Malcolm McLaren w/ Buffalo Gals Photo by Bob Gruen
It’s been a rough first half of the year. Malcolm Mclaren died yesterday. He was 64. Though he will undoubtedly be best remembered for his work as manager for UK punk rock act The Sex Pistols (and slightly less for his role as impresario for the red-patent-leather-commie era New York Dolls) his contributions to fashion, music, and popular culture could quite plausibly be described as “immeasurable”. Nearly everything Mclaren touched has influenced the work we do here at Riot Style. To say that Jamie Reid, Vivianne Westwood and Malcolm Mclaren are our style and design forebearers would be an understatement. They brought art to terrible music, and music to terrible art. They brought situationism to the mainstream and the underground to market. We would go so far as to say we ripped them all off… Viva cash. Viva chaos.
As a tribute, Here’s part 1 of a two part video interview SUPREME conducted with Malcolm as a part of their Spring / Summer 09 collection based on the Duck Joint / Buffalo Gals / Duck Rock era work of Mclaren, Keith Haring and the world famous Supreme Team DJ crew.
We’ve commissioned a limited run of skate decks for Vancouver Skate Punk / Metal band Streets in commemoration of their three CD reissues on Riot Style. It features refreshed artwork originally by Lisa Sussman and redrawn by Barf (Municipal Waste / Born Ugly / Barf Comics). We will be giving away a few of these skateboard decks at retail and on various music blogs throughout the year.
Last but not least, here is our final look at the upcoming R. Crumb x Vans collaboration with the world famous skateboarding / show company. The Modern America Chukka features the Crumb Modern America design and logo on white suede with black trim. Laces come in black and white. More pics despues de el salto SA…
Another part of the ongoing Vans / Robert Crumb collabo, check the new R. Crumb x Vans Vault Authentic One Piece LX, available in a turquoise / light blue suede pattern featuring the Keep On Truckin’ dude. Part of the Fall/Winter 2009/2010 line, you can snag these online at Colette. More pics after the bump…
A follow up on our earlier post about the R. Crumb collection from Vans. Two t-shirts have been released as a part of this collabo. One is the classic Mr. Natural design on natural cotton. The second is Crumb’s iconic Keep On Truckin’ graphic on a light blue T. More pics after the break…
Vans has teamed up with legendary counter culture artist / misogynist Robert Crumb to produce a limited line of Tees and Sneakers. Here is our first look at the sneakers which include takes on R. Crumb’s classic characters Mr. Natural and Fritz The Cat. More Pics after the jump…
Check out these new Vans Era shoes by Dutch skate artist Parra. He is also the mastermind behind the Rockwell brand. We’re pretty big fans of his work and these shoes are no exception. More pics after the break
You ever get so shitwasted on Jack Daniels that you wake up at the Bedford L stop boiled, missing an arm, with a red balloon tied to your ass? The only way to deal with it is to just kind of lie there while some white hippie shotguns you rips through a didgeridoo.
[ED - There will be a real post about this soon, with further details, just getting this up to satisfy the fiends on the Riot Style Twitter.]
Levi’s is releasing a limited edition capsule collection from Damien Hirst. The Levi’s x Damien Hirst line is £55 for tees and £150 for jeans. You can read more about it in this excerpt from the Damien Hirst interview at Art News Blog. Answers to the first four questions after the jump.
For all our friends in LA, a special edition of Sup Tonite?
Tonite Jim Mahfood is having the release party for the first issue of his new book, Kick Drum Comix. Free Colt 45 and music by DJ Stereotype and R-Rated. Jim will be signing copies, making art, and displaying new works.
Kick Drum Comix Release Party
Sept. 18th from 7-11
@ Munky King
7308 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA
