The fashion world is changing. The ethics of where and how clothes of made have become just as important as the color and the shape. Our friends at Apolis Activism have taken a strong approach to making some remarkable clothing while keeping their values of ethically made clothing at hand. Three brothers with a very impressive collection of passport stamps started the Apolis Activism label and have quickly developed it into a very impressive line of men’s clothing.

We caught up with the three brothers that make up Apolis Activism just before the release of their new Spring/Summer line. Have a read after the jump (including some nice new pictures from S/S ‘09).

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It may be a month late, but new ideas are never out of style. Studio Number One just issued their 2009 New Ideal Calendar with 12 months worth of fresh typography and illustration from Shepard Fairey, Zach Gibson, Kristian Henson, Philip Lumbang, Jesselisa Moretti, Cleon Peterson, Casey Ryder and Florencio Zavala. With so trouble in our time, they chose to see each day as a little bit of space for working toward innovating and solving problems. Studio Number One’s 2009 calendar is printed in black and white, spiral bound and measures 9″ x 14″ (opened). Perfect gift for font nerds who need organizational tools. Available now at Subliminal Projects.

Thisss is LIIIISSSSAAAAA!!! Many of you know her by now, but if you need refreshing– Lisa Donovan (a.k.a. Lisa Nova) is the uber talented YouTube queen that was responsible for the infamous spoof of Diddy’s futile YouTube channel purchase idea. Her expert short vids even got her scooped up a few months ago by Mad TV for a handful of episodes– word is, she’s been in two episodes so far, and her fans are anxiously awaiting two more episodes at the end of April and beginning of May. In the meantime, we can get our Lisa fix on YouTube. Her latest– and in my opinion her best so far– is a re-enactment of the Movie 300, which although many of us enjoyed, presents a copious amount of content prone to satirical re-creations (as seen here). Well played Nova!

We’re sick of Diddy, too. (Is that even his name right now?) His most recent marketing attempt at being in touch with emerging technology really made us nauseous. Long story short, he teamed up with Burger King to launch what he’s calling ‘Diddy TV‘ on YouTube– claiming he ‘bought a channel’. Little did he know how un-authentic it would look– buying his way to the front page vs. building something viral (and free). We wouldn’t normally post a rant like this, but we found a response to his video which was too good not to spread around. Big high five to Lisa Nova for taking matters into her own hands and creating a downright hilarious response to the mega pop star. As we post this, her video has been viewed 74,428 times– not bad for never buying a ‘channel on YouTube’. Make sure to watch the Diddy piece first.

The original ‘Diddy TV’ video is on the left, the response by a young Lisa Nova is on the right. Enjoy.