Many stories have been told, countless fables have been written, innumerable poems have been scribbled down and numerous songs have been sung about Max’s Kansas City. It was a home for dreams, not where they could come through, but where they actually existed. Empty of people the place looked like a taxi driver café – worn down and with its best years behind it. Yet within Max’s humble and tranquil shell lay something down right spectacular, a feeling of the future, then and now. All at once.

David Bowie, Iggy Pop, the Velvet Underground, the New York Dolls, Ramones, Television, Suicide, Blondie, Talking Heads, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen and Mink DeVille. These were just some of the great musicians that frequently could be seen here, either performing or simply just hanging around drinking, laughing, sleeping, dancing or whatever they felt like. Besides music there were foremost other forms of artists that frequented this legendary abode. Among others were Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Philip Glass, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Mapplethorpe and of course Andy Warhol and his chic entourage.

But if dreams can be made, if they exist and have become reality, they can also be smashed, killed, severed and maimed and unfortunately that was what happened to many of the regulars at Max’s. Some of them ended up dead or without a joy of life at the inevitable end of this exciting and sparkling period.

Even though it closed over thirty years ago the legacy lives on and is still an inspiration to this day. Most of us never got the chance to go there but just the thought of what went on there and what Max’s did for the young artists of that time is enough to forever be in awe.

War as an entity is always bad, horrible, atrocious and abominable. It strangles the soul with shiny arms of state aided metal. But out of something that horrifying must come some good, and so does it.

Much of our day-to-day stuff like the internet and the Iphone, those things that helps us with our leisurely life style, comes from developments made by the military industrial complex. The most influential item to come out of that idea geyser are probably the Khakis, an invaluable and imperishable part of our contemporary urban uniform.

The Khakis origin is from the British military in India in the middle of the nineteenth century. Inspiration comes from the native uniform worn by the Indian recruits and was cool enough in the heat and strong enough to endure hard usage. Material was from the beginning either linen or cotton but nowadays can also be made in cotton-synthetic blends.

Although they have a long history and are an offspring from the military none of that matters, because they have since long made their own history and legacy. They’ve broken free from time and are now iconic and one of the most important parts of the preppy uniform. And have always been and will forever be one of the corner stones of the Whyred look, worn by such legends as Steve McQueen and Truman Capote.

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Refused, one of the best hardcore bands in the world if you ask us, reunited after 14 years of silence this summer and headed out for a tour!

We were lucky to meet them and had the honor to dress them in Whyred suits!

Here is singer Dennis Lyxzén in Zachary blazer, Cron pants, black Colin shirt and Göthberg shoes, playing live at Coachella.

We can't wait to watch them play at Way Out West in August!

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