The Spartan look continues to flow through the footwear of Kim Kiroic. Check this series of “primary color” sneakers being produced for Shanghai’s Glossy. The footwear remains battle ready and definitely should spark interest in the man looking for something way out of the ordinary. The open toe sandal sneaker offers the comfort of trainers without pretending to be anything but.

More looks at the Kim Kiroic for Glossy Shanghai Sneakers after the jump.

Anthony Peto drops a series of Dylan pork pie hats. They are made from “rabbit fur felt, trimmed with a black polyester ribbon. “Anthony Peto designs hats for men and women. The styles are mainly traditional but the fabrics and details combine to create something that is contemporary and very wearable.” Choose from a few colors. Well done. Oki-ni has them.

More looks at the Anthony Peto Fur Felt Hats after the jump.

WWD reports with some first looks at the forthcoming Robert Geller collection for Levi’s. With access to the Levi’s archive, Geller took the opportunity to re-imagine 11 classic looks to his own aesthetic. “The 11-piece capsule range will be sold in 12 Bloomingdale’s units, on bloomingdales.com and in seven Levi’s stores in New York, San Francisco, Miami Beach, Beverly Hills and Bucktown, Ill., beginning Sept. 10.”

A few more looks from the Robert Geller for Levi’s collection after the jump.

Judging from their AW09 collection, Common Projects won’t rest until every accessory you own is made by them. One of these wallets did the rounds a while back, but here’s the rest for you to take a gander at. As you’d expect from CP, it’s stripped down and free from all the bells and whistles you see in other wallets. As has been noted before, there’s two zipper wallets and two accordian wallets.

Shots of the other wallets are after that leap.

If you come here all the time (and why wouldn’t you?) you’ll have noticed that we have a love for natural leather. So it was only a matter of time before we saw this Kenton Sorenson laptop bag. Messengers are the most neglected of all bag types, with most people (including us) focusing their attentions on backpacks, totes and holdalls. While we still prefer the aforementioned bags, messenger bags are still good for those days when you don’t have much to carry. (Context)

Detailed shots after the leap.

While the actual Jil Sander makes her return to fashion with the highly anticipated +J collection, her namesake label trundles on with pieces like this. We especially like the fact that the heel is just chunky enough to make the shoe substantial, without making the upper look like it’s been attached to a sole two sizes bigger. Like most Sander pieces, this isn’t going to change the world one step at a time, but it’s a handsome (if you can call a shoe handsome) everyday shoe that you can dress up or down. (Browns)

We may be exposing our slightly grandad-ish tastes with this post, but we really like this fair isle cardigan. It may be a little too old school for some, but it’s right up our alley.

Our favourite thing about fair isle is that it’s one of those patterns that never really go out of fashion. Sure, it goes through its highs and lows in terms of popularity, but it never gets so trendy that it’ll fall out of fashion. Universal Works, a relatively new British workwear label, have created our favourite fair isle cardigan – mixing mustard and brown (with SL fave – brown buttons) into the pattern makes it much more interesting than the bog standard grey cardi. Just don’t be shocked if your granddad ‘borrows’ this. (Oi Polloi)

Detailed shots after that leap.

01. LA Window Designer Weighs In on Barneys Controversy (above)

“Our sister site, Racked NY, has been tracking the controversy surrounding a macabre window display at Barneys New York—one that depicted mannequins in Helmut Lang and A.L.C. dresses splayed out behind blood-spattered windows. Once Creative Director Simon Doonan got wind of the window (and the outrage surrounding it), it was promptly removed, but it turns out the display has something of a precedent right here in LA.” (racked)

02. Sean Denham and Renovo’s hi-tech wood frame bicycles

“You can’t get much greener than Portland-based Renovo Hardwood Bicycles’ R4 Pursuit, made from two CNC’d halves of wood bonded together lengthwise (yielding a hollow core).” (core77)

03. diy project: erik’s recycled wine bottle torch

“this clever outdoor diy idea comes from erik anderson of gerardot & co.- a creative branding and design agency in indianapolis. erik was kind enough to share a fantastic project that turns an everyday bottle into a modern backyard tiki torch. i love the way these torches look and am dying to find a backyard to use these in- too bad the closest thing we have is a 2×2 foot fire escape.” (designsponge)

04. Brandon Blommaert

“I can’t remember where I came across this guy, but Brandon Blommaert is a huge weirdo, and I mean that in the nicest way. The images above are from a series called eco_station, and feature handmade creatures placed into epic photos. The effect sort of reminds me of Wayne White’s paintings, but with creatures instead of text. There’s a behind-the-scenes look of him creating these creatures as well.” (+kn)

Here’s a nice green winbreaker from Patagonia which features a DWR protective layer to keep the water out. “A super lightweight, lightly insulated wind proof jacket designed for use as a layering piece or an outer layer, its the urban dream camouflage and flak jacket.” Stuff it in the pack during those long weekends at Ditch Plains.

More looks at the Patagonia Wind Jacket after the jump.

Renowned knit maker John Smedley unveils their fall ’09 line ofhand-linked sweaters. And with clout in the sweater game since 1784, its clear these gents know exactly what needs to be done. The fall line shows great work and detailing with intarsia, stripes, and tipping. (For anyone like myself intarsia is when blocks of color are worked with separate balls or bobbins of yarn, producing a sweater only one layer thick) Another great aspect about John Smedley is how they wash, dye and knit the wool at their 225 year old mill in LeaMills, England.

More looks at the John Smedley Men’s Sweaters for Autumn 2009 after the jump.