UK brand Garbstore is about to open its first flagship store in London later this month. Here we have first pictures of the store, for now only of the basement, but it’s already looking really good.

In recent years we finally see some brands turning their back on the otherwise mostly Marketing driven fashion market. They return to their core principles of making good product. The interview that we wrote about this morning with Visvim Designer Hiroki Nakamura nicely demonstrated that, and Garbstore is for sure a brand that belongs in the very same category.

More news on the soon to open Garbstore Flagship store London, once we get closer to the opening.

More pictures after the jump.

Italy’s VNGRD brand is quickly moving up our favorite’s chart with their Summer 08 Cut & Sew offering. Two pieces that quickly  caught out attention are their belt accessories.

The “Irregular” and “Holed” belts are both handmade in Italy and come in tangerine orange and silver.

You can find VNGRD throughout brick based shops in Italy, and in select locales worldwide (Bodega Boston, Archrival LA, Perks & Mini AUSSIE, and more…)

We present you the upcoming Call Of The Wild Spring/Summer 2008 collection. The brand continues to explore working with panels and different materials. The new collection looks very interesting and smartly combines different materials, patterns and colors.

The Spring/Summer 2008 collection consists of t-shirts, longsleeves, hoodies, cardigans as well as some very cool shirts. Also the Spring/Summer collection brings a collaboration with Reebok on a hiking boot in two colorways.

All that and more in the detailed preview after the jump.

We present you another one of our favorite labels, Obedient Sons. Their Spring/Summer 2008 collection is very strong and we especially enjoy the choice of colors. Both the light colors looks nice, but our favorite is the navy blue/red combination and the light pink. Also the mix of sportswear and casual outfits is well balanced, making sure that you find something appropriate for any occasion. We see influences from the colonial style, college clothing as well as smart city chic.

We are looking forward to see the line in stores. After the jump some more pictures.

Engineered Garments got his name from the fact that their garments are not designed, but engineered, due to the vast amount of details involved in each garment. Inspiration is taken from American sportswear, military clothing as well as outdoor clothing, in the collections, designed by Japanese designer Daiki Suzuki.

That is no different for the Spring/Summer ‘08 collection of the brand. Classic styles are smartly re-interpreted and lots of small details are added, giving them their very own unique looks as well as functionality. As usual in terms of colors the brand stays simple and concentrates on cuts and patterns. The outcome is a casual style, that might have looked dressed up by any other designer, but Engineered Garments manages to make them wearable and inhales a relaxed look into these American classics.

After the jump some more pictures of the upcoming collection.

Our market need a new tradeshow. Project was getting too big and not innovative enough anymore, thankfully the good people from BPMW took it on them and created Capsule tradeshow, with its first time showing last summer in NYC. They return this month and the line-up of brands is super strong- WoodWood, Ksubi, Cassette, Gourmet, Penfield, Staple, Won Hondred, Yoko Devereaux, The Cast, Krane and many others.

If you are end of January in NYC, make sure to pass by!

Japanese clothing chain Uniqlo has made quite an impact in its short time outside of Japan. New York has got its own Uniqlo flagship, London got a new store as well and Paris is following soon. Hopefully the expansion goes at this speed for some time, because if you do not have one close by yet, you are definitely missing out.

The quality is good and definitely more than ok considering the price. If you are in the need of any kinds of basics, Uniqlo is the place to go. With their recent addition of t-shirts, they now also offer in that section a nice selection.

Here you get a first look at their Spring/Summer 2008 collection. They offer very solid pieces in the line, nice classic shorts, striped tees, shirts and more. Details such as the light weight fleece scarfs and the hats, make the collection less standard and boring.

Uniqlo definitely offers everything you need to fill the gaps in your wardrobe. Check out some more Spring/Summer ‘08 styles after the jump.

Here a look at the Michalsky Spring/Summer 2008 collection. Michael Michalsky used to be the Creative Director of Adidas for many years and made quite a name for himself in that position. He also created together with Yohji Yamamoto the Adidas Y-3 brand.

About 2 years ago he left Adidas to found his own label, Michalsky. In terms of look it many times reminds us of Y-3. Premium quality, but still sporty. The brand is of course much more high-end than the Adidas collections. Michalsky made 3 labels, the other ones being his denim label, M-Michalsky, and Michamic, a sportswear label.

Here above you see the Spring/Summer collection of the main line. In terms of colors the line is dominated by black, yellow and turquoise. Overall very fresh, we also love the womens line. Hopefully distribution will expand soon, its still too hard to come by!

Most of you should know Cheap Monday, the Swedish denim label, that set itself apart in the denim market by offering low priced denim, in a market dominated by very expensive denim. They placed themselves in premium boutiques at a price around 25% of all the other labels.

Already a while ago we heard that the folks behind the brand would set up several brands, with each brand name having a day of the week in it. They already operate Cheap Monday and two stores in Sweden, Weekend (only open Saturday and Sunday) and Weekday (only open Monday to Friday).

Now they introduce their latest label, Sunday Sun. Sunday Sun is the “upscale sibling to Swedish denim brand Cheap Monday”, as Style.com puts it. The collection consists of button-down shirts and sweaters, the flagship product being the raw denim, that will start at around 150 USD retail price. Even though the brand is more expensive than Cheap Monday, prices still seem to be reasonable. We cannot wait to get a live look at the line. In NYC the Den carries it.

Head Porter Plus is certainly one of the most consistent labels in the market and produce solid collections season after season. In their latest feature, Honeyee presents the Head Porter Plus Holiday 2007 collection. The collection consists of a nice mix of sporty outerwear and subtle mature styles. With Head Porter Plus you can never go wrong, as the line is so simple on one side, but features high quality materials and innovative details.

Some big names out of the Japanese fashion and art scene model the new collection in the feature. Check it out after the jump.