The other day we posted up An Illustrated Look At Mens Fashion Week by Richard Kilroy, today we present Kate Wilson’s Fashion Illustrations. Kate is a London-based illustrator, the images seen here are her favorite looks from the Men’s Autumn/Winter 2010 Collections. The ranges depicted include Burberry, JW Anderson and A Child of the Jago. Check out her blog in the link below for more illustrations.

www.little-doodles.blogspot.com

The original Apron & Bag Supply Co. was a manufacturer of factory aprons and bags owned and operated by Stanley Grodzki.

Chris Grodzki followed in his Grandfather’s footsteps and started Stanley & Sons Apron and Bag Co. in 2008. Now, each apron and bag is hand-made one at a time.

You can find Stanley & Sons products in Brooklyn and Manhattan, all products are made to order. I’m sure you can shoot them an email to find out what they have and don’t have.

Stanley & Sons Apron and Bag Supply Co.
www.asmileinthemind.org

Some works by Urs Fischer, a swiss artist that was born in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1973. His installations and sculptures have been exhibited in many group exhibitions and biennales worldwide, including Manifesta and the Venice Biennale.

Urs Fischer’s artistic practice is founded on a consideration of the nature of substances, the act of making, and the unpredictable processes that can result from combining the two.

As seen here in his work below, he uses an extraordinarily wide range of materials—Styrofoam, clay, mirrors, fruit, wax, wood, glass, paint, sawdust, and silicone, to name a few.

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Richard Evans, the 27 year old creative retoucher and graphic designer, produced this piece of work called Information Leak. This was made using laser-cut letters that appear to be flowing out of a tap like water, hence the title of the project. The idea behind this design was to represent the information overload in today’s society, or ‘how it over-flows into our lives’. All the letters are hand painted and laser cut from wood, then arranged in an appropriate manner to get the flowing effect.

More imagery of this project below.

http://richardjevans.blogspot.com

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Dr. Martens keep on their pursuit for the younger market, this time collaborating with Opening Ceremony. They have worked on the classic 3 Eye shoe model, which comes in 3 exclusive colorways, especially made for Opening Ceremony. You can purchase these on the OC webstore and also offline at their retail locations.

Opening Ceremony
Dr. Martens

Misaki Kawai was born in 1978 and grew up in Osaka, Japan. As a young girl she was influenced by western pop culture to a fanatical degree, especially 60’s fashion and the hippie culture, she even used to hand make clothes for herself to wear. She then went on to graduate from Art College in 1999, and travelled most of the world, her place of residence is now in Brooklyn, New York.

Most of her drawings and artwork are set around a world of cartoon characters, it’s all very innocent, honest and full of adolescent playfulness. Misaki’s work pretty much shows off her personality, cute is probably an understatement, more like adorable. You will see what i mean in the video below this written piece, in which we get a tour of her apartment thanks to VBS.

Check out more works below or head over to her portfolio website to step into the world of Misaki Kawai.

Misaki Kawai

Another video pops up, this time by our good friends over at Fantastic Man. This is the look of March 2010 by Andreas Larsson, Simon Foxton and Julian Ganio. It’s a very short clip, which is kind of baffling in terms of the outfit, but definitely sets off the Spring/Summer feel. We will need to wait till the full issue before we can pass judgement on the concept.

Watch below.

GQ are coming to the end of their series titled “Best New Designers of the Year 2010″, this time visiting the studio of J.Crew to talk with menswear designer Frank Muytjens. Frank has played a big role in pointing the brand into a whole new direction, revitalising themselves from the all preppy look they once held.

Many say Frank is copying others who make products with heritage and real craftsmanship, then selling it on in a mass produced way, well across America anyways. I can understand the reasoning behind this opinion, although i think it is unjust. I personally think he is spotlighting other designers and companies who deserve that appreciation, letting others discover brands who he is influenced by.

The video delves into why the company do what they do and what has changed since the new plan was put into place.

We get close ups of some of the Yuketen Spring/Summer 2010 Footwear Collection, with thanks to Oi Polloi. Here are five different pairs, Country Ranger being one style and Ghillie Moc being the other.

Yuketen have been making shoes for a little while now, 1995 was the exact birth date. They were set up by Yuki Matsuda, who moved over to America in order to work with true footwear Artisans. These shoes are made in in the traditional moccasin way, using American hides, which specifically wrap around your foot.

All their footwear is extremely comfortable, you can’t see to believe, you need to physically try. These won’t last long, so i recommend getting in quickly.

www.yuketen.com

Yuketen at Oi Polloi

Mitch Blunt is a freelance illustrator based in Hastings, England. He graduated from Kingston University in 2009 with a degree in illustration and animation.

Here we showcase some of his works sourced from his website. Mick’s work is primarily influenced by comic books, printmaking, 80’s movies, American literature and cartoons.

This sort of illustrative work really appeals to me, it’s simple and easy to decipher. I think an illustrators job is to easily put the point across, if he or she can’t do that, then there is no point in the piece existing.

View more of his work below or on his portfolio site.

www.mitchblunt.com