Vans Syndicate Paris Pop-Up Shop

n a month-long venture, Vans Syndicate has located to Paris to open a pop-up shop. The retail space includes both new Vans Syndicate drops as well as older drops from previous seasons. The store’s interior design revolves around a number of props that fall in line with the shoes itself with a certain retro aesthetic. The store is located at 23 Rue Blancs Manteaux 75004 Paris.

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Ralph Lauren Rugby - Holiday 2009 - Make Your Own Fashion Show

Just like everything in the world, there are boon and bane to one of the marvels of modern technology– online shopping. Sure, shopping online is handy over the holiday season as it eliminates the hassle of standing in strenuous lines at the cashier, fighting soccer moms lurking malls for that last $20 cashmere sweater, and the disappointment of not locating your holy grail. However, online shopping is often a flat and tepid experience especially when it comes to apparel. There’s no way of trying on an item before purchase, and the multiple zooms and angled looks don’t quite do the items (nor your wallet) justice.

Ralph Lauren Rugby has been an enthusiastic advocate of personalized services for its customers, and thus tailors their products and shopping tools to this effect. Remember the “Rugby Make Your Own” iPhone app which allows you to customize polo shirts with customization patches on your iPhone? This time around, Rugby aims to revolutionize the online shopping experience not with mobile apps but a new online “Make Your Own” Ralph Lauren Rugby Fashion Show. Taking the shopping experience to the 3D level, visitors can create their own fashion shows by dragging looks onto a tool bar, select their favorite tracks (by fresh artists such as the White Lies and Amanda Blanks) for the runway and view their own shows immediately. Check how that plaid coat sways with the body during walks, how the jacket falls comfortably on the shoulders and of course, how the looks would work on a real person–which are rather impossible to do through 2D photographs no matter how wonderful the photography. After getting a better feel of the items, visitors can purchase their favorite pieces immediately via the “buy-now” option and share it with friends and family via social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook.

Take a stab at directing your own show this season with all the fun and none of the stress and hassle, and of course, experience a new kind of online shopping that will surely put that “Closer Looks” button on other sites to shame.

StilLas - Dream Key Long Wallet

StilLas, pronounced stylus is a Japanese street wear brand which takes inspiration from street culture, music and art turning them into designs that can be worn casually daily. They concentrate on producing items that focus on attention to detail and choice of fabrics and materials.

Their wallet series are popular with various models sporting different prints as concepts and this Dream Key Long Wallet is just that. Screen prints of car keys from luxury to sports cars which we all dream about once in our lifetime. Black or white base color is available with car keys in full color printed over leather material and includes ample compartments inside for notes and cards.

KAWS Dissected Companion 4 Feet Black Version Preview

It seems like a black version of KAWS’ Dissected Companion in a lifesize 4′ version will be seeing a release soon. Much like previous companions this size, an enormous price tag can be expected to be attached to the giant sized toy, produced by Medicom Toy. A release is set for December 19th, 2009 through the OriginalFake flagship store in Tokyo.

Play Cloths - One Year Anniversary T-Shirt

It might seem like Play Cloths has been around for longer than a year but the brand from the Brothers Thornton AKA The Clipse will only be celebrating their first anniversary at the end of this year. The brand from the critically acclaimed Hip-Hop duo will be releasing limited quantities of their Play Cloths One Year Anniversary T-Shirt today, Tuesday, December 15th only via their Online Store. In addition the second delivery of their Holiday 2009 Collection will also be available online and in-store’s at select Play Cloths retailers. via Play Cloths

Happy Socks for Barneys New York

You can't knock the socks, Happy Socks teams up with Barneys New York to release some fun and vibrant socks just in time for the Holidays. You can't really go wrong gifting these away too, it's super reasonably priced and is perfect for a stocking stuffer or so, check out the socks in details.