Monday, July 30, 2012

Inspiration: Mean Dark Pair of Shades [MDPS]


"I wear a mean dark pair of shades... you can't see my eyes... unless my head is bent... you dig?" -Rasputin's Stash Mr. Cool. 1971. Via Jim Jones We Fly High. 2006. [Above] JFK. [Below] Muhammad Ali. 


[Below] Tom Cruise in Risky Business. 1983. Katie wasn't with him shooting in the gym.


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8 Million Stories | Def Jam Digital | EDGY-Sketch Blog | JDNY Present: Concrete Jungle Book #CJB + Achromatic: Volume Deux #AVD. Everyone in New York City has a story... here's one from the island of Manhattan. Book + Soundtrack available wherever crooks are sold Fashion Week. Achromatic: Deux Digital Release 9.11. 2012. First Edition Flagship Hardcover + Paperback - Compact Disc October 23, 2012.





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Concept: Mean Dark Pair of Shades [MDPS]


[Above] "last night was mad real/sunglasses and advil/sun coming up at 5:00am/I wonder if they got cabs still..." -Ye No Church In The Wild. Watch The Throne. 2011. Image via Blade Brown on Instagram @itsbladebrown [Below] Conceptual Hatian Art.


Idea: Mean Dark Pair of Shades [MDPS]


"designers all over the world... being in New York.... creativity, brilliance and rebeliousness... the runway is a place where you can break the rules as well as make the rules..." -Anna Wintour. Achromatic: Story.Sound.Song. 2011.

"what I always think is good is that one should be upbeat about fashion... Im finding sitting around in the shows so far its too soon, the jury is still out... you can't pull a trend... when people say 'whats the new trend?' there is no new trend, this is the first week of fashion week, we've got four weeks to go...this is New York, London, Paris, Milan, who can say what the trend is? We haven't even got to the middle of the fashion week and people are always talking about trends. Everyone wants everything too fast, too soon, its too much-too fast-too soon, no one can sit back and appreciate, analyze, think about, enjoy the pledge of fashion and what it can bring to you... so when someone comes up to me in a tent and says 'what are the new trends?' I say I don't speak trends..." -ALT. Achromatic: Story.Sound.Song. 2011.

Sketch: Mean Dark Pair of Shades [MDPS]




[Above/Below] Slide/Insert Frames. Magnetic Clear/Shaded Lenses. Lens Dust Bag.

Achromatic: Volume Deux. Blocks Video.


"...found out she had aids and jumped from the twenty-fifth floor off the roof/on impact her body bounced back to the 3rd Storee like the group" #achromatic

"...six shots. four landed. tripple homicide/...Morningside" #achromatic

"armed robbery at the pharmacy for oxycotton/almost got away dead at twenty-one shot by an off duty officer" #achromatic



Achromatic: Volume Deux. Can't Say No/Champion + Feel Jackson


Request "Champion" + "Feel Jackson" everywhere you party in Manhattan. Available on Amazon and iTunes 9.11.2012.


"you don't have to play me at your club/your whole guest list was in Forever 21/...and it was free before 1." #achromatic