Please believe we are some busy ladies here at M.I.S.S. And sometimes it takes a second to get things together and gather all the info, blah, blah, blah…So a few weeks back us ladies made it out to the It’s Pop It’s Art hosted by iLL-Literacy, a Bay Area spoken word crew. We rolled four deep…In this post we have M.I.S.S. Michelle and I…see Lexx and Gabriella’s get up’s here.
See all the juicy details after the jump!
On-line Japanese magazine, SHIFT is looking for a few good artists. Over the coming months they are looking for submissions for the infamous UNIGLO annual t-shirt design competition to digital media competitions and submissions for their 2009 SHIFT Calender. Get all the detailed info for each competition after the jump. The time is now. Do it.
UT GRAND PRIX 2009
UNIQLO’s annual T-shirt design competition since 2004, the 5th “UT Grand Prix” will call for entries from July 15th.
UNIQLO has actively developed its global expansion as a casual wear brand from Japan, opening flagship stores in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, Korea and China, and also shown the global promotion campaigns that world people can participate such as UNIQLOCK and UT LOOP!
Based on the concept of “T-shirt Design Olympics”, UT Grand Prix calls for T-shirt designs from young & upcoming creators from all over the world. Works will be chosen from more than 10,000 submissions in the first and second phases of judgment, & these will be shown on the web. In the final stage, 20 designs will be selected by presiding guest judges, & these designs will then be sold as UT (UNIQLO T-shirt) at UNIQLO stores. Cash & other prizes will be also presented to the winner(s). The Grand Prix (top) prize is 3 million JPY (or equivalent in local currency at current rates).
Submission Period: July 15th - September 21st, 2008
The Lady G and I ventured out to the Vans Syndicate Exhibition in SF a week ago-ish (peep some par-tay action here). Seeing as it was a Vans event, I had to bust a move and rock some of the “Original Goods”. Nope these aren’t some rare-limited-hyper-tier0-color-way, these are just as I mentioned “Original Goods” circa the early, early 80’s. Peep the entire fit after the jump.
Photography: OHW2007
Uniqlo UT has a fun and unique way to promote their latest series of t-shirts…Check it out at Uniqlo.com!
Japanese-based retailer Uniqlo has recently updated its Soho store paying homage to manga with a line of manga-inspired t-shirts and displays to match. The displays include manga characters on the windows, manga covered floors and fixtures and a rotating t-shirt carousel. It looks pretty cool and I enjoy it when retailers really commit to a story and follow through in the merchandising. All the little details count. The manga-inspired shirts are a nice twist on a lot of the comic-inspired stuff we’re seeing out there and gives you a chance to wear what you read.
Image & Info: New York - Tokyo
UNIQLO is taking the world by storm with the quality, value, and variety of their clothing… from tees and sweaters to denim, their clothes uphold the japanese standard for quality and are offered in a ton of colors and styles.
Maintaining their position on top of the casual wear game, UNIQLO is opening a new concept store in Harajuku, Tokyo on April 28th that’s sure to cause a t-shirt frenzy. The store, UT (UNIQLO T-shirt) is the creation of Kashiwa Sato, Creative Director of UNIQLO, who had the vision of a futuristic convenience store for t-shirts. We all know UNIQLO likes to do it big, so expect a a ton of options.
To celebrate the opening of the new store, UNIQLO has launched the UT projects… a limited edition collection of t-shirts designed by reknowned artists, designers, photographers, and musicians. Collabos include: Terry Richardson, Nobuyoshi Araki, Kai Khune, Kim Jones, and many others. Only 1,000 unique tees will be available each year. Other collabos are in store with ECM records, The Evolution Stores in Soho and countless others.
Check it out…
Sketch of Dress by Alice Roi for Uniqlo
Uniqlo is teaming up with designers such as “Lutz & Patmos, Kino, Alice Roi, Phillip Lim and GVGV to design capsule collections for women as part of its spring Designer Invitation Project, which is being launched in conjunction with the SoHo store opening.” I guess the success of H&M and Target’s similar projects made this seem like the way to go. All I gotta say is, keep the inexpensive designer clothes coming! Read the full story after the jump . . .
Image & Info: wwd
