About: My Boy B

Chosen to represent the guys for the spring version of distinctive prints in “PHXFW‘s Menswear Moment”, I can’t ask of too much from menswear stylist Tim Boado, as anyone would want to stand out and create something special for the runway; I just wanted to see a bit more of a style I could actually leave with instead of something that was just fun to look at. The looks had great style, just not my style…

The ever-growing in popularity Fred Tieken shows off his creative and colorful outlook in his most recent art exhibit, For The Birds.

Known about and first exposed to Fred and his very distinctive artwork at ARTELPHX, a huge installation showcase at the Clarendon Hotel, I still can’t turn away from his colorful and impressionistic work.

Stumbled upon through the power of the internet, I came across a fun and extremely creative illustrator in Victor Nunes with his cheerfully simple and detailed drawings. Utilizing household items to feature and toy with, not only is every drawing unique in itself in the scene they create, but each of the rubber bands, the pen caps, and even the whistles were used differently every time.

#ArtDetour27

Gathered amongst the people walking the streets of downtown Phoenix, cruising the sidewalks of Grand Avenue, the First Friday of March and Art Detour weekend is wholeheartedly the biggest and best way to get your barring’s to the public Phoenix art scene. Celebrating the individual artists and what downtown opens the doorway to, its awesome to see that close to 100 galleries, studios, pop-up shops, and restaurants actually and literally did so for 1 major weekend.

Recently released Hip Hop concept album Quantum Leap, created by Yannick Beats and the sonically established character Varnell Hill, easily has some music that could be added to any Hip Hop playlist. Stemming from a mixture of a couple different influences, I’ve personally been playing this album regularly and already have a couple of tracks on repeat.

From first sight, Kendra Haste takes working with chicken wire to 3D level with her extremely lifelike and life-size animal sculptures. Captured in perfect motion, her sculptures take the true being of each animal and bring them into 3 dimensions.

Italian artist Francesco Camillo Giorgino, also known as Millo, has major style painting these large-scale murals featuring some oddly giant and monotone residents while they explore their creatively depicted urban city.

Committed to innovation and design for the modern man, the sneakers from Clae Footwear are an easily great addition to the shoe collection. Overall good sneakers that are comfortable, clean, and stylish enough to mix with a number of outfits, these were definitely a nice pick up.

Street Artist L7m is an animal himself when it comes to creating the abstract with his colorful and surrealistic spray-painted birds.

Angelo Hart, a pianist out of Arizona and Chicago, brings us his first full length album compilation, Intrepid. Groomed while studying music in Chicago, Angelo has learned to create a brand new sound, fresh to classical and jazz-happy listeners everywhere.

Pitti Uomo 87, the worlds largest Menswear Fashion Event for designers, buyers, and world-renown style setters, happened last week in Florence, Italy. And even though I didn’t get the chance to travel there and join the crowd of stand-out stylers, I followed along and caught what went down.

An artist with special interests in perspective, shading, and obscure style, Odeith has a mastering technique that makes his murals not only cool to look at, but they’re also in 3-D.