OKI-NI NEWS OCTOBER 09

- - - - -Text: John Skelton from oki-ni

Each month, we catch up with John Skelton, Creative Director of online menswear/lifestyle website oki-ni. John will be providing us with a buyer’s perspective and giving a round up of all that is new and good in the world of oki-ni.

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Margiela archive
Oki-ni’s upcoming Maison Margiela Margiela gallery is the fourth installment in our series of archive features.
The private collection of a friend of oki-ni, around 60 pieces of apparel, accessories and brand memorabilia were shot on location in South London by our in-house photographer one day earlier this month.
As well as key clothing pieces dating back from the very first collections there are shots of Margiela paraphernalia that provide an even more intimate insight into the brand’s life – a scrap book of pieces including entry wristbands, show freebies, black and white model headshots, branded water bottles, coffee cups, champagne corks….and more.

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Satyenkumar
I’ve been championing the work of British designer Satyenkumar for the last for 4 years, and we’ve been pushing him at oki-ni recently through our New Faces of Menswear project. He recently had his first show for London fashion week, and it was truly a highlight. A brilliant combination of tailored casualwear fused with tuxedo style dressing, he’s on fire at the moment!

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Mule Musiq
We love Mule Musiq … since DJ’ing at their anniversary party with Liquid Liquid in June, we have been talking about working together, and that is finally taking shape in the form of a limited edition box set to celebrate the release of KZA’s (Force of Nature) debut album “Dig and Edit”.. The album is brilliant and the box set will include lots of goodies like a t-shirt, badge, 12” sampler and exclusive mix CD. It will be another great addition to our expanding selection of music.

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Damir Doma interview
Check out our interview with Damir Doma – The reason we did this interview is for exactly the same reason that we do everything that we do, because we were extremely interested. For a few seasons now I’ve been blown away by his approach, execution and maturity for such a young designer. I also like the fact that he’s so natural and that he doesn’t roll around with a huge ego. After spending a little bit of time with him on a few different occasions I realized exactly what the draw was for us. It’s because he’s a real person, down to earth and completely open to anything, but at the same time has such a strong sense of his own direction which is exactly how we try to portray ourselves as a brand. Basically, he’s a dude and he’s going to change the world.

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A.cobalt
We are really happy to be one of the few stockists of luxury footwear brand A.coba.lt. A.coba.lt is the footwear division of Japanese bag brand ADMJ, and the quality of the materials and the level of craftsmanship is fantastic .The White Leather Shoulder Moccassin’s are truly something special…

Text: John Skelton from oki-ni

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