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This weeks hottie is the American actress and singer, one of the stars of Spring Breakers, Vanessa Hudgens! First making waves in 2006 in the High School Musical series of films in which she was a lead role, Vanessa Hudgens has reached dizzying heights of mainstream success with her acting career. Recently though, it would appear that Hudgens is trying to distance herself from the squeaky clean Disney image she once had, with her lead role in Harmony Korine's 'Spring Breakers' and she is also set to appear in Robert Rodriguez's 'Machete Kills' alongside Danny Trejo. Her latest film 'The Frozen Ground' sees her star alongside Nicolas Cage and John Cusack in another seemingly dark film centred around the hunt for a serial killer in Alaska. We think she's a very well justified hottie of the week, but what do you think?

Classic American footwear brand G.H. Bass & Co. has just landed in store at Fat Buddha and is a great addition to our range. Founded in the 1870's by George Henry Bass, a tannery owner who acquired a share in a local footwear manufacturers in Maine, G.H. Bass and Co. have been a bastion of quality craftmanship and excellent leather for many years. They introduced the Weejun range in the 1930's, a style that was based on a footwear discovery in Norway, hence the name. The Weejun range has since gone on to be their most popular styles and could be seen on the most stylish of gents throughout the years such as John F Kennedy, Paul Newman, James Dean, Michael Jackson and many more. Instore and online we have the Larson , the original and classic penny loafer which is available in both burgundy and black . We also have the Layton , a kiltie tassel loafer, again available in both burgundy and black . Both styles feature highly polished leat...

Bodacious Brazilian-born supermodel Ashley Sky has the honour of being this weeks hottie. The 22 year old model is undoubtedly one of the most prolific models on social media, with massive amounts of followers across her Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , Youtube and much more. Ashley is somewhat unique in the modelling world, having decide to forgo the usual path of getting with an agency and it seems to be working as she has become a hot commodity over the past couple of years. With features in all sorts of magazines, shoots with the likes of Terry Richardson, retweets and reblogs on some of the most popular tumblrs around and of course her appearance in the video for Kanye West and Jay-Z's 'OTIS' , it looks like Ashley Sky is definitely on the rise. So she's got beauty and a business brain, what more could you want?

This weeks hottie is American model Melanie Iglesias! Now I'm not even gonna try and pretend that I know who Melanie Iglesias is, because quite frankly, I don't, what I do know however is she turned up to the MTV Movie Awards looking absoloutely amazing in a rather revealing dress! After some borderline creepy google searching, I did manage to find out that she is from Brooklyn, apparently dates a guy from the Jersey Shore, stars on an MTV show called 'Guy Code' and looks outrageously good in a red bikini....what else do you really need to know?       We also uncovered a video of her with a hula hoop....its good....watch it...

Prolific folk singer-songwriter Iron and Wine is set to release his fifth studio album 'Ghost on Ghost' next week and the good folks over at NPR have managed to snag themselves a stream of the album for our enjoyment!   Sam Beam, from North Carolina, released his first album under the moniker Iron and Wine titled 'The Creek Drank The Cradle' on Sub Pop records in 2002. The album was entirely written, performed, recorded and produced by Beam in his home studio and featured acoustic guitars, banjos and slide guitars, drawing a number of comparisons to Nick Drake, Simon Garfunkel and Neil Young In 2004, Beam released his second studio album 'Our Endless Numbered Days', this time recording in a professional studio in Chicago with acclaimed music producer Brian Deck. The sound of his second album differed slightly, due to the inclusion of other band members for the first time and with the increase in production quality. In the same year, the hit movie...

This weeks hottie is American starlet Lucy Hale who just happens to be gracing the front cover of the newest issue of Nylon which dropped through the doors of the shop this week.   The 23 year old form Memphis, Tennessee started out on reality TV contest show American Juniors where she showed off her passion for singing and went on to be one of the 5 finalists who were formed into a group. Since breaking into acting after American Juniors, Lucy has guest-starred shows such as The OC and How I Met Your Mother, but most people will probably recognise her from her starring roles in the shows Privileged and Pretty Little Liars.   She has since returned to her singing with the news breaking earlier this year that she signed a deal with Hollywood Records and she is expected to release an album this year.

In store now we are proud to have a few pieces from the special edition Levi's Best of Red Tab Collection. We have three separate denims from the limited collection which are all made from teh finest American imported denim and feature the classic 5 pocket design and contrast stitching, not to mention the original Levi's back pocket stitching and iconic red tab on the back pocket.     The three styles we have in store are the 508, 510 and the 511. The 508 is your regular fitting denim, whereas the 511 is cut a little more slim and the 510 super skinny. Check them out in store now and online here .

The latest streetwear brand to be added to the store this week is A New York Thing or aNYthing as it is better know. As suggested by the name this brand hails out of New York City and is a brand we have been very excited about getting out hands on. Founded by streetwear don Aaron Bondaroff also known as A-Ron the Don. Aaron is an old head in the streetwear game as a former Supreme top man he went on to create his own line combining classic tees, hats and cut and sew. A real brand for the streetwear heads aNYthing prides itself as a streetwear lifestyle brand inspired by the city it was born in and has been big on the underground scene in for a few years now. Its continual growth has seen it evolve into a creative collective combining clothing with many untapped talents covering different arts from New york City. We're hyped to have it, check it out in store now and online soon.