Our big brother site featured these yesterday so it’s only right that we show these off to all the folks who might have missed it. If you haven’t guessed from the title Moncler and Rimowa got together for some hot high-end brand collaboration action; this was the result. Ideal for the man who likes his luggage to match his attire.

See a couple more looks after the leap.

You can’t buy a helmet if you don’t own a motorbike. We asked ourselves the question when we saw this. We wondered, ‘what if we buy it and just carried it around on our arm, nobody need know that our main mode of transport was an Oyster card’. Then we considered that, even if everyone else fell for it, when we lay our head down at night we’d be haunted by our Motorcycle lie, shamed by our unnecessary purchase. If you do own a bike then lucky ol’ you. Go out and grab this, the return of a classic. “Originally known as the Trackstar Super-Jet when it first appeared in 1958, the Super Jet, with its sleek  lines soon became a the #1 helmet amongst the Ton Up Boys of the day.” Find it at Lewis Leathers.

Glenn Kitson, stylist and member of Team Rig Out, introduces us to his holiday picks. In between preparing for the next issue (it’s gonna be a good ‘un) and making fellas look smart, he’s taken the time to put together a selection of stinky cheeses, good reads and America via Japan socks. Take a look at  Glenn’s wishlist after the click.

Oki-ni recently received a delivery of Spring Summer 2012 goods from Acne. Yes, Spring Summer. It’s ok to think about the months ahead. Imagining what it’ll be like to wear two layers instead of five won’t jinx it or anything. We laugh in the face of superstition with this ‘Dandy stripe’ blazer. Soft, lightweight striped cotton, two walnut buttons. Yeah, go on, look directly at it Winter. Your time will soon be up.

01. Helen Johannesen (Pictured)

Some great tomboy style in here. (Closet Visit)

02. The one guy who can tell Bobcats owner Michael Jordan ‘no’

“Curtis Polk is the most powerful person in the Charlotte Bobcats organization you’ve never heard of.

Only Michael Jordan, the team owner and arguably the best basketball player ever, outranks Polk in authority.

Though Polk works directly for Jordan, rather than the Bobcats, his power within the organization is clear. Here’s how a team executive, who asked to remain anonymous, described Polk’s monthly visits to Charlotte:

“Everyone is answerable to Curtis.” (Charlotte Observer)

03. Bruce Forbes on Christmas History

“Did you know that Santa Claus was a 4th century bishop in what is now Turkey? That Puritans tried to outlaw Christmas? Or Tiny Tim was originally Little Fred? We shed light on Christmas’s pagan past and consumerist present

What exactly is Christmas? It’s certainly not Jesus’s birthday, is it?

There are several surprises that people encounter when they start to learn about Christmas. One is that Jesus probably wasn’t born on the 25th, because we don’t know when his birthday was. Secondly, it’s a surprise for many people that the early Christians did not celebrate Christmas. It took 300 years or so before there was an annual Christian celebration.” (The Browser)

04. Gay Talese, The Art of Nonfiction No. 2

“In order to get to Gay Talese’s study you have to leave his Upper East Side town house and go down the elegantly curling stairs, into another entrance, with another set of keys, and down another flight of steps. The bunker, as he calls it, is a long, narrow room that is bigger than many Manhattan apartments, with a bathroom, shower, kitchen, several couches, two desks, a table and chairs. One does not, however, lose the feeling of being underground. One also has the unmistakable sense of being inside his mind.

There are shelves running up to the ceiling filled with boxes and boxes of files. Each box is elaborately festooned with a collage: photographs from newspapers and magazines, excised words, drawings, cartoons. The files contain notes for all of Talese’s books and articles, clippings, outlines, letters. The collages make the cardboard boxes look whimsical, childlike, flamboyant; there is a joy here that most of us can’t muster for file keeping.” (The Paris Review)

We’re down with this*. This filled cardigan makes for an interesting layering piece and something we’d happily get our proxy on for. ____________ You see that space? That’s the keyboard representation of us drooling. It’s about time we actually got ourselves that rich sugar mama/daddy to pay for all this stuff we see. Applicants should leave a comment and we’ll get back to you. Everyone else should take a leap to see more of the cardigan. (Mindtrive)

White vibram sole? That’s old news. It’s all about the black ripple sole these days. We like the ripple for two reasons (a) the white vibram sole has been done to death and (b) this can handle a bit of snow, unlike its white counterpart. And it’s on sale. What more could you want? (Superdenim)

Notcot lets us know about the work of Noah Doely who, in a nutshell, makes photography we’ll be seeing on a designer moodboard in months to come. We might even see images that are ‘inspired’* by these on the site in a years time.

Take a leap to see more.

Friends and family didn’t get you what you wanted for Christmas? Don’t worry, it can happen to the best of us. Instead of wallowing in cake-induced misery, start early on the retail therapy. Eyewear a predominantly womenswear focused book but let that put you off, it’s still a must read. Published by Taschen. Available from Amazon.

Some nice video action from Secret Forts, a peek into the world of NY outerwear label Owner Operator. “Launching their second season of classically inspired, mountain ready outerwear, Owner/Operator, the New York based, two man Mountain apparel making team, continues to evolve both technically and design-wise.”  Simple technical-wear with a classic feel made by a couple of snowboarders. Good stuff.