Lemaire Three-Pocket Shirt

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Received as part of Neighbour's first delivery from the latest Lemaire collection, this shirt-cum-jacket has all the hallmarks of a warm weather favourite. Lightweight with a boxy fit, it features Levi's-esque pleats parallel to the placket, three patch pockets, an arafold collar, and a split seam hem. This looks like a lot on paper, but these details are absorbed into the pattern perfectly and the outcome feels unique yet balanced – attributes consistently found in the French label's understated designs.

—Available from Neighbour

Albers & the Bauhaus

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Stephen Friedman Gallery
11 Old Burlington Street
London W1S 3AQ
February 10 – March 12, 2016

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While the core of this exhibition revolves around the output of Josef Albers in the 1920s and '30s, it also includes the work of Marcel Breuer, Otto Lindig and Marianne Brandt, as a means of creating a more complete sense of the Bauhaus and its ideals. The resulting collection of drawings, paintings, photographs, furniture, ceramics, glassware and other objects is displayed alongside a series of artworks produced by Albers and his wife, Anni, between the 1940s and '70s. With two weeks of its run at the Stephen Friedman Gallery to go, this is an essential show for anyone interested in modernist art and design, as well as the unmistakable influence of the Bauhaus.

—Stephen Friedman Gallery

DSM London: Last Window – Loud and Silent

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After almost 12 years at the current address, Dover Street Market has just unveiled the final window display at its original London location. The store closes on Thursday, March 10th and nine days later, on Saturday, March 19th, a new chapter in the retailer's history begins. Their next home, the old Burberry building at 18-22 Haymarket, is currently being transformed and glimpses of this process can be seen via the Dispatches section on the DSM London website. The images will create an interesting juxtaposition with the finished space in three weeks time, but for now it's great to see things taking shape.

—DSM London

Clarks Originals x 6876

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—01. Desert Boot.
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This two-part collaboration between Clarks and 6876 was introduced last October with suede editions of the Desert Boot and Desert Trek. Today marks the release of their second set of shoes together: the same classic silhouettes, subtly reinterpreted in brown and black pebble leather. The co-branded models are limited to 500 pairs per style and while restraint is clearly the key here, a vegetable-tanned runner board adds something special to their premium appearance.

—Available from 6876

Hostem Spring Store

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Hostem Spring Store
28 Old Nichol Street
London E2 7HR

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Following the temporary closure of their Redchurch Street store for what promises to be an ambitious facelift, Hostem have relocated to a new home around the corner. The short-term space on Old Nichol Street is defined by an Oscar Tuazon-inspired oak framework, displaying Spring-Summer '16 items from the likes of Comme des Garçons, Loewe, Raf Simons, Thom Browne and Yohji Yamamoto, alongside special pieces by Amy Revier, Geoffrey B. Small and Heikki Salonen, among others. Elsewhere, artworks by Kika Karadi, Graham Collins and Lucien Smith combine with Pierre Jeanneret furniture and a huge Douglas fir picnic table to create a unique yet welcoming environment, below beautiful vaulted glass ceilings.

—Hostem

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Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture

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Tate Modern
Bankside
London SE1 9TG
November 11, 2015 – April 3, 2016

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While the initial press coverage has certainly died down and fans of Calder's work have surely seen the show, Performing Sculpture at London's Tate Modern has almost two months of its lengthy run to go. Charting the evolution of the American sculptor's practice, from early wire forms to his career-defining mobiles, the exhibition uses pieces from museums around the world to tell the story of one modernism's most important figures. With a strong focus on the 1930s and early '40s, particular attention is paid to the Cirque Calder performances that captured the imagination of the Parisian avant-garde; a revelatory visit to Piet Mondrian's studio; and the essential role of motion. If you live in London or find yourself in the capital before April 3rd, you really should make time to go. Like the Agnes Martin retrospective that preceded it, this is not something to be missed.

—Tate Modern

Veilance Ambassadors: Atsushi Nishijima

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Although our thoughts have increasingly turned to spring, this pair of films promoting the Fall-Winter '15 collection by Arc'teryx Veilance are no less enjoyable. Focused on the New York-based photographer JIMA and shot on the streets that have so frequently featured in his work, the beautiful black and white videos discuss categorisation, the search for character and narrative in every image, and the climatic challenges faced by the city's residents.

—Arc'teryx Veilance
—JIMA

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Ten Years of Margaret Howell and Eric Gill

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StudioSmall's work with Margaret Howell is some of the design agency's most successful, achieving a consistently beautiful balance between the client's vision and their own principles – irrespective of the medium or brief. Looking at this output overall, it's the printed invitations that often stand out, and a range of them are assembled here. The 36-page commemorative publication explores the evolution of a decade-long relationship grounded in the Gill Sans typeface, alongside a contextualising essay from Eye magazine editor and co-owner John L. Walters.

—StudioSmall
—Margaret Howell

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