Although the first global campaign video from Levi's was made prior to the devastating riots in London, Manchester, and Birmingham, some scenes are still too thematically close for comfort, it seems. Featuring shots from May Day in Berlin and violence eerily similar to current events, the denim label has agreed to temporarily postpone the release of their ad in the UK. "While Go Forth is about embodying the energy and events of our time, it is not about any specific movement or theme, rather it is about optimism, positive action and a pioneering spirit," a Levi's spokesman explains to Metro. "Out of sensitivity for what is happening in the UK, we have temporarily pulled our Facebook and cinema spots in the country."

● Phillip Lim's fall 2011 video features hot girls modeling his designs while biking around San Francisco. Perfect. [Style] ● If you're wondering what Constance Jablonski and Liu Wen are reading this summer (because models read too, you know), Modelina has rounded up the lit picks of over 30 runway regulars. [Modelina] ● Vogue's "Influencers Network" has been revealed, and it features a panel of 1,000 bloggers that we've never heard of. [Adweek]

From designing pieces for Junya Watanabe to producing capsule collections with Opening Ceremony, Levi's knows how to tag team. Now, to align with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles' "Art in the Streets" exhibit, the brand has partnered with 10 legendary street artists to customize their classic trucker jacket's back panel, including French graffiti artist and nightlife impresario André Saraiva (first jacket, above).

It's kind of funny to see Bruce Davidson, photo, and shop in the same sentence. Davidson, a man who created a legacy off of real life photography, doesn't even use a digital camera. His career has been made on exclusively silver film and dedicated to everything real, beautiful, and sometimes disturbing. Last night I had the pleasure of attending the Levi's Photo Workshop discussion with Davidson, who one audience member described best as "disarmingly innocent." Incredible for a man who has photographed and seen so much. He has shot everyone from homeless people to Marilyn Monroe. Davidson spoke to the crowd as a movie screen-sized slideshow of his work, spanning some 50 years, played to a standing room-only crowd. It was incredible to hear the story behind each photograph from Bruce firsthand. Many of the most famous images were taken right here in New York City. His series from Spanish Harlem in the '60s was especially moving. People were so taken aback, the crowd was almost completely silent during the whole presentation. Despite images of dilapidated neighborhoods, homelessness, and unimaginable poverty, Bruce was able to capture a form of beauty.

As we all begin to hyperventilate over the impending holiday gift-buying deadlines, so commences the holiday sales at major stores in the city. Barneys’ week-long Winter Sale starts today with items up to 40% off, and the men's section is especially good. Unlike the chaos and frenzy that comes with Barneys’ Warehouse Sale, this one is entirely online and stress-free. Pick up some stocking-stuffers and feel good about the fact that you didn’t even have to leave your bedroom.

NYC will soon be home to two new shops, the second Levi's 'workshop' and a tea shop from hipster Sikh Waris Ahluwalia. Levi's first workshop, an endeavor devoted more to educating potential buyers-into the heritage brand's newfangled Americana ethos than selling wares, hit San Francisco earlier this year with a bang. It welcomed the likes of Alice Waters, Craig Newmark, and Shepard Fairey, who taught participants how to make things like cookbooks and baseball cards in collaboration with the San Francisco Giants’ outreach program, Junior Giants. Now it's NYC's turn. Levi's is taking over the old Dietch Projects Wooster Street space in Soho.

In an increasingly disconnected world, Levi's is trying to give its consumers a sense of community. Levi's isn't simply going the social networking route or sponsoring television series and documentaries. Instead, it's putting a whole new spin on the ubiquitous pop-up shop and hosting actual workshops in a temporary space in San Francisco's Mission District. These workshops "aim to sell a spirit of community—and the occasional jean jacket—by bringing together bold names like Alice Waters, Craig Newmark, and Stefan Sagmeister along with local nonprofits and businesses to explore artistic media, all in the name of creative and civic engagement," says the Moment.

It's been quite the week for Gap and Levi's. The former is not only opening a pop-up shop in Milan's 10 Corso Como boutique in anticipation of its first Italian standalone store, It's re-branding its core—denim—via the collection, called 1969. "The strategy centers on selling in-depth jeans, priced $59.50 to $79, all under the Gap 1969 Premium Jeans label, to compete with premium jeans priced elsewhere at more than $100," says Women's Wear Daily. So, what exactly does 'in-depth' connote with regard to denim? Changes in fabric and fit (this includes "jean with great stretch and recover" and "lighter weight fabrics"), for one. There's also been "more color in denim assortment," which encompasses "flair jeans, a black denim campaign... [and] additional sportswear in denim fabrications." Come Thursday, "'Blue Gold: The Story of American Jeans,' a documentary that includes Gap’s founding family, the Fishers, and Patrick Robinson, executive vice president of global design," which will debut in GAP stores.

Two new denim lines will be soon be premiering at Brooks Brothers and Target thanks to collaborations with Levi's and Justin Timberlake's William Rast label. Levi's is bringing classic jean styles to both Brooks Brothers standalone-stores as well as its e-commerce site. "Co-branded as Levi Strauss for Brooks Brothers, the $148 designs come in three fits and six washes for men, with all product made in the U.S.," says Women's Wear Daily. Each of the styles fit into a classic aesthetic category (read: don't expect any heavy washing or distressing here). The denim line sells for about $50 more than Brooks Brothers other in house jeans collection, but (at least in terms of sales angles), it has the advantage of being U.S.-made.

Piggy-backing on its new, blue collar-themed ad campaign, Levi's is launching its very own reality show. The 10-week series is slated to air on the Discovery channel en Español, and it's what AdAge is calling "Levi's biggest effort yet in the Hispanic market." Called "Norte a Sur: Una Ruta, 5 Experiencias" ("North to South: One Route, 5 Experiences"), the show will follow a cast of five Levi's-clad stars as they stop in 10 different cities and help out with local art projects. "Although the TV series won't air until late September, the Levi's-branded website (www.norteasur5enruta.com) went live this week, and the five travelers, armed with iPhones, are posting updates to the site and their own Facebook pages throughout their journeys to seed growth and build a community of fans before the show's debut," adds AdAge.