South 2 West 8 Fall 2010

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—01. A snow-swept setting
—02. Inspired by the outdoors

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Classic outdoor detailed modern fashion wear. That's the concept of Nepenthes' other brand South2 West8 is and their lookbooks always underline it. For me it's more of a Fall brand so this collection is a little more exciting than their last. In some nice brown and natural tones mixed in with darker greys and blacks, the collection makes good use of wool. Many of the looks have a good texture about them without overbearing details. I'm really liking their camouflage pattern as well as the band collared shirt.

—South2 West8

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LOOK | Outdoor Summer Nights

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Band of Outsiders Fall Shirting

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—01. Faded black and red stripes
—02. Blue woven end on end fabric

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Band of Outsiders' Fall goods have started arriving in shops and as to be expected, the shirting looks good. The backbone of the brand has always been their simple, well fitting shirts in nice colours, interesting patterns and top quality materials. South Willard in LA has just received some of these shirts and there are a handful of perfectly faded stripes and muted colours that may well be meant for the Fall but feel just right for right now.

&mdashSouth Willard

Mister Freedom x Sugar Cane Fall 2010

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—01. MF "CALIFORNIAN" Lot 54 Patches
—02. Mariniere Jersey layered with CPO shirts
—03. MFSC Fall '10

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Mister Freedom's upcoming collection with Tokyo's Sugar Cane sees the merger of the two concepts of the past. MFSC Fall '10 is a mix of the “Naval Clothing Tailor” and “Speed Safe Clothing” collections. With a few returning classics like the N1-H Deck jacket and Rider's Dungarees, the range also adds a few new styles. As usual, the most impressive aspect of the garments is the materials. Beautiful 10oz midnight indigo twill on the CPO, nice french terry henleys and 12oz deadstock selvedge denim on 5-pocket jeans. The collection might seem quite diverse stylistically but each individual piece is loaded with great detail and can be worn with any other for any number of great looks. Look for deliveries come September.

&mdashMister Freedom

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Plants

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—01. A nice little planter
—02. Great looking foliage

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I've been scouring over interiors a lot lately as I try to finally piece my apartment together after months of neglect. While there are so many amazing spaces out there of so many varying styles one constant I've noticed in all of the places that I like is their great vegetation. Furniture is often hard to find and the process can take a while so a nice looking plant put in the right place or in a nice planter is a pretty easy way to fill a space and make things look great. Small trees, cacti, succulents and air plants have all been catching my attention lately and it's fun playing around with different combinations and locations.

&mdashPhotos via design sponge

Alden Beefroll Loafers

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—01. Handsewn in Maine
—02. Pennies are optional

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An undeniably American classic, Alden's Beefroll loafer is an ideal piece of summer footwear. Built on their Cape Cod last with a two piece upper and leather lining — the hand sewn moccasin toed shoe is as easy to wear with shorts and a nice boxy oxford (a la Ivy League) as it is with a nice light summer suit. While they look amazing as they are now, he rich burgundy will wear beautifully over time and probably look even better in a few years.

&mdash Available at Blackbird

Sassafras Fall Leaf Shorts

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—01. A great length for shorts.
—02. More than enough pocket room.
—03. Unpolished matte silver hardware.

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We've written about the greatness that is the Fall Leaf Pant before and their great details. And now they're back in the form of shorts. I'm a big fan of that original pant version with its great pocket configuration but it often goes unnoticed with a shirt over top of them and the rest of the pant leg. I think it might actually work a bit better as shorts though. That could very well be because it was hot out today and I love wearing shorts this time of year but it's also because you can't really go wrong with a great colour like them in the spring nor with the nice poplin like they're made with.

— Available at Eggplant

Makr Farm Tote

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—01. Hanging up
—02. The details

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When it comes to bags, it's tough to beat canvas and leather. And when it comes to totes, it's tough to beat Makr's Farm Bag. The simple, clean design is pretty much perfect and black canvas is often hard to come by. It looks fantastic with the tan coloured horse leather as well. As with most Makr products, the bag is well crafted in just a small run of 30.

&mdash Makr