After appearing on both Kanye’s 808s & Heartbreak and Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3, British singer/songwriter/producer Mr. Hudson is starting to make a real impression on American audiences. With his G.O.O.D. Music debut Straight No Chaser hitting stores before the end of the year, Complex met up with Hudson on the streets of London to shoot the fashion feature from our October/November issue. Click the link below to see the slimmed-down fall suits…
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NAME: Calvin
AGE: 21
OCCUPATION: Art College
HOME BASE: Edinburgh
JACKET: Vintage
SHIRT: Vintage
BELT: Vintage
PANTS: Vintage
SHOES: Vintage
Who inspires your style? Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle.
What city has the best style? London.
What movie best captures your style? Eraserhead.
Who has wack style? Me.
Last clothing item you purchased? Umbrella.
What is your favorite brand? Jesus and Mary Chain.
What do you see as the next big trend? Tuxedos.
Favorite city? New York.
Dream job? Artist.
Dream date? Anna Karina.
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NAME: Paul Gabba
AGE: 24
OCCUPATION: Role Model/Design Developer
HOME BASE: London
HAT: Simple Genius
GLASSES: Miu Miu
SHIRT: Simple Genius
SWEATER: Simple Genius x Quality Control
SHIRT: Polo Ralph Lauren
PANTS: G-Star
SNEAKERS: Nike ID x Simple Genius
Who inspires your style? Anything near original when there is an effortless combination of eco-friendly practicality.
What city has the best style? Japan seem to have nearly all of it. Nearly overboard. Still debating their sexual advancements.
What trend do you want to see die? Any trend that exposes the high street brands.
Last clothing item you purchased? Pair of handmade striped socks from Spitalfields.
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NAME: Craig
AGE: 25
OCCUPATION: Retail Assistant/ Aspiring Clothing Designer
LOCATION: London
HAT: Kangol
CARDIGAN: Uniqlo
SHIRT: Comme Des Garçons
SNEAKERS: DQM Vans
BAG: Goodhood
Who inspires your style? Paddington bear!
What city has the best style? London, obviously.
Who has wack style? Chav’s.
What trend do you want to see die? Still seeing that nu rave shit round town..
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NAME: Oliver
AGE: 21
OCCUPATION: Burberry Corporate Head Office
HOME BASE: London/NYC
SHIRT: Alexander McQueen
TIE: Reiss
SWEATER: Reiss
BELT: Reiss
PANTS: Reiss
SOCKS: Reiss
SHOES: Thrift shop in New York
Who/what inspires your style?
Kanye West.
What city/country has the best style? London has the best dressed people but New York is more inspiring.
What movie best captures your style? The Talented Mr Ripley.
Who has wack style? People in L.A.
What trend do you want to see die? Abercrombie & Fitch.
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Damon Albarn is a musician who loves the alter-ego. The multi-facted Londoner started as the vocalist/keyboarder for seminal ’90s brit-pop band Blur, before breathing life into four animated pop stars called the Gorillaz in 2001. His partner Jamie Hewlett (co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl) designed the foursome of 2D, Noodle, Russel Hobbs, and Murdoc Niccals, who became the face of two multi-platinum albums (Gorillaz, Demon Days).
His most recent project goes under a new name: Monkey. With Hewlett once again handling the visuals, Monkey recently released Journey to the West as an album, which is also currently being performed as an opera in the UK. Yes, the kind where the fat lady sings. Damon and Jamie greeted press at the Spotted Pig in New York last week to give more insight to the production of the soundtrack, the struggle of animation, and advertising at the Beijing Olympics. Read the interview below…
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The Streets a.k.a. Mike Skinner is unlike most musicians. For starters, he’s a soft-spoken Brit that tells in-depth stories about sex, drugs, and alcohol, while toeing the line between rap and electronica. Although his content has changed significantly since his seminal debut Original Pirate Material (2002), his next LP Everything Is Borrowed shows a more enlightened Mike coming full circle.
With the new album set to drop next Tuesday, we hit up Skinner to get a preview of what to expect, plus his plans for the future. Retirement is on his mind, sort of. But not just yet as he is already working on his last release, which will bring fans back to the rave-friendly, detail-oriented MC we first came to know. Get a sense of where Mike Skinner is in his life in the exclusive interview below…
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From I Am Legend to Cloverfield, it seems like people love to imagine the apocalypse jumping off in New York. So we were a little relieved to see somebody else’s hometown get it in a new exhibit called “Flooded London.”
As part of the London Festival of Architecture 2008, British design studio Squint/Opera has done a series of digital renderings of London in the year 2090, after the effects of global warming have flooded the streets. In fact, the London of 2090 that they imagine is so far removed from the flood that citizens have learned to cope: a fat dude prepares to dive from a ledge in St. Paul’s Cathedral, and a couple of office workers fish off their multi-story building. Looks like global warming could be fun! Check more images from the exhibit after the jump.
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After waiting a full year to release it in the U.S., Dizzee Rascal must be sick of his last album Maths + English. So what’s next? Well, after he donned a wig and imitated Simon Cowell in his last video “Flex,” we should have expected to see more of the British MC’s light-hearted side. His new video “Dance Wiv Me” just dropped, and he’s definitely having fun with it, spitting game to the ladies in his most club-friendly track to date. Is this the future of the Boy In Da Corner?
To help him out with the new sound, Dizzee’s joined by in-demand singer/producer Calvin Harris (Kylie Minogue, the Mitchell Brothers) and singer Chrome. The song will be released as a single in July on his own Dirtee Stank Recordings. Watch the video after the jump.
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Get your money right for another shell game with the music industry. Bun B’s II Trill is slated to drop May 20th, when originally scheduled for April 29th. In a similar twist, Dizzee Rascal’s Maths + English, which was only available on iTunes last year will be distributed via Def Jux on April 29th. Watch Dizzee and the trill legend hunt for authentic G’s in the latest video from Dizzee’s third album after the jump.
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