She didn’t need the rest of Rilo Kiley this time, and she didn’t need the Watson Twins either. But Jenny Lewis didn’t want to do it all by herself, so her boyfriend Jonathan Rice stepped in, and a new record will surely slither into our summer grass come August.
When it comes time, here’s hoping it’s she out of the two who hogs the mic.
The one with the G is from Garbstore (allegedly). The one with the Y (already sold but) is from Ballyhoo as shared by ATimeToGet.
I was always an outsider, not invited into many clubs. Smacking cryptic patches on half the clothes I own now might make it seem otherwise though.
If you can’t be part of something, looking like you are can really help soften the blow. Take it from me.
Twice a year I enjoy shelling out $20 for the newest issues of Purple Fashion and Fantastic Man. The fact that these publications are five times as much as an issue of GQ is much, if not all of the appeal. I rationalize that I’m being given access to ideas and inspirations five times too elite and expensive for the average trend-hound.
In the same snobby vein, I’ve promised myself already a bottle of Fantastic Man’s upcoming fragrance from Byredo, having never sampled the scent. I mean, what has its actual scent got to do with it?
Should Fantastic Man: The Cologne actually smell intriguing and edgy once I unwrap my delivery then that’ll be icing…but, in all honesty, its the secret feeling of elitism and rarity that I’ll be spending my money on. Just as when I buy the periodical that spawned it.
This is materialism at its most crass and callow, but also its most innate, no? Fortunately, I approach only the rare purchase in this reckless manner. I’ll explore the more noble and less shameful modes of materialism in future Treasury entries, but for now I’m curious:
What items/genres of material goods do readers buy recklessly – when a daring disregard for price and practicality is integral to the power of the purchase?
I don’t know how in-the-know others ’round here are about digital camera technology. Apparently, there’s a new category of devices called Micro Four Thirds cameras which are rolling out right about now. Due to a brand new optical set-up these groovy gadgets offer the fancy clarity and depth of a digital SLR camera, but in the pocket-able form factor of a simpler point-and-shoot. (Plus interchangeable lenses.)
I’ve had two digital cameras in my life. A 3.2 megapixel Nikon which I loved right away, and when it broke, a 5.2 megapixel Canon which I never-ever loved. I’ve been patiently awaiting a justifiable opportunity to upgrade and…
I’ve got high hopes for this Olympus Micro Four-Thirds model which was revealed as a prototype last fall and which insiders are buzzing might be released next month. I’m thinking it might do just the trick for me. Luxe in leather…yes please!
Less hack-job-y info on the Four Thirds breakthrough here and then here and also here.
These two-toned boat shoes from Chausser leave me a little unsure of what to make of them. I find them a little girly, what with the heel, and a little…ugly, to be blunt.
But I also find them a little awesome – in spite of, or maybe because of everything else. I need a second opinion – what do you think of them?
Available at Blackbird.
Recession got you pinching pennies? Carting around one of these thrifty totes by US Rags will slyly suggest otherwise.
Crafted from up-cycled bank depository bags and available at Brooklyn’s Alter shop, my advisors have tagged them a safe investment in these volatile times. They’re more macho than most design-y tote bags, and make a subtle but witty statement in the face of our country’s current financial foibles.
Buy, buy, buy!
Listed below is a hierarchy of the categories of works the Treasury endeavors to publish most frequently, be they in fashion, music, film, design, television, grooming products, decorating, etc…
category 1.
Works in my possession, that I wholly treasure.
category 2.
Works I endeavor to take into my possession, that I hope to realistically be able to treasure in the near future.
category 3.
Handsome works merely floating around in cyberspace.
Presenting with any regularity works in the number 3 category seems somewhat lacking in value for myself or the reader. There are numerous other sources which post in a spare and non-contextual manner the wares which today’s designers and artists are peddling.
There is validity and value in perusing an on-line inspiration board-of-sorts, but that niche is covered and covered well already by other blogs, JJJJound being my preferred source for that slant.
The Treasury was established with the belief that some of the most valuable aesthetic expressions are born in the unpredictable space where an original inspiration shifts its shape in strange and strong new ways on its path to becoming actuality.
Getting on with it, my first official presentation in the Treasury falls under category 2: A work I hope to possess and treasure some day.
In this case, its a tawny, butterscotch-colored shoe, the idea of which first came across my path this spring via the above photo pulled from men.style.com (I didn’t know I would be an official Treasurer one day, so I didn’t document the designer/show. I’m sure one of my readers can fill in this blank for me soon enough).
The most tangible source I’ve found so far in my quest for a similar shoe is Blackbird Ballard and their collaboration with Esquivel.
But since times are tougher these days, even on sale at approximately $225 per shoe ($450 if I opted for a complete working pair) my search will unfold beyond these Blackbird beauties.
Where exactly my search will go next, or if it might veer me off in a new direction, or drop me at a destination all together different, I will share with the reader. The examination of materialism in this on-line volume shall require more than just the What, I think. The How and therefore the Who, I think, may illuminate things much more clearly.
A preface to this volume including further information on its founding editor.
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