Kai Kühne Website

I adore this website for the fashion label Kai Kühne. The minimal black and white color palette creates a clean, fresh aesthetic while the mixed sans/serif typefaces, set at an angle, add some punky character. Plus the page transition makes me feel like I'm scanning an oversized poster rather than mundanely clicking from page to page. I contacted them for the design credit and turns out it was designed by one of my favorite fashion-focused agencies Buero New York.

Kai Kühne Website

Mandate of Heaven

I recently came across a few Mandate of Heaven pieces at a boutique in LES and am so pleased that I took down their name to google when I returned home. Not only do I love their totally girly, 40's-glamish clothing (apparently made mostly with recycled and/or vintage material), but I'm also completely obsessed with their punky/art deco graphic aesthetic. Everything is very diy looking: single-image web pages, photos taken in lived-in apartments, animated gif-ish videos (the most recent set to this fantastic 90's gem) And everything has a touch of golden era of Hollywood flair: splashes of mint green, decorative typefaces, and plenty of feathers and cocktail hats. I just missed their Spring 09 show during Williamsburg Fashion Weekend, but luckily ThreadBanger has a video here.

Mandate of Heaven