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No offense Melbourne, but if you were my boyfriend, this is right about the time I’d be hating your moody little bitch ass and wondering why the fuck I got with you in the first place. Wait, that’s a bit harsh but this weather is a reallllll fuckin’ buzz-kill. Am I right? Or am I right? 12 year cold-snap you say? Oh how wonderful. That sure puts a spring in my step in the morning.

Meanwhiles (that s was a typo, but it stays, I like that ‘meanwhiles’) over in Paris… Beautiful tanned Europeans are hanging out on rooftops in the sunniest of sunshine and celebrating Stussy’s 30^th Birthday with bbqs and cute boys in pork-pie hats and… hang on was that Jeff Staple?... and girls that are cool but not even that hot so you would still have a chance with said cute boys in pork-pie hats, and the fucking eiffel tower just shining in the background like it ain’t no thing. This video gone and went and broke my goddamn heart.

Melbourne. Get it together. We are not being intimate again until I see some fucking sunshine.

Regards,

Alex

Two new zines, Ugly Girls Hot and Tacky Crap courtesy of The Serps affiliate, Martin Bell, as always you can expect to sell out. You can cop one or the other for around $8 each or cop both for a paltry $16.

You'll find them here.

To celebrate the re-release of Take Ivy, for the first time in English no less, we asked our friends at UK boutique Coggles to take some of our favourite images from T. Hayashida’s now iconic book and give us their contemporary reinterpretations.

Take Ivy has, even in it’s notorious scarcity, become one of the first points of reference for the revival in traditional Ivy League and American rugged wear so we were excited to see how Coggles would respond to the challenge. Their ability to pull current pieces from brands like Fred Perry, Paul Smith, A.P.C. and more and reconstruct these classic looks from 1960s American college life was impressive and in turn a perfect example of how so much of current contemporary style does come from vintage American fashion.

As a special treat we present some of those pages from issue 21 here today followed with a detailed look at the re-issued Take Ivy published by powerHouse books. 

You can purchase Take Ivy here and find all the brands featured in this special collaboration over at Coggles.com.

Home grown art driven tshirt label Das Monk has released their Spring 2010 range and lookbook. As always the label was brought together an eclectic group of artists with a collection inspired by ‘holiday romances, leisurely bushwalks and classic forms’. The new range also heralds the rebirth of their website which now boasts goodies such as art prints, tote bags and gift packs, as well as their usual top notch tees. Check it out here. More images of the range in the gallery.