Monday , November 16, 2009

Love: Beard & Bangs

Spirit Animal House Fortnight continues! Out of all the ten hundred trillion aspects of Spirit Animal House that fill our respective hearts with joy, excitement, and hella positive vibes, the most inspiring is that we've gotten to form really awesome relationships with artists and designers who we've respected and admired for, like, ever. It's pretty amazing to wake up every morning to an e-mail inbox teeming with kind and supportive words from people whose work I've adored for ages.

One such example of this "if only eighteen-year-old Laura could see me now!" phenomenon is Brooklyn-based design duo Beard & Bangs, alias Mark Kane and Doris Ho. It is particularly important to note that Beard & Bangs win Laura Jane's unofficial gold medal for "best brand name EVER". The B&B moniker comes from Kane and Ho's most prominent hair-oriented traits; it makes me wish that Kat, Liz & I had taken a similar approach to naming ourselves, but actually, scratch that- all I can really think of is "Long Hair, Longer Hair & Short Hair," which is decidedly less catchy.

I find Beard & Bangs' designs engaging primarily because of the elegance and refinement they've been able to inject into the oft-scrubby, oft-grubby sartorial entity we call The T-Shirt. All tees displayed below (there are more up at B&B's online shop) would look totally chic and/or sleek paired with, say, slim black trousers and Miu Miu lightning bolt boots- you could rock that shit at a business meeting! Though I'd personally be more likely to capitalize on B&B's gentility by using their tees to dress up gnarly jeans or running shorts.

So, now that I've outlined two very doable suggestions for how you can rock a Beard & Bangs t-shirt, you really have no choice but to (metaphorically) march on over to our Paypal shop and BUY SOME RAFFLE TICKETS!

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And not only are all you lucky little duckies eligible to win any one (or two! or three!) of these hot tees, you also have a shot at winning one of two Beard & Bangs LIMITED-EDITION LETTERPRESS CARD SETS! (my three personal favorite cards are displayed below). Though I kind of hope you don't, because I kind of hope I do.

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PS: I think if I saw a dude walking down the street wearing Beard & Bangs' morbid-chic Death to Counterfeit t-shirt, I might ask him to marry me on the spot. And I don't think that would even be an irrational choice; I bet any dude who'd choose to wear that t-shirt is my kinda man. We could even sport matching Death to Counterfeit t-shirts on our fourth date or whatever! Oh, wouldn't it be nice.

PPS: The ever-diverse Beard & Bangs have recently released a limited-edition 7" vinyl pressing of Romantically Stoned by the beguilingly moody-broody Jodienda, which I am listening to right now and totally adoring. Check it out!

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i LOVE those t-shirts!
xo kat

i love those t-shirts too!!

am i 'long hair' or 'longer hair'?

I think right now you're "long hair"- THE RACE IS ON!

we can have a hair-measuring contest at pianos; it'll be the most.

whoever has the longest hair gets a free sticker! and a cupcake!

Nice shirts but I have to question how long they will last. I've had shirts with similar styles that have only lasted 6 months with bi-weekly washing.

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