Online Feature: Nepenthes FW15

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Photographer: Andrew Jacobs
Stylist: Michael Baquerizo
Hair: Kotaro Suzuki
Makeup: Rei Tajima

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For Fall-Winter ’15 photographer Andrew Jacobs and stylist Michael Baquerizo have produced a new online feature for Inventory, showcasing the current Nepenthes New York offering. Highlighting a range of textures, tones and fabrications, and including pieces from Engineered Garments, FWK, Rough & Tumble, South2 West8 and Needles, it captures the seasonal, sartorial imagination, using a mixture of colour and black and white imagery. Shot on location and in the studio, the resulting editorial can be found by following the link below.

—Online Feature: Nepenthes FW15

Matt Paweski – New Sculpture

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South Willard
8038 West 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90048
November 8 – December 10, 2015

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New Sculpture is a series of recent works from the LA-based sculptor Matt Paweski, which opened this weekend, and is the latest in a long line of in-store exhibitions at South Willard. The show consists of a range of geometric and abstract sculptural works, utilizing European beech hardwood, steel, aluminum rivets, and acrylic.

—South Willard

Ron Nagle – Five O'Clock Shadow

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Matthew Marks.
523 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
September 11 – October 24, 2015

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It's impossible to do this show justice. Not only the work itself, which is exceptional, but also the installation, which is almost as impressive. When you're making sculptures that are only a few inches in size, and when those sculptures are displayed inside recessed, glass-fronted cubes, it's incredibly difficult to take a photo that adequately reflects the attention to detail of either. Which is another reason to recommend going to see this show if you happen to be in New York before it closes on the 24th. Offering a selection of recent drawings alongside 35 sculptures made between 1991 and 2015 – the largest exhibition of Nagle's work ever organized in New York – I cannot recommend Five O'Clock Shadow highly enough.

—Matthew Marks

Stone Island: Reflective Research '992 – '015

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41 Greene Street
New York, NY 10013
October 15 – November 15, 2015
Thursday-Saturday, 11am-7pm
Sunday, 12-6pm

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First shown at Tortona Design Week in Milan earlier this year, the Reflective Research'992 – '015 exhibition opened in New York yesterday. Highlighting Stone Island's use of reflective materials, originally inspired by the study of safety workwear, the exhibition showcases a range of garments and applications used by the Italian brand from 1992 to 2015. The retrospective retraces Stone Island's original research, and examines the evolution and various interpretations of the concept on different textile bases, along with the many experimental processes that have been used over the years. The show runs for the next month, and a special retail presentation will accompany the exhibition, with much of the brand's Fall-Winter '15 collection available for sale. Both should represent opportunities not to be missed, for diehard fans and newcomers alike.

—Stone Island

Talia Chetrit – Parents

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Off Vendome
254 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011
September 10 – October 17, 2015

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Off Vendome is a strange place. The New York gallery is spread over two floors of a residential building, on the fringes of what might be considered Chelsea proper. It has a flag outside, a carpeted stairway, patchwork plasterwork, a small office and a large, bright main exhibition space. And for the next couple of days both are host to an exhibition entitled Parents by the artist Talia Chetrit. In the office are a selection of framed photographs, shot in her teens and more recently, while upstairs is a new video installation. The artist's first foray into film offers a humorous and frank portrait of her parents – frequent subjects of her photography – as they pose, clown around, and embrace without the knowledge that they're being captured on video. Chetrit set up a second camera while taking their portraits, and they assumed they were posing merely for a photograph. The short video captures these delicate moments of union, romance and companionship and the body of work is very much worth a look. You'll just have to hurry, as the show ends on Friday.

—Off Vendome

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Online Feature: Aries FW15

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Photographer: Michael James Fox
Stylist: Jessica Zamora-Turner
Model: Allison Ponthier at Request
Hair: Kabuto Okuzawa
Makeup: Mariko Hirano

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Ahead of his contribution to the forthcoming issue of Inventory magazine, New York-based photographer Michael James Fox worked with his wife, the stylist Jessica Zamora-Turner, on an editorial featuring a series of looks from the latest Aries collection. Designed by British duo Fergus Purcell and Sofia Maria Prantera, and produced predominantly in Italy, Aries is a feminine and playful adaptation of the aesthetic the pair established during their time at the celebrated streetwear brand Silas, inspired by the anti-consumerist youth movements of the second half of the 20th century.

—Online Feature: Aries FW15

Converse Jack Purcell Signature Jungle Cloth

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—01. Wind. Water. Whatever.

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Earlier in the year, following on from their success with the 1970s Chuck Taylor, Converse released a modernized take on the classic Jack Purcell style. Rather than scrap what had been so successful over the decades, they went back to their roots, thickening the canvas, and updating only the things that matter. One of the innovations was the introduction of Nike Zoom Air Technology, improving the comfort and longevity exponentially. This season the Boston-based brand has gone one step further, adapting the winning formula that has already found a home on thousands of pairs of feet, by introducing the Signature edition in a new jungle cloth fabric. Inspired by the deck jackets worn by the US Navy in the 1940s, the shoe boasts a densely woven, water-repellent Bedford cord upper and a canvas inner lining to help keep feet warm and dry in the worst of weather conditions. Completed with an Ortholite footbed, and a herringbone outsole for improved traction, they're a great update to an already excellent shoe. Available in two colours, you can purchase a pair directly via the links below.

Converse have also debuted a unique and interactive advert to coincide with the model's release. Eschewing typical print and online expectations, they are working exclusively with Inventory to host the one-of-a-kind campaign on our Instagram feed. You can follow the updates throughout the day, with the bigger picture soon to be revealed.

—Available from Converse in Twilight and Sand Dune
—Inventory Instagram

Online Feature: Come Down Easy

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—01. Photography by Lewis Khan.

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Come Down Easy marks the first contribution to Inventory by London-based photographer Lewis Khan. The shoot has been styled by Gabriel Pluckrose, and features a selection of current season and archive pieces from brands such as Stone Island, Comme des Garçons, Palace, Our Legacy, Prada and Nike. The light layering, loose fits and mix of sportswear and designer brands, offer a uniquely British take on peak summer style, set in various London locales.

—Online Feature: Come Down Easy