Hottie of The Week! - Miranda Kerr

This week we crown Australian model Miranda Kerr as our hottie. Miranda Kerr is best known as being one of the world famous Victoria's Secret models, the first Australian in fact.

She has also had modelling work with the likes of Maybelline and Australian surf brands such as Billabong and Roxy.

She is married to British actor and star of the Lord of The Rings Trilogy Orlando Bloom.

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Only NY

A new delivery from one of our favourite brands Only NY has just arrived through the door at Fat Buddha Store. The independant label began life in the westside of Manhattan in 1997.  By combining  innovative design with a love of graffiti and street culture Only NY was born. Now 15 years later the brand and identity are stronger than ever, with items selling out in no time. We have stocked and been behind the brand for years now at Fat Buddha and always look forward to a new drop arriving instore. Their collection for Spring/Summer 2012 features Tee's, Sweats, Snapbacks and a nice colourful selection of 5 Panel hats. Some of the new collection is shown below.

All of the items shown above and lots, lots more from Only NY are available instore and online now at Fat Buddha Store. You can check it out here.

Craig

Going out - Highlife 2nd Birthday

This month saw friend of the store Auntie Flo release his debut album Future Rhythm Machine.  Auntie Flo is a Glasgow based producer/DJ who holds residencies at Glasgow's Sub Club with Highlife and London's Plastic People with Huntleys and Palmers.  Auntie Flo is a real talent to look out for in 2012 and we are very excited for the release of his debut album Future Rhythm Machine.This year is really looking to be a good one for him and we recommend if you get the chance to go and catch him, he will be playing at several festivals throughout the summer from Lovebox in London to Dimensions Festival in Croatia.

This Sunday Highlife will be taking over the Subclub once more to celebrate their second birthday this time with a special Afro Noise theme. Joining Auntie Flo and Esa in the celebrations will be William Bennet with his Cut Hands project. Cut Hands creates a unique sound unlike any you have ever heard beforeusing original African percussion instruments as the source. According to the event page it may "make you feel physically sick, it will probably make you feel alive and it will almost certainly be like nothing you've heard before" sounds exciting!

 There will also be cake, so get down and celebrate Highlife style. Standard.

Bring The Heat

Over her in Glasgow we're getting some serious hot sunny weather and hope it continues. To keep you fresh and looking sharp we have a great selection of shorts over here at Fat Buddha Store from  great brands such as Carhartt, Obey, Wesc, Addict, etc. You can check out a selection from some of the brands below.

 Carhatt - Unit Bermuda - Gibson Check Pistache

Carhartt - Cargo Bermuda - Camo

Obey - Truman Shorts - Khaki

Addict - Chino Short - Oxford Pin

Addict - Patrol Shorts - Oxblood

Wesc - Conway Shorts - Botanical Green

All of the styles shown above and many, many more colourways and options are available instore and online at Fat Buddha Store now. You can check it out here. Enjoy the sunshine....

Craig

Summer Festivals

As the sun has decided to come out for a bit over here in Scotland it has really started getting us hyped about the up and coming summer festival season. It's only about two weeks till Scotland plays host to it's first festival Rockness! This being the case we thought we would look into a few other festivals held further afield that we are pretty hyped about.

1. Sonar - Barcelona 14th, 15th and 16th June - Since 1994 Sonar has been celebrating advanced music and media throughout various venues in Barcelona. It is a real pioneering festival with an artistic programme that is divided between activities at Sonar by Day which showcases new talent and live shows and Sonar by Night which presents the headline artists. Sonar by Day is held right in the centre of Barcelona while Sonar by Night is held on the outskirts in a massive airport hangover. Having been there myself I can confidently say it was one of the best festival experiences of my life, and its full of Glaswegians. This year some of the acts include New Order, Richie Hawtin,  James Murphy plus many many more. During Sonar Barcelona is party central with different parties put on all over the place such as the Mobilee rooftop -

2. Bloc - London 6th and 7th July - Now in its sixth year, Bloc a festival with a dedication to electronic music will be held in a new venue at London Pleasure Gardens. It was originally held at Butlin's Holiday resort in Minehead. This years festival looks bigger than ever as they are also using the MS Stubniz as a venue. The Motor Ship Stubniz is a deep sea fishing vessel that belonged to the German Democratic Republic before the collapse of communism. It was been transformed by a group of forward thinking artists into a moving platform for the sonic and visual arts, perfect for Bloc. The line up includes Snoop Doff, Gary Numan, Villalobos plus many more.



3. Dimensions - Croatia 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th September - Dimensions is a brand new festival created by the same team behind Croatia's Outlook festival. It is an underground music festival held in the iconic Fort Punta Christo, it also boasts boat and beach parties. In the beautiful surroundings of Croatia this looks to be something very special indeed. The line up includes Carl Craig, Little Dragon, Moodymann plus lots more.

Check out our new range of Ray Ban sunglasses to keep it fresh while you are partying this summer online here.

Palladium Boots

 In store now we have Palladium Boots, the classic French hat was founded in 1920 as a company that started out creating specialist tires for air crafts. Their advanced tires that were made by layering canvas bands undrneath vulcanised rubber soon ende up on the majority of Europe's aircrafts.

 

In 1947 Palladium put this same idea and expertise that was used in their tires to footwear and the resukt was the Pampa Boot. A boot that was renowned for its comfort, funcionality and durability so much so that it was adopted by the French Foreign legion.

Check out their series of Urban Exploration videos - This video sees the brands front man Pharrell Williams explore Tokyo after the tragedy of the 3/11 earthquake.



Cut to modern day and the comfortable, durable and funcional qualities that the brand stands for are still there with a more modern style and they look great. These qualities make them the ideal choice of footwear for the explorer in all of us, that still like to maintain style of course.

Check out our full range of Palladium here.

Music Monday - Notorious B.I.G.

With today's date, May 21st being the birthday of now deceased hip-hop legend the Notorious B.I.G. (also known as Biggie Smalls) we thought it only right we dedicate this weeks Music Monday to him.

Biggie who was raised in Brooklyn, New York became a keyplayer in the East Coast hi-hop scene after the release of his debut album Ready to Die in 1994. His success and ability as a rapper and lyricist helped put him and New York back on the map for hip-hop in a time when it consisted mainly of East coast artists.

This led on to a West Coast/East Coast divide and a feud between the rappers from the major record labels Death Row and Bad Boy Records, the former included Tupac Shakur a former associate of Biggie's. This feud grew to such an extent that both Tupac Shakur and Biggie were murdered in drive by shootings a few years apart from each other (1995 and 1997). Biggie's murder case to this day still remains unsolved.

Hailed as one of the greatest rapper of all time, Biggie's ability to flow as a lyricist and performer has resulted in him being championed as the saviour of East Coast Hip Hop and to this day he his music lives on. Happy Birthday Biggie!