Andre Chang is a designer from Manila. He often stands out in shows and events with his ensembles, which cover a wide range of styles. Many times, he personalizes what is in trend with his own flourishes.
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Street fix: Andre Chang
Andre Chang is a designer from Manila. He often stands out in shows and events with his ensembles, which cover a wide range of styles. Many times, he personalizes what is in trend with his own flourishes.
My latest fix: Black open bonnet
Open bonnet hat, 5cm; striped tee, Izzue; skinny jeans, Two Percent; skinny leather belt, APC; plastic necklace, Qeelin; plastic ring, Saizen (Daiso)
New Maison Martin Margiela accessories at Oki-ni
Martin Margiela Bracelet Simple Leather, £69.
Brown grained leather cuff embossed with the Margiela logo. Measures 8.75" on its smallest fastening and 9.5" on its longest one.
Oki-ni stocks some very interesting men's accessories from Maison Martin Margiela. You will find the house's usual wit in these pieces, which appopriate everyday objects into jewelry.
Thick brown leather cuff with an oversized brass buckle fastening. Measures approx 8" on it’s largest fastening, 7" on its smallest.
If ties have found themselves as belts, belts, for their part, seem more candid reduced into bracelets.
Brass ring coated in silver - half made of a bike chain link detail. A size M is about 2.5" inside
Now this ring I find amazing. Who would have thought bicycle chains would look so good around your finger?
Grey suede riveted cuff with cut out details and a pressed stud fastening. Measures 1.5" wide and 9.5" round.
I don't know if it was intentional, but these suede cuffs look like dominoes.
Black tooled leather cuff with a metal tipped end, has two pressed stud fastenings. On the largest setting measures approx 9.5", smallest 8.5".
Right: Martin Margiela Bracelet Scales, £119.
Thick black leather cuff silver metal 'scales' detail. Measures 1.5"wide, 9" on its smallest fastening and 9.5” on its largest.
And even more interesting items.
Brass ring with a polished silver coating in a cut-out arrow shape. A medium measures about 2.5" inside.
Right: Martin Margiela Ring Anniversary, starting from £225.
Chunky silver anniversary ring with a diamond in the centre. Embossed with 1988 – 2008 – great collectors piece marking Margiela’s 20th birthday. A size M is about 2.5" inside.
Brass flat head nail with a polished silver coating, wrapped round to make a ring. A medium measures about 2.5" inside.
Right: Martin Margiela Ring Scratched, £89.
Chunky brass ring coated in silver. Half is smooth metal and the other half is textured and uneven. A medium measures about 2.5" inside.
The famous (and now sold out) nail bracelet is now in ring form. The ring on the right looks delightfully peculiar. The shape reminds you of old bones, or even teeth.
In a word, I want all of them, but if I had to choose one, it would have to be the bike chain ring.
More Maison Martin Margiela items at Oki-ni
Three silver rings from Maison Martin Margiela
I know I've ranted before how things have deteriorated ever since Martin Margiela, designer and founder, left Maison Martin Margiela, the fashion house. But that doesn't mean that the very capable design team cannot produce top-of-the-line items, like these impeccable silver rings.
This first one is an aged silver signet that has an intentionally imperfect surface, as if it has been bumped and bruised by harder objects.
The slightly distended shape of the signet appeals to me since my fingers are narrow and my joints protrude in the same way.
It peaks out from its box like a pearl. In my opinion, it's not any less precious.
This second ring, chunky and with a smooth rectangular surface, comes in the conventional signet shape, makes the appeal of the set evident. I love the absence of stones or any decoration.
I imagine anyone wearing the rings to literally wield a potent flash of silver.
Without any light shining on it, I imagine this ring to be unnoticeable with a gray outfit. But once the wearer moves, the flat surface would flicker like a cat's eye.
This third ring, a darker version of the one above, reminds me of black mirrors.
A mystery, a secret band of membership.
One would imagine a secret button inside the ring that would slowly and effectively activate something dark and sinister.
Kinekt gear ring
Geeks like me will be happy with this accessory cum play thing cum stress reliever.
The Gear ring, designed by Glen Liberman, is made from high quality matte stainless steel. This ring can be your interactive pastime. Instead of maltreating your stress ball, why not turn any of the two rims that move in unison as the gears pass through their jagged teeth. (Sound geeky enough?)
Just don't expect to be transported to Oz, for some masked hero to suddenly appear, or for all of your work to be suddenly finished right before your eyes.
Currently comes in these US ring sizes: 9, 10, 11, and 12 (5, 6, 7, 8, and 13 to follow. Lifetime warranty.
Watch the video below for a demo.
Rings in raw concrete
Speaking of urban nomads, cement is one thing often blamed for making cities bland and dreary. Though I've seen it used very ingeniously for interiors (I would use it myself as panels or accents for my future home), I've never seen concrete in jewelry as satisfying as these rings from a collaboration between Beat Poët menswear and 22designstudio.
The rings come in two shades of gray and have built-in stainless steel.
Do you notice the difference between the three models?
But before that, what makes these digit holders doubly appealing are the perforations meant to suggest construction work. Gives the rings a totally different vibe, reminding me of knuckle pieces.
Back to raw earth, back to the silhouettes.
First is the Ando model, which is simply circular. Reminds me of city transmission lines.
Named "Brutalism", these pieces are meant to be stained red.
The more peacefully sounding Tatami rings remind me, of course, of tatami mats used in Japanese homes. From cement to fiber!
Interesting to make concrete a prized material. But for its sheer material flexibility and aesthetic possibilities (as these rings show), it may well deserve its own place on velvet.
There are other interesting versions of these cornet rings (without holes) on the 22designstudio website.
From the Beat Poët page:
These rings are based on the brutalist ideas of of architects such as Louis Kahn and the concrete architecture of Japanese architect Tadao Ando. His work is characterized by simple geometry and an almost exclusive use of concrete, with the formwork holes left intact.
The concrete, imperfect and raw like a man-made contribution to the natural environment, ages gracefully in a wabi-sabi manner, making visible the invisible logic of nature.
Martin Margiela 5pc ring set
I don't think it's been suggested or meant by the maison, but I think this 5-piece ring set by Maison Martin Margiela would be good worn as a stack on one finger, and it need not be the bad one.
It is meant to be worn on all five digits like a knuckle ring for thugs.
Somehow this reminds me of geeky puzzles we had when we were kids: a kit of bent nails in the shape of triangles and circles etc etc that you had to configure in a certain way … I really cannot remember. The shapes I think come like paperclips linked to each other and the aim is to untangle them from each other … Oh I give up! Can you recall?
Whatever it is, seeing the rings like this, I am tempted to attach a chain at both ends and wear this as a bracelet.
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