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Just in time for the holidays comes a very special (and very limited edition) version of the most popular Urbanears headphone: The Black Quilted Plattan.

The Black Quilted Plattan is only available in independent boutiques and is not available at any major retailers with only a set amount made available for the Canadian market. A terrific travel headphone, stay-at-home headphone or mobile headphone, this special edition Plattan will fit perfectly under the Christmas Tree of your most beloved audiophile. While supplies last the Black Quilted Plattan is available at both Still Life For Him & For Her.

Since we've launched Still Life For Her and Still Life For Him as two separate locations in Victoria we've been finding ladies & gentlemen both coming in for full head-to-toe outfitting for autumn/winter 2011. Today marks the arrival of one of our favourite lines to make sure we're looking right (and feeling cozy) right down to our toes: Stockholm, Sweden's Happy Socks.

It started under the cloud-ridden April sky of yet another belayed Swedish spring in 2008. A vision to turn an everyday essential into a colourful design item and spread happiness. A rigid standard of ultimate quality, craftship and creativity. A concept brought to perfection by the Happy Socks collective of creators, most lately spotted in a 400-year-old, shrieking red cottage among cherry trees and berry bushes in a park located in the midst of Stockholm.

The Happy Socks collection features an almost endless variety of models and designs, crossing a wide spectrum of colour combinations, materials and textures. Simply put: a pair of high-quality socks for every occasion, mindset and style. Manufactured at a 30 year old, family-run factory in Turkey.

Ordering Happy Socks for autumn we tried to keep our conservative side in check with tonal stripes, solids and argyle patterns - but couldn't possibly ignore the wacky sock lover in us and also booked in some polkadots, transitional fades and leopard prints For Him & For Her. As the temperature continues to sneak downwards Happy Socks are prepared to keep your toes warm this autumn in Victoria; available now at both Still Life For Him & For Her.

A huge batch of Stockholm, Sweden's phenomenal Urbanears headphones arrived at Still Life For Him & For Her today in a full spectrum of Autumn 2011 colours:

The concept Urbanears is spawned out of a number of ideas. Primarily, there seemed to be no manufacturer of headphones that really shared the belief in what headphones are and how they are typically used. Their shared vision was to add a number of elements to the concept of performance. Beyond the obvious sound rendition they had a vision of making headphones that felt more like clothes than chromed plastics and felt good to wear in a public space. Urbanears design headphones with much respect to what they are expected to be, but with great attention to the details. An Urbanears headphone is always describable as a classic headphone, rather than a bold design statement redefining the product category.

A big selection of accessories & bottoms now available at Still Life For Him from the Swedish brains at WESC. A well-made lifestyle brand with roots in skateboarding and casual lifestyle accessories, we've moved forward into Autumn 2011 with WESC styles available For Him. With a history in active performance sports, WESC denim & chinos are regularly some of our fastest selling at the store. Priced to move and made to move in, the WESC Eddy Chino is easily our best performing (and most affordably priced) slim chino in the store at any given time - available now in rich bronze and classic navy.

Also available For Him, WESC baggage - shoulder totes/laptop bags, weekend bags and duffel/gym bags in black or navy. Durable, well-styled and priced to move, these bags sold fast last autumn with UVIC & Camosun students heading bag to school. Also available For Him is a wide variety of the classic WESC headphones - The Oboe, The Banjo, The Snare and The Standard.

WESC represents a group and family of good, competent people working towards the same ideals and goals. WESC aims to address like-minded people, who are awake and aware, regardless of race, religion or financial background. People within the WESC family share the values and lifestyle of the WESC founders, who were all avid skateboards, snowboarders and, above all, creative minds.

urbanears is a collective out of scandinavia, motivated by a common interest in global relationships and shared involvement in the relevance of the living brand. urbanears promotes a deeper connection to colour, form and people while providing the freedom to transcend individuality and unify the sound experience through their headphones.

the concept urbanears is spawned out of a number of ideas. primarily, there seemed to be no manufacturer of headphones that really shared the belief in what headphones are and how they are typically used. their shared vision was to add a number of elements to the concept of performance. beyond the obvious sound rendition they had a vision of making headphones that felt more like clothes than chromed plastics and felt good to wear in a public space. urbanears design headphones with much respect to what they are expected to be, but with great attention to the details. an urbanears headphone is always describable as a classic headphone, rather than a bold design statement redefining the product category.

more and more colourful deliveries as we make our way through summer 2011 at still life! today its the arrival of stockholm-based happy socks with a super summery selection of womens and mens socks! a dozen new styles in either S/M for the ladies or M/L for the gentlemen. click through the pics on the side to see available colours & styles.

the happy socks collection features an almost endless variety of models and designs, crossing a wide spectrum of colour combinations, materials and textures. simply put: a pair of high-quality socks for every occasion, mindset and style. manufactured at a 30 year old, family-run factory in turkey.

happy socks: bringing happiness and quality to every corner of the world.

urbanears is a collective out of scandinavia producing some of the best-designed, and colourfully-inspiring headphones we've ever carried at still life. urbanears promotes a deeper connection to color, form and people while providing the freedom to transcend individuality and unify the sound experience. we've just received our first spring 2011 batch of headphones, with incredible new colours available for all of our audiophiles in victoria. styles for spring include:

• the plattan - designed to be the perfect headphone, utilizing innovative functions and performance with today's technology. it is a full size headphone allowing for rich, secluded sound. you can fold it down to the size of your fist for maximum mobility. the plattan also comes with a 'zound plug' on the earcap, allowing for a friend to easily plug in and enjoy your music.
• the tanto - constructed for maximum mobility without the compromise of performance, adorned with a sleek and minimalistic look. designed for the full sound experience in a lightweight and portable headphone made for everyday use to be taken along wherever you go, like a good friend.
• the medis - an unprecedented experience in ergonomics and functionality. the patented earclick solution secures the earpiece at two seperate points rather than one, relieving pressure to a nearly non-existent level while keeping it firmly in place. additionally, the medis rests a small distance from your ear canal and therefore doesn't affect your balance. naturally the medis features a dynamic sound and the sleek and minimal design that is synonymous with urbanears.

color is a major part of urbanears and they modify & tweak them on a regular basis. some colors stay with every collection, while others come and go. all of them are carefully chosen. colours for spring include:

• black - let’s not get into clichés here, but there’s not much point in denying the importance of black. though by some denied the status of being a colour, its rather absence of light, we wont lie to you: this is the most sold colour we carry.
• dark grey - it has to be hard being a colour like dark grey in the family of urbanears. a little like the middle kid who gets the least attention, but has to learn to stand on his own. however, the dark grey has been with us from collection one as it is strikingly handsome, and fits all occasions. there's simply no replacing it.
• pistachio - the name pistachio took a bit to agree on. in the old cmyk scale the recipe comes down to almost equal parts cyan and yellow. the name we’ve obviously borrowed from the tree most commonly known for its culinary nut. unlike its namesake this color causes no allergic reactions and is never hard to peal – it’s just a beautiful color you wont find on any other headphone.
• white - you know how your mother almost denied you to buy those white sneakers or that jacket as it “would get dirty”. well its time to grow up now and do what you know you want to. get yourself some crisp white headphones.
• red - red is a color made up of some of the longest wavelengths the eye can discern. it is also the color your tv set has the hardest time giving an accurate rendition of. other than that you wont find a primary with such an abundance of myths surrounding it. from its angering effect on bulls to its profound connection to all strong emotions, be it sin, passion, love or hatred.
• tomato - the tomato is simply red. it's based on the classic pantone color 032, known to be the default red shade of the world. the original red had a touch of blue in it, making it a little tweaked. but the tomato is simply red.
• orange - urbanears said they would never do an orange, but they did. they received a lot of request for it along the way and caved in, neglecting their initial principals. and once they did they couldn’t remember why they said they wouldn’t. it looks great. it’s not the super fluorescent kind but rather close to a classic red. we would call it classic orange.
• navy - while marine warfare thankfully seems to have gone out of style the classic dark blue will be around until the end of humanity. this one has been with us from the start. it’s at the lighter side of the classic navy but has that grown up quality some colors can have without ever being the headphone equivalent of a suit.

urbanears is devoted to headphones. and they will continue to be so as long as they exist. they hope to create long-lived designs that can stay around for decades in an endless number of nuances - forever expanding and improving their product range. urbanears are currently available at still life.

happy socks: bringing happiness and quality to every corner of the world.

it started under the cloud-ridden april sky of yet another belayed swedish spring in 2008. a vision to turn an everyday essential into a colourful design item and spread happiness. a rigid standard of ultimate quality, craftship and creativity. a concept brought to perfection by the happy socks collective of creators, most lately spotted in a 400-year-old, shrieking red cottage among cherry trees and berry bushes in a park located in the midst of stockholm.

the happy socks collection features an almost endless variety of models and designs, crossing a wide spectrum of colour combinations, materials and textures. simply put: a pair of high-quality socks for every occasion, mindset and style. manufactured at a 30 year old, family-run factory in turkey.

spring 2011 marks the debut of happy socks at still life. a fun, colourful collection in the store hung with care on our new accessories display - happy socks have been worn & loved by our staff over the past few years and we're all thrilled to have them in stock. currently available styles range from six seasonal spring collections: over & under, five colour, stripes, lows, over-the-knee & inca collections for spring.

we've had a lot of big arrivals at still life this week, and rounding out the pack is swedish street wear favourite, wesc. the stockholm-based crew of creative thinkers, tinkerers & focussed individuals produces some of the most wearable garments in the store season after season, and the wesc delivery this week offers some key ingredients to a solid spring 2011 look.

we're stocked up in our favorite wesc denim (the slim & the kelvin), shorts (the conway, the ireland & the wyatt) and our new favorite chino (the kelvin, an anti-fit with tapered leg & button fly). we've also seen our first swimsuits of the season arrive for our girls, a two-piece bikini (the lindsey top & hillary bottoms) and a one-piece (the katie) - all bathing suit styles come in nautical navy & white (with gold) or fiery red & scarlet.

as always we've also received a full offering of our favourite wesc headphones (the banjo, the oboe, the maraca & the snare) in a variety of colours, and wallets (the joakim & the yngwie) in black and loden green.

WEaretheSuperlativeConspiracy (wesc) represents a group and family of good, competent people working towards the same ideals and goals. wesc aims to address like-minded people, who are awake and aware, regardless of race, religion or financial background. people within the wesc family share the values and lifestyle of the wesc founders, who were all avid skateboards, snowboarders and, above all, creative minds.

the arrival of wesc spring 2011 accessories means we're fully stocked on mens & womens wesc tote bags, messenger satchels and weekend duffle bags as well as a full selection of classic and new release wesc headphones including:

• banjo premium headphone - a new design from wesc for spring, the banjo keeps an ultra clean aesthetic with a thick corded headband and silver detailing. available in black, white, navy and sky blue.
• snare sporting headphone - free of any foam or cloth componants (thus, more approrpriate for wet weather than traditional headphones), the snare is a new retro-future wesc style designed for an active lifestyle available in black
• oboe solid and joachim garraud special edition headphone - the iconic wesc headphone is back for spring in super slick solid colouring (black on black, white on white) as well as a super limited wesc x joachim garraud collaboration. one of the finest dj's and producers to ever come from france, garraud has worked with everyone from david bowie, cassius, moby, kylie minogue, david guetta and many many more. this collaborative headphone bears space invader likenesses inspired by fellow french street artist invader on the ears with joachim garraud etched along the top of the head.