Navajo print has been plastered on sweaters, backpacks, and even towels, and here’s our latest favorite Pendleton-inspired addition to the list.

Check out the GUERRA high tops from the awesome eco-friendly footwewar brand KEEP.

With a hemp canvas body and Navajo motif, these area statement shoes you can wear with literally everything.

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New York based MadeMe to produce a twelve-piece capsule collection titled S+M. The collection,consists of early 80’s punk inspired apparel. To celebrate the Stussy Womens x MadeMe release, the brands will produce special materials and host an invitation-only screening of a digital project hosted by a special guest. The Stussy Womens x MadeMe collection will be available for purchase through stussy.com, at Stussy chapter stores and at mademeclothing.com. Look out for the entire look book and digital project on both brands’ websites soon.

leave it to wildly creative kook Christopher Kane to throw us for a real loop. The self-proclaimed neon-lover has just taken things to a new liquid level. That’s right. These clear PVC clutches are filled with colorful gel, for a super-squishy effect that begs to be squeezed.

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BALERINA dish rinsing and storage tool is made of plastic (random co-polipropilen) and has a double turntable plate. The product is a clean dish storage system that can easily be placed nearby the kitchen sink that exist with three parts. Compared to existing products in the market, this concept is more advantageous since it provides a regular usage space and having an enormous storage capacity.

BALERINA takes over with its economical contribution, practical design value and functionality as visual structure of it. It is constituted with two platforms fitting to each other and a foot with a plastic disc gasket for better balance to prevent accidental fall from the the kitchen workbench. Turntable disc design makes placing the dishes is easy during washing.

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When it comes to red-soled shoes, Christian Louboutin may have cornered the market—and though he’d like for it to stay that way, Yves Saint Laurent has some other thoughts on the matter.

Louboutin initially filed a trademark infringement suit against YSL for using red on the soles of a particular style of shoe. (Louboutin trademarked the design in the U.S. in 2008.)

Yves Saint Laurent wasted no time fighting back, saying through a lawyer that “Red outsoles are a commonly used ornamental design feature in footwear, dating as far back as the red shoes worn by King Louis XIV in the 1600s and the ruby red shoes that carried Dorothy home in The Wizard of Oz.”

Now, Louboutin has asked the courts for a preliminary injunction in the suit—though YSL alleges that the footwear brand won’t be able to show “irreparable harm or consumer confusion,” according to Women’s Wear Daily.

“Louboutin’s trademark should have never been granted,” Yves Saint Laurent’s attorney David Bernstein told WWD. “We just don’t think that any fashion designer should be able to monopolize any color.”

“We are not claiming to own every red under the sun,” responded Harley Lewin, a lawyer for Louboutin, adding that the particular shade of red-soled shoe is a sure, recognizable sign of a Louboutin…”unless you are living in a cave.” Ouch.

Alright, readers out there with ready access to water – how is it that you don’t already own a Swan Pedal Boat ($2754)? Could it be that you didn’t think they were actually available for purchase, as these are the things of cheesy romantic comedies and Pepe Le Pew cartoons? Probably. But now you know where to get one. Start savin’ those pennies.

Technology is getting smaller, thinner and more compact by the day. What it’s not getting is cuter. The Spi Roll Up Keyboard ($13, on sale) fits easily in your bag, is uber portable and also comes in three adorbs colors (plus black). There’s no reason why your coffee shop office can’t have as much personality as a corporate drone’s overly-decorated cube.

Some time back Business Insider posted a feature showcasing select photographs from a collection by photographer Charles Cushman, shots that were captured between 1938 to 1969 and passed along to his alma mater, Indiana University. Offered here is a look into the collection that was curated by JG Mango, photographs of Manhattan in the 1940s for your viewing pleasure. The article in its entirety can be accessed here.

Source: How to be a Retronaut

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