Styling Done Right Part. 1 : GENTRY NYC

Gentry NYC in my opinion is one of the stores that is doing what i called 'Styling Done Right'. Maybe it's just me, but i really like their styling on their product selection page, as well as what they did on their recent lookbook. Check some of their styling below.

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Gentry NYC Shop

H&M Indonesia presents the Autumn / Winter 2014 Collection Preview

Last wednesday, the kind people of H&M Indonesia has given us editors & medias a glimpse on their special collection, the H&M Studio, as well as previewing the Mens Collection for the upcoming Autumn / Winter 2014 that will be available in the Grand Indonesia store around September this year. The H&M Studio Line (which is currently dedicated to womenswear only), is the limited range from H&M that is designed as special collection that came out from their own design studio. It was meant to be a special collection that isn't part of a collaboration project, but still result in a higher quality products. Since this blog, STANDARD ISSUE is more focused on mens products, i won't talk much about the womenswear collection, but you can see them at HAND~OVER's Mall Creepers journal, here.

So let's see about the Menswear Collection for the upcoming A/W 2014. Inspired much by the English Mod Subculture, the collection gives out the mix of both London & Parisian street looks, as well as New York kind of freedom is expressed through out the entire collection. Key items comes with both heavyweight & lightweight material such as Rip Stop, Wool, Leather, Cotton, Nylon, and Mohair textures. Almost all products has the same similarity, which is attention to details like traditional sewing techniques, tech & functional zipper, welt pocket, and a hybrid on classic & staple menswear pieces. My eyes were on to this beautiful hybrid version of classic Pilot / Bomber Jacket that remind me of Engineered Garments. 

Another highlight from the collection was the upcoming collaborative capsule collection between H&M and Liberty London. Liberty has lend their patterned fabric to H&M for this A/W'14, and here is one of them.

Other than that, here are some of the items for their general & sportswear release this A/W season. They will also release another series of H&M Conscious Denim range, that were made using a technique where less water is used on making such good looking denim jeans.

Not to miss, i found these slub t-shirts from the women's H&M Studio line that i thought would be a perfect addition to H&M's menswear collection. 

For more details and further information, head to H&M.

The Petit Cafe ~ Pacific Place, Hong Kong

Me & My Wife, we love to travel to places and find a good spot either to shop or to enjoy some good food, alongside a nice cup of coffee or tea. We are looking forward to head back to Hong Kong and get back to this particular place, The Petit Cafe. The Petit Cafe, a european deli that offer baked produce & other delicacies, that is situated on top of one of our favorite malls in Hong Kong, Pacific Place, which is one of the most 'zen' malls we have been to. Make sure you paid this place a visit when you're in the city.

THE PETIT CAFE

Shop 407, 4/F, Pacific Place

88 Queensway, Admiralty

Hong Kong

A Visit To Karuizawa Shopping Plaza

Me and my wife got married on December last year, and spent our honeymoon in Japan. One of our destination was to a town of Karuizawa. One of my mentors at Footurama told me that Karuizawa is one of the must-visit destinations when you're in Japan, so Me and my wife put the town on the list. It was a cold winter in December~January, so we know it would be beautiful for its snow, but we didn't expect how the view is even better than what we've expected. That feeling when you stepped out from the station was amazing. You can see the ski resort, the shopping plaza, and the town itself on the other exit of the station.

The main stop was Prince Shopping Plaza. It houses almost all the brands you want to see, all in their Outlet shops. I'm talking :

A Bathing Ape Pirate Store, 

Margaret Howell A.G.O., 

and the other outlets of :

United Arrows Outlet 

(Including Beauty & Youth, Green Label Relaxing line
and their collaboration with Jalan Sriwijaya & such)

BARNEYS New York

BEAMS

Ships

Cole Haan

Nike Factory Store

Adidas Outlet
Ralph Lauren
(including Double RL / RRL line)

Salvatore Ferragamo Company Store

L.L. Bean

Tomorrowland

Belle (Balmain, Kenzo, Carven, etc.)

Me Le Ze (Loewe, Celine, Givenchy, Valentino, etc.)

Eddie Bauer Outlet

Cath Kidston

Harrods

Furla

G-Shock

Kate Spade

Laura Ashley

Jun Men

Anya Hindmarch

Stussy

GAP Outlet

Burberry

Journal Standard & Edifice

and So Much More.

Other than the shoppes, the food section they are offering are also a real mouth-watering threat & treat (treat for you belly, threat for your wallet). From Japanese traditional ramen & curry house, to Godiva Belgium Chocolate shops (that got THE HOT CHOCOLATE), to the food trucks offering many kinds of fusion burgers, waffles & pancakes, to Japanese street style skewers, Yakitori.

Karuizawa is situated not that far away from Tokyo by Shinkansen, so I really do recommend Karuizawa to be on your list when you got a chance to visit Tokyo.

I'm gonna share more recommended stops including its photos from my trip from Japan. So make sure you check back to this blog often. 


See you again soon

-R-

What If World Cup Jersey Were Designed By Famous Fashion Designers?

I enjoy football, although i don't play much, and I enjoy fashion + style even though i'm not really doing it. Well Highsnobiety (with a help of Dead Dilly's brilliant illustration), recently came up with this interesting article, "World Cup Jerseys Designed by Famous Fashion Designer". The article features several reinterpretations of Jerseys from nations including Brazil (by Bathing Ape), Spain (by Christobal Balenciaga), Germany (by Jil Sander), England (by Alexander McQueen), France (by A.P.C.), Italy (by Givenchy), and Belgium (by Raf Simons). Check how it possibly would look like, below.

View complete looks at Highsnobiety

The Blog Returning After 1-Year Hiatus

Quick announcement!

After more than 1 year hiatus, I'm returning to this blog and will start posting some new stuffs, and it might be more personal. Pardon me if some of my post here are quite similar to the ones that Footurama or HAND~OVER has posted, as I am writing for them too. It is good to back. See you soon!

-R-