COMUNE S/S 2012 COLLECTION PREVIEW VIDEO

For the SS12 look book shoot we took a trip out to the Salton Sea courtesy of Corey Smith and his Dutchman RV. Joined by photographer Jason Lee Parry, it was two days of dry salty heat surrounded by dead fish, green algae, salt-water deposits and the occasional estranged fisherman. We all couldn’t help but feel like we were tripping on some type of hallucinogens. Although exhausted, we powered through the shoot and drove back home through LA traffic excited to see the results of our dehydrated trip.
The COMUИE 2012 Spring & Summer Men’s collection continues with the same clean design aesthetic and focuses on the true functionality of each garment and their use in the warmer months. We have developed a number of specialty fabrics from horizontal chambray shirting, bedford cords to heavy duty water proof jackets and travel bags. We have also extended our shorts category, adding utility travel shorts as well as swim shorts in both printed rip stop and pieced micro suede. Completing the SS12 collection, the de-saturated color palette embodies the COMUИE image, linking each piece together.
Video by Jordan Minardi
Music by The Offset: Spectacle
http://vimeo.com/26018075

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COMUNE // DOMESTIC COLLECTION feat on SELECTISM.COM

COMUNE gets featured on selectism.com again -
For Fall 2011, COMUNE will be launching a domestically-produced, men’s capsule collection. The collection will combine COMUNE’s aesthetic, design detail and price sensitivity, along with the superior quality and care of U.S. Made product. Our goal is to ultimately offer affordable product that is manufactured in the U.S., giving a larger range of consumers access to U.S. made product.
This first range offers denim bottoms, Denim Jackets and Knits. We are excited to try and do our part, in anyway possible, to contribute to the growth of our economy. We intend to continue to expand this collection into new categories as the seasons progress.
http://www.selectism.com/news/2011/06/13/comune-domestic-collection-autumn-2011/

COMUNE DROP CITY // DEVENDRA BANHART

For Fall 2011, we are excited to announce that Devendra Banhart has contributed to COMUNE’s Drop City program by adapting an original piece of art to one of our 40 single tees. Rather then placing a complete piece work on the front of a shirt, COMUNE worked with Banhart on using an exploded view of a smaller section creating a more organic pattern to the print. We are very pleased and happy to be working with Devendra, and look forward in working with him on additional contributions in the near future.
This specialty tee will be available early August at select retailers through out the UK.
About Devendra Banhart.
For almost a decade, Devendra Banhart’s genre-bending psychedelic freak folk has turned the music world on its head. The LA-based singer songwriter is the embodiment of creativity leaving his indelible fingerprint on both sound and vision. Banhart’s talents extend beyond music to include drawing, painting, curating both domestic and international arts shows and more recently tattooing. Each piece is a direct reflection of a weird world teetering on the brink of the mythic, cosmic and vastly abstract. For this contribution, Banhart cites ancient alchemist H. Pee as an inspiration for his experiment with space and shape. The redundant mix of fixed color planes converge to create order out of chaos and derive a “spatial experience” seen primarily in late cubism. The result is the manifestation of freedom, a word synonymous with Banhart’s work both on the stage and off.
www.devendrabanhart-art.com
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About Drop City.
Inspired by the early 1960’s artist commune in Colorado, COMUNE’s Drop City gallery is housed in a structure of recycled steel shipping containers. Drop City was introduced to attract like-minded creative people to the COMUNE artist community and contribute through COMUNE’s clothing brand. Over time Drop City will continue to evolve its’ community, creative platform and influence.

Corey Smith - Spring Break Snowboards

COMUNE's Drop City art director Corey Smith has been hard at work on his amazing new project 'Spring break snowboards'. Check out the video and the interview featured on Coolhunting.com, springbreaksnowboards.com
http://www.coolhunting.com/design/spring-break-snowboards.php
http://vimeo.com/23290522