North Korean Jeans...

As you may know, we are a member of the Korean blog list.  This is because us zombies like the Korean vibe, and one of us is Korean ;P  Of course, we are mostly focused on new stuff from South Korea, for what should be obvious reasons.  Occasionally we do make exceptions though.  This isn't politics and it is pretty damn intriguing to say the least.  This is zombie territory. 

There is a new(ish) brand of jeans called Noko Jeans that are made in North Korea, that can be bought by Westerners.  I didn't just mistype that.  I'm not joking.  They are for sale at a shop in Sweden, as the land of Volvo and Ikea has not cut diplomatic ties with the land of the Fatherly Leader.  Although it is more like the son of the fatherly leader now, as he is more famous currently.  It should also be noted that (not surprisingly I suppose) there is a museum dedicated to the brand in Stockholm (dope city!).  Click the links, watch this video and if you are in the US and willing to talk to the OFAC boys then get a pair! That is, if you like them.





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Schmootzie

Warm Fuzzies

I was looking online for different clothing sites and found a new site.  They carried brands and lables I like, but I was deeply disturbed by their editorial.  Here's why:

SSENSE x Puppy Love

Umm, basically it's a series of the same model posing different ways with the dog.  Doggy style gets literal.  Here's another disturbing one:

Okay, I'm all about controversy and being provocative, but this is just wrong.  Growing up hearing about how Asians eat dog and getting berated about it...well, what is this sh*t?!  It's true, sometimes Koreans eat dog and so do Vietnamese, but I'd rather eat a dog then a dog "eat" me.  Well, you never know till you try.  And did anyone call PETA yet?!  ㅎ__ㅎ

바나나

Yourboyhood

I'm very excited to present our first interview with Hong Sukwoo of yourboyhood. As time progresses we will interview various interesting people asking them 5 random questions. Sukwoo is a street fashion photographer in Seoul, Korea. But he is more then that. For one, he's super talented and very active in the whole Seoul fashion/ culture movement.

You can read more about him and see his photos mostly at yourboyhood.  But also visit:

Daily Projects

ByeBoy
Westwoodman / Yourboyhood

The interview:

Originality? Plagerism? Is "Art" that is based on Art, Art? aka everybody steal...

The idea for this post came to me while I was watching a repeat of Fashion TV late at night while talking to another Zombie online.

I noticed that the "new" styles looked similar to fashions created by the late Coco Chanel. This got me thinking about an old quote attributed to Picasso. More on Picasso's quote later,  first let me share with you this video/slideshow I found on Coco Chanel, arguably the mother of modern women's fashion.