In a land of doves and picturesque mountains, bad days are hard to come by. Welcome to Dove Mountain. Design also available on a clock.

I love it when artistic blurb gives way to practicalities!

Costiness=$60 Link

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Tags » ash • bird • dove • grey • hoody • popjunkie

A nice simple hoodie today to ease me back into the blogging habit after a little break for Easter (not that I’m at all religious, but when everyone you know is off work its hard to buck the trend), I found out yesterday at a dinner party that Americans don’t get Easter Monday or Good Friday off work, I pitied you all very much whilst tucking into slow-roasted lamb.

Anyway, the stitched on bear applique is pretty cute, but its actually the hood lining that I’m far more interested in. I like the way that there is such a strong contrast between the blue on the outside and the starkness of the black and white striped lining, although I guess that the model kind of exacerbates the contrast too as she’s pretty black-and-white herself. This is presumably a high-quality piece too, as most of the items in the Jessica Louise store are hand cut and sewn, which as you would imagine does increase the amount of time between ordering and the postman dropping that package into your waiting hands (about 1-2 weeks in most cases).

It’s available in several colours, none of which are all that shy!

Costiness=$66 Link [thanks, Stylehive!]

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Tags » bear • blue • contrast • hoodie • hoody • Jessica Louise • lining

Well, isn’t this an interesting looking piece? Obviously I’m being a bit of a tease with the close-up image, but since the tie on this hoodie/coat is the interesting part it deserves a decent view.
It’s a pretty clever garment too, I’ll let Rebe explain:

It is made of recycled fiber and trimmed with contrasting rib knit. Tie the Bow and show your support for breast cancer research. With each purchase of our Sara Sweatshirt, made from recycled fiber, we will donate 5% of all proceeds to Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

 

How cool is that bow idea? I guess that no one except the wearer will realise the poignancy of the bow, but that’s hardly the point, is it? I like the way that the lining of the hood and back of the bow (and presumably lining of the whole thing) are a bright, refreshing pastel colour to compliment the subdued, natural colours that are on the outside of this outerwear.

Costiness=$136 Link [thanks, Stylehive!]

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Tags » black • blue • hoody • khaki • pink • rebe • recycled

tokidoki were one of the brands/artists that I didn’t expect to see popping up across Hong Kong, but I spotted a lot of people carrying their ‘tokidoki for Lesportsac‘ bags. At first I just presumed that it was another case of HK copyright infringement, but when I saw the same bags on sale in the bowels of hell (also known as Paris Charles De Gaulle airport) I presumed they were the real deal.

tokidoki’s illustrative style is pretty much perfect for me, not so much as clothes (cos I’m a dude), but in terms of art I really like it. There’s a great balance to this hoody, it seems to be teetering on the edge of craziness without ever going too far; the colourway, fun but not too loud; the characters, keeping interest without dominating the piece.

Costiness=$92 Link (get up to 20% off this hoody using the Karmaloop rep code AS7594)

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Tags » allover • character • grey • hoody • Karmaloop • pink • tokidoki

Big headphones around the neck that has been done countless times by countless designers, and whilst I love it as a design concept, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one example that does it exactly how I’d like to see it. There always seems to be too much compromise. Take the hoodie above for example, headphones don’t get worn that low on a person, if they were, they’d fall to the ground, why not actually print something that is faithful to what the image would actually look like? Perhaps when you do that it doesn’t looks far too messy and people can’t tell that its headphones, but I’d like to see someone try and put some reality into the illusion.Costiness=$50 Link

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Tags » brown • fabric8 • headphones • hoody • music • new skool • rants • red

I can’t find this on sale anywhere, but it was too cool to let pass by just because it lacked the convenience of a ‘buy’ button. Nice to see someone doing something different, isn’t it?

Threaded Hoody Electronic Poet [thanks, somenotesonnapkins @ Notcouture!]

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Tags » black • electronic poet • hoody • innovation • not for sale • thread

There’s a lot of apparel out there for gamers, but most of it doesn’t cut the mustard for me, usually they’re built upon solid concepts, but they can be somewhat lacking in the design department. Fortunately, Split Reason don’t suffer from that particular problem. I guess that purists would probably have a bit of a whine about the Pacman and the ghost being too big to fit into the maze, but I’m sure that was just done for reasons of practicality.

Costiness=$42.95 Link

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Tags » • beige • gamer • games • geek • hoody • pacman • split reason

I know that I’m 3 months too late, or about 9 months early, but when I look at this hoodie I’m immediately reminded of looking at Christmas lights strung around the tree. Obviously, that isn’t the look that Insight are going for, but with a fairly abstract design such as this, I don’t think that it really matters, what you think it represents that matters a lot more.Costiness=$60 Link (use rep code AS7594 for up to 20% off your order)

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Tags » colourful • hoodie • hoody • insight • Karmaloop • pattern