I was invited to document Electric Zoo, a 3 day electronic music festival located on Randals Island right outside of the city. Though it was just a lot of young-drugged-out-weirdos prancing around the festival was quite an experience. I’ve always slept on electronic music and recently, due to being friends with @djlawrencelee, I have been exposed to a lot of new house, dubstep, techno etc and had been slowly getting into it. Law always told me that you will never be able to fully understand/enjoy this kind of music without experiencing it live first. So I went…

It was a bit hard to fully enjoy myself with a 5D Mark II around my neck so hopefully by next year Canon will take that into consideration and offer a smaller solution for high quality photos. #makeithappenCanon

We just received a fresh batch of new VANE stickers. These are available for free at the VANE Concept Store at 125 Rivington street with ever Foursquare check-in.

Unless you have been living in a cave for the last few years, you undoubtedly noticed that this past Thursday marked the third annual Fashion’s Night Out, a joint initiative by Vogue and the CFDA to help promote full-price retail by way of throwing lavish parties and getting revelers (including, but not limited to, industry heads, models and prospective everyday consumers) really, really fucked up.  Much like the Fourth of July, Halloween, New Years Eve, your 21st birthday and any other day whereby humans spend an inordinate amount of time and capital plotting a day of celebration, for most (read: those aforementioned prospective everyday consumers–industry heads and models always have fun) it’s a complete and utter let down.

Take, for example, the thousands of pathetic souls missing all sorts of chromosomes who showed up at that sorry excuse for a retailer “Dash.”  Really?  You didn’t think that shit would get shut down when there were thousands of you romping around SoHo, desperate to touch–nay, merely see–one of those talentless, frumpy, surgically enhanced Geico cavewomen?  You’re completely useless and reassure me that no matter how difficult life may get at times, I am going to be just fine.

We’re thrilled to announce that we will be joining Saks Fifth Avenue to present our VANE x Sebago collection among other exclusive offerings for a special event on Fashion’s Night Out.  Swing by for a chance to meet & greet with designers from the Artisan Collection and treat yourself to a purchase (or two). The first 50 purchasers will receive a free gift from MIANSAI. After that come over to the The VANE Concept Store for our special FNO is VANE celebration for even more!

SAKS FIFTH AVENUE (Men’s Shoe Section)
611 Fifth Avenue, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10022
212.753.4000

Dear designer and illustrator friends, Wacom just announced a new addition to their product line that lets you physically sketch on a piece of paper and transfer onto an editable digital medium on your computer. Game changer! Well at least in theory it is. I’m always skeptical about technologies that seem “revolutionary” and only tend to believe it when I see it in action. But then again if I trusted any company to create something like this it was definitely be Wacom. Waiting…

This video pretty much sums up what NYC went through during Hurricane Irene: