U-Boat Basel 09 Models, and they have an All Black Classico Model Of Course ! U-Boat forum founder (i assume) speaking to U-Boat founder : "He asked me what I would think about the new watches and I gave him my opinion on these and he was very happy to get such a feedback (feedback see below, with presentation of the single watches). He told me that he is very happy with what we are doing with the forum and he said that he wants to work close together with us in the future, giving us all new and in-depth information before others get them. For example he told me that they are currently working on a one-off watch for Arnold Schwarzenegger, a massive gold watch with the crown right! This was a special request by him and they will do this as a custom order. I will get pictures of this when they return from Basel. As said, he is a very nice person and he is real great designer. The company currently employs 25 people."

So I’m grokkn some but not all of the U-Boats at Basel.. like the All-Black above my fave. Although All-Black is the signature of Hublot.. now stolen by nearly all watchmakers. But then why not eat yer own lunch + for once Omega a watch that usually bores to me to tears and is worn by people who cant afford an entry level Rolex Submariner… well the PloProf has the works - Awesome kitsche silver band, little 70’s Jacques Cousteau collaboratively developed buttons coming out of the dive to bottom of the ocean watch. Pity it’s $10K aussie. From Watchismo : “Omega announces the 2009 Professional Ploprof Diver developed in conjunction with famed diver Jacques Cousteau. Technical Specifications:

* Movement: Co-Axial Caliber 8500
* Case: Stainless Steel, Water resistant to 1200 meters + Sapphire bezel and crystal
* Bi-directional rotating bezel with security push-button lock for the bezel + Screwed-in and protected crown at 9
* Special Seamaster medallion on the case-back with grooved wave-pattern + Bracelet: New Omega mesh SHARK-PROOF bracelet or rubber strap (black or orange) that can be adjusted for wearing over the diving suit (can be up to 7mm thick thanks to a double extension system), a new sliding clasp, capable of fine adjustments…”

And they said people wouldnt be able to read the time.. well for $5k euros who wants to.. or in Hublot case many times more. Poor Alison in #underbelly u know it’s not going to end well…

Some random but liked links below, I need cawfee as the house is out.. and while Earl Grey used to do it for me, I admit I am powerless. Enable me oh sponsor I am krunked on the junk and I need my cawfee beans made with full cream organic milk from Warnabool.

U-Boat Basel 09 New Models Pix - by benbarren on Polyvore.com

Cheap Monday Suitage And Sunnies by benbarren on Polyvore.com

Rick Owens Funnell Leather Jacket £1976.00 : "Another amazing leather jacket from Rick Owens... Made from tyvek pasted over leather it graduates in colour from light grey to black. Leather is intentionally distressed with cracks and tears naturally occurring at the waist. Arms are full black with a ribbed knit cuff, neck is an exaggerated funnel. There are four external pockets, each with a nylon pull tag and two internal pockets close with a zip." From Oki-Ni.

“.. Advertising pulls you more deeply into the fashion system than I’m willing to go. I have enough, and my business is growing at a pace that’s gradual enough to be safe, yet fast enough to be motivating. And advertising’s another job, like runway shows. Once you start, you need to be ready to do it forever. That being said, I never thought I’d be doing runway shows.”

$260USD Cheap Monday Suit in Black or Blue ?

Now the almost $2k pounds hehe Rick Owens may have the real leather jacket I desire this season... but Cheap Monday for $155uS the pictured jacket below (blue or black, down the page) + $105 matching pants.. well that is product and price u dont see in Australia. If Myer stocked this.. well profit would fly.. and the matching $35US sunglasses above arent bad given my fave Raybans died for second time yday and I dont think they’re repairable, the way the arm snapped off in a non clean way:(

Some of the last nites viewing, with #Castle becoming one of my fave Tuesday night shows, goes perfect with Upper East Side Gossip Girl for a nonauthentic hit of NY. I have a count of how many days it will take to bring to Australia ie The Hit Factor Lag Downunder

Oh The Mumbrealla Starcom Translator is very funny btw,  I cant remove myself from the fact that my first job was in an agency - DDB - in “New Media Development” !

Mumbrella spoofing around (it’s funny coz it’s true): “They won’t have to worry about deadlines while their colleagues run round like blue-arsed flies. And no matter how much it looks like they’re surfing the Internet for weird shit, it’s all for work. Honestly.

“The consumer landscape is increasingly complex and leveraging humanity in marketing has a critical impact on our clients’ and brands’ effectiveness. The changes we’ve made to Genesis are designed to deliver more meaningful brand experiences for our clients within the human dimension,” SMG CEO John Sintras said.

“Have you noticed how everyone’s on Twitter these days?” said boss John Sintras.

Google wants to cut out VC’s and has launched a fund. Now if they could just cut out the entrepreneur and management team. Then World Domination ! Via Industry Standard quoting Fred : “One time gains in corporations don’t make anyone rich. Wall Street ignores the gain. The company can’t put the gain into the pocket of its management. So it just doesn’t matter very much,” he wrote on his blog.” - BB : Last time around when groups like Newscorp tried to be a 1.0 efund… well it plain failed.. they should def stick to acquisition.. and having employees leave, start friendfeed like Co’s then google can buy em… easy. Its a healthy ecosystem like that !

The amazing show (again it did win Best Actor ahead of Draper) is Breaking Bad Series 2. S2E4 wow it starts slow as always… and then bam Jessie’s homeless and Walt’s wife walks out mid one of his lies. But gives him a taste of his medicine by leaving for hours then coming back with no explanation. Tit4Tat is gonna end with a bang!

$155 for this suit jacket in Yanks bux.. that really is cheap.. and $105 for pants.. wow thats the price of a pair of Supra kix and a tshirt and way less than the Common Projects Safaris I want. But can u order a suit from Australia, in America, by online.. guess u can get centimetres and all those measurements things.

Good products and brands always have attention to detail.. For a $260 suit this type of detail is usually in suits 3-4 times the price. Which is pretty much how Cheap Monday position themselves in the jeans market. Very interesting their strategy : Create an indie brand with anti authoritarian values that mines last season’s kewl but classic items (skinny jeans, now suits and sunglasses) - Then cheaply produce items without having too broad a product line, as u want it to respond to trends.. Offer items 3 times cheaper than market. Start with Jeans as trojan horse.. then expand into other categories. It’s a pity Aussie brands like Country Road and Saba havent been able to take a bit more of the thinking of Cheap Monday to build market share.. (not that Im saying they need to sell kewl $65 jeans but it would be a start)

Black or blue, the blue is definitely unique.. black is a prerequisite in any cupboard.. and I do need a new one.. but I’d prob go blue coz it’s unique or if I had money bnoth !

“.. PaidContent reported that if Disney were to do a deal, it would take a 30% stake in Hulu and become and equal partner to NBC Universal and News Corp. That means like NBC and News Corp before it, Disney would agree to spend $50 million marketing the site.” Below was last nites run, I actually worked late… and wanted to go to gym but was too late, the beach was a treat yo!

* Come to think of it, Toni Collette in second series sof United States of Tara could play a gr8 Julia Allison complete with multiple personality disorder.. and like Tara in her advanced latter stages of Series 1 - there could be a battle between the alternate personalities.. and Gimme would come out to play.. if u dont watch United States of Tara then there’s no point explaining suffice to say.. its about multiple personalities in the one body. OK I really need cawfee.. apologies for this post, just look at pictures and then go back to work already; If you dont do it youself, u have to fo it yourself. U r the rock.