Although summer is just around the corner, the fashion world is already into fall. Always one step ahead. The world fashion weeks have passed and videos, photos and media have communicated what we have to look forward to for the upcoming fall season. I know we should always live in the present, but when a collection comes out that is as good as Elise Øverland’s, it is hard to keep from longing for the future. The New York-based Øverland uses raw materials such as leather and silk in rich colours to produce structured, sophisticated and feminine designs. Inspired by rock and roll and performance art, the pieces are edgy and passionate and in a word, stunning.

The clothes inspire some imagination and creativity too. I would love to hang out with a wolf under the moonlight wearing pieces from Øverland’s new collection. Dramatic? Perhaps. But the pieces just seems to call for that sort of dramatic storyline. Check out a clip of Elise Øverland’s fall/winter 2010 runway show below:

- Kara Hornland

Is it possible to love everything in a designer’s collection? Color us naive, but we can’t seem to stop thinking about Patrik Ervell’s latest offerings for fall/winter 2010. After watching the video below, we’re pretty confident you’ll agree with us that Ervell’s line of modern-chic menswear is worthy of admiration. It’s simple and classic, yet unmistakably fashion-forward and sophisticated; it’s the type of clothing we want to fill our closets with and wear over and over again. Check it out for yourself:

- TC

Berkeley California’s The Morning Benders record their illuminating debut single “Excuses” with a group of friends in San Francisco and it’s a revelation. The soaring number is a passionate, whimsical collaboration between friends who look like they’ve been playing music together forever. This is the stuff dreams are made of.

Swedish art director Jakob Westman spends his day working with companies like Acne, Fido and Dennis Eriksson, coming up with ideas and designs for them. But he spends his evenings working on sculptures and illustrations just for himself. His most recent project is a re-imagining of our Corduroy cover with Elijah Wood, turning the stark photograph into a beautifully textured and illustrated image. He may have taken on the project just for fun, but we’d like to think a little part of Westman decided to do this for us too. We’re flattered.

Westman recently released his second book of illustrations, entitled “Color Blast.” The book is printed in a limited edition run of 500 signed and numbered copies. Find out more at jakobwestman.com.