Monday, December 17, 2007
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Featured Brand : Married to the Mob
Married to the Mob was conceptualized on a hot sticky New York City day in summer 2004. Sitting on her stoop on Spring Street and working on her second to-go Margarita, it dawned on label founder Leah that while there were tons of great street brands for guys, there was virtually no version out there for females. Thus the concept for MOB was born: A streetwear label designed for women and by women.
Growing up in a city like New York, you're only as good as the crew that you run with and the name of the label is Leah's tribute to the "Most Official Bitches," who through the ups and downs and highs and lows never failed to have her back. Design inspiration for the label is literally up from the streets of New York and its clubs, secret hang-out spots and smoke-filled parties, making MOB equal parts chic, smart-mouthed, and definitely not-to-be-messed with. No doubt it's all New York attitude, but in the three years since it was founded, the MOB label has found female fans all over the globe who can identify with its street smarts.
Love MOB, hate it, stalk its every move, it inspires opinions because more than just a clothing label, it's a lifestyle that speaks to style-confident females everywhere. Whether a MOB tee, string bikini, blog or photo shoot, everything has the MOB crew's attitude, charm and appeal stamped all over it.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Sean Kingston Rockin The Grey One X Diamond Supply Shirt!
check him rockin the shirt at about 2:23 mins in the vid
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Featured Brand : Creative Recreation
Creative Recreation was officially launched in Orange County, California in the Fall of 2002. The founders of Creative Recreation noticed a huge void in the footwear market. Everyone was offering either dress shoes to be worn with a suit or athletic inspired sneakers that were not acceptable at most functions for our lifestyles. No one was offering footwear to young professionals with style. Two long time friends who were already enjoying a prosperous career in the footwear industry decided they would be the ones to change the game.
Realizing that this generation was not going to follow in the same footsteps as the one before them Creative Recreation began their own journey. Being successful in this generation did not require wearing a suit and tie rather it was just the opposite. This generation is in more control or their destiny and their careers. This genre has become known for its entrepreneurial drive. Along with this came freedoms of fashion in the work place and in other social setting.
With these inspirations behind them Creative Recreation set out to fill this void. The two founders simply set out to design shoes that they wanted to wear. By sampling the best aspects from other footwear categories they have incorporated the comfort of an athletic sneaker combined with the materialization of a dress shoe to create the ultimate crossbreed.
Many people have difficulties understanding what category Creative Recreation footwear falls into. That has been the best compliment to the founders. “We don’t want to be put into any category, were a footwear company! We make shoes for our lifestyle, rather we make shoes for life with style”.
Their Definition
Creative Recreation: Characterized by originality and imagination, a refreshment of ones mind or body through activity that amuses and stimulates play.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Creative Rec Releases for Dec 3 week
NEW CREATIVE RECREATIONS DROP THIS WEEK AT GREYONE SOCIALLADIES GALLO- WHITE
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Featured Brand : Dissiizit
"DISSIZIT, DISSIZIT, DISSIZIT!" (THIS IS IT, THIS IS IT, THIS IS IT!) A quote from the documentary "Style Wars" by graff pioneer Iz the Wiz was all SLICK needed to hear when he came up with the brand DISSIZIT! You can read it several different ways, "this is it!", the final, the end, the shit, or that we've finally arrived. The designs are courtesy of O.G. graff legend SLICK, who had his start airbrushing t-shirts on the shores of Waikiki and worked his way to Los Angeles, and Danny Boy O'Connor of House of Pain/La Coka Nostra fame.
SLICK is no stranger to the clothing game; for graffiti it was "Third Rail", for skaters and punks he did "Fuct Clothing", he brought you the Asian flavor with a street twist with "Shaolin Worldwide", and he has finally come full circle back to his graff roots with DISSIZIT! His art has been featured in countless documentaries, magazines, music videos, feature films and even an album cover or two, most notably "The Bizarre Ride to the Pharcyde".
DISSIZIT! like to keep the heads on their toes and fuck with what’s hot that particular moment, and flipping it, but never straying too far from the graff. It's sometimes difficult to come up with dope shit every couple of months, just to have the bigger dogs come down and swoop to make a killing. Still DISSIZIT! continues to grow at a steady pace, unaffected by this unforgiving industry where brands pop up and disappear every day, DISSIZIT! is here to stay.
DISSIZIT! makes a sweet ass spraycan plushy. Don’t sleep on these cats! Everything is limited, so if you get it, cool, if you don’t, ya snoozed. Don’t trip though if you miss a release, you can probably get something similar soon after from one of the hundreds of whack ass brands in stores everywhere.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Crooks N Castles Feature in Videos
Featured Brand : Crooks N Castles
Crooks & Castles have always routed for the villain whether it be in a movie, a comic book, a novel, a rap song or everyday life. Growing up in Los Angeles during the 80's & 90's has become a part of this villainous lifestyle. Gangs were everywhere - the hood, the city, even middle suburbia. Most had no choice but to adapt to the environment. Some were able to escape or even channel what they've learned on the street into something lucrative. What caught the people’s attention in the mid 90's were independent fashion/graphic brands. After years of learning the in's & out's of the business by starting a brand without any knowledge of how to start or run a clothing company, they’ve finally come to this... "Crooks & Castles"! The concept was easy. "Crooks", criminals, pimps, hustlers, thieves, etc and "Castles" the ones who got rich by becoming a crook.
From the robber barons of the early times like the vanderbilts, the rockefellers, the carnegies to the modern day billionaires - Bill Gates & Microsoft. Those who stopped at nothing to get their "Castle". Hoping one day to be the next rich crook. In some of the designs you might see a familiar icon or logo that they took (stole) and gave it their own twist. They felt that some high fashion brands only catered to someone in a certain lifestyle or with a rather large bank account. Therefore they took what the other brands made and crafted it to fit theirs. In all honesty... who cares? They just really wanted to make some... Hot Shit!
Monday, November 19, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Featured Brand : SNEAKTIP
Marlon Raichel, The Brand Manager branched off and started to launch his private label , SneakTip in 2006. The company is Coney Island based and is a lifestyle brand delivering products geared towards the streetwear culture, mostly the sneaker enthusiasts
A few years ago, collecting sneakers was an underground group of hobbyist who spent most their time and money looking and hunting for extremely rare realeases of sneakers. Sneakerheads, as we call them, always had to have heads up on the sneaker market, staying ahead and always on tip of future releases, thus the name Sneaktip.
With the continuing flow of commemorative releases, teared exclusive accounts and the retro phenomenon, maintaining a healthy ensemble of footwear has became a general mass standard.Now the word "sneakers" have had become a household name. SneakTip pulls from the essence of New York's rich, urban lifestyle-meshing its arts, history, icons and music to bring a sneaker infused T-shirt brand with substantial depth to successfully reach this new niche market, the "SneakerHeads".
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH
GREETINGS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD MALIBU TO PASADENA TO LOS ANGELES
FROM GREYONE TO ROSEWOOD THE HUNDREDS SLB FLIGHT CLUB AND DIAMOND
SUPPLT Co FAIR FAX TO MELROSE BROOKLYN PROJECTS
BUMPING INTO EVERLAST, DIZ FROM DIAMOND DOM FROM BP
MORE TO COME IN THE DAY OF THE LIFE OF G1 SOCIAL
WAIT TILL U SEE THE NEW HEAT COMING SOON
ME AND JERRY AND CHACE INFINITE TOURING THE LA SCENE
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