The holiday lines from the underground assemblage of brands called the Iron Umbrella have arrived! The Iron Umbrella consists of the following brands:  SSUR, The Cut, Natural Born, and Rebel Ape… All the brands are the twisted brain children of the shadowy and elusive figure Mr. Russ Karablin, the Russian American artist and refusnik is known for his mastery of his craft and understated hyjinx. All the lines are manufactured in Japan of the highest quality materials and are limited runs. 
You can now purchase the Holiday ‘07 collections of the Iron Ubrella at Karmaloop. Check out more pics after the jump.

For Holiday 2007, DC Artist Projects™ is proud to work with New York Artist SSUR, for the second time. The latest limited edition collection is comprised of a shoe, hat, fleece and jeans – the largest collection for the DC Artist Projects™ to date.
 
The design for the project was inspired by SSUR’s Russian heritage with a New York twist. Drawing colors and detailing from traditional Russian porcelain pieces, SSUR’s Artist Projects™ shoe features floral patterns and nude women around the shoes’ heel panels. The custom designed clear soles feature Coney Island’s famous Ferris wheel on one shoe and SSUR’s pirate ship imagery on the other. The SSUR denim shares the design of the shoes’ soles with the imagery embroidered on the pants back pockets and an embroidered ankle patch. A full zip sweatshirt and New Era cap with embroidered artwork
round out the collection.
 
The Russian born Ruslan Karablin, better known in the art/design world as SSUR, has been a constant in the NYC downtown art scene for almost 15 years. Growing up in Coney Island NY, SSUR entered the New York scene as an outside artist with no formal training. Three main subjects—sex, politics, and protest—have heavily influenced the SSUR aesthetic.
 
DC Artist Projects™ first collaborated with SSUR in 2005 with the creation of the SSUR high top shoe offered at three distinct levels. The most limited version, the black/silver shoe, featured actual stingray on the upper panels and has proved to be one of the most sought after shoes from the Artist Projects™ series.
Make sure to check out the accompanying video here below and all the product of the project after the jump.

A couple of months ago we presented you the black cashmere Fedora fitted cap by SSUR and New Era. This time we present you a new colorway in woven wool textile coming in a grey/black colorway. It features a blue feather embroidery and the SSUR signature embroidered on the side. Definitely also a nice cap to look forward to. Via Strictly Fitteds.
More pics after the jump.

Just last night we presented you an exciting new New Era cap by SSUR and now we already have the next one to show you thanks to Strictly Fitteds.
This time we present you the “Scary Hours” cap. Lately SSUR presents lots of caps with special materials. The Mint cap comes in microsuede, the fedora in cashmere and now this “Scary Hours” cap in all leather. The cap comes in lavender and feature sharks mouth and teeth embroidered over the back panels of the cap. Scary Hours appears as a subtle embroidery on the front right panel.
There are no release dates so far, but we can already tell you now that the cap will be coming in other colors as well. Check out more pics after the jump.

Here we present you an upcoming release of a SSUR x New Era cap. With the word “Mint” embroidered over a big part of the cap, they bring back a classic piece of slang. This mircosuede 59Fifty cap has wrap around embroidery of decorative elements taken from the dollar bill. The embroidered text ‘MINT’ appears in bold, covering two panel of the cap. The crown and bill are in contrasting kacki colored tones. There is no exact release date so far, but the cap will be dropping soon. Along with the SSUR cashmere fedora New Era cap, this could be one of the hottest releases this year. Pic via Strictly Fitteds.

Here you see one of the latest collaboration of Medicom – this time with SSUR. The Bearbrick features the same mixed camouflage pattern that we have already seen from the artist. At this point there is no release date and also no news on the size (100&/400%) the Bearbrick will be released in. We’ll keep you posted. Pic via Slam.
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Here you see the latest New Era collaboration by SSUR – The Wonder Wheel Cap. Just like the name says, the cap features an all over wonder wheel embroidery and comes in black and white. The cap was released today at the SSUR Plus store in NYC, 7 Spring Street.
Also look out for the cashmere New Era cap with the fedora design to come from the two brands.

Here you see the latest New Era cap by SSUR. The artists recreated the famous Fedora hat in the form of a New Era – very smart idea and the execution with simple colors and cashmere tops it off.
“This 100% cashmere NEW ERA 59Fifty cap is a nod in respect to the fedora, whose distinctive shape has been rocking since the late 1800s. The Fedora was made infamous by prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone and became a class act with actors Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney. Many fashion historian credits JFK for pushing the fedora out of popular circulation (unlike former Presidents, John F Kennedy was rarely seen in a hat). SSUR presents the best of both worlds, mixing couture and street fashion. The SSUR Fedora fitted features an embroidered feather on one side panel and a tonal SSUR script logo on the other. Look for this to be available in two colorways: Black/Red and Grey/Black. Coming soon exclusively at SSUR*PLUS.” Via Strictly Fitteds.
Check out more pics after the jump.