Have you ever had one of those afternoons at the office when you just can’t stop nodding off? (I was like that yesterday..) What you need is one these:
For more whimsical inventions from the mind of Steven M. Johnson like the in-dash toaster, the skylight oven, the hide-a-shower, the view cab, and the treadaround, go to this article in The New York Times, and Mr. Johnson’s website, www.patentdepending.com.
Designer Andy Spade must be getting pretty desperate to sell his Jack Spade bags.
From the Cool Hunting website comes word that Jack Spade is selling Frog Dissection kits in its New York store.
Finally a reason, other than a laptop, for carrying a man purse.
Don’t get me wrong, I have long carried a messenger bag and more recently a laptop/messenger bag. But, I don’t need a dead frog to justify it. But then again it would definitely justify my man purse.
This past spring I found my new favorite men’s clothing line, Trovata.
I was first drawn to the cut and color of my first piece. But upon finding this letter stitched inside my shirt, I fell in love with the line. Each season brings a new line of clothing combined with a new fictional story which is literally woven into the clothing (more information in the links that follow).
I was able to obtain two additional pieces this past spring (my lucky B-Day shirt and a great T-shirt). Both of these shirts get comments on a regular basis. Check out the details in my B-Day shirt. In the t-shirt which reads “Archaeology – Dig it”, I have had Archaeology graduates stop me to discuss rocks (yeah, I like rocks too…) and outside the PCC a woman laughed and yelled at me across the parking lot that ‘Ross’ on Friends would have loved that shirt (yeah, he was a real person…).
This past week I also grabbed me a new corduroy jacket. I love this stuff. Their spring 2007 line has just been announced and looks to be quite fun.
The Southern California company is only a few years old, but is making quite a name for itself. Last fall it won the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund top prize in New York.
New York magazine covers the Spring 2007 Fashion Week and has more on the label here.
Stephanie Rogers has a great post about the history of Trovata here and she gives a nod to a brief PSFK post.
In Seattle, Trovata clothing can be had at Barney’s downtown and Blackbird in Ballard. I like both stores, but really have to encourage everyone to check out Blackbird. It is a great store. Outside of Seattle check out Revolve Clothing online.