I Art You

A group of young adults in LA have managed to drum up some controversy and a little business over their new clothing venture. Their Crazy Robertson brand is based on John Jermyn a schizophrenic homeless man who has developed a small following by dancing on roller skates along Los Angeles Robertson Boulevard. Dressed in all black, leotards, and a visor, the tall figure is hard to miss and is beloved by most Robertson Boulevard regulars.
The clothing is sold in a boutique on the boulevard and to date every item has sold out. There are t-shirts and hoodies available with the hoodies priced at $98. Jermyn has signed a contract giving him 5% of the ventures profits.
Although people are quick to criticize the brand it has been very successful at creating publicity and has much more artistic merit then most clothing brands today. Homelessness is a major issue in the United States today, and despite its importance it is often under represented in art work. The more one reads about the Crazy Robertson the more one is inspired, live free, do what you want, regardless of how others label you. Sounds like a positive message to me, and the clothings not to bad looking either.

The Godiva G Collection designed by world renowned paster chef Norman Love is one of the most elegantly designed chocolate collections available. Each chocolate truffle was uniquely designed with every attention to detail and taste. The result is a beautifully packaged and delicious presentation of Godiva’s finest work.
Luxury like this comes at a price of course, with a fifteen piece set costing $45, with the larger thirty and forty eight piece sets costing $80 and $125 dollars respectively. Definitely not a bargain, but respectively priced for such an elegant collection from Godiva. Although they are no loner available, when the G Collection was launched the chocolates were held in a beautiful wooden box which has since been changed to a less elegant but more affordable traditional chocolate box.

Bathing Ape was founded in 1993 by Tomoaki Nagao who goes by the nickname Nigo. The company produces urban fashion that continues to become ever more popular and well know around the world. There in lies the problem that the brand is now experiencing. Despite becoming ever more and more commercially successful the brand is doomed to failure, and will probably exist in relative obscurity within a few years.One of the elements that made Bathing Ape so popular in Japan was its unique “Japaness” now threatened by expansion into Hong Kong, Taipei, and New York. Where as before anyone wearing Bathing Ape was assumed to have traveled to Japan, actually found the fairly well hidden stores, and paid the exhorbent price of the clothing. Today there may be as many knock off bathing apes popping up around the world as originals. Very few people wearing Bathing Ape today actually own real Bathing Ape, making anyone that pays the ridiculously high price for the incredibly watered down brand rather foolish.
With more and more stores opening around the world and desperate expansions such as the Bape Cuts hair salon, Bape Cafe, and Bape Sounds Records combined with the abundance of fakes and the ‘clientèle’ so clueless they are unable to separate the fake from the real Bathing Ape appears doomed. It is unlikely that Baby Milo will live to become an adult.

We Are The Strange the revolutionary animated feature film from M Dot Strange is now available on DVD. After touring film award shows the film can be purchased online for $19.99. The Film is rated PG 14, runs an hour and a half, and comes equipped with a large number of bonus features as well as a description of the making of the film. There is also an extraordinary large amount of subtitles on the DVD, so as long as you speak one of the more popular languages of this planet you should be able to understand it. Even if you don’t you should still be able to appreciate the fascinating animation. After all it is the film that took home the “Most Groundbreaking Film” award at the Fantasia Film Festival Montreal 2007. Truly an exciting DVD, We Are The Strange is a pleasure to watch. .