City of Angels: Devon Halfnight LeFlufy Spring/Summer 2014
OC’s year of Belgium has not only featured imports from legendary Belgian designers but also tapped recent graduates from Belgium’s top design institutions The Royal Academy in Antwerp and La Cambre in...
View ArticleBites on a Budget: $6.50 at Cafe Himalaya
When I was younger, my neighbors were from Kathmandu. I would go to their house after school and the mother, Sachi, would make these huge pots of curries and I would sit there politely pretending to be...
View ArticleThe Tension of Lust in Mark Rubenstein's Gone by Dawn
I've known photographer Mark Rubenstein for years now, and he's always been a dreamer, translating this quality into his art. Despite many ups and downs, he's finally able to share his work to a...
View ArticleSound Check: Obey City
In "SOUND CHECK," we check in with some of our favorite musicians. Prince, Brian Eno, Q-Tip, and J Dilla: members of the band providing the soundtrack to my wedding to Agent Fox Mulder every night in...
View ArticleExploring Creativity Brick by Brick with Lego
Walking into "The Art of the Brick" at Discovery Times Square was a bit like walking into Mickey and Minnie’s house at Disneyland. Everything was plastic, coated loudly in bright red, yellows and...
View ArticleVANDALS Magazine: Betting on the Freaks and Misfits
If you find yourself browsing the magazines at Opening Ceremony New York, odds are you’ll notice an extraordinarily thick and heavy magazine. The stitched-up back is beautifully raw and the paper...
View ArticleI Love Belgium x OC: The Story of Climonade
This year, during OC's YEAR OF BELGIUM, we invite Tom Tack and Stijn Verlinden of the blog I LOVE BELGIUM to introduce us to their country's most attention-worthy faces and places! There once was a...
View ArticleConnecting Sonic and Visual Experiences with Fade to Mind
While music has given us Beatles buffs and true Beliebers, I am part of neither group. My allegiances lie with Los Angeles-based club collective Fade to Mind. the bass-heavy brainchild of progressive...
View ArticleThe Otherworldly Beauty of Ingmari Lamy
I remember the first time I saw the 67-year-old model Ingmari Lamy, a woman who has graced the covers of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar in her 20s and walked for some of the biggest names in the industry in...
View ArticleCédric Charlier Fall/Winter 2014: Paris Fashion Week
Inside the stunning Palais des Beaux-Arts—the exhibition space connected to the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts—Belgian-born designer Cédric Charlier presented a lusciously muted Fall/Winter 2014...
View ArticleAnnie Ling: Beyond the Streets of Chinatown
New York City has the largest and oldest Chinatown outside of Asia, extending well beyond what a lot of New Yorkers—let alone tourists—know. Photographer Annie Ling was living in one of Chinatown’s...
View ArticleJacquemus Fall/Winter 2014: Paris Fashion Week
Upon arrival at Paris' Palais de Tokyo for the Jacquemus Fall/Winter 2014 show, the designer—in his typical cheeky fashion—dressed the audience up in rice paper-thin translucent scrubs, adorned with...
View ArticleBest-Dressed Bears: BEARBRICKS x Isetan Men's Limited-Edition Set
My paternal grandmother has a curio cabinet full of little figurines that she's collected throughout the years. When I was a child, all I ever wanted when I visited was unlimited access to the contents...
View ArticleCatwalk Highlights: OC Spring/Summer 2014
Now that the Opening Ceremony Spring/Summer 2014 collection is in stores, we've been waxing nostalgic about the first time we saw it. Luckily, this new video from film editor Matthew Killip lets us...
View ArticleWe're Lovin' It: Moschino Capsule Collection Fall/Winter 2014
I've been too old to get a Happy Meal without being side-eyed for awhile now. It doesn't bother me though, because this new capsule collection from JEREMY SCOTT's first season as Moschino's creative...
View ArticleUndercover Fall/Winter 2014: Paris Fashion Week
Inside Salle Wagram’s ballroom near the Arc de Triomphe, we sat amongst red-eyed royalty in Jun Takahashi’s designs for the Undercover Fall/Winter 2014 collection. Models seemed immobile as they glided...
View ArticleMost Wanted: adidas Originals x Opening Ceremony Leather Cap
"Most Wanted" presents our favorite and most coveted items available at OC. Top off your best game face with our new favorite piece from adidas originals x Opening Ceremony! We're big fans of a...
View ArticleAn Orchestra Imitating Synths: Oscar Nominee Owen Pallett on 'her'
OC friend Spike Jonze’s cinematic masterpiece, her, is in the running for five Academy Awards this Sunday. Among these is the nod for Best Original Score, an honor bestowed upon the delicate,...
View ArticlePhotographer Brianna Capozzi is Redefining Sexy
Brianna Capozzi isn't your average fashion photographer. She's more likely to ask a model to eat a pizza or stick their head in a bush than strike a sexy pose. She creates provocative images while...
View ArticlePost-Soviet Sunrise: Gosha Rubchinskiy Spring/Summer 2014
Six years ago, Moscow-based cult streetwear designer GOSHA RUBCHINSKIY launched his first collection, “Evil Empire,” an exploration and interpretation of post-Soviet subcultures. Gosha’s subsequent...
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