We’ve decided to take a slight detour this week. Instead of the usual menswear goodness, we shot Nine Nails Tattoo parlour, the new shop just off Old Street. Tattoo fanatics should appreciate the the layout, images and, obviously, tattoos whilst the rest of you will appreciate the surprise.

Photography: Ross Trevail

Take a leap to see the tour.

This is one for those will to try it all. Wacko Maria, long a staple of the street scene in Tokyo, delivers a wearable leopard print vest, available now at ln-cc. “This vest is made from a leopard-print, rayon and cotton blend fabric with leather panelling across the front and back of the shoulders. The words, ‘Guilty Parties’ are embroidered across the back of the leather panel with tonal, black stitching. The vest has a high neckline lined with a black fleece material” Take the world in this one.

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Our friends at Goodhood present this look-though of the garments and offering for Autumn Winter 2011 available in store. You’ll get a sense for the brands and products they’re carrying in store through a series of looks. While not a complete look at what is on the market for the season, those interested in this particular groove in menswear will find strong options from Norse Projects, YMC, Wood Wood, Indegofera, and others. These are the fashions in the streets in their world. View more at Goodhood.

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We’re seeing the return of The Stone Roses as the best possible excuse to rediscover the bucket hat. If you have any plans in the near future to sway around apathetically then this is the ideal headgear to do it in. This version from Engineered Garments might differ in price from your original but times have changed and what better way to see in this new Roses era then with a luxury polka dot bucket hat. Find it at Tres Bien

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If you had a robot, what would make it do? Cook? Drive your car? Do your taxes? Would you ask it to stand guard at your front door and karate chop intruders? Well,  So Kanno and Takahiro Yamaguchi asked there’s to do something altogether less practical. This is the Senseless Drawing Bot. It’s sole function is to travel the length of the room and apply paint to the wall in a seemingly random slapdash fashion, creating free-form, graffiti-esque patterns. We like it and unlike many robots, we’re pretty sure this one isn’t capable of becoming sentient and destroying mankind. (It’s nice that)

Another lesson in simplicity from Utile Clothing. The Chipperfield Blazer is as bare-bones as it gets. If you’re looking for a jacket that comes with an exhaustive list of details look away now. Navy english cotton twill, corozo nut buttons, 2 external pockets and 1 internal. That’s about it. Smart, isn’t it?

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This Cardigan is an invitation. Wear it and begin your new life sitting by fires, sipping fine whiskies, sharing anecdotes and words of wisdom with passersby, whittling your own pipe and relaxing in your oversized armchair with a leather bound book. Made in Italy from the finest lambswool. This is just the beginning. (garbstore)

We are the market talk to costume designers John A. Dunn and Lisa Padovani about their work on one of the best dressed series around, Boardwalk Empire. In terms of accuracy these guys go all out to get the details just right and it shows. From corrupt politicians to newsboys, looking sharp is the order of the day. No easy task, thankfully it takes a whole team of experts to create such an incredible looking cast so we’re hoping this doesn’t make it to the streets any time soon in some ill-conceived trend. Read more.

01. Edible Shot Glasses (Pictured)

“I should have done this months ago, like during the summer as these are frozen alcoholic treats, but better late than never..” (Luxirare)

02. Juergen Teller on his controversial 032c shoot

“Juergen Teller caused a storm this summer with a shoot for 032c magazine, showing Kristen McMenamy in Carlo Mollino’s house. Following Mollino’s edict that “anything is permissable as long as it is fantastic”, the shoot pushed the boundaries but it wasn’t deliberately controversial, says Teller. BJP has published a piece on it in the November issue, out on 02 November, but here’s the interview in full.” (BJP Online)

03. Love, Songs

“It’s probably self-evident that people connect to songs on a personal basis (duh) but nowhere else are the stakes higher than choosing songs for a wedding. I don’t presume this is the case for every couple but for me, I know I’d probably agonize over what songs to choose for the processional, recessional, first dance, last dance, etc.

As such, I’m always curious to see what couples go with and very often, I learn something new along the way. For example, for DJ Phatrick’s wedding last summer, their processional was the “Suite for Ma Dukes” version of “Fall In Love” which was perfect on so many levels.” (Soul Sides)

04. Floyd Mayweather found not guilty

“Floyd Mayweather Jr. was acquitted Wednesday of misdemeanor harassment charges alleging he threatened the lives of two homeowner association security guards in an argument about parking tickets outside the boxer’s Las Vegas home.

The 34-year-old prizefighter didn’t testify during the Las Vegas Justice Court trial. His attorney called the encounter between Mayweather and the guards a “trivial matter,” and said the case hinged on the boxer’s celebrity.” (ESPN)

Curated lets us know about this:

“Last Thursday, Chloe Early opened her exhibit “Feathers and Wax” at the Joshua Liner Gallery.

Working in oils on linen and aluminum panel, Chloe Early has developed a unique style that is simultaneously lush and raw. The romantic and the gritty meet in her paintings, which tease out a distinctively poetic worldview through the juxtaposition of extremes. At their core is a sensitivity to lyrical feelings and themes—love, beauty, innocence, softness—which collide with more worldly symbols of aggression and degradation, such as bullets, bombs, urban refuse, and ruins.”

See more over at Curated.