It’s almost November, which means two exceptional things: 1) We can dazzle our neighborhood with our 100+ strings of diamond-cut twinkly lights and 2) Most Official Bitches Holiday ‘09. Nothing says “Hello, Santa,” like stringing cranberries in spandex leggings and a bomber jacket, and MOB’s Leah McSweeney is gonna have our asses covered (in really, really tight stuff, but covered nonetheless).

Standout items this season include the aformentioned Bomber, the Cloverfield Jacket, and the Varsity Bitch Jacket, but as always the tees are fresh and accessories worth a breeze through. Browse it here…

NYC’s Married to the MOB just dropped their contributions to Fall ‘08, and if last season’s Reebok Freestyles had you twitchy, this collection of hoodies, jackets, and denim (that’s right, the Most Official Bitches have officially entered ready-to-wear) will feel like a skydive mixed with fire ants mixed with the dank breath of a grizzly bear about to bite your face off.

As per usual all of the styles are rockin’, the vibes are strong, and the message is pure. MOB is truly beating bitches daily, and as long as I’m wearing those pants, they can do as much beating, spanking, and well… you know… as they want.

Browse, shop, and ship the new collection here.

It's good to be Leah McSweeney, the twenty-five year-old head of women's label Married to the M.O.B. (that's Most Official Bitches).

For starters, her small company — born from a porch stoop, a plan to make a few tee shirts, and a wholesome dose of Irish irreverence — has taken the streetwear scene by storm natural disaster. Add that to M.O.B,'s well curated collaborations with artists like Fafi and KAWS, the blog headed up by Futura's daughter, the window display at Colette in Paris, and the, ahem, vibrant personality of Ms. McSweeney herself, and there you have it: The perfect recipe for a street label that bitches (and boys) go crazy over.

Read on as we chat with Leah about the state of women's streetwear, her new Cobrasnake/Uffie fronted spring line, and the next best place for Karl Lagerfeld to dip his well-moisturized fingers.

Joshspear.com: A lot has changed since you started MOB in 2004 — today, you're a mother, MOB is huge, and the women's streetwear scene is… well, some say it's blossoming, some say it's just getting fat. What has the path been like?

Leah McSweeney: It's been real that's for sure. It started pretty humbly on the stoop of my old crib on Spring St. and it grew into something very substantial. I think after a few months once coming out with the line I realized I had something special. But when I started it, it was really for fun and to give some stuff to my friends to wear because there were no cute tee shirts for girls. READ MORE…

If you consider yourself a graphic designer, you’ve probably heard of Joshua Davis. As one of the first adopters of Flash, a significant new media artist, an author, and one of the design world's weightiest members, Joshua Davis is a name that rolls off many tongues during discussions regarding progression, experimentation, and development. A pioneer in the word's most technological sense, Joshua has never been one to find a niche and stick with it, instead choosing to find what's next — or in what's often his case, to create it. We chatted with Joshua about things like Praystation, philosophy, and his plans for the future, and wound up feeling a little bit like we do when we look at one of his mathematically composed graphics. In other words: utterly enthralled.

Joshspear.com: For our readers who aren't as familiar with your background, can you give us a brief rundown of your life up until today?

Joshua Davis: My name is Joshua Davis, born 1971 in San Diego, California, moved to Littleton, Colorado where I pretty much grew up. I had always been interested in art and in high school I entered a statewide competition and took second place in the state for painting. After spending ‘89, ‘90 in Huntington Beach, California skateboarding and ‘91, ‘92 moving back to Colorado living in Frisco to do some snowboarding, I moved to New York in November 1992 and eventually attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. At Pratt I worked on Design and Illustration and through fellow classmates got into working on the web in 1995 (Netscape 1.1). When Netscape 3 was released (at the end of 1996) I had a moment of clarity to use technology and the web to create my work. 13 years later I run Joshua Davis Studios where I use design and technology to create work for corporate clients, private collectors, galleries, museums, and personal exploration.

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Boyfriend-friendly women’s streetwear line, Married To The MOB NYC, just dropped some goodies in time for the holidays, and we’re as psyched over the new tees and hoodies as — well, every other blog that will cover the occasion in the next few days (see also: everybody). As one of the only lines of strictly women’s urbanwear out there, MOB’s loud and well-constructed designs have been sharing the sass since 2004, and things just keep on getting feistier as the seasons roll by. My favorites from this collection are the Black Money tee and the Mobilicious Grey Hoodie, but if you’re feeling similarly pumped, make sure to get yours fast; Leah’s got herself quite the following, and nothing ever lasts long.

The story of MOB reads something like any other history-in-the-making type tale: Founder Leah sat on her stoop in NYC, drinking tequila in effort to fill the gaping void that was women’s streetwear in 2004. Two margaritas and one stroke of genius later, MOB (a tribute to Leah’s crew, the Most Official Bitches) was born, an urban label that has since become one of the most repected in their category. Technically, I should have written about this line after spotting some of their snarky tee’s at Denver’s the 400 months ago, or at least before most of their spring collection was sold out. But it’s better late than never for this women’s-only line, because the stuff that is left is still cooler than anything else out there. Because MOB’s apparel is designed by women/for women, their resulting product has the same strong urban energy as a lot of the men’s offerings in that area, but manages to deliver a totally different product. In other words, the edge of men’s street wear is evident in MOB’s designs, but it’s communicated in a decidedly girly fashion (that allows for girls like me to pull it off without looking like losers). You can shop from MOB’s own online store, but a deeper search through small sites like Azita might help you find some of this seasons tough-to-find leftovers.