It’s a heart-warming feeling to realise that an elite tech fetish from the 1970s is still available and subject to inflation. In Manhattan, back in the day, DJs would sometimes spot Ole Mo’s silver van parked outside the disco. They’d drop off their vinyl collection, and Ole Mo would deliver it nice and fresh that same evening. Many disco classics are dedicated to Ole Mo. Aragon EL grammophone record cleaner, € 2,780.-
She met him when he was studying theoretic mathematics and hanging out all night with dadaists and philosophers in the Latin Quarter. Most of them wore orange shirts like Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas during that spring; he stood out with his thick glasses and his Harris Tweed that made her sneeze. They were in love for most of the summer in her parents’ house in Syracuse. In September he obtained a Fellowship in Turkey and didn’t even invite her, so she left on her Vespa in a vintage Chanel bikini and his jacket that she cut into little pieces as soon as she made it back to the continent. ハリスツイードウォレットの, ¥ 2,500
Another sneaker design with so much going on it belongs more on blogs and in those “art” shows that look like they’re for kids but mainly attract bearded 34-year-old urban geeks and their very tolerant girlfriends. The fact that the designers found inspiration in vintage luxury luggage is irrelevant; the main achievement is in the subtext of the soles and their intricate shades of abstract proto-cyber tech shaped LEGO-tree trunk browns. New Balance Superteam 33 M998 LCR, Made in the USA, £ 99.96