'Beck: The Vanguard' - GQ April 2005

Over the past decade, Beck has emerged as a groundbreaking force in music and an icon of personal style. With his new album, Guero, hitting stores now, we celebrate his visionary taste and wonder: Will we all be wearing this in five years? Interview: Mark Healy Photographs: Richard Burbridge Beck

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HUGE April 2005

Dior Homme, Number (N)ine, Porter Yoshida designer, neighborhood, urahara, HUGE magazine scans, Japanese fashion magazine archive, full issue scans, Tokyo streetwear editorials, vintage Japanese menswear, fashion culture archive, Japanese magazine PDFs

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'No Half Steppin' - alife' Streetwear Today February 2005

Text & Interview: Steven Vogel When we decided on our title theme for this issue, “no half steppin’,” our immediate thoughts turned to the main story. The title meant many different things to us and is also so easily interpreted by many different people and brands. Thus, the initial challenge

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Streetwear Today - International Styles February 2005

Streetwear Today International Styles Feb 2005, Alife NYC, 2000s streetwear magazine, sneaker culture, urban fashion editorial, hip hop style, vintage magazine scans, New York street fashion, mens style magazine, 2005 fashion culture, Alife Rivington Club, Alife Sessions

'Issey Come, Issey Go - Naoki Takizawa' Surface Magazine January 2005

A seasoned Japanese designer emerges from his mentor's shadow to debut a delicately fluid collection of women's wear. Text: Bernando Siotong Photos: Collette There's something to be said for true dedication in this flash-in-the-pan world of design. After decades working under

'John C. Jay: Weiden+Kennedy's Virtuoso' - Graphis Magazine January 2005

As a partner and Executive Creative Director of Wieden+Kennedy, John C. Jay is breaking new ground in the dynamic Japanese advertising market. But this is nothing new for Jay, an eclectic and innovative figure who made a major impact in the world of design and fashion in the 1980s

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'BASE CONTROL - Hiroshi Fujiwara X Shinsuke Takizawa' - NEIGHBORHOOD A/W 2005

BASE CONTROL, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Shinsuke Takizawa, Japanese fashion, premium basics, plain T-shirts, sweatshirts, minimalist clothing, everyday essentials, wardrobe foundation, quality basics, Japanese streetwear, versatile apparel, casual wear, premium cotton,

'L'Alta Hollywood - Celebrity' - Vogue Italia January 2005

Vogue Italia Jan 2005 Steven Meisel, “Celebrity” editorial, paparazzi satire, celebrity culture critique, cinematic high fashion photography, model transformation concept, avant-garde fashion storytelling, luxury editorial, collectible magazine scans, 2005 fashion archive

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Beautiful Decay Issue M 2005

Beautiful/Decay Issue M 2005 “My Way”, Amir H. Fallah & Jay Littleton, contemporary art + design magazine, street art + graffiti culture, experimental illustration, underground music features, artist profiles Mark Jenkins, Anthony Goicolea, Katharina Grosse, global urban art editorial

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Educated Community Vol. 14 Valentine Issue 2005

'What Vexed Did Next' - Interview with Joe Hunter & Adam Thorpe

Scans from Dazed & Confused December 2004

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HUGE Magazine November 2004

Visvim, Goodenough, Number (N)ine, Final Home, urahara, HUGE magazine scans, Japanese fashion magazine archive, full issue scans, Tokyo streetwear editorials, vintage Japanese menswear, fashion culture archive, Japanese magazine PDFs

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CREAM Magazine Issue 2 October 2004

Cream Magazine Issue 2 October 2004 Hong Kong, Pharrell Williams feature, Nigo A Bathing Ape influence, Comme des Garçons Guerilla Store project, Tokyo–Hong Kong streetwear culture, contemporary art & fashion editorial, music + design crossover, Sk8thing aesthetics, collectible CREAM magazine scans

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Educated Community Vol. 13 Summer Issue 2004

'Peter Saville: When Routine Bites Hard' - Graphis Magazine July 2004

Text by Paula Carson Portrait by Donald Christie "Peter apologizes when people say they became a designer because of him, especially if they work on fish finger packaging." - Howard Wakefield, Saville Associates "Design has become the cover for unnecessary consumption. I don't want to take

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HUGE June 2004

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Educated Community Vol. 12 Spring Break Issue 2004

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2004 Frank151 Wu-Tang Clan alife Book 17

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HUGE December 2003

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'Man & Toy' Esquire December 2003

They might look like child's play, but these little fellas are taking the grown-up world of style by storm.  Writer: James Medd Photos: Beate Sonnenberg There was a time when, to quote the good book, putting away childish things was the big thing about growing up. At

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HUGE October 2003

Undercover, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Tsuyoshi Noguchi, neighborhood, urahara, HUGE magazine scans, Japanese fashion magazine archive, full issue scans, Tokyo streetwear editorials, vintage Japanese menswear, fashion culture archive, Japanese magazine PDFs

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Educated Community Issue 11 Back To School 2003

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'Art & Soul: Futura2000' - Waxpoetics Vol. 6 Fall 2003

Brooklyn. Off the avenue. Pale matte military olive, no markings. Custom fabricated buzzer, no digits. Futura Laboratories. Writer: Alexander Dawson Photos: Michael Spears Door opens. Cream pattern on black fisherman emerges. Black print on cream Bathing Ape T-shirt follows. Under the fisherman’s low brim, slightly bowed rectangles frame

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Waxpoetics Vol. 6 Fall 2003

Wax Poetics Vol. 6 Fall 2003, Sun Ra, Danny Krivit, Eugene McDaniels, Bad Medicine, Futura 2000 feature, 45 King, crate-digger jazz funk soul hip-hop magazine, NYC underground music culture, vinyl archaeology, DJ history, collectible magazine scans

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Sense May 2003

Sense Magazine May 2003, Japanese mens street fashion, New York & Tokyo influence, Supreme, A Bathing Ape (BAPE), Stüssy, Nike, visvim, Neighborhood, WTAPS, Undercover, fragment design, denim & workwear editorial, urban lifestyle magazine, collectible 2002 issue scans