posted on September 29th, 2007 by Tobias in Fashion, Movie
Besides the right T and maybe the fitting cap, sneakers are without a doubt the most important part of fresh gear. Not only in HipHop- but in all kind of sub- and/or youth cultures. In Jamaica, too, there are some kicks that run the place. The Converse Chucks or the Nike Air Force 1 (just recently, Busy Signal mentioned them in his anthem “These Days”) just to name two.
If you want to learn about how all that hype on certain pairs of shoes evolved, follow this link which leads to a full-length version of “Just For Kicks“. A brilliant documentary on sneakers and sneaker freaks incl. great interview footage and stunning animated graphics.
posted on September 28th, 2007 by Tobias in Design, Fashion, Photography, SEEN
We´re proud to announce that today seen. launched the very first cooperation T-Shirt that the living Jamaican photography-legend, Peter Dean Rickards (The Afflicted Yard is in your bookmarks anyway, right?), has ever released.
As in reggae- and dancehallmusic everything starts from “Scratch”, we chose P. D. R.´s portrait of groundbreaking genius producer Lee Perry to kick off the cooperation.
Get yours now, before them gone.
posted on September 23rd, 2007 by Tobias in Article, Fashion
It´s a lazy Sunday morning, so I´m just gonna provide you with some interesting reading
- The Piracy Paradox (why knockoffs are good for fashion) (via Boing Boing)
- Wie Karmaloop seine Kunden zu (Mit-)Verkäufern macht (sorry to all the non German-speaking readers…)
and some wicked music recommended by our friend Dylan Powe (Prodigal Ent.):
- The Party Vol. 5: Hands Up (“good hipster crunk electro mix” incl. Jamaica´s new female sensation Natalie Storm)
- Santogold (“a punk reggae nuwave voice” produced by Switch – also check this feature and that FADER article)
posted on September 22nd, 2007 by Tobias in Design, Fashion
Ok, I have to admit that besides the fact that the guy on the picture above was our model for the fading logo-tee, there´s nothing this post has to do with seen. or Jamaican popular culture.
This is all about Bavaria. The Oktoberfest starts today and if all your seen.-tees should be in the laundry, you might look out for alternatives: we suggest to go for these.
posted on September 18th, 2007 by Tobias in Article, Design, Fashion, Movie, Politics
Hm, while our general opinion about Puma´s attempts to connect with Jamaican popular culture (for more information on how their little adventure trip back in 2004 ended up, check The Afflicted Yard, The Guardian and FIRST magazine #4 (spread 2). By the way: does anybody have that Channel 4 documentary called “Trainers, Reggae and the Olympics” by John Deol and Paul Blake? I accidentally deleted my copy…) is not a big secret, everybody can decide on his own what he/she thinks about “Riddim” magazine.
Why I´m writing about this? Well, Puma and Riddim now cooperated and put out a limited edition version of the Clyde sneaker (which it looks like Puma kinda tries to make the next Superstar) that – like every Puma “sneaker” – is perfectly described by the lyrics of German rapreggaefunk-hero Jan Delay: verse 2, line 13. Nuff said.
