BLK Pine Workshop summer collection

We are excited and happy to share the details of the current BLK Pine Workshop summer collection. Blk Pine is brought to you by the brainchild behind the amazing Maiden Noir brand and also the mens wear product director of Stussy & Stussy Deluxe. Here is a brand and product description straight from Blk Pine-

BLK PINE is a creative workshop based in Seattle with a desire to preserve the tradition of producing quality goods manufactured within the USA. Our products are rooted in classic silhouettes, but constructed meticulously with edited simplicity and longevity in mind. Our products are individually hand crafted by artisans with a ong history of American production.

All of our bags and personal accessories are made in the USA using the highest quality materials including heavyweight duck canvas, waxed canvas, vintage wools, canvas webbing, military spec nylon webbing, hardware and vegetable tanned natural leathers. The bags are intended to wear naturally and develop character with use over time.

Blk Pine Workshop have really stepped it up a gear for the release of their new Autumn Winter 12 collection with more premium and dead stock fabrics. Here is a sneak peak.

The Quiet Life quick strike across the internet

The Quiet Life released their summer quick strike ltd exclusives to only two online stores earlier this week. The exclusives consisted of 5 panel caps & contrast pocket t shirts.

Two limited exclusive 5 panel cap and contrast pocket t packs and the amazing stand alone 'Mountain' 5 panel cap caused histeria across the internet. Release took place on tuesday afternoon and with in a few hours the infamous 'Mountain' 5 panel cap had sold out on both urbanindustry.co.uk & flatspot.com (image above courtesy of flatspot). Several hours later on the west coast in the US, Quiet Life also released their stock of the Mountain 5 panel cap and again with in a couple of hours it sold out.

The 'Native' pack consists of an all over native style dead stock fabric 5 panel cap and a contrast pocket t using the same dead stock fabric. The 'Denim Herringbone' pack consists of an all over premium denim herringbone fabric 5 panel cap and a contrast t using the same premium fabric. The limited Native & Denim Herringbone 5 panel caps & contrast t shirts can be found exclusively on flatspot.com & urbanindustry.co.uk or if you are in London there is a store carrying the Premium Denim Herringbone pack.

The crew at Daily Street have also backed Quiet Life with an awesome article on their famous web site - www.thedailystreet.co.uk/2012/05/the-quiet-life-summer-quickstrike/ 

COMUNE // RUN TO THE RIVER!

COMUNE friends and family recently took a trip to Parker Arizona to get out of the city and camp for a few days by the Colorado River. We had an amazing trip. Check out some of the photos.

We took the day off work on Friday and assembled at the COMUNE office in downtown LA. As soon as everyone arrived and got their gear in order we navigated out of LA and hit the open road. The weather was perfect and we made great time riding out to the desert. We stopped at the famous Dinosaurs in Cabazon and had lunch at the dinner. After a quick rest and gas up we hit the road. We encountered a couple technical difficulties with bikes breaking down and a flat tire but it wouldn’t be a ride without a couple of breakdowns.

We arrived at our campsite in Parker Arizona in the evening just in time to witness a legendary Arizona sunset on the River. Macho speed boats roared by our site as well as the occasional jet skier buzzing around. We broke out the grill and immediately started making dinner. Burgers, hot dogs, chips and all kinds of camp food where quickly devoured by our hungry crew. There was no shortage of ice cold PBR’s which quenched our thirst and led to a debaucherous evening at camp. There was a speedboat bar down the shore from our camp that we stopped by and had some drinks. The locals were having a great time and everyone was being wild. Crusty old biker dudes were crushing beers and telling stories about the old days. Ladies of all ages, shapes, and sizes were dumping em’ out and generally not giving a f%@K about what anyone thought. River culture has no shortage of characters and we met quite a few.

The next day we shook off our hang overs, relaxed and swam in the river all day. A few of us enjoyed a helmet free ride 90 miles South to Laughlin, AZ for the famous motorcycle rally. COMUNE/Drop City contributor Magda Wosinska went along for the ride to Laughlin and shot some photos we’ll be dropping soon. Highlights include a rope swing and a naked midnight motorcycle ride!

Our road weary, sunburnt travelers got back late Sunday night and we all had a hell of a time. Hope you can come along for the next ride this June to King’s Canyon! See ya!

Type & images taken from thecomune.com Photos: Mike Selsky

The Quiet Life ltd exclusive quick strike packs

Summer is turning its head, temperatures will soar and the sun is coming to play. So to coincide with summer The Quiet Life release their limited exclusive packs. Consisting of 5 panel caps & contrast pocket t shirts using the finest vintage and dead stock fabric. There is the Denim Herringbone fabric pack, the Native fabric pack and the Mountain 5 panel cap. However these styles are in limited quantities and only available from www.flatspot.com & www.urbanindustry.co.uk, so be sure to snap them up before they disappear!

Denim Herringbone pack - denim herringbone 5 panel cap & denim herringbone contrast pocket t shirt.

Native pack - Native 5 panel cap & Native contrast pocket t shirt.

Mountain 5 panel cap.

COMUNE 'Offset' skate film premier

COMUNE premiers it’s skateboarding film, Offset, May 19, 2012 at Kung Pao Kitty in L.A. California. The premiere lets COMUNE have a chance to show it’s hotest new skaters, including Josh Murphy, Al Partanen, Jordan Sanchez, Joseph Lopez and Nial Frederickson. Here’s the teaser of the film.

…”The introduction of our new skateboarding contributors is build around the idea of “the individual”. In the relation to COMUNE, our contributors are all different from one another. The team is made up of all types of people from around the world with different interests. In turn we are shown more than just skateboarders skateboarding, but individuals with other means of expression, living life how they want.

Following in the shadow of the Drop City artist collective, we look to boost our contributors at any juncture, whether it’s the driven up-and-comer or the old school pro. We value the work ethic, style and voice of the individuals and it’s only fair that they have the same platform to share their message. Our goal is to continue to push skateboarding through our contributor’s hardcore involvement.

Visually we wanted something that was not only cohesive with the COMUNE identity, but something that could also act in an additive and subtractive manner. Conclusively, we made a film in which each section seemed like it was from it’s own video. By doing that the video grabs the audience’s attention, forcing them to watch it more than once to understand the concept. The video and event are titled OFFSET, referring to the counterbalance within our program, our riders, and their differing backgrounds within the video’s varying aesthetics.”

MAY, 19, 2012
KUNG PAO KITTY – 8:00 PM to 12:00
6445 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028

COMUNE/DROP CITY WELCOMES PAOLA ANDREA OCHOA

COMUNE/Drop City is excited to announce the addition of multi media artist Paola Andrea Ochoa! We look forward to Paola’s contribution to the Drop City artist collective.

Paola Andrea Ochoa was born in Medellin, Colombia in 1979. She immigrated to the USA in 1992- where she studied architecture at an early age and later pursued a BFA with a concentration in Eastern European experimental animation under Clark Richert, one of the founding members of the original Drop City in Trinidad, CO. Shortly after graduating, Paola was awarded the NEW PICK residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver and has since shown her drawings, video installations and photography in Los Angeles, New York and Miami. Paola works on personal and collaborative projects- interweaving the fields of visual art, botany, motion-picture, photography, & computing. Paola lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

See her full Drop City profile here: www.thecomune.com/team/drop-city/contributors/paola/

See her site here: www.paolaochoa.com

Minerva store look book featuring COMUNE & Quiet Life

The guys at Minerva store in Exeter took a week out recently to shoot their stores new summer look book. They travelled around the south west scouting locations from an unused air base, to an abandoned train station, to misty woodland. Working hard on shooting their new look book, the guys at Minerva store say 'We wanted to convey the looks you can obtain from shopping at Minerva in a move to better awareness of our store'. We are very proud to be a part of this project with both COMUNE & The Quiet Life being heavily featured in the look book. Go check it out now... 

http://minervastreetwear.com/lookbook/

Quiet Life summer quick strike collection

Just in time for May to start as the April showers are behind us. The Quiet Life release their summer quick strike collection. Starting off with a fine selection of 5 panel & snapback caps. Including new styles in the 5 panel called Big Text alongside new colour ways in the Painted stripes & Notes 5 panel caps. Also featuring fresh new colour ways in the College snapback and Oxford cotton snapback. In stores now but not for long. Be sure to check back for the new Quiet Life limited exclusive 5 panel caps which will only be available online at www.urbanindustry.co.uk & www.flatspot.com