Luxury fashion takes upcycling to court

Musicians have been sampling tracks from other artists and re-packaging it as their own for years. If you make your own shirt out of 2 old Chanel scarfs however (see Travis above), well that is assault copywright infringement, my brother. At least that’s what big luxury has been pursuing in the courts with upcycle resellers, and they’re winning.

Some say upcycling old clothes is key to making fashion more sustainable. But if luxury brands would rather send their unsold fabrics to landfills than risk their products ending up in the hands of an upcycler who could theoretically hurt their brand’s reputation, will we ever move forward? CNN’s Sarah Kent paints a picture of the war luxury brands are waging to retain control.

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Brand Highlight

Do you suck at golf?? Join the club. Looking to better channel your stress on the course? Enter The Bogey Bag.  

Instead of snapping a club after dumping one into the water, wind up and pound your very own punching bag attached to your golf cart 🙂 .

Not all products need to be serious to be appreciated. Would we really pay $100 for a punching bag on your golf cart? Likely not. Would we buy one as a funny birthday gift for a buddy who gets too hot on the course, maybe!

Whether The Bogey Bag has a big enough market to survive is one thing, but designing a unique product with a fun and real problem deserves recognition nonetheless. God bless you, Bogey Bag. May you get punched in the face for years to come.

In Other News

Spotify developing DIY “remix” feature

In an effort to compete with TikTok, Spotify is building functionality for premium users to speed up, slow down, and mash-up songs. Sad that the driving force here is TikTok videos (38% of all songs on TikTok were sped up or slowed down), but that is the world we live in. You either embrace the cringe or you die another tech startup. #Vine4Lyfe.

DJ Mag

Sly Stallone is auctioning his unreal watch collection

In the market for a $5,000,000 Patek Phillippe? What a coincidence, because one is about to go up for auction. Check out all 11 of Stallone’s watches and immediately start justifying to yourself why you need another watch.

National Jeweler

Poshmark Find of the Week

With all the ridiculous dino-stompers and Sambas that somehow dominate the shoe market these days, leave it to New Balance to keep us all sane. Score these classic grey 580s in multiple sizes for less than retail above.

What we’re listening to right now

Disclosure has been relatively quiet since Latch w/ Sam Smith was on every radio station and the acoustic version was every wedding dance in 2013. Well the boys are back (well, almost) with a soon-to-be-released single that gets the crowd going and was made for the summer festival circuit. It’s high-speed, high-energy, and just in time for summer. LINK

Every day is Mother’s Day.

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