Top Trend :: Wearing your mantra.

In these days of global turbulence, everyone’s stocking up (with good reason) on Karma lately- even Mike Myers has been transformed from the superficial Powers to the super-insightful Pitka in his latest The Love Guru- and the icing on his chakra was a little QT with Deepak Chopra in a recent Iconoclasts. What is this [...]
One of us in chains

It seems that we’ve really become known for our jewelry- and the one line that has put us on the map is Draugsvold. They are a couple (Melissa Draugsvold & Colm O’Leary) from Rockaway Beach, NY who handmake every piece that comes out of their studio. Their surroundings are evident in their line- rough, organic, [...]
SHINE FILMS: Artist Series with Kris Vandevander
Kris Vandevander – Painter from drury bynum on Vimeo
Birthday suit.
Friday’s fete was fun and um, fantastic- to keep the alliteration going… before we turned the lights down and the music up, we got a few snaps of our favorite peeps. Thanks to everyone for posting and for continued support over the years. We’re excited to see where the next six years takes us all.
See worthy.

What’s cool about Rogues Gallery designer Alex Carleton is his devotion to the life and style of his home and inspiration- Portland, Maine. Sunday’s NY Times Style Mag’s The Get had a sweet little peek into the world of the designer and his motivation. The quick one-page study revealed his unshakeable confidence in all things [...]
Birthday buddha.

Tonight Shine celebrates 6 solid years in Baltimore with a party which introduces BuddhaPOP! an art opening for John Marsh and Erin Fitzpatrick. These two have been working independently on their own Buddha series- together they create equal parts street and pop art. Artist/chef/spinmaster Kris Vandevander will be dj-ing and Melissa has declared it a [...]
SHINE FILMS: Artist Series with Jeremy Crawford
Drury Bynum interviews painter Jeremy Crawford. Jeremy Crawford – Painter from drury bynum on Vimeo.
Hat night.

Last night The Idle Hour in Fed Hill was off the chain. The birthday party for Kris kicked it off square- and the boys had fun on the turntables til 9- but the real discovery of the evening was the guest dj- Mike Blister- aka DJ Obtuse was throwing down wax and mixing tracks bettah [...]
Let the games begin.
It hits you when you walk into the door of the shop- an amazing mix of suntan lotion, a hint of lily, not overpoweringly sweet but you still want to eat it- please tell me- what IS that? These are scents that only the coolest collective/store in NYC could create- Opening Ceremony has released a [...]