Lemar And Dauley®

Most of you might remember Stella McCartney from her break-out tenure as Creative Director for the house of Chloe. Since leaving the brand in 2001 to Phobe Philo and getting her own eponymous label with the Gucci group, Stells collab game has been crazy. She's come to bat for teams as varied as Adidas and LeSportsac and even designed some limited edition collections for H&M and Target. The lines sold out so quickly that you'd have a better chance of finding the heart necklace the old lady threw off the Titanic than a Stella for Target tunic. If you missed the boat in the past, make sure to catch it now as Stella's new collection docks at the Gap. Unfortunately, if you aren't an Olsen you can't fit these items, but your kids can put you to shame beginning today. You can find many of the items here. And you can check out some more styles beneath the cut.

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Checked the new YRB mag, and saw our friends from DC Shoes get a much deserved feature. These dudes work real hard and have created a great lifestyle division under the DC Shoes umbrella. We ourselves have learned alot about footwear and the production behind it from these guys. Congrats fellas!

Next week is the official release of the L&D x DC Collaboration sneaker. It was great to partner up with the big homies again for yet another classic. The muse for the Lemar and Dauley admiral was the idea of regatta sail boats. Fabrics and materials used on the sail boats originally inspired, but in the process of creating the shoe other elements began to reshape the vision to further address the lifestyle behind the idea. The shoe captures a metropolitan individual engaging in a beach bum mentality. Both colorways were created as a reflection of sand and concrete. The patterns on the side panels represent the art often depicted on regatta wind sails.

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