Another week, another new collaboration announced by Opening Ceremony. This time, the clothing boutique is teaming up with Levi’s for a capsule collection focused on corduroys. We love it already.
The spring “Levi’s + Opening Ceremony” collection will include pants and shorts in a fine-wale fabrication, corduroy shirts, and jean jackets in both corduroy and denim. The aesthetic is said to be vintage-inspired, though reports say the corduroys will come in some more modern and unique colors, like fuchsia, teal and lavender (Still, if anyone can make fuchsia pants hip and wearable, it’s Opening Ceremony). Photographer Ryan McGinley, who shot the current Levi’s “Go Forth” advertising campaign (seen above) will also helm the lens for the new campaign.
The unisex capsule range will be sold at Opening Ceremony stores and online at levi.com, as well as in select boutiques across the world, like Colette, Fred Segal and the Henrik Vibskov store. As for pricing: the pants will retail for just under $150, while the shirts will run you $128 and the jackets start at $178. The “Levi’s + Opening Ceremony” collection launches next month.
This season’s crop of television shows have been, in our opinion, miles stronger than in years past. And nowhere is that more apparent than in the return of the TV comedy. NBC’s Thursday night comedy block continues to deliver watercooler-worthy moments and we’ve also been pleasantly surprised by the laughs delivered by sophomore series Parks and Recreation. Though Amy Poehler is the deserving star, we’ve been captivated by supporting player Aubrey Plaza, who’s managed to steal many of the scenes she’s in. Plaza also appeared in this summer’s Funny People, alongside Adam Sandler, and her career’s only taking off from there, with a role in Michael Cera’s next film, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. We profiled Plaza in our latest issue of Corduroy (available on newsstands and online now) and discovered an actress who’s smarter and wittier than her sweet, good-natured looks may belie. Click on the image below to read our full feature and check out behind-the-scenes pictures from our photoshoot with Plaza in our gallery. And make sure to click HERE to pick up a copy of Issue 6 of Corduroy, featuring Plaza, Elijah Wood, Abigail Breslin and others.
The New York-based Corduroy Appreciation Club showed us its appreciation at its annual meeting this week (on 11/11 — the day that most closely resembles corduroy) and we were honored to be one of its award recipients for 2009. Our creative director Peter Ash Lee was on hand to accept the award for “Excellency in the field of CorduroyJournalism,” at the rather prestigious event, held at The Old Can Factory in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn.
Hundreds of Corduroy enthusiasts packed the factory’s slightly ominous garage for the meeting, which was really an excuse to catch up with old friends, admire everyone’s corduroy duds and indulge in a few corduroy-like snacks (think Ruffles chips, celery and churros). The night was capped off with an address by keynote speaker Sloane Crosley, author of “I Was Told There Would Be Cake.” Thanks to Miles Rohan, the founder and current president of the Corduroy Appeciation Club (pictured above with Peter) for inviting us. Make sure to check out the video below (produced by our friends at Revel In New York) to find out more about Rohan, his role in the club, and why he agrees with us that corduroy will never go out of style.
Moby’s new animated music video is a sombre, noir fairy tale about a man who is in love with a woman’s head. The clip is heavy on mood and the song is worldless, so you’re really going to have to pay attention. Still, it plays like an award-winning short and is Moby’s most innovative clip in years. The video was directed by Hollywood’s enfant terrible David Lynch. “Shot In The Back of The Head is” is the debut track from Moby’s new album Wait For Me, out June 30th on Mute Records. Be sure to check out the upcoming issue of Corduroy for our exclusive sit down with Moby as he discusses his failures and insecurities as an artist, and his hopes for the future.
Rory Culkin is that rare breed of young actor more concerned with the quality of his work, than with the fame that proceeds it. In fact, said fame has had an averse effect on the brooding thespian, acting as a drawback more than a selling point. And yet, a film star he is, and fame is just something he’s going to have to deal with. In the meantime, Culkin has established himself as the protoype for sensitive, melancholic, sharper-than-you adolescents growing up around things that are falling apart. Having appeared in a handful of artful and accessible classics like You Can Count On Me and Igby Goes Down, Culkin is carefully carving out a filmography that is the envy of High School Musical-ers everywhere.
Culkin can next be seen in the festival circuit smash Lymelife, where he plays the film’s dopey moral center who is forced to come to terms with a family that may not be everything he once thought it was. Rory Culkin will be featured in the upcoming Spring issue of Corduroy, where he talks candidly about his career, but in the meantime, check out the newly released trailer for Lymelife below.
