I am so excited for the launch of OVATE’s new website and store today at 3pm PST/6pm EST! Audrey has been working hard to conceptualize and produce a gorgeous line for her Spring/Summer 2013 collection, Kuolema, that will launch in her new shop today. Right now all I wear are CVLT Nation t-shirts, but one day soon all I will wear is Ovate’s dusky silks and dark leathers, inspired by beautiful pallor and shadows of death. Kuolema focuses on the materials – silk, cotton and bamboo knits, washed lamb leather – and highlights their natural elegance with minimal, flattering silhouettes. Ovate creates such a complex beauty out of a simple palette of black, grey and white, and this new collection carries the brand forward while maintaining her strong design aesthetic. She has also ventured into jewelry with fellow Montrealer and jewelry designer Elaine Ho, casting an antique Masonic axe to create really fucking sick earrings and necklaces that I have to get my hands on. You can get yourself into all of these clothes and more at her website launch today, so make sure to head over to Ovate.ca…there will also be some limited edition pieces only available in her store, like her classic Valhalla hoodie in a stunning light grey. After the jump, check out some of her Spring/Summer 2013 offerings, plus some haunting photos from her lookbook shot by Krist Mort. I’ve also included a photo of the designer herself and her rad studio with some of my favorite Dilek Baykara prints on the wall (we have the same ones up in our HQ!).

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Today is the 2nd Anniversary of the day we launched the CVLT Nation blog and clothing brand, and we can’t believe how much has happened in the past two years! The support and love we have gotten from our readers has been overwhelming, and it has made every day that we work on CVLT Nation a pleasure! To thank you for supporting CVLT Nation, we want to give away three t-shirts to two of our awesome readers. To enter the giveaway, just email contest@cvltnation.com with “2nd anniversary” in the subject heading. We will pick three winners by Monday, March 11th at noon PST! For now, enjoy the mixtape and features we have for you to celebrate two awesome years of CVLT Nation!
***We have our winners! Rayny, James & X!**

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CVLT Nation is stoked to present the newest tee in our band t-shirt series…the CVLT Nation X TOMBS shirt, featuring a fucking epic illustration by Viral Graphics. This tee is one of our favorites yet, and captures the menace of TOMBS’ music perfectly! This tee is up for pre-order starting today, and a very limited quantity will be printed by our comrade Holy Mountain Printing to ship by the 18th. This tee is only available in the CVLT Store, and is going to be mind-blowing in person, so pick yours up quick!

Design close up after the jump!
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On March 9th, 2013, there is a momentous event happening in Bristol that all of our UK readers should attend (have you seen the size of California? You have no excuse when in comes to distance…Londoners, I’m talking to you!): the You’re Not Human 1st Anniversary Party! Curated by Francis Mace (The Corleone Family) and featuring sets by BIG NATURALS, H A R K, SONANCE, TRIPPY WICKED & THE COSMIC CHILDREN OF THE KNIGHT, IRON WITCH, THRONE, SPIDER KITTEN and SALUTE, not only will the music be fucking awesome, but knowing Sofi of YNH the party will be fucking on as well! You’re Not Human is the UK home of CVLT Nation, and Sofi has put together a killer selection of brands of darkness from around the world. If you’re in the market for really awesome, well-made and terrifying clothing and skateboards, you need to check out You’re Not Human. To show you what YNH is all about, we are also featuring a gallery of her latest lookbook photos, featuring GONGA and shot by Rebecca Naen. Check out the gallery after the jump, as well as all the details about the You’re Not Human 1st Anniversary Party.

Flyer artwork by French
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I’m always looking for unique and quality vintage, antique, and handmade items to add to my wardrobe. So, it should be obvious that I’m an extreme Etsy fiend. I was lurking through the site when I first noticed Fila Arcana -let me tell you, if you’re into the film “The Craft”, you’ll love what Fila Arcana from Toronto, Ontario, has got going. The style is eerie yet delicate, mysterious and pure, like a witches student, or black magic lolita. Mina Sewell Mancuso, the High Priestess of Fila Arcana, hand-embroiders beautiful works onto pinback buttons, wall hangings, and peter pan-style detachable collars. All the designs she offers are inspired by “alchemy, the occult, and all things esoteric.” Items adorned with symbols, moon phases, beasts, palmistry, and more. All conjured by hand, the details in each piece are skillfully intricate, classical, and bewitching.

“I render secret things in colored threads.”

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We are stoked to announce that we have just launched our CVLT Nation Clothing Spring/Summer 2013 collection, CVLT Nation FIVE! It is now up in the CVLT Store, and is on it’s way to our stockists around the world. This season features tees, tanks, crews and hats from some of our favorite illustrators – Maxime Taccardi, Natvres Mortes Illustration, Halseycaust, Cub of the Woods and Gozer Visions, plus we have two sick photographic tees featuring photos by Lele Saveri. We feel like CVLT Nation FIVE is our strongest collection yet, and is a beautiful and disturbing balance between the ethos of CVLT Nation and the prolific vision of the artists we worked with. Everything is made in the USA to top quality standards and you know that your dollar is going to support small businesses and not the Koch brothers. We have also brought back our CVLT hat by popular demand, restocked our classic DOOM hats, plus we have a new hat style, Black Magic, featuring the LaVey lightning pentagram sigil embroidered in black or white. As a thank you to our loyal CVLT Nation clothing following, we are throwing in a free patch with the first 10 orders! After the jump, check out some of the designs in the store and head over to the CVLT Store to see everything on offer…

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We just got our shipment of the CVLT Nation X The Secret tees, and they look fucking sick! Apache Knowledge really outdid himself on this esoteric piece of artwork, and Holy Mountain killed it with the print job! Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered it for your patience over the holidays, they all shipped out Tuesday and now we have a limited amount left in the CVLT Store. This tee is an official The Secret piece of merch, produced in the USA and only available in the CVLT Store. Check out some nice pics after the jump!

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So what do we have here? It’s the new season from SOUL ASSASSINS and it’s a rad balance between the dark side of Los Angeles Punk and O.G. Hip Hop culture. When you see their collection of tees, hoodies, crewnecks, beanies, snapbacks and accessories you realize that SOUL ASSASSINS has a firm foundation in the cultures that their gear comes from. Their new lookbook was shot by Mike Miller and features Skinhead Rob, DJ Muggs and Mister Cartoon repping S.A. hard…peep the new collection after the jump!

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VOW is a two person team from Southern California that creates clothes that look awesome & have a message as well! Their new season, entitled Winter XII, has some stand-out pieces, like the Solve et Coagula crew, the Pazuzu tee and Pogo Pope tee are all on point! What I really dig about VOW is that their designs are bold, but at the same time simple. They also go the extra mile by hand distressing some of their tees. There is no doubt that the VOW team is passionate about what they are doing, and for that I give them mad respect! VOW Winter XII is the shit – don’t be surprised if you see me in some of their gear in the near future!

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CVLT Nation is extra excited to announce the pre-order for the CVLT Nation X The Secret limited edition t-shirt starts today! The talented Robbie Paterson created an amazing graphic for this very limited t-shirt, which is only available in the CVLT Store. We are aiming to ship these the 7th of January, 2013, and they will be printed by Holy Mountain Printing in the USA. Check out the images below and make sure you get yours soon…these are going to go fast!