Have you listened to Ten$ion? Better yet, have you hopped on the T by Alexander Wang bandwagon? In a weird collusion of cultural mishmash, Ninja and Yo-Landi have been quietly introduced as the faces of T‘s S/S line. Which is funny because I am willing to bet that Die Antwoord‘s audience is composed half of people that wear the brand, and half of people who would wear the brand if they knew about it/could afford it.

Double down on zefness too – I doubt Alexander Wang would consider his line of fashion anything near “zef”, yet that is exactly what it is: trashy not cool made cool by cultural conventions. Which makes the mismatch fornicate itself in heaven: in your face self-referencing meets in your face self-referencing for a transcendental showdown of made-up authenticity that makes me a little bit queasy inside. On the upside though, because I do like a fine package (nh): it makes the band even less South African, and even more 2.0. A glorification of short memory and the suspension of disbelief: who cares if we won’t remember DA or wear T by AW in 3 years: right now it’s all that matters.

Whether it be on tumblr, dump.fm, in The Whitney, or MoMA PS1, internet art has really made it to the big time now. Which is why, obviously, it has to be commoditized. Who’s ready for some tee shirts with exorbitant price tags? You are, you little #seapunk you. Aww c’mon, don’t hate me internet, I was just kidding. I love you and your ever-repeating geocities style of artistic expression. Never leave me.

What’s that? Oh right, the shirts. Yeah, so internet artist Sterling Crispin commissioned some of his favorite frendz including Pictureplane, Ryder Ripps, and Laura Brothers to create these krazy kewl all over print shirts. They’re on sale now here, but act fast and furious because they’re limited to ten each! Oh yeah, and they’re $147. Buy yourself a place in internet art history! Hack the planet!

Formed six years ago by designer/musician/writer TJ Cowgill, clothing label Actual Pain has breached the clogged world of always-borrowed, nostalgic-heavy tee shirt designs to establish itself as a nimble, yet forceful player headed forward not only because of their aesthetically pleasing, symbol-heavy creations, but with their sought-after smattering of religious, philosophical and occult imagery into something simple and powerful enough you can don daily with just a pair of black jeans. But your probably all know this given Мишка’s relationship with the label that spans many years.

Ran now with a small, but driven staff that includes TJ’s wife, an jack-of-all trades employee, an intern and a lazy black labrador named Pagan, the entire company is run from a mahogany-colored wood-floored warehouse space in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. During a recent trip to the Pacific Northwest, I accepted an friendly invitation from Cowgill to visit the space, meet the crew and take some photos.

Marked by but a small painted black triangle on the door, the modest space serves as storage, an office, a showroom and a sometimes-recording space for Cowgill’s musical endeavors. During my visit, Actual Pain HQ housed the entire current line — including new jewelry, outerwear and leather goods — and many past or small-run pieces- acid-washed denim vest anyone?! Piles of books, records and tapes and a pair of King Dude-branded candelabras (Cowgill’s musical project which currently releases for Dias Records) decorated the space.

The current Actual Pain line is available for purchase now. I suggest you click through and support one of our favorite brands. Their blog also features loads of event information and free curated mixtapes that you should download and crank while reading this.

For more photos from my visit please visit my blog.

I was recently perusing GQ’s best menswear moments of 2011 when I stumbled upon a particularly humorous curiosity. It had to do with their choice for the “Best Dressed Real Dude of the Year,” AKA a supposedly random gentleman on the block.

While admiring the gentleman’s swagger I realized he was no real dude at all, but was in fact, completely unbeknownst to the GQ crew, super-drummer Roofeeo, he formerly of The Death Set and currently of TV On The Radio. Roofeeo you sly street style dog you. Congrats on having one writer’s “favorite look of the year.”

Action Bronson himself recently sat down with menswear purveyor Boylston Trading Co to give a hilarious and unsurprisingly charming video where he breaks down his own fashion history, not to mention his thoughts on the trends of today.

I sure would’ve liked to see the rhyme-spittin Chef back in the days he was rocking the emerald green pastel Kandi shorts and denim oversized combo with the Polo sweater on the shoulders (not to mention the fact that he was prolly wearing that when he met Mr. Lauren AKA “Ralphie”).

And if that wasn’t enough Bronson for you, AB dropped a brand new video from Well-Done today as well. If you wanna hear more or catch more of Bronson’s look, pause, go see him and Mr. Muthafuckin’ eXquire on Tuesday night!

It was not so long ago that I was musing about Jimmy Darmody’s collegiate wear and coily wished to see him wearing Мишка. Considering the care that Boardwalk Empire’s producers are putting in their wardrobe choices (and Michael Pitt’s general heartthrobbery), I am not exactly surprised that someone beat me to the punch; but I am somewhat bummed that it was Prada who did.

Miuccia is an excellent women’s designer but her looks are hard to translate to a male audience, especially outside of Italy where you can’t exactly wear grotesque prints and get away with it. Plus David Sims is taking the pictures and it’s just as good as having Kodachrome. The result is Jimmy Darmody wearing floral silk pants and old timey scarves, looking quite ready to shoot a porno with Stuart Falcon. Some looks like the one I posted above are good though, Pitt makes a great two-tone rudeboy and I like the cross-striped blazer thing.’Neverwear’ is my fashion column. Be good.

Selectism have more pics of the campaign for your enjoyment.

Look at us, getting all fancy in photoshoots. Range, homie, that shizz is important. Some of our hats were recently scooped up for a photoshoot by the Sweden based high fashion magazine Contributor. One beautiful lady was lucky enough to wear some of our hats from seasons past and present along with some torn-up future athleticism utilitarian boho chic outfits. I mean, that’s what that is… right?

Sidenote: I did find myself having to confirm with our design team that the “Shit Sucks” tee she is sporting is not from some season before my arrival, and on their assurance that it is not, I am now petitioning that we make said shirt. I would also accept “Life is Bullshit” or “Wang Nimbus,” though that’s neither here nor there.

Photographer: Linnéa Sjöberg, Styling: Christopher Insulander

During the time I was in LA for our sample sale, I remembered that Fuct had put up a 20 year retrospective going on at Union LA. I texted Erik and he came over and met me in his new Dyna. The show was a retrospective of original art, concept drawings and prints of Fuct’s 20 year stint in this streetwear game. Y’know, the one that he had a huge part in creating.

There is original concept art that was never used including skateboard deck art from both Pushead and Mr. Cartoon. There are also some familiar APE drawings on the wall that were made WAY before that other Ape-in-a-bathtub brand. The show is up now, and not sure when they are taking it down, but if you are in LA be sure to check it out! Fuct is also available in our online store, including the 20th Anniversary t-shirts!

Full gallery after the jump!

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Adder Nation T-Shirt

Up Your Ass T-Shirt

Cross-Check T-Shirt

The Queen T-Shirt

Oversized Adder Collage T-Shirt

Mutagen Mop T-Shirt

No One Knows T-Shirt

Sitting at home drinking some teas, I figured it was about time to tease you with some tees! Alright, I think I got them all in there in the first sentence, so that’s good. Fo reelz tho here are our new tee shirts for Holiday 2011, so get excited. Lot’s o’ good stuff. Imma break it down for you.

For you hockey folk out there we got the Cross Check Tee, a flip on the New York Rangers jersey print. It’s a winter classic for the Winter Classic! Keepin’ it in the sports vein, there’s Adder Nation, in black, white, and heather of course. Be the beast!

For the purists out there we got an Ovsersized Adder Collage Tee, a new take on our oversized adder that incorporates all your favorite Мишка mascots chilling in the silhouette. For another combination of great things, there’s the mind melting No One Knows Tee, bringing early Green Day and Ghost World together at last!

As a tribute to the one and only Divine (RIP) we have our The Queen Tee. Beautiful! Finally there’s my two favorites, the nostalgia bomb of the Mutagen Mop, which I imagine will sell out, oh, immediately, so hurry up. Then the Up Your Ass! Tee, with the Мишка-tallica logo ‘n everything. And this is only a partial taste of what we’ve got in store for Holiday ’11… Time to get rid of all that Hanes BS and stock up!

We’ve already given you a taste of this season’s snapbacks, but don’t think we’re not looking out for everyone who knows what it’s like to explain why you gotta keep the sticker on the brim. It’s time to get fitted. We’ve ordered up a fresh delivery of New Era’s in for Holiday and we know you’re gonna love’em. Sometimes you just wanna keep it simple, so we stuck to our roots and showcased our three classic characters.

Perhaps our most recognizable product, the Keep Watch New Era will never not be a good choice, and this season I’m particularly smitten with the black and blue colorway. Makes that bloody eyeball really pop, y’know? Then there’s the Oversized Mop style, which is available for the first time in color-on-color, with both a royal blue and grayscale version. Finally, there’s my personal favorite Mishka mascot, the Death Adder New Era, back in all his serpentine glory to freak people out with neon glowing eyes. Enjoy.