and SOLO LOEWE POP is the perfect ambassador for the man who is able to find serenity in a tense, changing and dizzy world. 
 

DESIGN

The essence of art is that something—that ethereal glue—that substance segregated by the artist from the very depths of his creative being that only he can soak, pervade, impregnate matter with.  

A deep bond between past and present. A constant desire of balancing tradition and modernity. A clash of art and irony, sophistication and avant-garde. 

Like an exquisite clash of strength, chromatic explosion and matter, the SOLO LOEWE POP design express the essence of art. Originality, clash and daring captured in the impeccable forcefulness of the bottle. 
  
FRAGRANCE

Coolness, energy, irony… ART!  

Just like a work of art, SOLO LOEWE POP causes an intuitive, personal and purely emotional response.  

Resolutely masculine and irresistibly spontaneous, this superb fragrance combines in its wake a harmonious relation between strength and balance, freedom and determination, art and irony…  

Tempting and modern chord selection… Surprise and fun personified… A ground-breaking vision of the most sublime art… Olfactory image of a man that seeks balance, open to the world, instinctive, free, sure of his own choices and with a necessary touch of irony.

TOP NOTES

THE FIRST IMPRESSION

The acid, bright spark of Mandarin concentrate and Pink Pepper. 
 

MIDDLE NOTES

THE CHARACTER

The colorist, expressive explosion of Lavender Absolute. 
 

BASE NOTES

THE TRACE IN THE MEMORY

The most resounding warmth and addiction of the Vanilla Bourbon and

the Tonka Bean. 
 

RANGE

SOLO LOEWE POP EDT      HK$620 / 50ml

SOLO LOEWE POP EDT      HK$715 / 75ml 

LOEWE fragrance counters 

LCX, Ocean Centre, TST      3101 0455

Sogo, Causeway Bay     2831 4672

Lane Crawford, Times Square, Causeway Bay  2110 0107

Lane Crawford, Pacific Place, Admiralty 

Harvey Nichols, The Landmark, Central  

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Good Design Award for LANGE ZEITWERK

A. Lange & Söhne awarded in USA for Innovative Design

The LANGE ZEITWERK has won the renowned Good Design Award, making another prominent award go to the traditional manufacture based in Saxony just before the year end of 2009. The prize was awarded by the "Chicago Athenaeum – Museum for Design and Architecture" and the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies.

The Chicago Athenaeum has been awarding prizes to the most innovative industrial products and graphic designs of the world since 1950. The award is not just seen as the oldest, but also as the world's most coveted award in the field of design.

Among thousands of products sent in from 40 countries, the jury in New York decided on 23 December 2009 to give the award to LANGE ZEITWERK in the category „Personal 2009" (objects for personal use).

Altogether a total of about 500 products and graphic designs have been awarded in 23 categories. They will be exhibited within the Good Design Show at the Chicago Athenaeum in June 2010.

The Good Design Award is one of the 22 prizes that were awarded to A. Lange & Söhne in 2009. It is the seventh award for the LANGE ZEITWERK, which was only launched in May 2009. 

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FASHION | How to Spot Fake Levi's 501 Jeans?

There has been an outbreak of knock-off items over the past few years. Started from clothing to handbags and shoes. Unfortunately, one of the with One of the most popular items of clothing has been Levi's. To Levi's fan like us, we find it extra careful when we get our jeans online.

Most imitate Levi's are 'Vintage' Levi's 501s with all or some of the details that make real vintage Levi jeans valuable. These can include:

-The Red Tab with capital 'E" which date real levi's to pre-1971

-V-Stitch near the top button. Another vintage characteristic

-Buckle on the rear (Buckleback)

-Bar tacked Rear Pockets

These imitate Levi's are mostly come from Asia countries where they are made with cheap labor and materials. The denim used for the most part is of average quality, if not better than average. But the hardware used: Buttons, rivets, etc. are normally of inferior quality.

A quick search on eBay will almost always reveal anywhere from 2 to 3 fake pieces to almost 100 in some cases. eBay seem to be doing very little in trying to remove these items from their site, or in fact, it is almost impossible to identify all these imitation. Nevertheless, we would like to share some of the obvious areas that you could spot easily.

1. Number on back of top button:

Almost always stamped '501' off-center or not stamped at all. While some non-vintage authentic Levi's 501s may have this stamped on them, vintage big 'E' will always have a single digit or letter stamped (6, 5, 2, W) or blank, but if it is blank, there are usually punch marks on it.

2. Elongated 'V-Stitch' on fly:

Another common characteristic of fakes

3. Rear Patch:

The rear patch on the right hip can also give clues to whether or not the garment is authentic.

4. Material:

If it is a hard leather like material, the jeans are suspect. Unless the jeans are from the 1930s and the patch has a 'jerky' look to it, very few other Levi's have or had a real leather like patch. Although this is not a surefire way of telling because some in the LVC (Levi vintage clothing line) and ones produced in places other than the United States (Japan, Canada for example) did actually come with a hard leather patch.

5. Labeling:

Another clue is the printing on the patch. If the patch material seems authentic, most times the printing is not. It is either off center, spelling mistakes, or barring all of that not being present they are labeled '501-0657' in black ink. If the jeans are anything other than black 501s from the 1980s - if they have that on the label than they are fake.

Of course talk is easy, but how to differentiate when come to actual piece? Thanks to jhahn1234 who shared a video in YouTube.

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CAP | New Era Caps for Fashionista Like You

When it comes to summer, the new era caps are the most popular choice of hip hop and sports fanatics. So what are new era caps basically?

The new era caps are the largest sports-licensed headwear company in the United States. The company is the premier cap provider for MLB, as well as a number of NBA and NHL franchises, plus a handful of major collegiate athletic programs.

Before we go further to commit our money into this fanatic caps, let look at what are the primary buying tips.

One of the first things that you should check is the quality of workmanship of your New Era cap. Examine the top of the hat and look at the top button. The button should be centered with the seams. If it is not, there is a good possibility that the cap is a fake.

In addition, check the quality of the stitching on the cap. On all authentic New Era Caps, the stitching will be smooth, dense, and tight. A good way to examine the quality of the stitching is to check out the stitching of the New Era logo. If it is uneven, crooked and/or seems to contain gaps between stitches, the hat is most likely a fake. Since the logo is one of the top branding factors, you can bet that New Era gets this right every time.

Next, check out the profile of your New Era 59Fifty fitted cap. The crown should be high and rounded. Inferior quality, imitation caps almost always tend to have a much lower profile and can actually look a bit flat across the crown.

You should also examine the New Era tag that is stitched on the inside of the cap. The edges should be stitched evenly, and the tag should lie smooth with no bunching at the edges. Crooked stitching that goes beyond boundaries most likely indicates a fake. You should also check for the New Era hologram on the underside of the brim of the hat. If your cap is missing this, it is probably an imitation.

In short, please put some common sense, time to examine these new era caps before you shelll out your hard earned money.

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