Dress LaunderetteBlog

We are on the brink of summer and all the fun times the season has to offer. To get you in the mood, here are some fun-in-the-sun suggestions of things you can do in your Launderette gear.

Rifle Paper Co. specializes in hand-painted, customized stationery of striking beauty.

We’d probably hire, call, or email anyone that handed us a calling card including a Rifle Paper portrait.

We sure appreciate stationery companies that love paper as much as we do. How many people truly appreciate the cards, letters, and invitations that they receive? Who notices the weight and texture of the paper, the stamps used, the lettering, the care and importance? With the dominance of email and e-cards, we hope that businesses like Rifle Paper Co. will keep postal correspondence from becoming a lost art.

Freelance photographer Frank Worth befriended some of Hollywood’s big names of the 40s and 50s taking intimate production stills before such candids were common place. Considering these photos private mementos, Worth’s family found nearly 10,000 rarely seen and never published negatives in his apartment upon his death.

A&I and International Images’ book, Americana depicts Worth’s collection of portraits taken behind the scenes of the epic film, Giant. A fan himself, James Dean invited Worth to capture off camera moments on set.

Killspencer turns “used in combat” military tarps into comfortable, functional bags for everyday use. Only the utmost care and craftsmanship go into porting your laptops & sundries. Industrial duty buckling and one way release snap fasteners reference the materials’ original use, and elevate the canvas into beautiful, resilient products. Made in the U.S.A, Los Angeles based Killspencer plans to open a public factory where customers can have bags made custom to the specifics they carry.

Our recent trip to Iceland had us admiring flight attendant uniforms. The Iceland Air stewardesses look particularly fashionable, as you can see in the above photographs by Brian Finke. Their new uniforms are designed by Steinunn and include a neck accessory that looks like a white hydrangea blossoming out of a navy blazer. There is a certain formula to a good looking flight attendant uniform, and the style could easily translate to a traffic-stopping outfit. Launderette’s breakdown of Fashion Flight essentials:

Crisp, white shirt. Sleek, pencil skirt. Simple, skinny belt. Sexy, silk scarf. Topped with a pillbox hat.

Have a pleasant flight.

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Sex in a bottle. Shawn Kim, directs this video for Autolux’s grinding “Turnstile Blues.” The multiple monitors are wonderful. Each screen a canvas of its own. The blackness too, as it fades in and out, keeping time, holding place as nothing. Autolux makes a beautiful ruckus. One that should be listened to so loud, things shake on your desk.

The new album Transit Transit is scheduled for release later this year, and they open for Thom Yorke in Santa Barbara this weekend.

We will be back stateside in a few days, but right now, we are basking in modern and efficient Swedish design. Design House Stockholm is one of our favorite places to shop for all things cool-looking.

Vi ses senare…see you later!

We took the funicular to the top of Fløyen mountain today and it reminded me of this video. We’re on Kings of Convenience home turf here in Bergen, and this video gives you a tasty taste of how beautiful it is. François Nemeta takes stop motion photos a step further, tiling and collaging them into moving still lifes.

For springtime-inspired trains and footage, see Failure. Its got bicycles at the end and everything. (!!!)

We hope you’ve all been having a hippity-hoppiting Easter Day.  We wish you blooms of  daffodils, chocolate bunnies, and baskets full of pretty colored eggs. Speaking of baskets, Kate Spade’s line of basket handbags and purses are perfect for egg hunting or sunny walks to brunch. Paired with the Shuffleboard, they also make the perfect Spring outfit.