Nowness shares this little video short with French pop outfit, Phoenix, on the writing and recording of their breakthrough hit in the U.S.A., “Lisztomania” (though the band has been recording since end of the 90’s). Pulled from the documentary, “From A Mess To The Masses” which you can easily find online in various forms.

We’re not usually fans of things with exclamation points but Cars Now! looks good enough for us to make an exception. With features on just about every brand making cars today, it’s the sort of guilty pleasure book you put next to your unread Tolstoy biography. Published by Taschen. Available December 24 from Amazon.
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The new Berlin book from Freunde von Freunden collects the various online portraits the have showcased since 2009. The book collects 28 of these portraits across more than 550 photographs “combining exclusive guests such as Peter Raue, Wibke Deertz, Nomad, Karen and Christian Boros, Kaos and Karena Schuessler with some excerpts from current portraits on the magazine such as Sarah Illenberger, Malin Elmlid and Kirsten Hermann.” While not available in the U.S.A. or U.K. at the moment, the rest of Europe can find Berlin at better bookstores and galleries.

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How do you wax lyrically about a pepper mill? If you’re us, you’ll talk about something vaguely related to the pepper mill, like how you can never get good pepper at your local KFC anymore and then waffle on for a bit about that. And then you mention at the end that is this a handsome looking pepper mill, which this is. It’s even made from local trees, making it more eco friendly than your usual pepper mill. Which is nice. Available from Gestalten.

Our friends at James Perse continues their great work with the Seavees line of footwear. Their latest work comes in the form of a brush suede lace-up court shoe; a slight change from the Perse/Seavees slip-on offering. California 60’s style remains the theme. The eyelet guides show off a subtle detail. Clean and wearable by all.

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The Exhibitionist, published by Antenne, is as specialist as a magazine can be, focusing solely on ‘the practice of exhibition making’. In short, it is a magazine for actual curators. Published twice a year, it takes a deep look at the issues surrounding curation today. To put it simply, if you want to call yourself a curator you should start off here.

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In case you missed the Nicholas K S/S 2012 runway looks recently, we can now share the lookbook images from the collection. The collection mixes a variety of techniques from draping to form fit for varying looks that may well worth with you. For example, slim fit trousers with a choice of cinch bottoms or elastic sit well next to rather wide-leg straight cuts. Worth a look.

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At this point writing about Alden is damn near cheating. After all, their shoes are the sort of thing you’d wear to impress your partner’s parents – and we mean that in the best way possible. These Cordovan shoes are the sort of shoe we’d seriously consider entering Occupy Wall Street for. Although spending half a grand on shoes isn’t exactly OWS behavior. Tres Bien has them.

New looks from the H&M menswear offering for Spring/Summer 2012 are finding their way online. The collection remains in the casual nature of the H&M brand, but brings a more formal or business-like feel to the overall collection. Tight cuts keep it all aligned in a H&M collection that features striped pull-overs, knit sweaters, parkas, and double-breasted blazers which are colored seasonally appropriate. Do wee see corduroy overalls leather shorts in there as well?

Photography courtesy of H&M.

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Burberry Prorsum delivers a leather tote bag that will make you second guess your last bag purchase. It seems incredible that the men’s accessories market refuses to slow down – and why should it? The new offerings continue to make it hotter than the women’s side of the business at the moment, through more than likely, not in sales. The orange-tan leather finishes this tote bag up nicely. Mr. Porter has it for $1795. Maybe you will not be doing that second guess…

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