The movie in brief happens over the course of six months while Lina Plioplyte (Director) follows Steven Cox and Daniel Silver as they create their Fall 2011 collection. The footage documents the creative and business processes – from sketch to runway. The film not only chronicles achievement, but shows collaboration and cooperation sustained through understanding, creativity, humor, and love.

This movie, unlike other designer docs, is quite comical and shows the real struggles that designers face when it comes to running their labels.

The two are very candid about their views, especially Daniel. One of our favorite points of conversation happened when homophobia in the fashion industry was brought up. They discussed the problems they face with their collection being “too gay” and that they basically have to create two collections: one for the runway and the other to sell. They went on to explain that many high end designers do this market to people’s idea of “real men” which in reality are “reel men.”

They also discussed that they are open to launching an underwear and fragrance line but only with the right people. They maintain integrity because they admit they “don’t want to work with assholes.” Good news for you ladies because they  announced that they are planning a womenswear line with the same aesthetic as the original Duckie Brown label.

We highly recommend if you have a chance to view this movie then do. In only 15 minutes it grabs you and makes you feel so much closer to Daniel, Steven, and their process.

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First there was Alexander McQueen for Samsonite, then there was Thom Browne for Brooks Brothers. Now the latest edgy designer to team up with a traditional menswear brand is Duckie Brown.

In the fashion industry’s latest odd-couple pairing, century-old shoe company Florsheim, known for its wingtips, has chosen edgy menswear designer Duckie Brown, known for its sequins, to create a line of men’s dress shoes, reports the Wall Street Journal.  Florsheim executives learned of the Duckie Brown team from an item in the New Yorker magazine this past June about a New Jersey high-school senior who asked the designers to make a prom suit for him; they did — and sent along a pair of Florsheim shoes that they had used in a runway show for him to wear with it.

The Duckie Brown label has annual sales of only $1 million and is carried in only about 18 stores world-wide. Mr. Florsheim says the company considered bigger names but decided to go with an “up-and-coming” designer brand “that’s a little less predictable.”

Courtesy of WeAreTheMarket.com