LV keeps its eye focused on its the younger end of its customer base with this fun leopard print scarf, available in four colors for fall 2010. On the next page you can see all the colors, plus the Louis logo, whose font reminds of the one used for the Stephen Sprouse collabo. Via CadmusFamily.

Leticia Garcia’s Lekuin designs creates unique apparel from scraps of 100% Organic materials, making each piece a testament of bohemian chic that makes me totally weak in the knees. I’ve ruined one too many of my tees trying to achieve this enjoy Lekuin’s  lovely shreddy genius  on the next page.

When you’re a sports fan that appreciates the beauty of men, when watching events there’s always the added bonus of checking out the various and sundry hotties. Soccer has never been a sport I follow, but one cannot deny that when it comes to great physiques, their athletes win the contest over other sports hands down. They’re ripped, perfectly proportioned and basically perfect. Blessings on Interview magazine, who dirtied up some of the stars from the American team for a photo shoot entitled “The Americans,” and also interviewed them. This page features goalkeeper and Jersey boy Tim Howard. For more beefcake loveliness, flip to the next page.

Lady Gaga is on the cover of  Rolling Stone’s July double issue magazine. According to her stylist, Nicola Formichetti, Gaga is wearing a custom bra by David Samuel Menkes and her shoes (image next page) are by Noritaka Tatehana. Judging from excerpts from this interview and other recent ones, Gaga is very much obsessed with how her fans perceive her these days, and according to the article, “‘If I were to ever, God forbid, get hurt onstage and my fans were screaming outside of the hospital, waiting for me to come out, I’d come out as Gaga,’ she says, adding that she models her celebrity on Michael Jackson.” What’s interesting is her focus on how she presents as a celebrity–very Warholesque, but not so much Michael, who, one could argue was as much a victim of his own celebrity as a beneficiary.

Through its collaborations, Melissa has established not only that it’s savvy about who to rub shoulders with, but also that it’s willing to give its partners free rein to take some risks. In this case, it turned its design boards over to Italian architect Gaetano Pesce, whose resultant ankle boot includes giving the buyer the fun option of customizing her boot by cutting away the plastic circles. Not sure if there’s less ego in the look of the final product because Pesce is an architect and is less ardently married to the design, but if that is the case one would hope to see more collaboration between brands and designers from outside industries. Via Dezeen.

Kind of  dethroned in many ways by Christian Louboutin, Manolo Blahnik is proving that  he still has “it.” His latest collaboration with Liberty Of London,  is a  capsule  footwear collection featuring  sophisticated basics and  needle-like  sculpted stilletoes, which totally defy gravity.  Launching at Liberty on Spetember 10th, along with other Blahnik designed accessories.  Spotted at Jalou.

The perfect item for all of you who literally love the spotlight on you, it’s an origami beetle, which includes a heat sensor. Activate it and the flashing light provides feedback on the ambient temperature.  Available either in the form of a Hercules or Stag beetle (don’t ever say life doesn’t provide choices!), it was designed by Hungarian designer Bence Adam Kiss for fellow Hungarian designer  Dora Mojzes’s spring/summer 2010 collection. Available at Notjustalabel. More images after the flip.

While checking out nail stylist Naja Green’s Facebook page, the manicure featured here–which was posted by a fan named Alex–jumped right out. Using calligraphy in nail art is nothing new. I can remember long ago getting my first official Brooklyn manicure next to a mom and daugther, who was begging for the extra couple of dollars it would take to get the initial from her first name on her nail (a battle, which I’m sure she won). The design on this page is next level though because of the style of the letter, the placement, and the way the nails combine to spell a word, which very much reminds me of those love/hate-style knuckle tattoos. And by the way, this design is featured on the nails of a guy. After the flip, check out the his other hand, plus a close-up on the super neat designs on his thumbs.

Based in Brooklyn,  Nakimuli is a young label designed by Tenille McMillan  whose motto,  ”dream, explore, dare,” is at the core of what we love about fashion. To celebrate the first official day of summer enjoy a look at the very fun ” Lock You Up In Luv For Days” Spring/Summer 2010 Collection by Nakimuli.  Not for the color or print  shy. Available here.

Don’t adjust your screens….the images is supposed to look like that! Lifestyle magazine Remix recently teamed up with New Zealand photographer Garth Badger on a 3-D fashion shoot. The cover is in 3-D, as is an editorial feature (cover and one page from featured above). Via Blameitonthebogi. Slick, right?