2.22.07
Etsy, A Working Community of Artists
The Cyberoptix Tie Lab's BombsAway! tie was featured in this morning's CBS News story on Etsy. (One of the mods bought one last week. ;) In addition to the storefront, Etsy has just launched EtsyLabs, a 7000 sq.ft physical studio space in Williamsburg as a community art studio space. We also maintain an Etsy shop in tandem with our regular web shop here; although we'd never abandon the traditional stand-alone site, it is a welcome augmentation. Their interface and cart system is very clean and easy to use, take a look!
2.12.07
HOLY CATS, a $15 TIE!
Earn a $15 cash rebate when you make a PayPal purchase of $30 or more between February 8 and March 31!
Hey folks, this means if you haven't used Paypal's promotion yet, you can get one of our microfiber poly ties, regular or skinny for a measly little $15 + s/h. Silk - $25. What a freakin' DEAL! Paypal will send you a $15 rebate to your account by May 28, 2007. Our items start right at $30...life couldn't be more swell.
1. Registration. You must first register for this offer using your PayPal account's primary email address. (This is easy, nothing to fill out, all you do is just enter your PayPal email address - no passwords, nothing creepy.)
2. Single Purchase. Once registered for this offer, you must use your PayPal account to spend at least $30.00 USD or $34.50 CAD on a single purchase on an eligible website (like ours.)
3. Eligible Website. You must make a purchase on www.eBay.com, www.eBay.ca or any United States or Canadian website that accepts PayPal. (like ours.) Purchases must be made through the checkout flow and must not be made through the PayPal Send Money tab. (i.e. just use the normal webform on our site.)
4. Promotion Period. Purchases must be made between February 8, 2007 12:01 AM PST and March 31, 2007 11:59 PM PST.
5 . Rebate Payment. The $15.00 USD rebate will be deposited into your PayPal account by May 28, 2007. If you made your purchase in Canadian Dollars you will receive the Canadian Dollar equivalent of $15.00 USD at the day of the rebate payment.
6 . Limitations. Limit one registration and one $15.00 USD rebate per PayPal Account. Offer available for a limited time. Offer is limited to PayPal users in the United States and Canada. PayPal account must be in good standing prior to and throughout the offer period to qualify.
Neato bandito. We're not ones for doing saley stuff but this is pretty excellent for y'all.
01.13.07
We've
taken note of the recent resurgence of the skinny tie - select styles
are now available on our brand new, 2" SKINNY tie! Though
not for everyone, ties have gotten slimmer and slimmer over the last couple
of years, echoing styles worn both in the early '80s and by beat poets
in the late 1950's.
Also new (and available narrow), our Victorian Pattern - Poppies and ginko leaves are grafted together to construct an inkblot-like pattern. Some see a cross-section of a skull, what can you find? Tons of color choices, as this pattern looks good on everything.
$40, black or white 100% charmeuse silk, 3.5"
$30, microfiber polyester, 3.75" (see color choices)
$30, SKINNY poly, 2" (see color choices) NEW!
12.05.06
The
TieLab has partnered with All
Purpose, LA's newest outpost for the Creative Non-Conformist. We will
be launching a line of hand-dyed, 100% silk cravats that can be worn in
creative ways by both men and women. This should make the non-tie-wearing
ladies happy who have been at our throats for leaving them out!
"These versatile little numbers will be hand-dyed and screened with Bethany's gorgeous imagery and can be worn as ascot, scarf, belt, pocket square or bandanna not to mention turban, cape, parachute, gag, tourniquet, handcuff, lasso and for those Stevie Nicks fans out there, shawl (**shudder** please don't let me catch you wearing one as a shawl). Images to follow soon..."
Look to see new Spring ties planned around the theme of "Whiplash," they will be available here at the website and exclusively at All Purpose/Filius. Also look for related features in the March issues of The New York Times Style Magazine and I-D Magazine.
More about Filius and All Purpose:
Progressive Menswear Line Shows Men That Refinement Does Not Have To Be Stodgy
Filius, the burgeoning men’s sportswear line, has made its first retail appearance at the new All Purpose store. The brand, to be sold exclusively at this West Third Street men’s niche-emporium, is designed by the store’s Co-owner and Curator, Alessandro Tomassetti. With wide-ranging influences that span the historical and futuristic, the natural and man-made, Tomassetti approaches his designs for Filius as an opportunity to expand the current parameters of menswear, offering astute and forward-thinking men more wardrobe options for looking innovative and distinguished. Explorations of proportion, texture, color, and construction result in clothes that are comfortably familiar, yet undeniably fresh and new.
The Filius silhouette is sleek while remaining mindful of comfort and function. For fall 2006, the collection straddles both the work and play “hemispheres” with: crisp, woven Japanese cotton shirts, featuring architectural details; handsome ties cut from the aforementioned shirting fabric; luxurious hand-loomed knit sweaters and cowl-scarves in Peruvian alpaca and merino wool; Italian angora jersey t-shirts with tone-on-tone graphics; slim-cut cotton trousers; and hemp/wool blend tailored overcoats with stand-up collars.
The Cyberoptix TieLab is proud to be paired with such amazing, well-structured menswear!
12.05.06
More
in partnership news - we have teamed up with Ghostly
International and are in the process of producing a set of limited
edition silk ties - these will be available for the holidays and at Ghostly's
Holiday Formal, at OSLO, Saturday December 16th. The ties will be available
here at the site and through Ghostly International's shop, BuyGhostly.com.
11.22.06
Real
Detroit Weekly
The Big Hunt
By Keith N. Dusenberry
Nov 22, 2006, 23:59
Here’s how Bethany Shorb, the multi-disciplinary artist who set up, styled and photographed this issue’s cover shoot and inside fashion spread, came to now find herself making a “ridiculous fur coat” for current WWE Intercontinental Champion wrestler Johnny Nitro.
Shorb grew up in Connecticut, about an hour outside of New York City, got her undergraduate degree in sculpture (with a concentration in photography) from Boston University and then came to Cranbrook for grad school. She would — and still does — use her sculpture skills to make props for her photos. Eventually, she needed clothes for the photo shoots — so she started making them too.
Shorb has since done clothing and costume work for movies, music videos and her own clothing lines. Her Eastern Market studio is in perpetual motion. “I like it a lot,” Shorb says of working on so many projects at the same time. “I go crazy if I’m doing just one.” Though she initially became known for goth-y, techno-y rave wear, Shorb has diversified into doing vintage military graphic-adorned ties and deconstructed-reconstructed vintage military coats. Johnny Nitro found her Web site (cyberoptix.com) and bought a tie; the custom fur coat order soon followed.
With clothing, design, sculpture and music, Shorb’s always been a bit of a tinkerer. Besides Dethlab (her musical partnership with Mike Doyle), she also performs as Toybreaker. “I’ve always been a bit of a nerd about taking apart electronics and making my own keyboards,” Shorb admits. “So, I think when I was doing a lot of that in my music, that that project kind of leached into the fashion a little bit … the projects bleed into one another.” | RDW
Photography by Bethany Shorb
Men's pants and shirts provided by Peasant, Birmingham; 248.203.6470.
Men's ties and jackets by Bethany Shorb of Cyberoptix; cyberoptix.com.
Women's clothing by Sarah Vidosh of Spy, Detroit; 313.833.6623.
All hats and accessories, Cyberoptix.
Jewelry by: Suum Jewelry Equations, Ferndale; 734.649.7743
Models: Laurie Smolenski, Stephanie Skuzenski, Elena Callis, Robin Callis, Inky Nkhumise Noge, Michael Doyle, Jon Ozias, Jimmy Edgar.
Makeup Artists: Justin Ruppel, Eric Ford.
Hair Stylists: Amanda Gordon.
Antique Taxidermy provided by the Vidosh family and Oslo.
Additional props by Showcase Antiques; Detroit.
Locations: Northern Lights Lounge, Oslo, Centaur.
Thanks to Brendan M Gillen & Amber Lesicki for the cover location, and
Cyberoptix intern Kelly Pelletier.
11.20.06
SPY
Grand Opening
New Store Opening in Midtown Detroit
Grand Opening Gala: Saturday, November 25, 2006 7pm – Midnight
Design In All Forms, Created With Our Bare Hands.
SPY brings together one-of-a kind works by over 20 Detroit-based designers, fine artists, and musicians. SPY offers a wide selection of items – from garment and textile collections to jewelry, ceramics, as well as furniture and gift items. Designers represented by SPY include Bethany Shorb (Cyberopitx), Lauren Joy Casteel, Sarah Vidosh, Jef Hancock, and many others. SPY will also carry media from acclaimed record labels such as Interdimensional Transmissions, Low Res and Submerge. The store will serve as a community gathering location, with SPY presenting monthly openings and other events. All work is for sale.
SPY aims to promote, sell and distribute hancradfted, original design in all forms. Located in a historic Detroit home, the design house of SPY will feature the works of Detroit and international designers, combining our individual talents and resources. Through the constant exchange of assets and ideas, SPY will inspire new creative relationships and endeavors in order to develop commerce among the independently owned businesses in our community.
• Location: 4470 2nd Avenue (2nd Ave & Prentis St.) Detroit, MI 48021 (313)833.6623
• General Store Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 8pm
11.11.06
The Modish
Holiday Gift Guide is now out - "Do I really have to meet your
dad? (gifts for guys)". Modish is a stylish blog for indie shoppers.
It ignores the stale, the overdone. It is not interested in the mass-produced
or mass-marketed. Modish am for the independent craftsperson, designer,
shopper, creator and artist. It shows you the goods that are made by hand,
created with attention and intention. Modish is about style the indie
way- the way it was meant to be.
11.06.06
Indie
Obsession is a great little site featuring gifts and all sorts of
handmade things from excellent independent designers - just think CoolHunting
but much more affordable and even less mass produced. They're having a
contest
- The Holiday Gift Away, a prize package of over $850 worth of indie
goodness...drawing will be held December 1. No signing up for any crapola
required. Purses, neckties (from the TieLab) t-shirts, jewelery and more.
Their Holiday
Gift Guide was also released today and has some lovely things.
9.26.06 - huge thanks to Indie Obsession for the great article on the royal bird tie and others! On a similar note, the TieLab will also be featured on one of my favorite shopping sites based on the west coast, Cut + Paste as well as an upcoming feature in Bust Magazine. Cut + Paste will be featuring the new pink Smart Squid Tie - if a large zombie tentacular creature just ate your brains, shouldn't it be extra sweet and cute? ;)
9.12.06 - Look for the vintage silk, olive stripe
AK-47 tie cutsom
made for Rachel of Tonikom, Nyc. Tonikom
will be on tour throughout the US and Canada with Terrorfakt now through
mid-october.
9.6.06
- SPY (the brainchild of designer, Sarah Vidosh) is a new specialty
shop opening up in the heart of downtown Detroit, scheduled for an October
2006 gala opening party. SPY will have available a full line of Cyberoptix
TieLab neckties as well as a variety of hand-made and artist-designed
items, providing it's customers with exciting new options from Detroit's
fashion, design, and fine art community. Additionally, SPY will offer
select gift and houseware items that will be ordered from artisans around
the US and internationally.
Bi-monthly, SPY will present a fashion show, artists' reception and gallery opening. In addition to fashion, SPY will also carry records from acclaimed labels such as Interdimensional Transmissions, Low Res and Submerge.
SPY will debut this year at the Dally in the Alley - Forest and Hancock St. and Second Ave. near Wayne State campus. The Dally happens Saturday, September 9, 2006, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (Rain Date: Sunday, Sept. 10) and is an ecclectic street fair with art, music, food and more. Probably the best fair Detroit has to offer all year! SPY will have a table both in front of the store (very close the The Dally proper) and with the rest of the Dally 'wares. Make sure to check out The Cyberoptix TieLab at the SPY table!
SPY | 4470 2nd ave | Detroit, MI 48021
8.8.06
- Look for the black silk HeartAttack
tie around the neck of Bryan Black of MOTOR.
Bryan Black is the co-founding member of MOTOR (novamute) and XLOVER (Gigolo
Records). During the recording of their album, MOTOR remixed Throbbing
Gristle, Marilyn Manson, and most recently, Depeche Mode. See Motor on
tour with Nitzer Ebb in September and continuing on their world tour later
in the fall.
Take a look at images of MOTOR performing live in Detroit, 8.4.06.
7.28.06 - Launch of the Cyberoptix TieLab! The TieLab is open for prelaunch. Custom ties coming soon, but feel free to order away now... :)
7.25.06 - New colors are now in - including red ink on 100% black silk!
7.19.06 - Thanks to Murketing.com for the great link and review on the ties:
Anyway, if I did have a reason to wear a tie these days, I’d consider one made by Detroit’s t0ybreaker, who I came upon by way of the Craft Magazine Flickr pool. I don’t know if I could really pull one of these off, but even if I just bought it and it stayed in the closet, I’d probably be happy.
There is some other really well written design-oriented, flickr and consumerist content on Murketing please do check it out.
7.12.06
- Our ties are now featured at the Cranbrook Art Museum Store,
which is located on the lower level of Cranbrook Art Museum.
The Store at Cranbrook Art Museum proudly features merchandise designed by Cranbrook Art Academy alumni. Jewelry, textiles, messenger bags and men's and women's neck ties are items created by Cranbrook's graduated artists that are sold at the Store. Some of the items are one-of-a-kind while others are carried at various retail establishments throughout the country. The Store is excited to support their exclusive work and maintain the artists' connection to the Cranbrook Art Academy and Museum.
6.21.06 - Tonight our new silkscreened ties (and other recent projects) are on the front of the Make Magazine blog!
Who needs to wear boring old ties when you can refashion them? The ties in this Flickr set have all been silkscreened, cut apart, riveted, and stitched to distinctly new heights. Here at left are vintage World War II US Army officer's tie with early gas mask imagery. At the right, more vintage gas mask imagery silkscreened on the tie. Also not to be missed in this set, a woman's shirt that features intricate cut out and designs all over the front and back.
2005
Features in Fiberarts Magazine and Industrial Nation Magazine.
Radio Interview with KBCH in Los Angeles. Cyberoptix talks about the fusion of antique industrial materials and found objects coupled with emerging technology in its work.
Friday, August 20th, 7pm (PDT) 10pm (EDT) [and running all week on PULSE], G4 Tech TV aired an exclusive interview with Cyberoptix's owner and principal designer Bethany Shorb alongside some of her models at the SIGGRAPH CyberFashion show.
2004
Observer & Eccentric PINK: Industrial Chic. Detroit clothing company Cyberoptix gets national attention. by Wensdy White "Detroit-based clothing company Cyberoptix is enjoying increasing success in the underground world of alternative club couture..."
MetroTimes cover story:
Hipster economics
How the cool collective and business leaders hope to build a better Detroit.
by Sarah Klein
2/25/2004
The artists’ perspective
They don’t come much more creative than Bethany Shorb. A chameleon, Shorb is continually reinventing herself and her art. One could write a book on her various hairstyles alone (and in fact, a British Web site about synthetic hair devoted a special section to her)...
Cyberoptix was captured on the pages of Motormouth and Real Detroit Weekly as well as a number of other local and national publications.
Etsy, A Working Community of Artists
The Cyberoptix Tie Lab's BombsAway! tie was featured in this morning's CBS News story on Etsy. (One of the mods bought one last week. ;) In addition to the storefront, Etsy has just launched EtsyLabs, a 7000 sq.ft physical studio space in Williamsburg as a community art studio space. We also maintain an Etsy shop in tandem with our regular web shop here; although we'd never abandon the traditional stand-alone site, it is a welcome augmentation. Their interface and cart system is very clean and easy to use, take a look!
2.12.07
HOLY CATS, a $15 TIE!
Earn a $15 cash rebate when you make a PayPal purchase of $30 or more between February 8 and March 31!
Hey folks, this means if you haven't used Paypal's promotion yet, you can get one of our microfiber poly ties, regular or skinny for a measly little $15 + s/h. Silk - $25. What a freakin' DEAL! Paypal will send you a $15 rebate to your account by May 28, 2007. Our items start right at $30...life couldn't be more swell.
1. Registration. You must first register for this offer using your PayPal account's primary email address. (This is easy, nothing to fill out, all you do is just enter your PayPal email address - no passwords, nothing creepy.)
2. Single Purchase. Once registered for this offer, you must use your PayPal account to spend at least $30.00 USD or $34.50 CAD on a single purchase on an eligible website (like ours.)
3. Eligible Website. You must make a purchase on www.eBay.com, www.eBay.ca or any United States or Canadian website that accepts PayPal. (like ours.) Purchases must be made through the checkout flow and must not be made through the PayPal Send Money tab. (i.e. just use the normal webform on our site.)
4. Promotion Period. Purchases must be made between February 8, 2007 12:01 AM PST and March 31, 2007 11:59 PM PST.
5 . Rebate Payment. The $15.00 USD rebate will be deposited into your PayPal account by May 28, 2007. If you made your purchase in Canadian Dollars you will receive the Canadian Dollar equivalent of $15.00 USD at the day of the rebate payment.
6 . Limitations. Limit one registration and one $15.00 USD rebate per PayPal Account. Offer available for a limited time. Offer is limited to PayPal users in the United States and Canada. PayPal account must be in good standing prior to and throughout the offer period to qualify.
Neato bandito. We're not ones for doing saley stuff but this is pretty excellent for y'all.
01.13.07
We've
taken note of the recent resurgence of the skinny tie - select styles
are now available on our brand new, 2" SKINNY tie! Though
not for everyone, ties have gotten slimmer and slimmer over the last couple
of years, echoing styles worn both in the early '80s and by beat poets
in the late 1950's.Also new (and available narrow), our Victorian Pattern - Poppies and ginko leaves are grafted together to construct an inkblot-like pattern. Some see a cross-section of a skull, what can you find? Tons of color choices, as this pattern looks good on everything.
$40, black or white 100% charmeuse silk, 3.5"
$30, microfiber polyester, 3.75" (see color choices)
$30, SKINNY poly, 2" (see color choices) NEW!
12.05.06
The
TieLab has partnered with All
Purpose, LA's newest outpost for the Creative Non-Conformist. We will
be launching a line of hand-dyed, 100% silk cravats that can be worn in
creative ways by both men and women. This should make the non-tie-wearing
ladies happy who have been at our throats for leaving them out!"These versatile little numbers will be hand-dyed and screened with Bethany's gorgeous imagery and can be worn as ascot, scarf, belt, pocket square or bandanna not to mention turban, cape, parachute, gag, tourniquet, handcuff, lasso and for those Stevie Nicks fans out there, shawl (**shudder** please don't let me catch you wearing one as a shawl). Images to follow soon..."
Look to see new Spring ties planned around the theme of "Whiplash," they will be available here at the website and exclusively at All Purpose/Filius. Also look for related features in the March issues of The New York Times Style Magazine and I-D Magazine.
More about Filius and All Purpose:
Progressive Menswear Line Shows Men That Refinement Does Not Have To Be Stodgy
Filius, the burgeoning men’s sportswear line, has made its first retail appearance at the new All Purpose store. The brand, to be sold exclusively at this West Third Street men’s niche-emporium, is designed by the store’s Co-owner and Curator, Alessandro Tomassetti. With wide-ranging influences that span the historical and futuristic, the natural and man-made, Tomassetti approaches his designs for Filius as an opportunity to expand the current parameters of menswear, offering astute and forward-thinking men more wardrobe options for looking innovative and distinguished. Explorations of proportion, texture, color, and construction result in clothes that are comfortably familiar, yet undeniably fresh and new.
The Filius silhouette is sleek while remaining mindful of comfort and function. For fall 2006, the collection straddles both the work and play “hemispheres” with: crisp, woven Japanese cotton shirts, featuring architectural details; handsome ties cut from the aforementioned shirting fabric; luxurious hand-loomed knit sweaters and cowl-scarves in Peruvian alpaca and merino wool; Italian angora jersey t-shirts with tone-on-tone graphics; slim-cut cotton trousers; and hemp/wool blend tailored overcoats with stand-up collars.
The Cyberoptix TieLab is proud to be paired with such amazing, well-structured menswear!
12.05.06
More
in partnership news - we have teamed up with Ghostly
International and are in the process of producing a set of limited
edition silk ties - these will be available for the holidays and at Ghostly's
Holiday Formal, at OSLO, Saturday December 16th. The ties will be available
here at the site and through Ghostly International's shop, BuyGhostly.com.11.22.06
Real
Detroit WeeklyThe Big Hunt
By Keith N. Dusenberry
Nov 22, 2006, 23:59
Here’s how Bethany Shorb, the multi-disciplinary artist who set up, styled and photographed this issue’s cover shoot and inside fashion spread, came to now find herself making a “ridiculous fur coat” for current WWE Intercontinental Champion wrestler Johnny Nitro.
Shorb grew up in Connecticut, about an hour outside of New York City, got her undergraduate degree in sculpture (with a concentration in photography) from Boston University and then came to Cranbrook for grad school. She would — and still does — use her sculpture skills to make props for her photos. Eventually, she needed clothes for the photo shoots — so she started making them too.
Shorb has since done clothing and costume work for movies, music videos and her own clothing lines. Her Eastern Market studio is in perpetual motion. “I like it a lot,” Shorb says of working on so many projects at the same time. “I go crazy if I’m doing just one.” Though she initially became known for goth-y, techno-y rave wear, Shorb has diversified into doing vintage military graphic-adorned ties and deconstructed-reconstructed vintage military coats. Johnny Nitro found her Web site (cyberoptix.com) and bought a tie; the custom fur coat order soon followed.
With clothing, design, sculpture and music, Shorb’s always been a bit of a tinkerer. Besides Dethlab (her musical partnership with Mike Doyle), she also performs as Toybreaker. “I’ve always been a bit of a nerd about taking apart electronics and making my own keyboards,” Shorb admits. “So, I think when I was doing a lot of that in my music, that that project kind of leached into the fashion a little bit … the projects bleed into one another.” | RDW
Photography by Bethany Shorb
Men's pants and shirts provided by Peasant, Birmingham; 248.203.6470.
Men's ties and jackets by Bethany Shorb of Cyberoptix; cyberoptix.com.
Women's clothing by Sarah Vidosh of Spy, Detroit; 313.833.6623.
All hats and accessories, Cyberoptix.
Jewelry by: Suum Jewelry Equations, Ferndale; 734.649.7743
Models: Laurie Smolenski, Stephanie Skuzenski, Elena Callis, Robin Callis, Inky Nkhumise Noge, Michael Doyle, Jon Ozias, Jimmy Edgar.
Makeup Artists: Justin Ruppel, Eric Ford.
Hair Stylists: Amanda Gordon.
Antique Taxidermy provided by the Vidosh family and Oslo.
Additional props by Showcase Antiques; Detroit.
Locations: Northern Lights Lounge, Oslo, Centaur.
Thanks to Brendan M Gillen & Amber Lesicki for the cover location, and
Cyberoptix intern Kelly Pelletier.
11.20.06
SPY
Grand Opening New Store Opening in Midtown Detroit
Grand Opening Gala: Saturday, November 25, 2006 7pm – Midnight
Design In All Forms, Created With Our Bare Hands.
SPY brings together one-of-a kind works by over 20 Detroit-based designers, fine artists, and musicians. SPY offers a wide selection of items – from garment and textile collections to jewelry, ceramics, as well as furniture and gift items. Designers represented by SPY include Bethany Shorb (Cyberopitx), Lauren Joy Casteel, Sarah Vidosh, Jef Hancock, and many others. SPY will also carry media from acclaimed record labels such as Interdimensional Transmissions, Low Res and Submerge. The store will serve as a community gathering location, with SPY presenting monthly openings and other events. All work is for sale.
SPY aims to promote, sell and distribute hancradfted, original design in all forms. Located in a historic Detroit home, the design house of SPY will feature the works of Detroit and international designers, combining our individual talents and resources. Through the constant exchange of assets and ideas, SPY will inspire new creative relationships and endeavors in order to develop commerce among the independently owned businesses in our community.
• Location: 4470 2nd Avenue (2nd Ave & Prentis St.) Detroit, MI 48021 (313)833.6623
• General Store Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 11am – 8pm
11.11.06
The Modish
Holiday Gift Guide is now out - "Do I really have to meet your
dad? (gifts for guys)". Modish is a stylish blog for indie shoppers.
It ignores the stale, the overdone. It is not interested in the mass-produced
or mass-marketed. Modish am for the independent craftsperson, designer,
shopper, creator and artist. It shows you the goods that are made by hand,
created with attention and intention. Modish is about style the indie
way- the way it was meant to be.11.06.06
Indie
Obsession is a great little site featuring gifts and all sorts of
handmade things from excellent independent designers - just think CoolHunting
but much more affordable and even less mass produced. They're having a
contest
- The Holiday Gift Away, a prize package of over $850 worth of indie
goodness...drawing will be held December 1. No signing up for any crapola
required. Purses, neckties (from the TieLab) t-shirts, jewelery and more.
Their Holiday
Gift Guide was also released today and has some lovely things.9.26.06 - huge thanks to Indie Obsession for the great article on the royal bird tie and others! On a similar note, the TieLab will also be featured on one of my favorite shopping sites based on the west coast, Cut + Paste as well as an upcoming feature in Bust Magazine. Cut + Paste will be featuring the new pink Smart Squid Tie - if a large zombie tentacular creature just ate your brains, shouldn't it be extra sweet and cute? ;)
9.12.06 - Look for the vintage silk, olive stripe
AK-47 tie cutsom
made for Rachel of Tonikom, Nyc. Tonikom
will be on tour throughout the US and Canada with Terrorfakt now through
mid-october.9.6.06
- SPY (the brainchild of designer, Sarah Vidosh) is a new specialty
shop opening up in the heart of downtown Detroit, scheduled for an October
2006 gala opening party. SPY will have available a full line of Cyberoptix
TieLab neckties as well as a variety of hand-made and artist-designed
items, providing it's customers with exciting new options from Detroit's
fashion, design, and fine art community. Additionally, SPY will offer
select gift and houseware items that will be ordered from artisans around
the US and internationally. Bi-monthly, SPY will present a fashion show, artists' reception and gallery opening. In addition to fashion, SPY will also carry records from acclaimed labels such as Interdimensional Transmissions, Low Res and Submerge.
SPY will debut this year at the Dally in the Alley - Forest and Hancock St. and Second Ave. near Wayne State campus. The Dally happens Saturday, September 9, 2006, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. (Rain Date: Sunday, Sept. 10) and is an ecclectic street fair with art, music, food and more. Probably the best fair Detroit has to offer all year! SPY will have a table both in front of the store (very close the The Dally proper) and with the rest of the Dally 'wares. Make sure to check out The Cyberoptix TieLab at the SPY table!
SPY | 4470 2nd ave | Detroit, MI 48021
8.8.06
- Look for the black silk HeartAttack
tie around the neck of Bryan Black of MOTOR.
Bryan Black is the co-founding member of MOTOR (novamute) and XLOVER (Gigolo
Records). During the recording of their album, MOTOR remixed Throbbing
Gristle, Marilyn Manson, and most recently, Depeche Mode. See Motor on
tour with Nitzer Ebb in September and continuing on their world tour later
in the fall.Take a look at images of MOTOR performing live in Detroit, 8.4.06.
7.28.06 - Launch of the Cyberoptix TieLab! The TieLab is open for prelaunch. Custom ties coming soon, but feel free to order away now... :)
7.25.06 - New colors are now in - including red ink on 100% black silk!
7.19.06 - Thanks to Murketing.com for the great link and review on the ties:
Anyway, if I did have a reason to wear a tie these days, I’d consider one made by Detroit’s t0ybreaker, who I came upon by way of the Craft Magazine Flickr pool. I don’t know if I could really pull one of these off, but even if I just bought it and it stayed in the closet, I’d probably be happy.
There is some other really well written design-oriented, flickr and consumerist content on Murketing please do check it out.
7.12.06
- Our ties are now featured at the Cranbrook Art Museum Store,
which is located on the lower level of Cranbrook Art Museum. The Store at Cranbrook Art Museum proudly features merchandise designed by Cranbrook Art Academy alumni. Jewelry, textiles, messenger bags and men's and women's neck ties are items created by Cranbrook's graduated artists that are sold at the Store. Some of the items are one-of-a-kind while others are carried at various retail establishments throughout the country. The Store is excited to support their exclusive work and maintain the artists' connection to the Cranbrook Art Academy and Museum.
6.21.06 - Tonight our new silkscreened ties (and other recent projects) are on the front of the Make Magazine blog!
Who needs to wear boring old ties when you can refashion them? The ties in this Flickr set have all been silkscreened, cut apart, riveted, and stitched to distinctly new heights. Here at left are vintage World War II US Army officer's tie with early gas mask imagery. At the right, more vintage gas mask imagery silkscreened on the tie. Also not to be missed in this set, a woman's shirt that features intricate cut out and designs all over the front and back.
2005
Features in Fiberarts Magazine and Industrial Nation Magazine.
Radio Interview with KBCH in Los Angeles. Cyberoptix talks about the fusion of antique industrial materials and found objects coupled with emerging technology in its work.
Friday, August 20th, 7pm (PDT) 10pm (EDT) [and running all week on PULSE], G4 Tech TV aired an exclusive interview with Cyberoptix's owner and principal designer Bethany Shorb alongside some of her models at the SIGGRAPH CyberFashion show.
2004
Observer & Eccentric PINK: Industrial Chic. Detroit clothing company Cyberoptix gets national attention. by Wensdy White "Detroit-based clothing company Cyberoptix is enjoying increasing success in the underground world of alternative club couture..."
MetroTimes cover story:
Hipster economics
How the cool collective and business leaders hope to build a better Detroit.
by Sarah Klein
2/25/2004
The artists’ perspective
They don’t come much more creative than Bethany Shorb. A chameleon, Shorb is continually reinventing herself and her art. One could write a book on her various hairstyles alone (and in fact, a British Web site about synthetic hair devoted a special section to her)...
Cyberoptix was captured on the pages of Motormouth and Real Detroit Weekly as well as a number of other local and national publications.