Trash & Vaudeville (NYC)

Trash & Vaudeville is New York City’s best and most notorious headshop and they also happen to be our customers. If you are craving a Johnny Thunders tee and a pair of skin tight bondage pants then head down to St. Marks and Jimmy at T&V will hook you up. The guys running this place are awesome and we are stoked to have them as customers and friends.

Some Product x komakino v.1

Last week, while checking out some vintage shops, I came across this little gem. Some Product designed and produced a very limited edition line of tees for my friend Campbell’s high-end men’s shop – Komakino. A pretty exciting find, since no samples were left and they all sold out a long time ago. The street poster advert was also designed and produced at around the same time by Some Product.

The Triad logo

Just finished designing a new SP logo for some of the up coming collections. Some Product will now be using one of man’s most ancient and powerful symbols to control hearts and minds.

Past, Present & Future

Some Product x WWAKE – Take 1

The new, “Origami” cardigan from Some Product photographed along with beautiful handcrafted accessories by Wing for Wwake.  All “Art Moms” take note! The bamboo feather jersey “Origami” cardigan is available from Some Product for Fall 2012. All accessories are available from wwake.com.

Photos: D.B. for Some Product

Styling: Sohee Lim

Models: Kate Brown and Stacey Armstrong

Hair & Make Up: Kaila Koffski

Assistant on set: Jessica Whitby

Shot at the Some Product Studio in Vancouver.

A One Night Stand

and a Hot Lunch…

Items available for Fall 2012 from Some Product.

Photos: D.B. for Some Product, Model: Kate Brown, Shot on location: Some Product Studio

Hi-lights of graphic tees for F/W ’12

A preview of our favorite new unisex graphic tees & tanks from Some Product available for Summer and Fall of 2012. Many more designs and styles are available for wholesale orders through our catalogue.

NIGHT – Lookbook F-W ’12

Photos: D.B. for Some Product, Model: Nan, Assistant: Mook.  Shot on location in Bangkok, Thailand.

All items shown are available from Some Product for F/W 2012.

DAY – Lookbook F-W ’12

Photos: D.B. for Some Product, Model: P. Buasri. Shot on location at Luxx Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand.

All items shown are available from Some Product for F/W 2012.

On location in Bangkok

I had my location for the Some Product look book shoot picked out at least two years ago. It’s an outdoor hair salon of sorts, where various ladies get made up and have their hair done, before venturing out into the night. I was drawn to this location, its wild energy, its constant flashing neon lights, its intense colors, its heat…it’s pretty overwhelming really. I have been coming there ever since, to shoot it, meet the people who work and hang out there and also to gain their trust and hopefully permission.

Finally a few weeks ago, green light!

So, what happens when your booked model cancels the night before the shoot? Well, in this particular instance, you go with your gut. I had my location, I had an assistant and I had only a night to get this done.

I met my assistant  Mook in a hotel restaurant a few hours before the shoot and explained the situation. Various friends were called, texts sent, all to no avail. Secretly, I didn’t really care, I knew in my gut I wanted to use someone that we would find, there, on location. In a way I was glad the model cancelled and no one was available. It was a case of needing to adapt to the environment and the situation at hand.  I told Mook, ” We are going on an adventure…”,  and she was game!

Shots below are of us at work, Mook and the incredible and very “Grace Jones” looking Nan. The complete Some Product f-w 12 look book shots will be published here in the coming days.

Photos: Some Product, Assistant & Stylist: Mook, Model: Nan

Secret Dream Location 2012

Fire of Love

The Gun Club’s first record – “Fire of Love” is dangerously contagious. It infected me the very first time I heard it and after years of inactivity, the virus resurfaced recently, with a real vengeance! It still sounds just as bad ass, sleazy and lean as I remembered it. In my mind the best example of the blues and roots rock-n-roll infused with the raw energy of early LA punk. This is done with such flair and conviction on this record that it permeates every cell in my body right down to the bone every time I hear it. With so few constants in life, Fire of Love remains an exception. It sounds as good now as it did the first time I heard it. That really can’t be said about most music.

“Every drop in my body moves with the train” – J.L. Pierce

The Gun Club family tree illustration : Sarah Carrier