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How Do I Look? hosted by Jeannie Mai

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Jeannie Mai is the new host of “How Do I Look?,” the Style Network’s hit makeover series. Along with a new host, the show is getting a makeover of its own with a new look and a new loft. Some of the new features on the show to look for include the Eww Tube, the two way mirror, the sacrificial table, and the turn-style. The new season of “How Do I Look?” premieres Thursday, July 23, at 9/8c. If you want to be on the show or know some who should, you can be on the show here.

Jeannie Mai is no stranger to hosting fashion shows. Late last year she hosted
Dude, Where’s Your Style?

How Do I Look? hosted by Jeannie Mai

More about Jeannie Mai

Jeannie Mai launched her career as a successful celebrity stylist, with a roster of clients including Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys and Rosario Dawson. It wasn’t long before the entertainment world noticed her work, and she snagged a position as the spunky, fashionable host on Stir, an Asian-American magazine-style show on International Channel Networks. The program picked up its first Emmy nomination in 2005. Soon after, San Francisco music channel CMC invited her on as the first female veejay to host her own music countdown. She took on the role of entertainment reporter and producer on the WB’s Daily Mixx before moving to Los Angeles after being cast as cohost to Frankie Muniz in the MTV pilot Granted.

Since then, she has been a popular reappearing host for E!, Style and many other networks. In 2008, she took part in Miss America Reality Check, starred in the Style Network special Dude, Where’s Your Style? and toured the world as the official spokesperson of Never Accept Ordinary, a line of cosmetics.

Vivienne Tam’s favorite NYC spot

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Fashion designer Vivienne Tam discusses what she can’t live without in New York City. See why Vivienne Tam frequents Union Square Green Market (East 17th Street and Broadway), New York Vintage (117 West 25th Street / between 6th and 7th Avenue), and City Bakery (3 West 18th Street / at 5th Avenue). Also check out the HP Mini Vivienne Tam Digital Clutch.

Vivienne Tam’s favorite NYC spots

Fetish by Far East Movement

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Previously, we gave you a sneak peek at the behind the scenes of Far East Movemenet’s “Fetish” music video. We also got the FM guys to give us the low down on the music video before the USC CASA Culture Show. Now you can see the “Fetish” music video too.

Fashion collabo in this music video with The Attic x Orisue x Far East Movement. These guys went through a lot of outfits. Nice kicks too. (Speaking of which we might just get a pair.) At the 3:01 mark of the video, you can see the Adam Bomb from The Hundreds. Also the music video is directed by Daniel Zhao of Iron Brothers Entertainment. It’s great to continue seeing collaboration in the Asian American community from fashion to music. We know there’s a lot of talent out there.

Remember to pick up far East Movement’s latest album “Animal” on The Far East Movement - Animal or Amazon.com . Also they will be in San Francisco for the International Secret Agents Concert this Friday.

Fetish by Far East Movement

The Hundreds Footware – Spring 2009

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The Hundreds Footware for Spring 2009 has just arrived. Check out the new shoes here. FYi – Korean American Booby Kim is one of the founders of The Hundreds. He’s listed as one of America’s coolest entrepreneurs under 30. Check the article here.

The Hundreds Footware – Spring 2009

More about The Hundreds

The Hundreds is a 2-part project that houses both a clothing line and online-magazine. Co-founded by Ben and Bobby Hundreds in 2003, both ends of The Hundreds incorporate our trademark lifestyle, attitude, and personal perspective on street subculture. The Hundreds apparel is inspired by LOS ANGELES LIFESTYLE / CALIFORNIA CULTURE and Southern California’s skateboarding, surf, punk, and hip-hop cultures. The design is also reminiscent of 1980s surf-culture t-shirts, independent skateboard company apparel of the 1990s, and the advent of “streetwear” at the end of the millennium. The line is comprised of graphic t-shirts, denim, wovens, fleece, outerwear, headwear, and accessories. In late 2008, The Hundreds also launched a shoe program monikored The Hundreds Footware.

Kimono as Art exhibit

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For those interested in Kimonos or just live near Canton, OH. Check out this exhibit. Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota features forty oversized kimono created by Master Kubota. The centerpiece of the display is his 30-piece landscape kimono panorama, “Symphony of Light.” An homage to nature and the passing of seasons, “Symphony of Light” consists of fifteen kimono depicting autumn and fifteen depicting winter. The ten additional kimono in the exhibit celebrate Kubota’s reverence for the natural world of Japan. The first U.S. visit was to the Smithsonian in 1995, where it sold more catalogues than any other show in Smithsonian history.

Kimono as Art Trailer

More about Itchiku Kubota

Born in 1917, Itchiku Kubota (Itch-i-ku Ku-bot-ta) began learning the art of dyeing at the age of 14. When he was 20, he encountered a 350-year-old silk textile in the Tokyo National Museum. He was fascinated by its extraordinary beauty, design complexity and saturated colors. Frozen in place, Kubota studied it for three hours. “In a sudden moment,” he said, “I encountered a source of boundless creativity which revealed to me my calling.” The remnant before him was a rare example of the lost art of Tsujigahana*, which made use of a simple, subtle dye technique that had been lost over the centuries. Kubota promised himself that he would rediscover its secret. Then World War II broke out, and he found himself fighting in North Korea. He was taken prisoner by the Russians and put in a Siberian prisoner-of-war camp. Upon his release in 1951, he devoted his life to finding the lost dyeing process.

It was not, however, until 1977, when he was 60 years old, that he finally developed his own dyeing and decorating techniques that involve complex tie-dyeing and ink drawing, often on textiles woven with gold or silver threads. His labor-intensive secret methods, produced a rich layering of texture, ink drawing and color subtly suggestive of French Impressionism, an artistic style he particularly loved. His first exhibit in Tokyo was a huge success. Since then, Kubota has won international acclaim for his creativity and dedication to this extraordinarily laborious craft, and has exhibited throughout Japan and in Europe.

Kubota’s dream was to live to the age of 100 – the time it would take to complete a series of 75 kimono that would hang side by side to form a monumental tapestry of the four seasons called Symphony of Light. Before his death on April 26, 2003, he completed the first 30 pieces, “Autumn” and “Winter.” The anniversary of Master Kubota’s death, April 26th, also happens to be the last day of the exhibit in Canton. Since his passing, his family, a team of apprentices, and his son, Satoshi Kubota, carry on the tradition of creating these extraordinary works of art. In an enormous gesture of generosity the Kubota family has agreed to let Itchiku Kubota’s Kimono come to the United States for a second time.

My Ninja! Clothing line launched

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The My Ninja! Clothing line just recently launched. You may have seen Asian American music artists like Far East Movement, Tatum Jones, and Roscoe Umali wearin’ My Ninja! gear. The creator creator behind the clothing line is music producer Peter Hong. He definitely has a unique vision for the clothing line fusing music and fashion together. Check out the mission of the My Ninja! Clothing.

WE LOVE.

WE LIVE.

WE BALANCE.

WE FORGIVE.

REPEAT

My Ninja! will never be a shirt, nor a design, but a statement that allows individuals to connect on the constant cultural blending our generation faces.

You can check out the My Ninja! Clothing site here. Lots of cool music on the site.

Here’s Far East Movement in My Ninja! gear

Here’s Tatum Jones in My Ninja! gear


Here’s Roscoe Umali in My Ninja! gear



Music Producer Peter Hong celebrated his birthday abd launches his new clothing line My NinJa!

More about Peter Hong

Peter “King” Hong aka “Peter Rocks!” is a Los Angeles based musician, producer and engineer whose work with Homestyle, a live LA-based hip hop band, shot him unlikely acclaim in 1999 as he played keyboards and began to produce for local LA-based artists.

Peter developed as a producer and engineer at LA’s Cherokee Recording Studios, where he learned under Andy Johns. Afterwards, he worked in several other studios, including Hollywood’s elite Fourth Street Recording Studio. While there, he came into his own as he was challenged by Jim Wirt, who has produced hits for Hoobastank, Incubus, Fiona Apple, and other successful artists.

As his own abilities continued to germinate, he became a member of the Recording Academy’s Producers and Engineers Wing and in 2002 founded Soniq Kwality Productions, a music production company committed to delivering fresh artistic and technical direction for today’s music market.

In 2006, Peter began touring worldwide with Quannum recording artist, Pigeon John. It was then when he would meet and work with heavy musical acts across the United States, Canada, Australia and Europe.

Peter has toured, recorded, written, produced and engineered music for Tatum Jones, far East Movement, Roscoe Umali, Peter Daily, George Clinton, Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Dan the Automator, The Pharcyde, Blackalicious, Cut Chemist, RJD2, Miho Hatori, Peeping Tom, Macromantics, and Of Montreal.

He is currently working on the My Ninja! Mixtape that is due the Summer of 2009.