Collab Society

Yohji Yamamoto is one designer who gets nothing but respect in the hallowed corridors of Collab Sociey. Tony Ward is an O.G. male model who has had the modeling scene on lock for many, many years now – put them together, and you have the new print ad for Yohji Homme cologne. We don’t have it yet, but we bet it smells really good!

So anyone who really comes to our site with any regularity knows that we are huge fans of Brian Cranston, Vince Gilligan and the entire Breaking Bad franchise. You can only imagine how happy we are when we saw him on the cover of the new issue of Fast Company. It’s a good shot too – he’s one of the best actors working today, and we are excited to see what he’ll do next after Breaking Bad finally wraps up.

Wow, for all fans of ’90s Hip-Hop, this shot must be everything you’ve ever prayed for. Raekwon from the Wu-Tang Clan and the franchise Roc-a-fella artist and official rap mogul, Jay-Z took a shot of themselves during a recent studio session. We can only imagine what kind of marvelous sonics they are concocting. We’ll keep you posted.

20-yr-old model Kate Upton continues to be the most conspicuous American model in the game with yet another, mega-powered shoot for a major magazine. This time she is lensed by Mario Testino for Vogue Mag in a very Hampton-esque, Kennedy-inspired editorial. What can we say? She is one hot Mama?

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We would have loved to be a fly on the wall for this upcoming shoot for Hunger Magazine (the book started by famous British photographer/Creative Director Rankin). Two of the flyest girls out at the moment, Rita Ora and Cara Delevingne take center stage and we can’t wait to see what the final result is. We’ll keep you posted.

See another shot (in color) after the jump:
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So we officially get the big push (pun intended) going on Pusha’s much talked about 2013 album – “My Name is My Name.” This is the first single, produced by Kanye West, and we have to say, it sounds like some dusty dirty street-corner, Bodega-loosies type of Hip-Hop. This is of course a very good thing. We give it a 8/10. What do you think?
Cameos by Chief Keef and Yeezy.

Even through the constant sensory overload fashion lovers are inundated with daily, there are always there brief, yet lovely, moments of respite when we come across an item that makes it all worth it. This hooded jacket from J.Press is one such item. It’s simple, elegant, versatile with a definite streetwear edge to it that we really dig.
J. Press has been making some great moves lately; first hooking up with Ovadia and Sons, and then knocking solid pieces like this – okay now they have our full attention.

We haven’t heard a lot from Eric Bana in a what seems like a long while. He reappears here looking quite dapper in the new issue of Esquire, Malaysia. The graphic work on this adds a nice touch of whimsy to the cover, but hey, you can never go wrong with a well-trimmed man wearing an expertly-fitted suit.

H&M isn’t playing around lately when it comes to locking down the big names for their collection campaigns. They already went all out in locking down Beyonce for their most recent 2013 collection, and now they’ve scooped up the number one female model in the world Gisele Bundchen (aka Ms. Brady) for their new campaign.
We can’t wait to see the full range of pics when this finally drops.
(Spotted at Nitrolicious)