Darklands has moved out of its former location in Berlin’s Mitte, into a secluded, slightly more off-the-path space hidden inside an old garage. Visit the store at Heidestraße 50, where you’ll also find a number of art galleries close by, and stay tuned to get a peek of the new premises.

www.darklandsberlin.com

Following renovation, renowned Tokyo retailer Lift has recently reopened one of it’s two Daikanyama based stores, Lift Etage, along with a new Lift Gallery space dedicated to a variety of exhibitions and showcases. The updated space hosted an opening event on august 20th, welcoming 400 guests including the likes of Kiminori Morishita and Tomoaki Okaniwa of The Viridi-Anne.

Continue reading for more picture from the store and the opening, and stay tuned for more coverage on the first Lift Gallery exhibition.

Oki-ni has recently received stock for the fall season, view new arrivals from:

Rick Owens FW10
Boris Bidjan Saberi FW10

…and more at Oki-ni.com

A video by Italian shoemaker Guidi, giving a glimpse of the treatment process for their boots.

Located in a late 19th century building on Maiden Lane in San Francisco, Downtown is the brainchild of The Archive’s owner Michael Kelter. Catering to women, the store, opened on August 6th, carries such designers as Aguri Sagimori, Haider Ackerman, Forme D’Expression, Lost & Found among many others. As with The Archive, a majority of the labels are small and for many Downtown is the only point of sale in San Francisco, for some the only one in North America. With a bar and lounge area, the unique retail space supports the store’s aim, which is to be rather an experience and destination than a quick stop shop.

55 Maiden Lane, San Francisco.

http://www.downtownshop.com

Continue reading for more pictures from the space.

Marvielab 2011 collection - “in’es’terno” - by Mariavittoria Sargentini

The theme for MarvieLab’s 2011 collection presented for the spring-summer season revolves around reversibility - hence the name in’es’terno, roughly translating to “in’ext’erior”. The key pieces include a set of reversible jackets in different materials ranging from heavy cotton to medium weight cotton-wool to light weight cotton-linen. other materials include natural fibres and colours in shades of whites and greys, one of the most interestign ones being milk fibre and lenpur. This season also introduces a new product - shoes made out of linen, natural rubber and cork. T-shirts are also reversible with french seams, creating an alternate look on each side.

Although conceived as annual, non-seasonal collections, both the men’s and women’s lines are presented twice a year, incorporating seasonal materials. Continue reading for styled photos of the collection.

Alongside the SS11 collection for Label Under Construction, designer Luca Laurini introduced a new project entitled Signals. The concept features various forms of writing, particularly in code, incorporated into garments. A jacket made of vintage table cloth fabric featured a quote by Nietzsche, whereas some garments had references of the construction written in Morse code, such as “corrosion” embroided on an acid washed knit. Other treatments included graphite dyeing and some of the details were laser cut, others embroided into the knit.

Signals will be available at a very limited number of retailers for spring 2011.

Lost & Found by Ria Dunn, spring-summer 2011.

Atelier has began receiving fall-winter deliveries from a number of designers, including Ann Demeulemeester, m.a+, Yohji Yamamoto and Boris Bidjan Saberi, of which the latter two will be shown on the website soon.

www.ateliernewyork.com

Australian designer Arj Selvam launched his epynomous label in 2009. His spring-summer 2011 collection, titled Black Stump, fuses inspiration from Australian landscapes with a black and white colour palette, utilizing high quality materials such as Australian oilskin, bamboo, silk wool and sheepskin. The collection will be shown in Paris in January 2011.

Continue reading to view the SS11 campaign shot in Bowral, Australia as well as lookbook shots from the upcoming collection.

Lookbook