Alright, it's simple. As I wear two colors of shirts, light blue and dark blue, I arrange them from light to dark. I stack all my jeans with newest ones on top.
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All, Various Designers
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Tim Kaeding
Designer and Co-Founder, Mother. Los Angeles
If there’s one thing we can’t get enough of – it’s denim. And judging from our track history, we clearly have a thing for denim duos (Current/Elliott for starters). But one of our new favorite brands to hit the shelves is Mother, a line designed by Tim Kaeding and Lela Tillem. Tim is an entrepreneur who we admire for his strong work ethic, substantial drive, and his deep-rooted familial values (afterall, his line is named after one of the most inspirational leading ladies in his life). Kaeding, who was born in Virginia, raised in Chicago, schooled in New York and now Los Angeles-based, launched Mother in 2010 as a way to conceptualize a new specialized denim brand – built from the ground up – and one that encompasses all the ideas Kaeding had during his career that didn’t make it through the big brand assembly line (he spent time at both Gap and Seven for all Mankind honing his skills). Simply put, Kaeding is a visionary, putting in 110% of his time, effort, and dedication into everything he does. Mother is designed for the woman who appreciates the newest things – someone who is definitely not a follower, but rather takes risks in both her wardrobe choices but also her lifestyle. And judging from his own mother (who he describes as a “tall, skinny, amazing mom”), it looks like Ms. Kaeding perfectly exemplifies the pulse of the brand. He’s a loyalist to his product of his desired trade, as his attire is dependent upon a two-tone mission: “It’s simple, as I wear two color shirts - light blue and dark blue. I arrange them from light to dark and I stack all my jeans with newest ones on top” states Kaeding. And as someone who knows what he likes (“can’t live without a good chambray! I can’t go a day!”), his closet, in many ways exemplifies the dress code we wish more guys would adopt: simplistic, consistent and straightforward. And, from the looks of it, while he may be established in his own right, it appears to be just the beginning for Mr. Kaeding. But at the heart of the Mother mission is an idea to lead a life of independence, an existence that personifies discovery, and the philosophy behind our newly obsession sums it up perfectly.
I bought this Hohlwein poster from a Swiss guy.
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Shoes, Converse
Shirt, Vintage Wrangler
These are a Barney's special, never been able to find them again.
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Shoes, Converse
Shirts, Various Designers
Jeans, Various Designers
This is an ancient Chinese Temple guard… watch out!
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These are Agusta that I bought at L’Eclaireur in Paris. I wore them at my wedding with a black tuxedo.
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Shoes, Agusta
Philosophy of Mother: Tell your children not to walk my way, tell your children not to hear my words, what they mean, what they say, Mother
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Belt, Vintage
Our house was built in 1928, during Prohibition. As the story goes, the guy that built our house was a booze smuggler. When we moved in we found one of the book cases pushes back to reveal a secret wine cellar and a flight of stairs leading away from the house to the main road. At the bottom of the stairs there is a four-foot safe that he used for storing his guns. It hasn’t been opened in I don’t know how many years! I should probably try and get in that safe! I had just finished watching Control, and found this jacket, it's my wannabe Ian Curtis jacket…
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All, Vintage
Denim goes with light blue and dark blue shirts… it makes everything look cool.
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Jeans, Various Designers
Can’t live without a good chambray! I can’t go a day!
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Shirts, Various Designers
Griffith Park is wonderful, the largest city park in the US... Great for running and horseback riding.
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Shoes, Sebago
Like father like son…
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Shoes, Converse
I get obsessive about things… all navy, all denim, all Converse. I guess you’ve gotta stick to what works for you.
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Shoes, Converse
My wife is an interior designer and we love combining everything into our own eclectic mix. I got these in Japan and I put on the brown laces because the Japanese were into these colored laces.
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Shoes, Converse
We thought it would be trippy to look in from outside and see birds flying. We had that wallpaper made in New York specifically for that wall.
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Hat, Courtesy of the New York Yankees
Jacket, R13
Shirt, Vintage
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Our house was built in 1928, during Prohibition. As the story goes, the guy that built our house was a booze smuggler. When we moved in we found one of the book cases pushes back to reveal a secret wine cellar and a flight of stairs leading away from the house to the main road. At the bottom of the stairs there is a four-foot safe that he used for storing his guns. It hasn’t been opened in I don’t know how many years! I should probably try and get in that safe! I had just finished watching Control, and found this jacket, it's my wannabe Ian Curtis jacket… All, Vintage
