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My friend Rita Braz took these pictures last Sunday at...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:48:25 +0200

My friend Rita Braz took these pictures last Sunday at Arkonaplatz for her new project INtheMAKING on ANALOGUE STORIES. See the full feature here.

Fjords by Observer Drift Observer Drifts second album Fjords is out now and it’s almost as...

Fri, 31 May 2013 08:58:00 +0200

Fjords by Observer Drift

Observer Drifts second album Fjords is out now and it’s almost as great as the first one.

Zalando x Reigen We teamed up with Zalando to show you our...

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:06:00 +0200

Zalando x Reigen

We teamed up with Zalando to show you our favourite pieces for the moody spring days and hopefully soon coming summer days. The impressively huge online warehouse carries so many different styles and labels, it’s sometimes even hard to find things quickly but it’s worth to take some minutes and have a deeper look. That’s what we found:

We always loved Supergas and even more with this seasonal leopard print.

They go perfectly with the beige Won Hundred mac, the only piece of clothing which makes rather cold spring days bearable because it’s looks so nice and proper thrown over our favourite pair of indigo jeans and the sleeveless shirt by the upcoming danish label Ganni.

Natural coloured leather is also a favourite of us. We love that it looks even better the longer you wear it. Neutral outfits like this one in dark blue or even black and grey get a nice dash of warmth by it - here in form of a big tote bag by Zign.

For university we prefer to go functional with the retro but still sleek looking North Face backpack.

A. + J.

Juliane and I are excited to see SOHN live at Prince Charles tonight. A.

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:37:04 +0200

Juliane and I are excited to see SOHN live at Prince Charles tonight.

#1-2 Finally! Monki opened its doors in Berlin at Münzstraße #3 Golden Stine Goya boots from the...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:43:59 +0200

#1-2 Finally! Monki opened its doors in Berlin at Münzstraße

#3 Golden Stine Goya boots from the AW13 collection at Agency V

#4 My favourite Stine Goya AW13 piece

#5 Press days goodie at Agency V: Local vodka by Our/Berlin

#6 & Other Stories shop opening at Kurfürstendamm

New amazing track from Active Child. A.

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:32:00 +0200

New amazing track from Active Child.

I’ve spent the last days in London and brought a few small purchases back home with...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:41:00 +0100

I’ve spent the last days in London and brought a few small purchases back home with me.

(Bumble & Bumble Surf Spray, & other stories nail colours, Chanel Healthy Glow Sheer Powder)

Last night Rangleklods played live at Festsaal Kreuzberg and it was definitely one of the best...

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 14:58:00 +0100

Last night Rangleklods played live at Festsaal Kreuzberg and it was definitely one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to.

Air Max 2013 Normally “hybrid sneakers” which combine old styles with new influences...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:04:00 +0100

Air Max 2013

Normally “hybrid sneakers” which combine old styles with new influences look odd and apish.
Not in the case of the Air Max 2013: It’s a nice surprise with its solid forms borrowed from the iconical Air Max 1 revamped in a new, more technical texture and combined with a transparent Air Max 360 sole. I also love the muted colours in combination with the greyish transparence.

Last minute gift idea #1 – Kiehls Aromatic Blends Vanilla &...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:47:00 +0100

Last minute gift idea #1 – Kiehls Aromatic Blends Vanilla & Cedarwood

Vanilla scent doesn’t have the best connotations. If you think of vanilla perfumes you might think of cheap and sticky sweet drugstore teenage scents or of baroque 80s hammers like Dior Poison.

But doesn’t just anybody love the simple pleasure of vanilla ice cream or crème brûlée? (I don’t mean not the artificial flavoured ones.) Like natural vanilla taste, natural vanilla scent isn’t a sticky monster. It has also a fine and dry, feminine smell which is perfect for grey winter days.

With its new origins line “Aromatic Blends” Kiehls offers the perfect fresh and dry, woody modern vanilla: Vanilla & Cedarwood. The line is perfect to treat your best mates or just yourself for christmas.
My tip is the rich and silky shower gel with natural oils – it wraps around you like a blanket and makes your skin softer like you favourite angora sweater. I swear!

REIGEN GARAGE SALE 2.0 After being annoyed with Ebay and the...

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 10:56:00 +0100

REIGEN GARAGE SALE 2.0

After being annoyed with Ebay and the thousands of emails on other sale websites I decided to start my own virtual garage sale website and share it with my friends and you at REIGEN.

I just added a perfect camel coat, some COS ankle boots, a Stella McCartney for Adidas blouson jacket and many other nice things. I hope someone will wear them more often than me… so click take a look!

If you have any questions just ask me: juliane (aaaaat) reigen-blog.com

New funny Kenzo Iphone 4 (!) cases So tempting: A new collection of patterned IPhone cases suiting...

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:00:14 +0100

New funny Kenzo Iphone 4 (!) cases

So tempting: A new collection of patterned IPhone cases suiting the fall Vans was launched, making a tiny piece of Kenzo affordable for everyone of us. Again the marble print on plastic is so lovely quirky.

Which one would you choose?

si7: Giorgio Moroder Rarities Free on SoundCloud; The Most...

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:00:15 +0100

si7:

Giorgio Moroder Rarities Free on SoundCloud; The Most Interesting Electronic Man in the World?

Giorgio Moroder is totally one of the big heros of electronic music!

WHYRED makes beautiful Spotify mixtapes

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 16:25:01 +0100

WHYRED makes beautiful Spotify mixtapes:

Whyred loves music. I love their mixtapes in cooperation with Grimes, Cat Power, Taken by Trees and others.

A brief history of John Baldessari directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman The epic life of...

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:00:26 +0100

A brief history of John Baldessari
directed by Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman

The epic life of a world-class artist, jammed into six minutes.
Narrated by Tom Waits.
Commissioned by LACMA for their first annual “Art + Film Gala” honoring John Baldessari and Clint Eastwood.

We like John Baldessari and we love the playful, meta-level storytelling; the dynamic editing; the whole colourful artsy vibe of this short film about him – such a good form!
Please don’t make anymore boring films and more stuff like that.

Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola lost in translation Have a good weekend! J.

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:05:20 +0100

Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola lost in translation

Have a good weekend!

KENZO’s films Obviously I got also infected by the Kenzo virus, especially I like their...

Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:00:00 +0100

KENZO’s films

Obviously I got also infected by the Kenzo virus, especially I like their “fashion films”. You can see the lastest ones above: One presenting the fall 2012 women’s wear collection which features the prints of Carl Burgess and Thomas Traum. I love that “trashy” marmor print on soft garments and the 3D render graphics in that one! The second one for the fall 2012 men’s collection is made by the great german creative “factory” Meiré and Meiré.

For some other nice clips click below:

KENZO SS13 Score by Nicolas Godin I just discovered the nice little “score” for...

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 19:52:00 +0200

KENZO SS13 Score by Nicolas Godin

I just discovered the nice little “score” for Kenzo’s Spring Summer Menswear 2013 show made by Nicolas Godin of frenchdarling band AIR. Of course it’s a bit funky and jungle themed with much percussion.

The redesign of the brand Kenzo is anyway really fascinating. Designer duo Humberto and Carol from Opening Ceremony took certain characteristics of traditional Kenzo like the mix of patterns, the bright colours, the medaillon logo, the french x-factor and the folk worldliness / jungle / animal theme and buffed them up in perfection to create this hipster trendiness and the hype.
What I love most about their designs and the campains is the winking playfulness and the rigour that makes the difference between some random beautiful ideas and a very own fashion universe. You can have a bit of an idea and insight having a look at the blog Kenzine. This perfection of art direction makes the Kenzo creations very desirable, on the other hand things seem a bit too calculated so one might feel a bit too much like a sucker – but at least like a sucker for nice and intelligent designs.

Wild Nothing - Paradise (2012) In the last years Youtube had the function now Spotify fulfills:...

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:41:00 +0200

Wild Nothing - Paradise (2012)

In the last years Youtube had the function now Spotify fulfills: Discovering new music, making easy shareable mixtapes. One of the best discoveries of these pre-Spotify times was the dreamy showgaze of Wild Nothing, it was featured in 2010’ summer mixtape. This summer came out their second album Nocturne which is also fabulously airy and fluffy.
The single Paradise is now released accompanied by a sweet and easy video directed by Matt Amato and featuring Michelle Williams, a flight over the clouds and the Niagara Falls. This perfect associative imaging reverbs the typical Wild Nothing mood instead by grainy retro film asthetic in digital pastel blurriness. It’s filmed with a Motorola Razr cellphone.

The imperfect, immediate and spontaneaous asthetic of cheap digital moving pictures really triggers me. Contemporary and retro 90s at the same time it reminds me of the revolution by the portable, more flexible cameras in the early 60s. It expresses zeitgeist. Fashion retailer COS made also a nice collection video using this digital technique last winter season and it totally didn’t look cheap. Unfortunately I can’t find it anymore.

The Harpoons’ soulful number Keep You Around was released late last year, yet is still making...

Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:07:00 +0200

The Harpoons’ soulful number Keep You Around was released late last year, yet is still making honey with a follow up video created and directed by the acclaimed Melbourne filmmaker Gen Bailey (I Am Eleven). The clip features all four band members sweating it out to the heart breaking lyrics of this RnB jam.
Keep your ears to the ground for the much anticipated debut album to be released by Two Bright Lakes later this year.

At the moment I’m so in love with this fancy new pop RnB stuff by the The Harpoons. Their catchy tune Keep you around also got a cute video, even though the editing is a bit strange. But somehow it also grows on me.
Their EP is so mood brighting: Warm and comfortable retro songwriting meets a crystalline, clean and fresh production – a combination I haven’t heard before so I’m very curious about their soon coming album.