Photographed by our fearless lensman, Patrick McMullan.
We’ve been keeping an eye on the dapper Derrick Miller and his brother Kirk since they started their very sharp shoe line Barker Black back in 2005. Derrick, a veteran of Ralph Lauren’s design studio, describes his personal style as “sophisticated, with a touch of fuck you.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. The Millers love to blend their own designs with tailor-tweaked thrift store finds—as Derrick puts it, “all the favorite things in my closet I paid less than 30 bucks for.”
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The New York department stores seem to be taking a page from stockbrokers—the page marked “frenzied panic.”
It was only a few weeks ago that Barneys and Bloomingdale’s announced a simultaneous across the board 40% markdown, but it looks there’s no bottom. Barneys has since raised the number to 60%, with Bergdorf and Saks offering up to 70%. It’s a feeding frenzy, and it has very little to do with Christmas.
Our take on the madness»
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We have officially turned on Shepard Fairey. It took a lot, but he’s finally soured us on the idea of him ever doing anything at all.
It took a lot. His early work was so interesting, he’s paved the way for a lot of more interesting street art, and let’s face it: the Obama poster buys a lot of good will. But he’s finally run through the last bits of it.
How he lost us»
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Dirty Young Man: Terry Richardson does a watch spread for Vogue Homme International…but we did not notice the watches. [FashionIndie]
On the Record: The Steel Closet tracks down the Men’s Fashion Director of Saks Fifth Avenue for a chat about spring collections and fashion during the downturn. [The Steel Closet]
Ecko Chamber: Marc Ecko may be the next big designer to fall victim to hard times. Also, in retrospect, everyone agrees the sequined Star Wars tees were just asking for it. [The Cut]
Wild Thing: The new Where the Wild Things Are trailer is officially one of our favorite things. [TakePart]
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