i love ted

a talk on photography given by the editor of national geographic (who is actually very slightly irritating). have a look, then, if you fancy, browse ted talks in general which are bloody brilliant. 

also, the economist the you wish could be your dad, hans rosling, gives us an insight into how statistics can challenge our perceptions of poverty. this is really, really fucking cool. 

go hans!

abu dhabi

photo essay: mozambique street style

maputo, mozambique. they may be poor - just 46% of kids get a primary education, and the average life expectancy is around 40 - but that doesn't stop them from having some hot fashionability. here are a few of our favourites:

just look at the shoulders on that. this outfit may have that "just thrown together" look, but it's actually very clever. as every mother knows, a heady mix of patterns and colours will disguise any cooking stains. 

asymmetric shorts. fuck yeah. 

the beady eyed amongst you may have noticed that this is not, in fact, an actual woman. still, the fact that someone dressed her up in a fetching shell suit top and sun hat, PLUS bothered to accessorize her with a tray and a bottle of gin to create that shagged-out-eighties-prostitute-waitress-on-a-break look impressed us greatly. 

bold colours, little hats. all good for this season. the totally non-threatening military look is back, for sure. maybe. 

this lady lives in a 400 room luxury hotel which was abandoned in 1963 when mozambique went all to shit, and is now inhabited by around 2500 mozambican squatters. it has a court, a market, a cinema and a dancehall, but no running water and only car batteries for electricity. she started trying to tell us about it all but we were just like "damn, bitch, you got some hot styles!"

In blatant contradiction of the dressed down casualness of the last decade or so, some people still wake up and choose to keep the spirit of gentleman's tailoring alive. Next time you throw on a t shirt and jeans, think of this guy and make an effort. If he can, living on a dollar a day, and with literally no access to vogue homme, then so can you. 

this season's must have accessory?

all clothes models' own. all pictures by adam or antonio.