Leggings Akimbo // A Rainbow

Kind of over black leggings and tights. Russian Vogue has a fun shoot by KT Auleta about colored legwear. You can get nice versions in a rainbow of hues at Uniqlo, where they are technically for women but boys can get in on the deal; AnA wants canary yellow. They retail for about $5.

In-The-News Akimbo // Jil Sander for Uniqlo

WWD reports today that German designer Jil Sander will take over the creative helm of Uniqlo, the wildly popular Japanese retail store. To commemorate the exciting news, here is Sander appropriately with a Japanese person.

Uniqlo has used high-end designers like Alexander Wang in the past. In that vein, Sander is an appropriate choice. Uniqlo carries basics like colorful jeans, button-downs, peacoats and loose cardigans, and Sander made her career crafting minimalist pieces at her namesake label, which she quit for good in 2004 (Raf Simons has been turning it out at the house). Here are some of her trademark "intelligent" pieces from her time there:

Glad the Japanese and Germans have finally in the history of their two peoples found a common venture on which to collaborate... too soon?