Photo Gallery Updates...

1 new gallery added and new images in Every Day in Vane: March...click here

Ignorance

XXL Interviews rapper DMX, you cant make this sh*t up...
enough said...

Are you following the presidential race?
Not at all.

You’re not? You know there’s a Black guy running, Barack Obama and then there’s Hillary Clinton.
His name is Barack?!

Barack Obama, yeah.
Barack?!

Barack.
What the **** is a Barack?! Barack Obama. Where he from, Africa?

Yeah, his dad is from Kenya.
Barack Obama?

Yeah.
What the ****?! That ain’t no ****in’ name, yo. That ain’t that nigga’s
name. You can’t be serious. Barack Obama. Get the **** outta here.

You’re telling me you haven’t heard about him before.
I ain’t really paying much attention.

I mean, it’s pretty big if a Black…
Wow, Barack! The nigga’s name is Barack. Barack? Nigga named Barack
Obama. What the ****, man?! Is he serious? That ain’t his ****in’ name.
Ima tell this nigga when I see him, “Stop that bullshit. Stop that
bullshit” [laughs] “That ain’t your ****in’ name.” Your momma ain’t
name you no damn Barack.

So you’re not following the race. You can’t vote right?
Nope.

Photo Gallery Updates / Everyday in Vane: March

As you may have noticed I added 3 new sections under our "Lifestyle" tab. Photographs, Videos and Interviews. The second 2 are coming soon, I have a bunch of stuff lined up. However I just added a couple of galleries to the Photographs sections, including "Everyday In Vane: March". If you don't know, "Everyday..." is a monthly gallery where I will be posting 1 photo from every day of the month. Also check out images from Ravi's birthday appropriately titled "The Manolito Celebration" Click here to view the Photographs

Murakami Retrospective

An upcoming Brooklyn Museum retrospective of the work of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami will coincide with the launch of another collaboration between Marc Jacobs and Murakami for Louis Vuitton (MJ is Creative Director at LV). The collabo is said to feature a newly designed camouflage pattern.

The pattern doesn't excite me, the exhibition does. Check it out. April 5th - July 13, 2008. The Brooklyn Museum

Spring Jewelry Photo Shoot

As I mentioned before I want to thank Youssef and MissB for doing a great job modeling and Erin for hooking it up with the make-up. It's not easy to keep a straight face in 20° on a roortop with only one layer on.

I wanted to throw up a couple of behind the scene photos and also announce that the photo galleries are coming back in a big way, including the 'Every Day in Vane' section. We are also dedicated to bringing you a variety of original content including, interview, articles, videos, and a whole lot more. 2008 is about to be a big year for us so check the blog daily to see whats goin' on!

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*Some images provided by Mauricio Aguayo - good looks man!

Spring 2008 Jewelry Collection

Pirates have shaped our modern cultural landscape more than any other figure. Be it pirating illegal music and software, to bootlegging media or straight knocking off luxury brand goods, pirates and hackers have been at the center of cultural debate.

Taking this ethos, from the depths of a New York workshop, Vane has discovered a treasure of buried vintage chains. Stolen from eras past, they revived 5 styles of chain, and complemented the collection with an original pendant and tee shirts.

Keeping in line with the concept of old fashioned local craftsmanship made relevant again, Vane has updated vintage chain to make fresh and new what once was lost.

Click here to view and shop full collection.










I wanted to thank MissB and Youssef for doing a kick ass job in front of the camera. You guys ROCK for getting through the shoot that I decided to have on the roof on what seemed like the coldest day all year!

Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes

Santogold "L.E.S. Artistes"

Santogold's first video. You'll be hearing more from this girl as her name has been buzzing all over the music blogs since last summer and her debut album drops sometime this month. She's from Brooklyn and in my opinion is one of the most innovative artists coming out of New York at the moment. Produced by Diplo (of M.I.A. fame), Switch and others she's got this synth-electro-punk sound down to a tee.

Here's her myspace. Check out "Creator" and "Shove It"

Popular Business, Man Endorses Change

"Swate"
boomp3.com

from GAWKER.COM: Jay-Z's new robo-call supporting Barack Obama in Ohio has finally dropped, and once Danger Mouse remixes it, Obama will sweep the white vote.