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The Secrets Behind Our Favourite Logos

Have you ever wondered how and why some of your favorite brands settled upon their chosen logo? MR PORTER, along with what we suspect is a healthy portion of branding and marketing zealots, did. So the menswear e-tailer went straight to its journal to demystify the myths behind some of the most recognizable brand logos of contemporary times.

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A Conversation With Saint Lou Lou

Double-threat Elektra and Miranda are the beautiful and talented twin sisters who have just released their first single as the group Saint Lou Lou. Raised between Stockholm and Sydney in a bohemian, musical family, their unique brand of ‘dream pop’ has a wonderful lightness of touch about it and a maturity that belies their young years (they are only just out of high school). Think Beach House meets Au Revoir Simone via Joni Mitchell and you are about there. They look the part too of course, with an image that is both understated-sexy and studious and wouldn’t look out of place in a Sofia Coppola movie.

Their debut single ‘Maybe You’ is about to drop on Kitsune, the pioneering Paris-based electronic label who are famous for being able to spot the hottest, freshest talent out there. Kitsune always know who to suggest for their artists to collaborate with and in this case they chose Lauer to do the remix; a truly excellent interpretation it is too. We don’t doubt that everything will run like clockwork and people are going to lap them up.

We fired off these questions to the busy girls ahead of their debut gig in London at Gold Dust next week.

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Maison Kitsuné 2012 Fall/Winter “Battle” VIDEO

French design imprint Maison Kitsuné presents their Fall/Winter 2012 collection with a “battle of the sexes” video of sorts. Presented in a straight forward manner, director Loïc Prigent showcases various looks for the upcoming season with a speed dressing competition between a male and female model. Set against an energetic blending of various genres of music and artists, including Childish Gambino, White Shadow and Frances Rose, the audio compilation can be purchased online here.