ROGUES GALLERY SPRING 2007

The new collection from Portland, Maine's finest. In stock at Blackbird now.

"Isleboro" Henley [$110]

"Rum Runner" Polos in black and blue [$110]

"HMS Worchester" Harwitch Crew [$64]

"HMS Dreadnought" Harwitch Football Jersey [$99]
This is my personal favorite out of the whole collection...

"Empire" Jersey [$178]

The original Rogues Gallery "reclaimed" vintage t-shirt. If you don't know the deal with these, I'll just repeat what's said on the tag since the company sums it up pretty nicely: "Each authentic reclaimed piece is custom dyed, hand printed & finished in our Portland Maine Workshop."

"Foundry" Reclaimed Vintage Tee [$79]

"Trial" Reclaimed Vintage Tee [$79]

OBEY

Thanks to everyone who came through the shop this weekend to check out our new loft and take advantage of our sale. Now back to your regularly-scheduled blog update...

We just received a grip of new shirts and shorts from OBEY.

"Rot Head" [$31]

Left: "New Wall Paper" [$39] Right: "Mexico" [$38]

Left: "Floral Curtain Pattern All-Over Print" [$49] Right: "Switch Blade" [$33]

Left: "Horse Lady" [$28] Right: "Tiger Star" [$28]

Left: "Wolf Mother" [$62] Right: "Last Minute" [$63]

LOFT OPENING SALE

Remember this?

Well, Blackbird's loft is now officially open for business, and to celebrate the occasion we're offering 20% off on everything in the store.

Online orders are welcome. Come check it out, starting tomorrow.

BLOG LOVE

Quick shouts to WJK over at The Killjoy Papers and Jamie at Joshspear.com for the love.

CHEAP MONDAY LATJO LAJBAN

The first item from Cheap Monday's premium label are these "Latjo Lajban" jeans, and they're loaded with all the requisite details such as exposed rivets, vintage-style wide redline selvage, leather cinchback, and even an HOMAGE (Levis lawyers stay away) back label.

Cheap Monday Latjo Lajban Selvage Jean [$99]

RAF SIMONS AUTUMN-WINTER 07

We'll be carrying Raf Simons and RAF by Raf Simons this coming season. Start getting hyped.

JULIAN RED - ROSE/ASPHALT

Images and colors created by artist Lisa Bandgren set the theme for Julian Red's spring-summer collection "rose/asphalt." The collection examines the contrast between lightweight cottons, modal, and silk with the raw surfaces of denim.

"Loveless" Black rose/asphalt print tee [$90]
Hoboken Nikki Sixx [$225]

The Nikki Sixx is probably one of the most unique denim items ever made. The weft (the "inner" side of the denim) is yarn-dyed pink, giving the jeans a really cool metallic/oily shine depending on what angle you look at it from. The distressing is really well done and subtle: The jeans are lightly scraped, rinsed, and marked sharply on the front pockets, the back pockets are randomly wrinkled and scratched, and the bottom legs have a wrinkle effect.



Hoboken Organic No-Wash [$190]
Made of double-ring-spun red selvage 100 percent organic denim! A lot of stretch denim jeans have a flat or look to them, but as you can see from the picture these are really "alive" and have great color and depth to them.


Lady Hoboken NY Eve [$235]
The white stitching adds some shine to these black jeans which have been stonewashed and bleached to a perfect flat grey color.

These pictures were pulled from a special on the shop American Rag Cie in Japan, out of the April issue of Japanese fashion magazine Men's Non-no. The beauty of these brands is reaching far and wide.

Gray Band of Outsiders suit worn with a yellow Band of Outsiders shirt and silver Common Projects low-top. We have both the yellow shirt and the sneakers* at Blackbird. Although we do not have this suit, we have a very similar Band of Outsiders one in black.
* these are going fast! We have one pair left in a size 41. If this is you, act quickly.


Acne trench coat, t-shirt, and pants. The very Acne trench coat that Elliott has been so very excited about.

WHAT ARE THE BOYS WEARING TODAY?

Left:
Flippa K Silk Cotton Button Tee [$175]
B.Son Sleeveless Cardigan [$165]
Rag & Bone RB15 5-Pocket Jean [$199]
Thorn Victorian Mouse Skull Necklace [$240]

Centre:
Kenzo Minami "Million" V-Neck [$155]
Corpus Stick-G Acid Wash Jean [$152]

Right:
Umbro Fleece Cardigan [$118]
Pleasure Principal Ant Acid Sheet [$89]
Acne Moc Raw Jean [$249]
Ron Dodson Bearclaw Wallet [$462]

BAXTER OF CALIFORNIA

Our boys at Baxter of California have been getting quite a lot of attention lately...

Men's Health

Details

^ Great cover headlines, don't you think?

And, of course, Blackbird carries the full line of Baxter of California products.

Blue bottles for miles.

My personal resident clothing model, Kazutaka Nomura, would like you to know that he is playing a show tomorrow (Wednesday, April 18th) at the Comet Tavern on Capitol Hill. Now is your chance to see the legend before your very eyes. Oh my!

He has quite a few other shows coming up, as well, before he heads off to a three week return to Japan. You can view his schedule here.

APC navy gabardine garcon-fit jacket ($395)
Acne white "Limit" t-shirt ($79)
Julian Red "Lady Hoboken" ($235)
Common Projects leather "Achilles" mid-top in dark grey ($285)


Acne linen/cotton-blend short sleeve shirt (coming soon)
Acne "Mix Klor" ($299)


B.Son sleeveless cardigan ($165)
Pleasure Principle "Ant Acid Sheet" t-shirt ($89)
Julian Red "Hoboken Nikki Sixx" ($225)
Common Projects leather/suede "Achilles" high-top in white ($275)


Pleasure Principle sleeveless hoodie ($188)
Uppercut "Timber" shirt ($125)
Julian Red "Hoboken Nikki Sixx" (coming soon)
Swear "Dean" in white ($195)


Acne linen long-sleeve shirt (coming soon)
Cheap Monday "Tight" (this style is coming soon)


Corpus polyester "Polycat Trench" ($265)
Filippa K washed jersey tanktop ($89)
Nom de Guerre black narrow fit suvin cotton jeans ($278)
Common Projects "Achilles" low-tops in silver ($286)


BBlessing "Bee Crescent" zip-up hoodie ($159)
Filippa K washed jersey tanktop ($89)
Cool Hunting People white pants ($225)


B.Son Japanese jersey cotton Short sleeve hoodie ($231)
Uppercut "Timber" shirt ($125)
Nom de Guerre narrow fit white selvage jeans ($247)

Don't forget! This weekend: Boutique Warehouse Sale!

We got the internet going nuts: NWsource, Daily Candy.

I'll be there playing dressing-room wrangler. Come say hi.

Ballard Vandalism Watch

Spotted in Blackbird's loft area.

What could this mean?

(graffiti by leah)

Who wears short shorts 2: Electric Boogaloo

Continuing our 10-part series on short shorts heroes... In his role as Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV in Magnum P.I., Tom Selleck became famous for representing every man's dream lifestyle: coming and going as he pleased in an island paradise, working only when he wanted to, the almost unlimited use of a 1979 Ferrari 308 GTB, a mini-fridge filled with a seemingly endless supply of beer, interaction with innumerable beautiful women, and of most importantly, wearing short shorts whenever he pleased.

Now you too can channel the spirit of the legendary Thomas Magnum with these new offerings from Armand Basi.

Armand Basi Polyester Floral Print "Gumby" Swim Trunk in assorted colors [$85]

Armand Basi "Wilmot" Swim Trunk [$99]

Armand Basi Cotton Blend "Gumby" Swim Trunk in Navy [$85]

Armand Basi "Arthur" Swim Trunk [$85]

Armand Basi Polyester "Gumby" Swim Trunk in Red [$85]

Don't let Higgins get you down!