Fashion

Christophe Decarnin has renaissanced many a woman's style the world over. As the go-to designer for the post modern femme fatale, he's famed for "the Balmain shoulder" , sequins, structured military style, thigh high action and unattainable prices.
 Believe the hype; the French designer's collection- Fall 2010 for Balmain has only spurned lust in the eyes of its viewers. Citing...

16 of New Zealand’s leading designers will take to the runway on March 16 with the first public showing of their Autumn/Winter 2010 collections in a spectacular A-List event.
Auckland’s Inaugural Fashion Festival includes designers; Adrian Hailwood, Andrea Moore, Annah Stretton, Barkers, Cybele, Helen Cherry/Workshop, Huffer, Juliette Hogan, Kate Sylvester, Moochi, Paula Ryan, Stolen Girlfriends, Trelise Cooper and Zambesi. The...

With the release of Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland' only a hop, skip and a jump away,  Disney have commissioned avant garde jewellery designer Tom Binns,a former Disney animator to create a limited edition collection which features pieces such as "Evil Red Queen" who has a necklace of little red hearts interspersed with thorns and pins, or a bracelet called...

 Stussy have teamed up with Carrie Munden of Cassette Playa for their new 2010 Spring capsule collection. With a contrite nod to the 90s and a throwback aesthetic reminisce of the 80s, the ladies collection has no release date as of yet. 

 The look book which was shot in downtown LA's most famous skate park, features photographs shot by none...

What would you do if you had more energy? Run faster? Train longer? Actually enjoy exercise?

On March 11, Reebok allows athletes to find out with the highly anticipated launch of ZigTech, the brand’s most technically advanced running and training shoe.

ZigTech allows your key leg muscles to do less, so you can do more.

Grab your paper plate and throw on some stretchy sweats, Acclaim magazine in collab with Fashion Exposed is launching Buffet - the first trade show and public expo in the Asia- Pacific region dedicated to streetwear// sneakers//contemporary style & culture//T-Shirts//Accessories// Design and much more.

In addition to an industry trade show kicking off on Fri 26th Feb and...

Adidas and Fafi are the BFFs that you wanna third wheel with. They've teamed up again for a Spring/Summer collection which hits stores in March 2010 and will make you go AWW!

Fafi creates unexpected street styles for girls while using iconic Adidas products as a canvas for her well-known street art and graphics.

S/S 2010 is their most fashion...

London designer Tithi Kutchamuch has created a necklace with charms modelled on the skull and entrails of a parrot....

Fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier has become the latest famous name to create a plastic shoe for Brazilian brand Melissa.

Jean Paul Gaultier x Melissa, a 10cm high heeled shoe made of opaque and transparent plastics, will debut in June.

“Working with Melissa has been a coup de pied à la mode!  I’ve enjoyed the challenge of creating...

Damien Hirst’s bespoke pill cufflinks derive from his Pharmacy body of work as solid silver tablets and capsules - items that have come to appear frequently as part of the artist’s popular visual identity and interest in modern society's reliance on medicinal science.

They are engraved with the Hirst/Hirst logo and are hallmarked. The pills are presented in...

The JGoods Sneaker Restoration Kit is the most complete outfit for sneaker cleaning and restoration in the world. This kit simplifies the process so it is easy for anybody to breathe life back into their old, worn shoes.

With the help of this kit, you’re sure to be rocking the freshest sneakers on your block.

The kit includes...

Remember those cheap, gleaming digits you twinkled proudly at school?

For as long as we can remember, nail polish has been shiny, shimmery or sparkled almost beyond belief.

So with a little sigh of relief we announce that, finally, some 1940s-glamour-meets-high-fashion is here.

OPI, trusty purveyors of high-quality varnish that they are,...

Think Pink (Or Blue, Or Purple)

Paintbox is a range of semi-permanent colours from Fudge that let you go wild and create your own unique look.

Whether you use Paintbox to add a subtle baby pink glaze à la Dree Hemingway or opt for a full head of juicy tangerine dyed locks, the colour will stick...

Children Of Vision is a high-end fashion boutique nestled in the majestic arms of St Kevin’s Arcade on Auckland’s Karangahape Road.

They describe themselves as “fearless supporters of all that is avant garde, intellectual and unusual,” and more daring locals in the know flock there for an exclusive fashion fix.

And now they’ve gone...

Auckland based t-shirt website www.closet.co.nz has commissioned a group of Haiti Relief Fund t-shirts with all the proceeds going to Oxfam’s Haitian Relief Fund.

The tees have been designed by 4 of New Zealand’s top graphic designers - Kelvin Soh and Simon Oosterdijk (The Wilderness & Pie Paper), Simon Chesterman (Team Uniform & Consortium), and Sarah Larnach; designer of the award winning...

Ah, to live the Chanel lifestyle...

For those to whom mere bags, jewellery, cosmetics, fragrances, shoes and clothing is not enough, treat yourself to a Chanel inflatable dinghy, surfboard, basketball, guitar or snowboard....

We do like us a pair of Ray Bans in the summer, but this is a whole new level...

Not sure what the story here is but either this guy really, really loves Ray Bans, or he is in it for the money...

You can even watch the sunglass frames being tattooed onto his face on YouTube -...

Sometimes you wake up feeling great and you’re willing to say “YES” to just about anything.

Other times all you want to do is say “NO” – leave me alone!

Now you can just let your shirts say it for you......

ghd IV Precious

The ghd hair styler is no wallflower, so it comes as no surprise to learn that her latest incarnation is just as fashion-forward as ever.

Revelling in this season’s trend for metallics, the ghd IV can be found in a “precious, primped package” a.k.a the chic Precious gift set.

It features all...

Skullcandy

We hate to pull out that old cliché, but if you haven’t come across Skullcandy gear yet you really have been living under a rock.

They’re currently taking over the world with listening accoutrements and rad accessories, and quite frankly our own portable music universes never seemed so extroverted or fun.

Hot off the...

Ksubi Eyewear

Ksubi is making reading cool again with their 09/10 eyewear collection.

Entitled  ‘Book Club’, the collection comprises of 13 eclectic and unisex frames.

Every piece is very distinctive - they’ve each been inspired by a different topic including steam punk, pop comic and vintage notations.

Our favourite frames include Tiga -...

Casio G-Claw

What do vintage arcade games, tough timepieces and a power fist have in common?

Why, it’s the mighty G-Claw. Taking a Claw Arcade machine, Casio turned it into the ultimate game that players use to win great prizes.

The designers of concept, Virtue, took the Japanese heritage of the Casio brand and went...

Pulp Shoes

Canvas fever swept the streets of Europe this summer.

That’s right, from Berlin to Brighton, fashionable men and women were going balmy for casual plimsoles and slip-ons.

Locally, the forecast is hot – with Pulp Shoes offering a range of wicked canvas shoes.

The Ashbury and Aight shoes come in a...

MAC

It’s MAC holiday time again, which means a swag of beautiful new products to give (or preferably receive) in your Christmas stocking.

As usual, we’re spoilt for choice in the lip, eye and cheek departments, with eight precociously pretty new holiday palettes, three Viva Glam kits, and six highly giftable boxes of lipglass and pigment tricks...

G-Star + Marc Newson

G-Star is celebrating its continuing creative collaboration with Marc Newson with a Limited Edition Spring/Summer 2010 collection.

Working with G-Star since 2003, Newson has now reinterpreted four classic jackets and two t-shirts, with his own galactic take, for both men and women.

Premium materials and an indigo blue palette...

Lacoste, Ben Sherman, Rockport, North Face

The face of downtown Auckland is changing and the shopping has never been better.

Following the lead of luxury retailers like Gucci and Louis Vuitton, Australia’s True Alliance Group have come to the party with flash new flagship stores for four members of their global lifestyle club - Lacoste, Ben Sherman,...

Marc Jacobs Daisy Silver Edition

Fanatics and dilettantes ahoy! Marc Jacobs just lurves metallics – they appear somewhere in almost every clothing and footwear collection he has ever designed – and now his covetable fragrance comes in silver too.

Daisy EDP already had the cutest bottle for miles, but this luxe mirrored and golden specimen just takes...

Rochet Jewellery

Trying to find a gift for the smartly dressed guy who has everything?

Rochet Jewellery for Men could be the stocking filler you’re looking for this season.

Rochet makes a range of tough sculpted accessories - including bracelets, pendants and cufflinks.

In recent years an evolution in jewellery design and a...

Agatha Paris

Not going to make it to Paris for this year’s Christmas shopping?

Then indulge in some French style a little closer to home - Agatha Paris has opened its first Australasian boutique in Auckland’s Vulcan Lane.

The 35-year-old label makes French jewellery that fuses the fashionable with the affordable, with its...

Black Not Black

Until recently, New Zealand was seriously lacking in online fashion shopping sites, but we’re very pleased to see the tables are rapidly turning.

Latest ‘net kids on the block are Black Not Black and they’ve arrived armed with virtual shelves and racks of the cream of the crop of indie New Zealand and Australian...

Reebok Pump technology has been described as innovative, unique and ground-breaking, but those words don't even begin to measure up to exactly what it's all about.

After 20 years, the Pump technology still reigns as one of the most innovative footwear technologies ever made.

From November 20, 2009, Reebok kicked off a year-long celebration of the 20th anniversary...

Don’t be afraid this summer to be loud and proud in colours!

This collection really captures the look of the season for Overland.

Team up with your favourite flat strappy sandal or go for a classic wedge.  Or for a more edgy look grab some platforms, your clutch purse and head out into the sunset...

Design collaborative To22 created something nearly perfect. A continuous ring, delicately proportioned, beautifully polished and seemingly flawless.

There's only one tiny imperfection. A speck, no larger than a piece of dust. At a glance, it is barely noticeable. Upon close examination, it appears intentional and more clearly defined.

Only magnification reveals the actual object set within the miniature...

One of the more tasteful re-interpretations of classic Barbie - here she wears Rei Kawakubo's latest vivid 'Jingle Flower' print and wears her hair long and brown with a fringe.

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Time for a trade-in?

Levi’s wants your old jeans now!  Trade-in your old jeans at a Levi’s® Store and not only will you receive 30% off your next pair you’ll also be helping to put a stop to animal cruelty.
 
With every trade-in Levi’s will donate $1 to the WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals). ...

This Hip Shark from Verameat is eating a hot lady torso in fur mini dress. But she’s not a victim - she’s hitting his unusual head with a bone club.

This necklace is great on women or men. For those that have almost everything......

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There's high hopes for the newest site in town - Auckland Street Style.

Bookmark this baby and check back often. You might have been spotted.

Have you been recently drenched in an unseasonable spring shower?

Well next time, head out prepared with a gorgeous umbrella by British designer Lulu Guinness. Her latest collection has 26 witty canopies to choose from.

Our favourite? The Birdcage Umbrella, as seen above.

Shiny, slick and highly covetable. Nike have just released these bad boys -the Air Royal Mid "Metro Pack." 

As you'll see above, the shoes feature black patent leather, black suede toe area, perforated Swoosh, and a tonal tongue patch. The mid-soles are light grey and the laces are pitch black.

If you're keen on a pair you better start hunting NOW.

They say good things come in threes, and the latest addition to the Calvin Klein Jeans store family is definitely good news for fashionable folk!

The new store, in Auckland’s fashion capital, Newmarket will offer the whole stylish shebang of men’s and women’s apparel, accessories and underwear, starting with the fresh, cool Summer 2009/10 collections.
 
In keeping with...

Bow ties work for girls too in Berlin; and this Parisian lady's stunning leopard jumper makes us all jealous. Love how the tail curls around her neck. ...

We're on a first name and last name basis with this week's favourite thread wearers.

Backyard Bill's blog features stylish folks in their own clothes - one of these individuals is Adam Wallace. Isn't his hair amazing? He makes a cardigan look cool, not dated.

Vanessa Jackman captured Danielle Hayman in London - looking gorgeous in her red...

Hoiming Fung and Baldwin Pui co-founded of 'Hoiming' - a witty accessories label based in Hong Kong. They set the label up in 2006 after the desire to craft their own mad bags and accessories overwhelemed them.

The result? collections of covetable handbgs that break the stereotypical form and function of how a 'handbag' should be. As one spectator best puts...

As the end of the year rolls around once more, HOPETOWN would like to thank those who have supported them in 2009 by throwing a huge pre-summer sale.

Taking cues from retailers Den New York as well as Comme Des Garcons’ famous Guerilla stores, the HOPETOWN sale will be presented as an exciting pop-up shop within the PROCESS showrooms.

Still yearning for Tokyo in the 80s? Pick up one of Casio's new Poptone Cubic Puzzle watches and you'll be transported right back.

What makes this watch so retro? It's just a watch! The features are simple: 12 or 24 hour time settings, a stopwatch, an alarm clock, and a backlight.

Okay so there's no actual puzzles, but it looks mysterious...

The message at Fashion Week recently was clear - you must, must invest in a chunky cable knit jersey - at minimum.

Meet then, the good folks at S.N.S. Herning. They've been making classic Danish knitted fisherman sweaters since 1931 - over 70 years of slavishly sticking to the same recipe.

No surprises then that their jumpers...

Check out the Alessi Daytimer - designed by architect by Will Alsop.

Cubism is back with these cool water resistant plastic watches, available in black, green, orange, and purple.It's kind of like a small, perfectly formed building on your wrist.

French graffiti artist (and hottie) Fafi has collaborated with New York’s KWEENZ DESTROY to release some collaborative tanks and tees featuring Fafi’s signature graphics.

The rance of bubblegum coloured shirts are out now - just in time for summer!

Garance Doré shot Jade Sarita Arnott for her street style blog twice this year.

No wonder, because this - colour blocking, jumpsuit rocking - beauty's style is impeccable.

As UHH reveals, she is in fact the designer behind Arnsdorf, a youthful label devoted to clean shapes. It's as considered as Jade herself.

Adrian Riemann likes the Masters of the Universe-characters, and he's a fashion nerd to boot.

So what else was there to do, other than meticulously redraw 16 of the characters by hand, giving them the latest threads? Here we have Skeletor in Cheap Monday with YSL sneakers, while He-Man sports Dior Homme.

The mens edition - two very different looks!

On the left we have Frank and Ramel - dressed head to toe in "Wet Paint", their own label (snapped by Styleclicker).

And on the right we have a Berlin boy, inspired by those superannuated stylistas - grandparents (via Glam Canyon).

Sonic Fabric Neckties are a limited-edition project made by designer Julio Cesar. Sonic fabric is woven from 50% recorded audio cassette tape and 50% colored thread.

The earth-friendly fabric is actually audible if you run a tape head over it! The sound collages recorded onto the tape for this batch of ties comes from looped and layered samples collected on...

New Zealand fashion lovers can breathe a sigh of relief, as it looks like iD Dunedin Fashion Week is all set to go ahead for 2010.

Better still, there's a new jewellery design section bringing an exciting dimension to the Emerging Designer Awards, and entries are open now!

iD Dunedin Fashion Week (8 to 14 March) is the...

We're loving the jewel tones this week. Sart snapped this Cate Blanchett look alike on the streets of London town.

Meanwhile Styleclicker was out and about in Copenhagen, where he met Julie.

Major heartbreak, her jacket is thrifted! Oh well, there's always the glasses.

Aroha n. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.

This pretty much describes the feelings we have towards House of Aroha's 'Aroha Supreme' line of t-shirts.

There's currently over 20 arty New Zealand loving prints in the collection; and...

Everything that comes out of Sweden (ABBA, Cheap Monday, hot blond models) seems to make us smile, so it's no surprise that Happy Socks hail from our favourite country too.

Get loud and show your feet a little affection with a pair of their unisex socks - there's more than 90 styles to choose from. They even ship...

The first shot is from Tokyo Street Style - a girly Harajuku lover.

Her favourite store is Haight & Ashbury, a vintage store located not in SF, but in Tokyo’s Shimokitazawa neighbourhood.

The second look is from The Facehunter. He took the redhead's portrait on day 4 of New York Fashion Week SS10.

Beauty is...

Designers I have met and liked: many but I wish they’d wear more colours than black.

Vegans I have met and liked: well, Moby was nice to me at a record store signing in Auckland once.

Archie Grand makes notebooks for both friend and foe, emblazoned with a “met and liked” category. Perfect for recording stories of...

Perfect for children and adults that have a little bit extra to say, the Chalkboard Tee (designed by Brooklynites JinYen Huynh and Chris Carew) was made for writing and doodling on!

Simply use regular chalk to speak your mind on one of 5 cute shapes (how about a tie or a skyline?)

Whenever you want a clean slate simply pop...

Yvonne Hung is the brains behind label The Harbinger Company.

An urban planner by day and designer by night, “she would like to spend her days making beautiful places and things for people to experience”.

Her delicate laser-cut bamboo necklaces and earrings resemble honeycombs, or 2D cubes if you start looking at them differently.

Either way, they’re highly covetable and...

There’s no shame in being a reusable-sack-toting, pain-at-the-checkout, environmental super-hero anymore! Not when your bag looks this good.

The Rezon Eco Warrior bags feature some colourful and brave prints of Mexican wrestler masks.

The mask function is handy, because if you’re still embarrassed, simply flip the bag uspide down and onto your head – an...

Fess up, admit it. When you're buying bath products you just go for the ones that look prettiest, don't you?

It's okay, we do do too - and that's why we want some Green & Spring products for our bathroom.

The packaging is to die for, with each jar and bottle featuring a sweet British bird.

The brand has...

Accessories talk, and this beautiful French designed Assouline bag screams both money and good taste.

Made by Cole Haan, this beautiful genuine-leather unisex bag is embossed with numerals set in the Didot typeface.

Stuff it with your refined reading choices and tote it to the coffee shop, library, boardroom or the first class lounge.

Celia was snapped in NYC by Turned Out, looking fantastic in lacy neutrals – she says she loves to wear lingerie layered as outerwear.

The second image was taken by Chris Saunders (shooting for Team Uncool Fashion). Saunders is a South African based photographer, who is rapidly gaining recognition for his street style images of...

How do you like your meringues? Sandwiched together with freshly whipped cream, and strawberries? How about on your finger?

These Meringue Rings have been whipped up by German designer Tanja Hartmann.

The tasty little finger treats come in three sizes and are made out of industrial grade silicone, which won’t crumble to pieces like a real meringue.

A...

Romantic and dreamy, every facet of Dolce&Gabbana’s new fragrance ‘Rose the One’ evokes the femininity of a screen goddess.

Apt then that siren Scarlett Johansson is the face of the Rose campaign – seen in the ads resplendently lying on a bed, feasting on strawberries.

The scent is just as luxurious with top notes of pink grapefruit, mandarin and cassis;...

Embrace the fashion freedom of the late sixties with Twenty-Seven Names' Summer 2009/10 collection: "Jimi James and the Blue Flames". The collection’s name Jimi James and the Blue Flames, is taken from Hendrix’s’ first band.

Designers Rachel Easting and Anjali Stewart have gone mad for zips and lace; while colour wise, they have been influenced by performance Vanessa Beecroft’s...

We're definitely feeling this pixellated tote bag by designer by Cristian Zuzunaga. Zuzunaga is known for his work with blocks of colour - he even produces a pixel counch. 

Back to the tote though; it's bright, 100% cotton, unisex and the perfect mix of geek and fashion chic. You can also say you bought it at the TATE,...

From dramatic plums to a deep blue gray, the colours of a vibrant and seductive Spain are evoked with the new OPI Colección de España.

The Pulp picks for lacquering up your nails this Spring are the hot Barefoot in Barcelona (NL E41) - a luscious shade of nude with a Spanish ìsole; and the cheeky Manicurist of...

When the weather is hot you want dressing to be easy. Gypsy Disco is Deborah Sweeney’s Summer 2009 collection, and it's a relaxed, playful affair filled with bright colours. There’s a garment for any sort of activity in the sun: oversized comfy tees, leggings, ruffled cocktail dresses, jumpsuits and perfectly worn accessories.

Bunting (strings of colorful festive flags)...

Supermarket Sarah is the name of Sarah’s corner of the Internet, and a corner of her home.

She decided to leave the corporate world behind, set up shop (online, at home and a stall at London's Portobello Markets) and now sells treasures - clothes and objects, vintage and new - that will delight everybody.

Even Damon Albarn from Blur is...

If you’ve seen the new “Run This Town” video by Jay-Z, featuring Rihanna and Kanye West, you probably couldn’t help but notice the mad stud glasses Rihanna was wearing.

Investigation revealed they were made by a-morir, the label under which Kerin Rose sells her hand made (and fully functional) sunnies.

As well as Rihanna, she’s designed for the...

Poolside at The Standard has always been a hot destination; now the boutique hotel chain is offering you a range of swimwear to ensure you fashionably fit in with your surroundings.

Collaborating with the surfies at Quiksilver, they’ve reissued original board short designs from the 70’s and 80’s - but with updated fits and fabric technologies.

There’s a design for...

Recent sweet street style from our favs The Sartorialist and Hel-looks! This week, brighter is better.
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Maiko Takeda grew up in Tokyo, where she learned to observe the details of life, before moving to London to study at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design. 

Her thesis project from this time is a testament to the beauty of details - blending shadows, art and fashion seamless to create innovative jewellery.

“The collection...

It’s only been 5 years since the world was introduced to German “techno-chic” eyewear brand Mykita but right from the get go the German company has been getting attention with their classic and avantgarde elegant designs.

Mykita has collaborated with world renowned fashion designer Bernhard Willhelm who made some waves with his work on Bjork’s Volta album cover and...

After previously only releasing a couple of collaborative t-shirts, for Fall 2009 Bape is putting out Ghostbusters x Baby Milo t-shirts, raglan tees, mugs, as well as two colorways of the Bapesta sneaker.

bape.com...

Found at the online store of one Emil Kozak, under the category of 'Clothing and Artsy Shit' is this super cute whale pendant.

Not only is it cute but it's reversible - white one side, walnut veneer on the other, with a copper chain.

www.emilkozak.com...

Fashionary is the 1st sketchbook tailor made for fashion designers.

As well as 130 pages of figure templates it also features -

• 1200 brands index
• Measurement tools
• Body measurement system
• 10 basic patterns
• Specs Sheets
• Typography & boards
• Books and bookmarks list
• Fashion events
• Textile information
• Monthly...

Two days left!

Up and coming fashion designers in New Zealand have the chance to further their careers to the tune of NZ$10,000 in prize money, with an Italian flavour.
 
To celebrate its impending launch, Peroni Leggera announces the first annual Lighter Side of Italian Style Fashion Design competition.

Entrants, who must be over 20 tears of...

From Friday the 17th July, guerilla store THE DARK ROOM takes over the Children of Vision for 3 days.

The re-invented space will sell samples, one offs, current and past season stock from Children of Vision (including A'N'D, Bernhard Willhelm, Romance was Born, Gary Bigeni, TV and more!) Jimmy D and General Cucumber.com (including Cybèle, Deadly Ponies, Deborah Sweeney,...

WHO: twenty-seven names sale

WHAT: current season and samples

WHEN: this saturday the 18th of july 10 - 4pm

VIP'S: this friday night 5 - 8pm, come along fans!

WHERE: willis york hairdresser 119 taranaki st
(corner of taranaki and vivian st)

WHY: to raise funds to help us show at fashion week

HOW...

Designer Issey Miyake is creating a different type of fashion buzz with a print advertising campaign for his collection Pleats Please.

The fabrics from the range were used to create pieces of sushi and sashimi.
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For juicy colour and eye catching time-keeping, you can't go past the Time Teller P by Nixon.

In a range of 13 colour combos including these fully saturated beauties, the Time Teller P is made from durable, long-lasting materials.

www.nixonnow.com...

Phoenix Cosmetics fans now have more ways to get their fix with the opening of a third salon and new online shop.  

On Hurstmere Rd in Takapuna on Auckland’s North Shore, the new Phoenix salon is a one-stop shop for all your makeup requirements, offering an extensive range of makeup services and the Phoenix cosmetics line.

Meet Ham Bag and friends, the accessories designed to make you alternatively hungry or a bit queasy, depending on your take...

Choose from Hot Dog, Chicken Leg or Burger - fully functioning vinyl handbags with zip and chain.

Yum!
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Our favourite Wellington store Good As Gold is currently having one enormous whizzbanger of a t-shirt sale, and we thought you should know so you don't miss out.

That would suck.

Have a look here for some seriously cool t-shirts at seriously saley prices.

http://www.goodasgold.co.nz/shop/viewproducts.php?category_id=100

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The Blue Lobster Dunk serves as the sequel to last summer’s original Lobster Dunk, a Nike SB that first made waves on May 31, 2008.

The first “Lobster” was shipped and promoted by the “Concepts Fishing Company,” and came equipped with a poster, lobster claw rubber band, tee shirt and condiment box (replete with lobster shell cracker, fork,...

Bet Dita Von Teese could use one of these!

Tactical Corsets are high-fashion high-function clothes for empowered women.

For too long, women have had to compromise practicality for beauty.

Men got pants with cargo pockets and built-in knee pads, women got clothes whose only built-in feature was cuteness.

But why should men get all...

A new signature scent for timeless British elegance - with a modern twist - Burberry’s The Beat For Men follows in the tartany footsteps of earlier release The Beat For Women.

The sharp, woody fragrance hits skin with a beat of energy and notes the smoky, rebellious leatherwood and elegant vetiver bourbon balance vibrant black pepper and violet leaves...

Our street style picks of the week - from Facehunter....

Converse all stars are quite possibly the world's most popular shoe, and with its recent centennial celebrations in 2008, the brand continues to rejuvenate and inspire a new generation of shoe lovers.

Converse All Stars have been synonymous with some of the worlds well-known musicians from Kurt Cobain to M.I.A, and this time round the sneaker aficionados celebrate...

Fashion designer Berber Soepboer began collaborating with typographer Michiel Schuurman from August of last year to find the perfect textiles for her creations, and the fruits of their tireless labour are exciting to say the least!

Two pieces in particular strike a chord and consolidate her philosophy of choice in fashion. The first is the Colour-In Dress, whose...

A select group of NZ media recently gained introduction to the most anticipated fashion venture of the year when emergent label, HOPETOWN, launched their first collection in an exclusive event at the Process showrooms.
 
With a design ethos based around practical yet poetic garments, HOPETOWN designers Aria Campbell and Ruth Ellison found inspiration for their debut range in the...

G-Star’s NY Raw handcrafted couture garments took center stage at the Hammerstein Ballroom tonight during the Fall/Winter 2009 runway show of the luxury denim brand.

This season’s NY Raw collection represented G-Star in its purest form - magnifying the brand’s signature detailing to an unprecedented level. Each garment, created by the in-house atelier, blended the finest materials and...

Leading international hairdressing brand Paris-based Mod’s Hair has opened its first Australian salon at Circle on Cavill in Surfers Paradise.

Renowned for its philosophy and for offering “a unique Parisian experience”, Mod’s hair has over 400 salons worldwide - including four in New Zealand!

According to company director Julianne Liebeck the French brand is thrilled to be able to...

In honour of their newly unveiled flagship store on Sloane Street in London, Gucci is giving onlookers something even better to stare at than the cutting of a ribbon.

And it’s already being sported by Kate Moss.

Creative Director extraordinaire Frida Giannini has brought to life a new collection of handbags with the ever-so-English Union Jack...

While French luxury goods group Hermès announced on March 19 that its 2008 net earnings rose 0.8 percent to €290.2 million, despite the economic crisis, it was about the only one that did.

On the same day, global luxury fashion house Escada released a statement warning of their collapse.

You think your financial woes are bad?...