Comeback Kid Presents | Winter Launch Tonight

Matt wears: Stolen Girlfriends Club “Teen Spirit” Velvet Stove Pipes in Black $330, Beat Poet “S Pleat” Tee in Static $120 and Orri Henrisson Mod Coat in Grey $450

Just like that it’s upon us – our Winter Launch is tonight! Make sure you swing via the store between 6 and 8pm (you know the deal: up the lane and up the stairs) to check out all our latest winter gear. We have some amazing new arrivals to knock your socks off and plenty of super stylish basics too.

The amazing team at Moth Design have worked their visual merchandising magic and have turned Comeback Kid into a wintery, forest of awesomeness! Seriously, these guys have a way with turning any space on it’s head and giving your brain many an eye catching visual. They’re also really good at puns. And friendly.

So please join us tonight to see this wonderful transformation, have a look at some warming winter clothes and toast our coldest season!

Yours,
Comeback Kid

Image: Oh Jamie
Model: Matt Collins

Winter 2010 | All Rugged Up

Matt wears: Stolen Girlfriends Club “Teen Spirit” Velvet Stove Pipes in Deep Purple $330, Beat Poet “S Pleat” Tee in Black $95 and Stolen Girlfriends Club “Grandpa” Hood in Oatmeal $450.

David Bowie has a song called “Five Years” and one lyric is as follows: It was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor. Well, had Mr. Bowie had this cardigan then I’m pretty sure the “cold” factor would’ve been redundant. Plus these jeans are pretty crazy cool and more suited to a rock star rather than an “actor”. Thus changing the lyric too: It is cold but I’m warm and I look like a rock star.

That is all my miscellaneous advice for the day. Actually(!) the cardigan is part Merino wool and part Mohair ie. it’s warm.

Hot Chocolate Please,
Comeback Kid

Image: Oh Jamie
Model: Matt Collins

Hear Me Now | The Plane that Flew

In the spirit of our last Hear Me Now we’ve decided to document the journey of a CBK favourite: M.I.A.’s Paper Planes. This track has been remixed more than your wardrobe, (w)rapped over more than a present (that was bad) and mashed up like steamy potatoes. DJs just like using it OK?! Word on the street (from JJJ’s producer series) is that M.I.A. recorded the vocals on someone’s veranda and it sounded so cool and so gritty that even when they put it down in the studio they couldn’t top the original – so they kept it. It comes from the mind of Diplo who recorded and mixed the track with his producer buddy Switch and they took the awesome opening sample from The Clash Straight To Hell.

So who else has done some origami with said Paper Plane? Let’s all get our red shoes and dance the blues away now:

In case you live in a cave under the ocean with Princess Ariel then take a listen to the jamming original. Love this song more than you. The first remix that really took this song for a good ride was done by DFA and featured on the Slumdog Millionaire (still haven’t finished that film) soundtrack. It’s hypnotic and enchanting and just like Ariel really: all floaty and good.

Considering he was the original Master of Ceremony Mr. Diplo also gave the track a good reworking and in his words pretty much featured EVERYONE. But it’s the Annie Lennox factor that makes us all warm inside.

Afrikan Boy and Rye Rye who were pretty pumping at the time (miss you Rye Rye) added their vocals to the plane flying goodness and gave it the perfect dash of Hip Hop.

To add icing onto this rather large cake DJ Ralphey Ralph one up’d them on the Hip Hop front and mashed up Paper Planes with A Milli by Lil Wayne. The original A Milli is one of our favourite tracks; it’s dirty, nasty, crunk-tastic gangsta rap at it’s best so it sits quite nicely amongst M.I.A.’s grimy beats.

Hmmm. And upon writing this post we’ve out Paper Planed even ourselves by revisiting all the remix madness. We prescribe one track at a time with a good dose of dance floor and plenty of paper.

Yours,
Comeback Kid

Winter 2010 | Denim on Denim on Denim

Matt wears: Stolen Girlfriends Club “Teen Spirit” Velvet Stove Pipes $330, Jamie Fame Acid Wash Short Sleeve Shirt $150 and In Minds Eye “Big Bang” Studded Vest $250

Wore denim on denim the other day. Felt cool. Looked cool. Am cool. Totally should get that tattooed somewhere. Hmmm. Maybe not. Anyhow we have denim in all its facets: acid wash, your classic blue and on Thursday the rocking Stolen Girlfriends Club seriously crushed velvet stove pipes land. Stay tuned.

Blue Mood,
Comeback Kid

Image: Oh Jamie
Model: Matt Collins

Winter 2010 | Winter Lookbook Is Here

Matt wears: Jamie Fame “The Crumple” Tee with Pocket $95 and Beat Poet Hollow Bone “Seriously Twisted” Jeans in Blue $280

Whoa! We have been quiet like mice for the last few days and you probably thought, “Heck. Where have these folks gotten too?” But if you didn’t I’m gonna tell you anyway… we were shooting our Winter 2010 Lookbook in store with our favourite photographer Jamie Wdziekonski and local Melbourne model and friend Matt Collins! Yep. And they were both great and awesome and insert superlatives here _________!

We all got up before the birds started chirping to snap all the latest winter pieces here at Comeback Kid including plenty of styles you haven’t seen. So stay tuned and whenever you need your dose of Winter 2010 just click the title above. All pieces are available in store now.

More to come!
Comeback Kid