Karl Lagerfeld is an interesting cat. Watch as he interviews himself and drops some knowledge on work ethic, muses, personal style, and how/why he went into fashion.

The trailer for Wes Anderson’s newest film, Moonrise Kingdom, was just released. We love Wes Anderson films here at Handsome and after watching this trailer, it looks like we can expect more awesome from the man. His taste in cinematography, actors, music, stories, and even typography is always impeccable.

Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore — and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle. Bruce Willis plays the local sheriff. Edward Norton is a Khaki Scout troop leader. Bill Murray and Frances McDormand portray the young girl’s parents. The cast also includes Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, and Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward as the boy and girl.

We’re already unhealthily excited for this.

If you’ve been following us for awhile you may have noticed that we’ve changed a few things recently. Our favorite of these changes is our redesigned blog which now allows us to share much larger images, giving proper justice to the clothing, videos, and artists we regularly feature.

The best way to showcase this newfound ability is with some beautiful imagery courtesy of one of our favorite image makers, California based artist, Brian Vu. Be sure to visit his extensive website at brian-vu.com and check out even more, photography and collages from Mr. Vu after the jump.

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Public Swim is a beautiful video created by a handful or Toronto talents. We immediately connected to the energy of the piece and felt compelled to share it. Enjoy.

Director of Photography: Matthew Tammaro
Directed by: Sam Catalfamo

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Today, 11.11.11, is a date that in some belief systems marks an important transformation in consciousness and represents a most spiritual and sacred time on this planet. A time where we can come together as a global community and uplift ourselves through dancing, chanting and loving.

To celebrate this once in a lifetime day we are releasing our collaboration with one of our favorite artists, Young Empires, which is now available in our Handsome Shop. Taking inspiration from the group’s sound and vision, we have designed two unique designs to commemorate this exciting new time. It’s an honor to be the exclusive retailer of all official Young Empires wares and it’s been a dream come true to work with such an upstanding group of talented gentleman from our hometown of Toronto. We couldn’t be happier with the results.

Also, don’t forget to check out Young Empires uplifting new single “Enter Through The Sun” that is also being released today.

Special thanks to OTM and Matthew Tammaro for styling and shooting such a beautiful lookbook for the collaboration.

We’ve loved Peter Miles for years without knowing it. How so? Well, the man has made so much of the design work we admire without us ever knowing who was behind it all. Unfortunately, graphic designers don’t get enough attention outside of their own little circles.

Here is just a sampling of his work: the film graphics for all of Sofia Coppola’s films (including Lost In Translation, Marie Antoinette and Somewhere), Marc Jacobs recent advertising campaigns, books for the German powerhouse publisher Steidl, the brooklyn based independent art magazine The Journal, and our recent favorite, the new identity for French fashion label Céline.

The man is a genius when it comes to mature minimalist design with a distinctive quirky twist. Learn more about Mr. Miles in Dossier Journal’s recent interview and check out the jump to see even more examples of his beautiful work.

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Proper weird and well shot video for Craft Spells‘ ‘Your Tomb’.

Justice wear their disco/coke era rock & roll influences on their sleeve in the video for their song “Audio, Video, Disco” off their upcoming album of the same name.

Deer Dana is a New York brand created by Dana Veraldi and Kevin Tekinel. They stay true to their hand drawn style focused on famous subjects like Lil Wayne, Steve Jobs, Terry Richardson and Kanye West. With a growing following and exceptional press, the brand is carried at some exceptional retailers around the world including Colette, Dover Street Market and OAK NYC.

One of our favourite shirts from their latest collection is the Rick Ross inspired Ricky Rozay design (pictured above). Check out their site for their vast collection of new designs and entertaining takes on some of our favourite socialites.

Available at Deer Dana Online.