Beautiful/Decay’s apparel side is all grown up and has its own site. BeautifulDecayApparel.com keeps you posted on upcoming releases, media freebies, and news about the B/D apparel artists. One of the sweetest new features is the regularly updated blog that provides sneak peaks at new gear, events, and everything happening with the brand. We were kind of hoping for an improved B/D experience; a way to get a little more insight into their artists. Now that it’s been done, we can turn our hoping energy to the economy.

From the brilliant minds that brought you the design mag Beautiful/Decay comes Something In the Universe (SITU), an agency that will tackle creative services, brand strategy, and marketing. In addition to working on the mag, they’ve also helped out The Shins, Toyota, and the MTV Movie Awards, but from what we gather, you can hire them for a little guidance even if you’re not (yet) a household name.

From past experience, we can tell you that the folks at Beautiful/Decay have a handle on all things hip and maybe even all things hop (hop is the new hip…you heard it here first) before they happen. Our last glance at their page basically revealed what tees we'd be sporting this spring, Seeing as we consider you our best buds, we thought we'd pass along a friendly fashion tip by pointing you towards the latest threads designed by OUTLAW Print Co., available in the Beautiful/Decay web store. The Philadelphia based company's line of sweet spring shirts are printed on ultra-soft American apparel shirts and adorned with dope designs such as Stay Weird and Anonymous Fury. However, unleashing your fury anonymously this spring might be a bit tough since everyone will be know you as the dude or dudette with the sweet shirts.

We've been fans of the apparel by Beautiful/Decay from the get-go as evidenced by our frequent updates on their work. Since we adore their goods so much we see no reason to stop singing their praises, especially not this Holiday season. Their choice Holiday apparel line is ripe for gift giving as their killer new collection of hoodies and t-shirts features seriously sick designs from emerging and established artists alike, turning the simplest of attire into an utterly wearable canvas.

Good news for Triko fans: The Fall 2007 collection is now up for grabs at their online store. The bottoms are good, the tops are better, and the hoodies – which by some act of God, have remained, for the most part, blessedly untouched by current industry trends- are classically Hector Estrada, designed with soulful creativity, not hype, in mind. Overall, Fall 2007 makes another bangin’ success of a season for Triko, and will soon be followed by next months Holiday 2007. If you’re desperate for a look-ahead, a video of the holiday shoot, shot in Brooklyn by the illustrious Fubz of Beautiful/Decay, can be found here — but those in search of a quicker fix can just cast their gaze upon this crispy trench coat. I’m thinking, yummy.

Beautiful/Decay has a fresh new face. Your favorite go-to for all things inspired, B/D recently opted to become new. Having entirely revitalized its site, B/D has managed to surpass itself as the unsurpassable portal for art. It’s still the same amazing hit up for those who want a handle on the up-and-coming creative, but now it’s a little more hands-on. Public Feed, the popular post-able forum for readers’ content, is still alive and well. Added to that interactivity is an Events section: a space for you to post your creative goings-on (gallery openings, concerts, fashion shows, and so on). And take a gander at the Gallery Guide, a comprehensive listing of the globe’s best galleries and art spaces. Wowsa! With its revamp, Beautiful/Decay continues to expose its readers to all manner of otherwise unfound creative flow. The result: the rendering of its reputation as untouchable; it remains the resource for curators, collectors, designers, musicians, and artists alike. Take a stroll because there’s so much more.

This world is a funny place, and sometimes the people with the funniest names make the most serious sh*t. Take Dust La Rock; we’ve written about his work with Beautiful/Decay and oneonenine before, but we’ve never taken the time to tell you to go to see his full repertoire until today. His new website went public this morning, and it’s a great place to delve deeper into Dust’s (Mr. La Rock’s?) catalog, and to learn a little more about him. (His real name is Joshua Prince, he was born in California and he now lives in Brooklyn. Yes, Brooklyn. Surprise.)

Who’s the star of the show here? Maybe Dust’s website for the Googly Eye Cru or his business cards for Oxy Cottontail…but I don’t like to play favorites with art, so hop on over yourself and have a look. Five minutes out of your day to discover a young graphic designer? Couldn’t hurt.

Last year we told you about the launch of Beautiful/Decay t-shirts. Now they’re launching a new catalogue, and we think so much of it we felt we had to direct you over there. What you won’t find among the Beautiful/Decay catalogue is cliché. There are 179 men’s t-shirts up (to go along with women’s clothing and accessories), and I am amazed at how each of them manages to surprise me, even if only in some small way. There’s the strange, the vaguely political, and the shirt that looks like you passed out and your drunk buddies took out the sharpies and went to work. The nice thing about the new catalogue is that it makes all the various B/D lines easy to find and sift through, so finding a new shirt on your computer screen is as easy as finding one on the rack.

Ashkahn just launched his new online studio called Don’t Stop. Through his new site, Ashkahn will continue to wow the masses with his experimental and utterly unique visuals for music packaging, merchandise branding, posters and identity. I also learned through his blog that he just contributed some illustrations to the new issues of Beautiful/Decay and BPM. From the looks of it, Ashkahn has been a busy guy– a great thing to see from a young designer. Keep up the hard work!

Last December Beautiful/Decay announced the upcoming launch of their first ever T-shirt line to be released in Spring/Summer 2006. After much deliberation and decision making a team of top emerging artist including Aya Kato, Saiman Chow, Sasha Lee, and Skwak were selected to create the ready-to-wear art. Whether you prefer the internationally influenced work of Kato, Chows comic book influenced collages, Lee’s altered animal artistry, or Skwak’s politically motivated “Koogai”, the talent of each artist is evident in the collection and represents a cross section of the artist Beautiful/Decay works to promote.