Pharrell still surprises us and aside from producing music, continues to satisfy his creative inner beast with other interesting projects. The latest one you see here below – he produced the music to the new Lanvin Spring/Summer 2012 Ad Campaign. The imagery and video was produced by Steven Meisel. Lanvin once again surprises with an interesting and unexpected ad campaign this season.

“An exotic and festive dinner party.
Who will take a bite of the forbidden apple?: the angel or the snake???
You can always count on Lanvin to shake up the party!

Music: 18 year old Bronx, NY-born artist Maxine Ashley first caught the attention of super-producer Pharrell Williams on YouTube. Immediately impressed with her signature sound, soulful vocals with an edgy pop attitude, he signed her to his record label, i am OTHER entertainment. “Cookieman,” written and produced by Pharrell, is the first single off of Maxine’s upcoming debut album.”

Enjoy!

The eccentric Karl Lagerfeld has again made news with the opening of a pop up shop called KARL dedicated to, who other than, himself. As you can see from the image, you can pick up a charm featuring a depiction of his face with dark shades and all. Also available is the new line bearing the same name as the store. The shop is located at 375 Bleeker St. in New York. (Source: Refinery29)

Spring/Summer 2012 collections are filtering into retail locations, both in store and online, including some new drops from Original Fake. A nice array of items have freshly released including some stuff you would expect like graphic tees, “X” eyes patterned pieces, hoodies, jackets and pants. Check out the items in our gallery and head over to OriginalFake to purchase.

CLOT continues to work with Japanese artist Madsaki on their Alienegra design pieces. For Spring 2012 they have also brought Brooklyn artist Kaws into the mix and he added his signature cross eye ‘X’ design to the existing design by Madsaki, resulting in a very vibrant overall look. The parka hoodie will be released on February 10th, 2012, at Juice stores.

Original Fake gets together with Atlanta retailer Wish. The t-shirt collaboration features the Companion character by artist Kaws on the front, holding the letters ‘WISH’, while the ‘ATL’ letters are floating around in the air. Look out for a release in the coming weeks.

You can always count on wings + horns for solid collections season after season. The Canadian contemporary menswear brand’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection is now hitting retailers and here is a look at some items available now. We don’t see anything out of the ordinary from w+h, but that’s not a bad thing. The collection consists of solid pieces like trousers, corduroy pants, chinos, oxfords, knits, blazers and one of the brand’s best offerings, their loop terry fleeces. The new releases are now available at Roden Gray.

Check out the goods after the jump.

Dr. Martens and fellow UK-brand Brutus have worked together on the brand’s legendary Trimfit button up shirt. A favorite amongst mods, Brutus’ slender cut tartan plaid shirt is seen here in an oxblood and yellow color checkered pattern. It comes in this special co-branded packaging designed to keep rolled-down button collar intact for you. The shirt is available now for pre-order at Brutus’ online store.

Take a closer look after the jump.

Jake Davis drops his latest Test Shots video, this time featuring designer Timo Weiland. The streets of New York serve as the backdrop for Davis and the well-styled Weiland. Check it out.

A couple of jackets from Deluxe’s Spring/Summer 2012 “Rum & Sugar” collection, which we have previewed extensively here. Two jackets have dropped including the Sun Shower hooded parka and the Bench Rider jacket. Each one comes in three great colors. There’s the safe route with black in each style, but also some great colors such as some really nice blues, green, and yellow. We’re really feeling both jackets in the blue colors. What do you guys think of the color palette used here? If interested, Bridge Tokyo has them both.

Check out the jackets after the jump.

Today we present the first commercial for the upcoming Marni for H&M Collection for Spring/Summer 2012. The commercial was directed by Sofia Coppola. Enjoy!