Please take some time out of your day and watch this short for Sophomore’s Spring 2010 collection. It’s shot and directed by Cass Bird, one of my favorite photographers and directors in the game right now. She always keeps it fresh, fun, and no matter the weather, summer always exists in her work. NYC Summertime, whoa…

Distorted, surreal, and upholstered in denim; Acne debuts its furniture collection. The designs are a play on Carl Malmsten’s New Berlin Sofa, originally created for use in Sweden’s consulate in Berlin in 1949.

We’re super excited about the shoes created by Jeffrey Campbell and the winners of our LOOKBOOK.nu contest.

Emily L. was the female winner who inspired the C’est Moi.

Dennis R. was the male winner who inspired the Mad Boot.

Thanks for your creative and inspired entries!  Both shoes are only available at Need Supply Co.

A great blog with a great name all created by this great guy. If you are looking for a new zine to dig into, this is a great starting point. GREAT!

Lucky Magazine is featuring these Back Zipper Boots from Minnetonka today.  Visit luckymag.com for the coupon code that gets you 50% off.  Use the code at NEEDSUPPLY[DOT]COM.

Vans has just released their entire Spring 2010 Vault Collection. My mouth is watering, I can’t feel the tips of my toes and my vision is blurred right now. I love when classics get even better. Click to see more, and for the full collection, click here.

Come out, give some support, have a brew, enjoy some music. Natur will be awarding some metal for the contributors. See ya there.

I guess in Russia and the rest of the world, you can print whatever you want. Russia’s Harper’s Bazar shows Lily Allen shot by Alan Gelati for January’s issue. Click for the NSFW continuation. (via)

Yesterday was Dolly Parton’s 64th birthday. 64 and still looking like a Barbie doll! I hope to be this amazing one day.

How can you go wrong when you look like this? Alligator everything, big knives, tough boots, sun baked skin, leather, and a knowledge of the outback like no other. Paul Hogan nailed it in his role as Mick Dundee and he did it with ease. Too bad if you wore this kinda shit nowadays, people would spit on you, until they saw your knife. Click for the continuation.

Tyler and I have been friends since our freshman year in the AFO program at VCU, and she has gone on to make some really amazing and fun work. Her bright, glittery paintings reference pornography magazines, clothing catalogues, and popular celebrity gossip magazines and the feminine associations that can be found in them. What makes them even more fun is that she paints them with her fingers! Tyler’s work is currently showing at Quirk through the end of January, go see for yourself!

I noticed some small buds on a Dogwood tree this weekend and realized that spring is coming up fast. Imagine walking out onto this deck in Portland, OR. and smelling the spring air. Designed for the Wilkinson family, this house gets my vote. Click for the continuation. >via

When Ralph isn’t having extra large polo players stitched onto t-shirts, there’s a good chance that he’s out on his 15,000-16,000 acre private ranch in Colorado. He can’t remember exactly how many acres it is.

“We started out with an idea of what the West was like,” Lauren said. “But what we thought was there wasn’t there. No large houses, no hunting lodges—not even a fence, like a split-rail fence.” Lauren on his daily routine at the ranch, “I get up in the morning and run. I come back, take a swim, work out. I built a very good gym for myself. Then we go horseback riding or take a drive. I have sports cars there and some old Ford trucks, some Jeeps, a red Ferrari. I like the diversity of speed and also riding an old pickup truck up the mountains.” Click for the continuation (via).

Many folks outside of California had never seen or even heard of Levi’s jeans, and going national brought on stiff competition from the likes of Lee (who was bigger out East and in the Midwest), with their 101 Cowboy Pants, which eventually evolved into Lee Riders, and their iconic 101J jean jacket.  The 101J is without a doubt Lee’s best effort to date — and just like the Levi’s 501 jean that Lee themselves unapologetically copied,  it spawned many imitators over the years (via). Let these images do the speaking. Click for the continuation.

I remember when I was in high school, I was sitting down one weekend watching a documentary on Led Zeppelin. My mother didn’t hesitate one second to point out Robert Plant’s huge bulge. His skin tight pants didn’t help either. Thus any woman that needs a better reason to start loving rock-n-roll, especially Zeppelin, need look no further, you can get all your fixes via a stairway to heaven. Sucks for me now because whenever I watch a Led Zeppelin video, my eyes instantly go…. Click for the continuation.

I would love to be able to take a weekend gettaway to this house. It was designed by Piet Hein Eek, using locally fallen logs for the exterior shell. The interior is simple and modest, built primarily as a music-study environment. Click for the continuation.

Daizi Zheng designed this eco-friendly phone for Nokia, which runs on Coke! The fuel cells generate electricity from carbohydrates, so it can actually run off of any sugary water, but Coke is my fave so I think I’ll feed it to my electronics too.

Maison Martin Margiela uses found objects with the upmost care and respect their history and current state. Each garment is reworked entirely by hand at the Atelier of the Maison in Paris. Each piece is beyond unique. Click for the continuation. >via

Charis Tsevis is a visual designer and graphic designer working in Greece. He runs Tsevis Visual Design studio and has worked with Toyota, IKEA, L.A. TImes, MacFan Japan, Leo Burnett and more. Click for the continuation.

Lucky Magazine is featuring these Hue Opaque Tights today.  Visit luckymag.com for the coupon code that gets you 50% off.  Use the code at NEEDSUPPLY[DOT]COM.

I just recently learned that one of my favorite male designers, the dashing Tom Ford, has tried his hand at Directing. The film is called A Single Man, a story that centers on an English professor who, after the sudden death of his partner tries to go about his typical day in Los Angeles. Beyond that I don’t know much about it, which makes me want to see it even more. Whats easy to see is the vivid cinemetography that is fashionably vintage and timeless, creating a beautiful imagery in the least. To top it off it was nominated for three Golden Globes. Get it Tom! More pictures after the jump, or check out the trailer HERE.

Everyone’s favorite friend, Terry Richardson just shot Jacquelyn Jablonski and Crystal Renn for V Magazine. Click for the continuation. >via

This isn’t something you can go buy, they don’t sell it at stores, and it’s never on sale. If you have a job, a wife, kids, bills, rent to pay, a car, and clean underwear, then you’ll never look this cool. “When I saw The Wild One, Lee Marvin instantly became my hero.  Lee’s character, Chino, was my man. Marlon Brando as Johnny was the bully.  His boys rode Triumphs and BSAs and wore uniforms.  Lee’s attitude was ‘If you f*ck with me, I’ll hit you back.’  Lee and his boys were riding f*cked-up Harleys and Indians.  I certainly saw more of Chino in me than Johnny.  I still do.” – Sonny Barger, founder of The Hell’s Angels. Click for the continuation.

Lola La Moda is a blog to book mark. Carolina posts a great collection of stylish finds. Check out some of her Need Supply Co. favorites.

From the girls that brought us f-yeah pretty girls! comes a blog completely dedicated to pretty pretty boys. Click here to see more dreamy dudes!

A few days ago, I was thinking, about how I used to think that people who invested in luxurious summer homes were pretentious snobs that had too much money. However, with the unbearable cold that’s sweeping through the East Coast right now, I now see those summer home owners as pure geniuses. For example, Imagine spending your summer in this amazing home designed by WRB Architects. The weather, perfect. The girls, flocking. The lifestyle, amazing. I love how the house is set right into this light, grassy flat with water access and surrounded by forest. Click for more images.

No one at the time had it going like these dudes. No one had Joe Strummer’s voice either. They were the perfect blend of everything good, and they showed it without effort in the clothes they wore. Each member so different, but as a whole they were an icon. “You wanna play mind-crazed banjo on the druggy-drag ragtime U.S.A.? In Parkland International, Hah! Junkiedom U.S.A. Where procaine proves the purest rock man groove and rat poison. The volatile Molatov says-” Click for more images.

Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo (1974, São Paulo, Brazil), identical twins better known as Os Gemeos, are pioneers of Brazilian writing in the mid 80s. Aside from the incredible works they’ve created in the streets of São Paulo, in recent years they’ve also been invited to show their creations in museums and in some of the most important art expos worldwide. For this exhibit, entitled Nos braços de um anjo (In the arms of an angel), they will present never-before-seen works: large canvases, musical sculpture-objects, mechanical and interactive site-specific installations which will be created in the gallery itself. There show last summer in NYC at Deitch Projects was absolutely amazing.

Os Gemos at the Patricia Armocia Gallery / Nos braços de um anjo (In the arms of an angel) / Monday January 25th, 2010 @ 6:30pm

Clic here to watch this commercial for “Booty Pop”, the revolutionary way to disappoint any dude that you take home. But… It never hurts to look. Click for the continuation.

Contra is the name of Vampire Weekend’s newest album that will be released next week. Not to sure what Contra is, but…I’ve heard the entire album and it is absolutely amazing. Reminds me of Paul Simon’s Graceland album, seriously. Every single song is on point. It’s one of those albums that works as an album, not just a few singles. If you’re curious, you should click here to sample some of the tracks. It’s definitely worth picking up.

We’ve been big fans of YWFT for a long time, so it’s natural we’re excited about collaborating with them. They have an amazing collection of fonts available on their site, and we’ll be utilizing those on future projects. One of our current favorites is Sofia. I’m sure you’ll find a few new favorites also.

You also might see our images popping up on their site from time to time, which we can’t complain about either.

Read more about it here.

Is this creepy or cool? Not sure yet, but it sure is different. Instead of rare jewels, Australian silversmith Polly van der Glas takes old dendrites, sterilizes them and sets them beautifully in sterling silver. Rings, necklaces, etc., but finding a pair with good, clean teeth is up to you. Click for the continuation.

Camilla Akrans just shot Toni Garrn for Vogue Germany. They are killing it right now. Click for the continuation.

In 1863, traveling down the Atlantic seaboard, crossing the Isthmus of Panama on a burro, and sailing up the Pacific coast was a grueling four-month passage. Yet for Thomas Kay, a young English weaver, it was a dream come true. An old hand at sea voyages, he had already crossed the Atlantic years earlier to work at east coast textile mills. With skills honed, he was now headed to an area with ideal conditions for raising sheep and producing wool. A place with moderate weather and plentiful water – America’s newest state, Oregon.

Kay helped organize Oregon’s second woolen mill in Brownsville, where he oversaw the weaving operation. Soon he was made a superintendent of the company. In 1889, Thomas Kay opened his own mill in Salem, Oregon. From these humble beginnings rose a dyed-in-the-wool American success story.

Now, 121 years later, the homegrown staple in American sportswear is collaborating with one of the edgiest brands of today, Opening Ceremony. A beautiful union of old time craftsmanship and new age design. Check out the full line after the jump…

This series of pendants, by Bruxe Design in Montreal, celebrates mid-century design in the cutest little way!

www.tinylittlechairs.com and www.bruxedesign.com

Yakkay, a Danish based company, has taken a very unique approach to helmet design. Take a well made carbon fiber shell and simply ad a well designed cover to it. This evening, should I wear my houndstooth or seersucker? Click for the continuation.

Dick Weed is my new favorite nail polish! It’s a great, rich color and hasn’t even thought of chipping yet. Get yours at Need Supply!

First of all, Madonna is so bangin. Second of all, if Spring 2010 looks as good as Dolce & Gabbana make it appear to be, then count me in. Click for the continuation.

This might be one of the best albums of 2009 in my opinion. It snuck into my playlist about two days ago via the wonderful internet and I can’t get past it. As soon as the album is over, it plays again, and I love it. Bombay Bicycle Club, based out of South East London has just released “I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose”. It is a perfect album all the way through.

A great philosopher once said, “Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing”. If you’re over the age of 18, consider ‘I Had The Blues…’ your invitation back to the heady rush of teenaged rapture, and the rest of you, stay drunk on its certain romance while you still can.

Bombay Bicycle Club – Always Like This (click to download)

Dad, what does “Fuck” mean? Available here.

Just found this blog called Zoo Borns that gathers photos of newborn zoo animals from all over the US and complies them into the largest lump of cute furry animals, and slimy ones that you’ve ever seen. I could spend hours here. Click for the continuation.

Photographer Bela Borsodi creates faces out of clothing…my favorite is the jeans face, of course!

Via Apartment Therapy.

We’re a huge fan of Cocorosa’s style. And we LOVE how she rocks this Maurie & Eve dress.

Her blog is definitely worth bookmarking! Her outfits are always really well put together and NEVER boring. LOOK HERE.

I seriously never get sick of these guys. With the perfect balance of folk sensability and some heavy delay epic guitar wailin, where does one go with such love for a band. Gotta see em live. Buy me my tickets for the NEW ORLEANS SHOW here.

Fashion writer and art-director, Jake Davis asks the question: “What do you do after your 3-year old APC’s crotch blows out?” Read the comments here and suggest your own tips for care.

GQ has done it again, a big round of applause, please. The most recent issue of the popular men’s magazine brings us Rihanna topless on the front cover. If that’s not a reason to pick this issue up, then you need to click for the continuation now.

Basilio Silva is my favourite photographer. He’s based in Argentina.