Machine Age

Two best sellers in the All American Vintage T shirt Store are Mix Tape and Synthesized and they tie in with some new developments on this site. Its not hardware, in fact its software or more precisely the addition of a tumblr and flickr feed that allows me to easily pull together some interesting images that are on the internet that tie in with ideas that I may be exploring here. The links are in the right hand side bar and as you can see they are all about vintage machines.

Idaho Color

Intrigued by the opening image of Number(Nine's Fall 09 collection titled My Own Private Portland, which is a mashup of inspiration from My Own Private Idaho and the designer Takahiro Miyashita's favorite muse Kurt Cobain, I went looking for images from the movie. I found these two to be an extremely interesting starting point for a color palette- I really like the blue sky behind River, and the blue background behind Keanu as a complementary addition to all those mustard, russet shades.

Framed

I stumbled across this eyewear store on the corner of 6th Ave and fourteenth street called Moscot and did a double take at the retro frames they had in the window and swore I would return to check them out. I did, and am in love with all their original styles and have vowed to return when its time to upgrade my old ones. That same week I tried on a pair of Wayfarers Sunglasses and am so ready for a change from the heavy wraparounds that have been around forever. These Raybans are also completely in sync with the eighties influence thats taking hold.