Whoopi Goldberg can do anything. The actress, comedian, singer-songwriter and media personality is one of only a handful of people to have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards and was only the second African American female to win an Academy Award. Not to mention, she almost always look totally cool, and stays true to [...]
Launched in 2007, London’s Monocle came right when the world was getting rough. It arrived at a time when the economy had seen better days yet emerged with a spotlight on quality, craftsmanship, education, knowhow, international affairs, business, and culture. All elements that succeed past any economical speed bump. For their first ever book, The The [...]
Kramer put it best, “…they just need to be broken in a little.” If you’re looking to start work on a new pair of jeans, there’s no better time like spring. Use the time you have before it gets crazy hot to break them in and then just as it starts really heating up, go [...]
Black was one of the first colors used by artists in neolithic cave paintings. It became the color of mourning during the Roman Empire, and over the centuries was frequently associated with death, evil, witches and magic. If black is in fact the lack of color, New York artist Banks Violette uses it to symbolize [...]
This little gem just hit our radar and we’ve already looped it nearly ten times just trying to think of the words to describe it. So while we hit play again, the first things that come to mind when we hear Treetop Flyers are eyes shut, windows down, late summer evening, shirt unbuttoned. Incredibly warming harmonies, [...]
We’re big fans of a good jumpsuit. The ultimate effortlessly cool, a jumpsuit means no need to plan out separates, and are more unexpected than your everyday skinnies and tee. They can be long or short, dressy enough for an occasion, or super casual in denim or linen. Not to mention, they are the easiest [...]
Style muses don’t always come in the form of fashion models or celebrities. In fact, the best dressed woman you know may not be hip to the trends these days, but we guarantee your mom knew how to rock an oversized collar or high-waisted swimsuit. Digging through her old photos is probably more inspirational than [...]
The American Mountain Men Association represents a group of individuals that would make you both jealous and scared at the same time. Hailing mainly from the western states but scattered throughout the country, is a brotherhood of men dedicated to preserving the traditions and ways of this nation’s most fearless pioneers and daring explorers. They [...]
We love sneakers, nearly everyone here at Need Supply Co wears them on a regular basis. There’s something about mixing the most basic, casual shoe with a put-together outfit that creates a fresh, effortless, and unexpected twist. There’s no denying it, sneakers are having a moment and as an added bonus? They’re as comfortable as [...]
Summer is just around the corner, the days are already getting longer and longer. We have big dreams of hanging out in the sunshine by the river and taking frequent dips in our local pool. No matter the size of the sunhat of the amount of sunscreen, all that outdoor activity eventually leads to freckles and [...]
File this under “Things We Want”: JAILmake’s The Pantable. JAILmake is an English design house that prides themselves on craftsmanship, with their designers having made everything from sculptures and furnishings to engineering mechanics and even electronics. JAILmake’s massive workshop is located in London, and their compelling environmental pieces have been exhibited all over the U.K., [...]
There’s nothing more hip right now than a windowsill full of succulents, and the ease of caring for them is an added bonus. Cacti flourish where other living things cannot survive, and they wear their little prickly hearts right on their sleeves, sometimes blooming glorious flowers for just a day. We’re taking a closer look [...]
There’s something special about a person who can completely step away from their day to day job and do something incredible. What defines incredible is up to you, but we’d say completing a self-propelled circumnavigation of the globe fits the description. That’s just what ex-software engineer Erden Eruc did for 1,026 days and 37,472 miles [...]
Shibori is a Japanese term for several methods of resist-dyeing cloth to make a pattern by binding, folding, twisting and compressing, from the verb root shiboru meaning to wring, squeeze, press. There are an infinite number of ways to manipulate fabric for shibori, each way resulting in different resist designs and patterns. Various forms of [...]
The evil eye is a look that is believed by many cultures to be able to cause injury or bad luck for the person at whom it is directed, usually for reasons of envy or dislike. Some cultures believed that they could bestow a curse on victims by the malevolent gaze of their magical eye. [...]
When two sweetly-mannered and sharply-dressed ladies such as Rebecca and Erin collaborate on something, you know it’s got to be good. And with spring smacking us right in the face, we’re ready to hang up the car keys and bike all over town. The two paired up two of their most favorite things – street [...]
Let us paint you a picture. Imagine leaving an incredible summer day in San Francisco. You jump in your car with a couple of best friends, windows down and head south to California’s famous Big Sur – an area that simply can not be described with words. As you reach the coast and the hills [...]
The Brontës were a nineteenth-century literary family associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Three Brontë sisters are well known as poets as novelists, Charlotte’s Jane Eyre, Emily’s Wuthering Heights, and Anne’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, having all been acclaimed as masterpieces of literature. Following the custom of the times, [...]
Paranormal tool to communicate with the dead or a meaningless board to fool the naive? Whatever your opinion of the Ouija Board there is no denying that they are a source of intrigue and fascination for many. But where do these boards come from and how did they work their way into modern day popular [...]
This past Valentines day sparked record sales of roses, chocolates and all things fitting to the fourteenth of February. During that same time, across the world in Allahabad, on the shore of the confluence of the Yomuna and the Ganges river, nearly 80 million people massed for the world’s largest religious gathering, also known as [...]
Jen Zahigian is a photographer currently living and working in Southern California, though looking at her work, you might guess its from the 1950s. Per her bio, she loves to photograph America’s worn-out, offbeat, and forgotten corners with California’s highway establishments and their signage being her primary subject. We think her color-saturated and heavily-retro prints [...]
Whether you consider Yoko Ono a wrecking ball of sorts, breaking up marriages and bands in one fell swoop, or you see her as a committed woman single-mindedly pursuing her dreams, there is no denying it: her romance with John Lennon is the stuff of legends. Today we thought we’d take a retrospective look at [...]
Who says women aren’t funny? We’re die hard fans of the likes of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, but the truth is there were many pioneers that came before them, paving the way for females in a comedic industry that was, even just a few years ago, a man’s world. Here’s a look back on [...]
A Band Called Death is a documentary by Mark Covino and Jeff Howlett on the 1970s punk trio Death and their newfound popularity decades after they disbanded. Making its world premiere at last year’s Los Angeles Film Festival, the film will show next Sunday at Candela Books + Gallery as part of the James River [...]
Whether you happen to have naturally sun kissed light hair or give it a helping hand every 4-6 weeks, there are no two ways about it – blondes are having a moment. They are on the catwalks, on the streets, on TV, and seemingly everywhere. Right now, there is nothing cooler than a bright white [...]
One of our favorite places to visit, Freunde von Freunden, visited another swell place, Charleston, South Carolina and assemblage artist Hirona Matsuda. The artist lives in a forgotten and often flooded neighborhood, collecting found objects to create “miniature scenes that tell big stories” from all over the community. As you can imagine, her home and [...]
The names Christo and Jeanne-Claude are certainly not unfamiliar ones in the art world. Together, the two have draped more fabric across the global landscape than you could possibly imagine. Take their 1984-1991 installation in Japan and the US entitled “Umbrellas,” where large, temporary umbrellas were installed on inland valleys to represent similarities between the [...]
Tomorrow is the first day of April and we think it’s safe to say that everyone has a really bad case of spring fever. We’re ready to feel the sun on our shoulders and a warm breeze across our faces. The first buds of spring are beginning to pop their heads out of the ground [...]
From indigo to turquoise, cobalt to sweet powder blue, this round up of blue-hued photos leaves us feeling anything but.
Today marks the birthday of one very special and very influential woman, Gloria Steinem. At age 79, Steinem continues to live a life of advocacy and voice, a role that she is so well known for as an American feminist, journalist, and social and political activist. She became a nationally recognized leader and media spokeswoman [...]
Let’s take a step back to the 1960s when a well-known car company, BMW, wasn’t doing so well. In fact, at the time, BMW was considered to be on the edge of bankruptcy. In comes a man by the name of Max Hoffman, often heralded as the originator of imported European sports cars for the American [...]
We’re so excited about the first official day of spring that we’re about to burst. Why not celebrate with some bright, fun colors and prints?
I’m always looking for new ways to display my favorite magazines (like any of these ones over here) and this DIY from Annaleenas Hem is the perfect way to show off covers that are too beautiful to be sitting in stacks.
Girls I Know promotes a healthy and positive digital space for an audience interested in real women doing great things. The site is designed to encourage brilliance and ambition through conversations with these amazing people. Jen Steele and Anna Gray introduce the coolest women in their lives to the rest of us, showing that determination, [...]
Located on a unique projection of land in Region Nordjulland on the northernmost tip of the Vendsyssel-Thy, a part of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark, lies the quaint town of Skagen. Skagen, also referred to as “The Scaw”, is picturesque and noted for its iconic Scandinavian architecture, yellow houses with red tile roofs settled perfectly [...]
With over 1,000 photographs, Shelter is a classic book celebrating the imagination, resourcefulness, and exuberance of the human habitat. First published in 1973, the book gave birth to the green building and architecture revolution of today. It also gave birth to a long string of books that followed, all published by what would come to [...]
If you like peeking into other people’s wardrobes and living spaces, take a look at Toronto-based photographer Arden Wray’s current project, Boots & Pine: Boots & Pine is my love poem to Toronto and the creative, interesting people who populate its diverse neighborhoods. As a photographer, this is the way that I can best express [...]
Hats of all kinds are seriously on trend this season, which is good news for those of us that like to skip a few washes. Keep it clean and sporty in a baseball-style cap, or go classic with a wide brim fedora, either way you’re going to easily up your cool points. And as an [...]
We don’t know about where you are, but in Richmond we’ve been experiencing a warm-weather teaser of the months to come. In case you haven’t been so lucky, we’d thought we’d share one of our favorite flea market finds with you. We picked up Ann Armbruster’s book The Life and Times of Miami Beach a few [...]
It’s a beautiful, sunny Sunday morning and we can’t help but be thankful for spring. Take your cup of coffee outside today, as we take some time to appreciate a small, unassuming perk of the season that we’ve been missing for quite some many months: flowers. A love for the simple beauty of flowers has [...]
Happy International Women’s Day, everyone! To celebrate, let’s look at these beautiful portraits by Los Angeles-based photographer Ye Rin Mok.
Ecru, eggshell, beige, ivory, cream….call it what you want, but anyway you shake it it all adds up to this: it’s just not quite white. The muted cousin of pure white is a perfect backdrop for everything else on the color wheel. It’s awesomely prim and proper when seen on lace or a collared shirt [...]
Katharine Ross is a beautiful actress who starred in two of the most popular films of the 1960s, The Graduate and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and is also remembered for her roles in The Stepford Wives and Voyage of the Damned. She grew up an avid horse rider in California, and has been [...]
Nothing makes ordinary objects seem extraordinary quite like placing them together very nicely. Things Organized Neatly takes a minute to appreciate neatness in everyday life, in objects organized both purposefully neatly and sometimes by happenstance. Dial into your OCD and see more nicely arranged things here.
Letters of Note began somewhat accidentally. Manchester-based copywriter Shaun Usher was doing some research for a freelance job he was working on. Unable to locate any concise source for the collected letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, memos, etc., of notable people, he decided to start his own such collection. The result? A blog full a joyously voyeuristic insights into the old and unusual [...]
Let us tell you a quick story. To some, this story could be comparable to that of David and Goliath, except in this case, Goliath is one of, if not the most humble, respected, and strongest rock climbers ever to walk this earth. The story starts with Goliath (Chris Sharma) who for more than a [...]
During my first visit to Sweden and long before having the opportunity to move here, I knew I would adjust quite well to the Swedish culture due to the country’s lovely traditions like fika—the Swedish coffee break. While it’s true that many other countries take coffee breaks, they aren’t appreciated in nearly the same manner [...]
The star of iconic movies like Heathers and Edward Scissorhands, Winona Ryder has tried every look in the book. With her gothic wardrobe and too-short bangs during her days in Beetlejuice, her retro wardrobe and enviable pixie cut in Girl Interrupted, and her grunge ensembles on and off the set of Reality Bites, her wardrobe has often defined an era. [...]
Let us introduce you to one incredibly talented man, his name is Mark Knopfler. Mark was born in 1949 in Britain, and immediately fell in love with the guitar, an instrument that he could play quite well from an early age. When he was 28, along with his brother, he co-founded Dire Straits, where he [...]
Olga Kevelos was a female rider in the motorcycle and enduro trials circuit in the 1950s and 60s. She is the only woman to ever win two gold medals at the International Six-Day Trial and paved the way for all the women in the sport that would come after her. That on its own is [...]
