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Introducing Tokyo’s New Vintage Fashion Flea Market - Raw Tokyo

Several of Tokyo’s most popular vintage boutiques have combined forces to organize a new once-a-month vintage flea market, Raw Tokyo. The first Raw Tokyo featured 60+ sellers including vintage shops, independent dealers, handmade goods creators, indie fashion designers, antique shops, and food stalls. We saw lots of familiar faces from the Japanese street fashion scene at Raw Tokyo (both selling and buying). The Raw Tokyo vintage fashion flea market will be held on the first Sunday of each month (May 1st & June 5th are the next confirmed dates) at the Farmer’s Market at United Nations University in Aoyama (15 minute walk from Harajuku or Shibuya). For more pictures, links, and information, check our Raw Tokyo article or the official Facebook page.

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How a Ghanaian entrepreneur turned his “impossible” dream into a reality.

A few years ago, Fred Deegbe was working as a banker - a profession that left him somewhat unsatisfied with the lack of impact he was having in the world. After buying a pair of Oxford wingtips at a store to impress a friend, Deegbe began to wonder if such high quality luxury shoes could indeed be manufactured in Ghana.

Despite the negative feedback he received from those who believed that such shoes couldn’t be made in Ghana, Deegbe wasn’t dissuaded from his idea of starting a shoe company in Accra. With no knowledge of the shoemaking industry, and armed only with passion and his gut feeling, Deegbe teamed up with friend Vijay Manu (pictured right) to start their luxury shoe and accessories company ‘Heel the World’, based in Accra.

Although the shoes are all handmade in Ghana, the goods used to make them are imported from places like the United States and Italy putting the price range of the shoes between $200-$400. This is Deegbe’s greatest challenge: proving that the shoes are worth the money they command.

To hear Deegbe tell his start-up story in his own words, watch this clip from CNN.

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New X Shirt Up. http://Carnivourcreates.com

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Truth be told, it doesn't take much to have a nice wardrobe. Just a sense of self, a decent tailor, and investing in quality garments.

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I could wear bed sheets - straight non-tailored or fabricated bed sheets, and still pull it off. It’s not that I’m feeling myself, I’ve gotten to the point where I no longer give a damn about impressing people that don’t impress me. That is the axiom behind my style.

Epithets of Lee² (The Ignorant Summer Edition)

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Stuntin 101 - an HBCU thing?

On the contrary; down the street at (Insert Predominantly White Institution) campus, many students are seen going to class in jeans and T-shirts……This brings many back to the common question: Why do (Insert HBCU) students place so much emphasis on looking good, as opposed to (Insert Predominantly White Institution) students? Some say it is an HBCU thing……… Read More :  HBCU Fashion

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11 Emojis We’d Like to See

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Ola Hudson, costume designer whose clients included Ringo Starr, John Lennon & David Bowie. Her son is Slash, former member of Guns and Roses.

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Elizabeth Keckley (ca. 1818-1907)

Born into slavery, Keckley eventually earned enough through her skill as a dressmaker to buy freedom for her and her son. She moved to Washington, DC, opened a shop and dressed the wives of the city’s politicians. Keckley eventually became the dresser...

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(via Bespoke Cut & Sew | PaidxPopular)

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My love for vintage sneakers has re-awakened in the past few months. Hi tumblr ME.diem is back.

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Oh yeah. I own sneakers.