They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. And while the quote has been misattributed to everyone from Napoleon to Confucius, Turgenev broke the essential idea down in Fathers and Sons, that a complex idea or situation can be conveyed through a single still image.

With ever-improving cameras in mobile phones, it seems everyone is a budding photographer. Results vary, from spectacular to embarrassing. Just check out youarenotaphotographer.com, which highlights some of the worst results of online fauxtographers, for an example of the latter.

A major catalyst in this digi-photo revolution has been Instagram, which has been cutting through the world of social networking like wildfire. An homage to the Kodak Instamatic and Polaroid, as well as the fantastically addictive cult of Lomography, Instagram turns the camera on an iPhone into an entire photographers toolkit, allowing a host of filters and lighting options.

The true genius of Instagram is in it’s social aspects, and for many it’s taking over from Twitter as the way they share their day to day lives. Twitter allows expression of what’s on our minds. 140 character thought bubbles. Whereas Instagram functions as a sort of picto-Twitter, allowing glimpses into our aesthetic realities.

Debate is raging on (ironically, primarily on Twitter), but many people clearly feel that a picture may be worth a thousand words, but an Instagram is worth at least 141 characters.

This column will, once a week, take a look at some interesting IGs and IGers, in the world of streetwear and beyond. With over 15 million users, I can’t possibly see everything, so if you want me to check out your shots, or have recommendations of IGers, hit me up on Twitter: @quentincrispy, or on Instagram: cottonrazorblade.

Check out this weeks selection, featuring Jeff Staple, Edison Chen, Aaron Bondaroff, Bobby Hundreds, Juxtapoz Magazine, Mia Valerio and Rocky Xu and  and others after the jump.

Happy Snapping.

Edison Chen of Clot is seen here in vinyl form via this adidas Originals figure. EDC is looking spry as he is positioned in dancing poses and he stays looking fresh in his shell toes and Clot M-65 jacket. These will be released at select adidas Originals stores, so be on the lookout.

Take a further look after the jump.

Eric So previews two variations of his forthcoming Edison Chen toy. The Hong Kong actor and CLOT co-owner is seen interpreted as the Green Giant, with a little green head USB stick containing of all Edison Chen’s MTV footage. The green version is only available at the Taiwan Juice store. The yellow hair version is their take on DragonBall Z’s Gohan. Word has it there are 4 other versions, yet to be seen.

More images follow after the click.

Actor, musician, producer, and founder of clothing company CLOT Inc., Edison Chen, recently stopped by the Bowery MFG Nike Stadium in NYC to create a custom Destroyer Varsity Jacket. The result is a “CLOT Rat Pack” version in black, grey and red. The whole process was documented on film.

See the completed jacket after the click alongside a video of the creation process.

The CLOT collective around Edison Chen has produced a nice little photoshoot with the Peters Mountain Works Bag Collection, as it just landed in their Juice store in Hong Kong.

“Since 1978, John Peters has introduced versatile and inventive products to the sports/leisure market. The Peters Mountain Works Collection starts with a selection of iconic silhouettes and progresses to more creative designs. As always, every product is crafted from the finest materials and produced near the town of Woodstock, NY.”

Check out the full shoot after the jump.

Well, most of you know by now that Edison Chen from CLOT Hong Kong was involved in a celebrity sex scandal. The scandal had huge consequences for the young actor and singer and now he steps for the first time in front of the camera to talk about it. You can watch the full interview with CNN Talk Asia here.

Two interesting announcements are coming from the CLOT collective from Hong Kong. The collective is expanding their retail offering and will soon open a Juice store in Kuala Lumpur, the second location after Hong Kong.

In other news, Edison Chen is for the first time back in front of the camera after his sex scandal last year. After over 1000 nude pictures had turned up, that the actor supposedly took of other stars in the Hong Kong entertainment business, he had to get out of Hong Kong and even deal with death threats. Edison was interviewed by CNN Talk Asia and talked about the scandal, as well as its consequences for him and his family. The interview will be available to see online as of tomorrow here.

CLOT continues to release pieces as part of their Royale series. After t-shirts, boxers, scarfs, a western shirt, now comes the Royale Long Sleeve in the China Blue colorway. A piece could not have more of a Chinese inspiration and look, more than anything else in the collection. The long sleeve has now been released at Juice in Hong Kong.

We still remember the time when CLOT was releasing new products every few months. Since a few weeks there is a new release from them almost every week. We reported about their Visvim collaboration, New Era caps and lately also about their Workers Shirt. We were not big fans of the Workers Shirt, but we like the new Western Shirt that they will release soon. Always striving to fuse western culture with their own, they came up with a western shirt that combines flannel and silk. Details include the frontpockets, silk parts and also the buttons.
A release to look forward to. We’ll keep you posted!

ACU and CLOT got together to make some polo shirts. They come in two colorways – white and green. There is an embroidery on the chest and the logos of both ACU and CLOT are embroidered on the back. Other than the slightly longer sleeves than on a regular polo there is nothing really special about these, which makes them probably the most simple and subtle piece to ever come out of the CLOT crew.
The ACU x CLOT polo shirts will be released at ACU Shanghai on the 22nd of September. Check out more pics after the jump.