Tuesday, August 31, 2010

BIG SEAN'S MIXTAPE FINALLY FAMOUS VOL.3

BIG SEAN GOES IN. PLEASE DOWNLOAD HERE TO BE PRESENT TO THE FUTURE. G.O.O.D MUSIC

Monday, August 30, 2010

LORDS OF DOGTOWN Z-BOYS : JAY ADAMS

BEFORE YOU GLIDE YOUR EYES ALONG THE WORDS PROVIDED PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT SOME KID TRYING TO PORTRAY MYSELF AS THIS HARDCORE SKATEBOARDER. I DO SKATE THOUGH, ONCE WHEN MY MOM WAS TRIPPING AND SKATEBOARDS WERE THE ONLY ESCAPE FOR ME TO TRAVEL TO MY GIRLFRIENDS HOUSE, THAT'S WHEN I  WOULD FALL FOR THE BOARD AND WHEELS. CATCHING MYSELF FALL DEEPLY WITHIN THE URGE TO WATCH DOCUMENTARIES ON "COMCAST ON DEMAND" I  BUMP INTO SOME OF THE MOST NEEDED INFO TO BE KNOWN.  ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I  FOUND MYSELF FALLING INTO ONE OF THE BEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME WHICH IN MY OPINION IS "LORDS OF DOGTOWN". THE FILM IS PRODUCED BY STACEY PERALTA. STACEY PERALTA WAS APART OF THE DOGTOWN ZEPHER TEAM SO WHEN HE REACHED HIS LIFE JOB AS ONE OF THE BEST MOVIE PRODUCERS IT WAS ONLY RIGHT FOR PERALTA TO WRITE AND PRODUCE THE MOVIE "LORDS OF DOGTOWN". WATCHING THE MOVIE AND DOCUMATARIES OVER AND OVER I CAME TO CONCLUSION JAY ADAMS IS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED SKATERS EVER KNOWN TO MAN. AS THE MOVIE BEING BASED UPON TRUE STORY THE RESEARCH ON JAY ADAM'S HISTORY STARTS WITHOUT ME THINKING TWICE ABOUT THE SKATER.
RESEARCHING JAY ADAMS ON YOUTUBE, GOOGLE, AND BOOKS IT SEEMS THAT JAY WAS THE BIGGEST BAD ASS TO EVER PUT HIS TWO FEET ON A SKATEBOARD DECK. GROWING UP WITH PARENTS HAVING NO CONTROL OVER THEIR CHILDREN IN THE 70'S WAS A CRAZY TIME. EVEN THOUGH JAY WAS RAISED IN A BROKEN HOME WITH A SINGLE MOTHER HE SPROUTED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST SKATERS. AT THE AGE OF 14 JAY WAS OFFERED TO BE SPONSORED BY PLENTY OF COMPANIES BUT DENIED EVERYONE BECAUSE HE FIGURED THE FREEDOM OF HIS SKATING WOULD DIE.CREATING MOVES ON SKATEBOARDS NO ONE ELSE COULD CREATE IN THE 70'S PUT HIM WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME.UP TO THIS DAY JAY ADAMS IS LOOKED AT AS A GOD FROM A SKATEBOARDERS POINT OF VIEW. I REALLY FEEL LIKE THE REASON JAY DIDN'T GO PRO WAS BECAUSE HE WAS SCARED HE WAS APART FROM HIS TEAM. WATCHING STACEY PERALTA ND TONY ALVA GOING PRO BROKE HIM BEING APART FROM HIS HOMIES AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN. THE YOUTUBE VIDEO PROVIDED IS A PIECE FROM THE DOCUMENTARY "DOGTOWN AND Z-BOYS". JAY ADAMS WILL ALWAYS BE ALIVE IN SKATEBOARDING HISTORY. I WONDER HOW DIFFERENT THE SKATEBOARDING INDUSTRY WOULD HAVE BEEN IF JAY ADAMS WENT PRO. MAKES ME WANT TO BOARD IT UP.

MONSTER

ILLMATIC

IN SEARCH OF....VINTAGE GEAR

IF YOU HAVE NO CLUE OF MY CLOTHING SENSE TO LET YOU KNOW I'M A BIG VINTAGE COLLECTOR AND I CUSTOMIZE MY OWN CLOTHING. AT A YOUNG AGE THERE WAS NEVER A TIME WHEN I WOULD BE UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST TREND THAT I WOULD WANT TO BE WITH SUCH AS JERSEYS, TIMBERLANDS, OR JORDANS. BY THIS HAPPENING I HAD TO FIND SOME WAY FOR ME TO BE OUT WITH MY 12 YEAR OLD CREW LOOKING GOOD FOR THE 14 YEAR OLD FAST CHICKS.I WOULD GO TO THRIFT SHOPS WITH MOM DUKES FAITHFULLY PUTTING MY OWN STEEZE INTO WHATEVER I WOULD PURCHASE. ALL THE YEARS OF ME BUYING CLOTHES FROM THRIFT STORE BOUTIQUES I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT I WAS CREATING A WORLD THAT WAS MY OWN CREATIVE EYE CATCHING THEME.TO ME IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT STREET BRAND OR LUXURY BRAND THAT STEPS INTO THIS GAME I WILL ALWAYS FEEL VINTAGE SHOPS ARE THE WAY TO GO. THE RAW THING ABOUT VINTAGE COLLECTING IS THAT IT'S A CONSTANT JOURNEY. YOU CAN FIND THE COOLEST SHIRT AROUND THE CORNER THAT WAS NEVER SEEN OR YOU COULD HAVE A SHIRT THAT YOUR GRAND POP WOULD STUNT IN AND YOU FIND IN YOUR DAYS YOU CAN STUNT WITH THE SAME PIECE. IT COMES DOWN TO HISTORY WITH VINTAGE GEAR AND THAT'S THE REASON I WILL ALWAYS PUT IT FIRST.  BELOW ARE SOME OF THE ITEMS I AM IN SEARCH OF ON A DAILY IN MY SIZE OR WANTS AS COLLECTOR ITEMS.

Saturday, August 28, 2010

ARTWORK FOR ASAAD'S "NO.19" MIXTAPE BY CINTRA SAMATH

THE WAIT FOR ASAAD'S NO.19 MIXTAPE IS ALMOST AT AN END HOMIES.COMING THIS OCTOBER 19TH YOU WILL HAVE SOME GOOD TUNES BY ASAAD. GET READY. CINTRA DID A DOPE JOB WITH THE ARTWORK FOR THE MIXTAPE AS WELL. CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT CINTRA'S "HMMCINTERESTING" TUMBLR.

Friday, August 27, 2010

KRIS VAN ASSCHE'S HISTORY.KRIS VAN 2010 FALL SNEAKERS

 NIKE SB'S AND JORDANS WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY LIKES BECAUSE OF THE LOVE I HAVE ALWAYS HAD FOR THE BRAND AND THE APPRECIATION I  HOLD FOR THE NIKE MOVEMENT. BUT LATELY, FOR A YEAR AND SOME MONTHS I HAVE BEEN FALLING DEEP INTO DESIGNER SNEAKS. IT'S MAD FUNNY WHEN HAVING JORDAN TALKS WITH THE HOMIES ON WHEN THE NEXT JORDAN WOULD DROP. BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE ALL OR TALK VIBING IT UP ABOUT THE NEXT JORDAN IN MY MIND I CATCH MYSELF WONDERING  WHAT "KRIS VAN ASSCHE", "RICK OWNES", OR "RAF SIMMONS" WILL BRING TO THE TABLE WITH THEIR SNEAKER CRAFT THE NEXT SPRING OR WINTER. BETWEEN THE THREE DESIGNERS KRIS VAN ASSCHE HAS ME  SET OUT TO CUT  MONEY ON MEALS AND TRYING TO SAVE UP CASH ANY WAY I CAN TO PURCHASE HIS NEW FALL 2010 "LIBRA CALF SNEAKER" AND " BLACK COMBO". THE TWO BLACK LEATHER SNEAKS ARE COMPLETELY DOPE.THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THAT I CAN MENTION WHEN IT COMES TO HIS CRAFT TUNED INTO THE TWO CREATIONS. KRIS VAN ,THE BELGIUM KID HAS SOMETHING SPECIAL IN HIS HANDS AS A DESIGNER. SHORTLY GRADUATING FROM "ANTWERP ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS" IN BELGIUM KRIS WAS SELECTED BY HEDI SILMANE TO STAND AS AN INTERN AND PARTNER TO WORK SIDE BY SIDE FOR "YVES SAINT LAURENT". AFTER , KRIS WOULD FIND HIMSELF FOLLOWING SILMANE WORKING FOR "DIOR HOMME" WHERE HE SOON WOULD  HOLD DOWN THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR POSITION. IN 2005 HOMIE KRIS WENT OFF SHOWING HIS FIRST COLLECTION AND CREATIONS IN PARIS. FROM THE BRIEF VIEW KRIS VAN ASSCHE SHOWCASED IN PARIS HE WOULD BRANCH OFF WITH IS OWN COLLECTIONS MAKING SOME OF THE BEST CLOTHING WE HAVE SEEN WITH A SPECIALTY IN SNEAKERS. OG'S SUCH AS DIDDY AND USHER ARE CONSTANTLY BEING SEEN SPORTING HIS CRAFT.
 A WISE DECISION BY KRIS VAN WAS HAVING THE HEART TO TAKE OVER DIOR HOMME WHEN HEDI SILAME WOULD RESIGN IN APRIL 2007. UP TO THIS DAY AS THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT DIOR HOMME KRIS DOMINATES HIS OWN LINE "KRIS VAN ASSCHE.IF YOU THINK ABOUT KRIS VAN ASSCHE'S STORY IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO YVES SAINT LAURENT'S EARLY HISTORY. YVES SAINT LAURENT MOVING FROM ORAN TO PARIS AND KRIS VAN MAKING THE SAME MOVE AS HE TRAVELS TO PARIS FROM BELGIUM. BOTH INTERNED AT A HUGE COMPANY AND TAKING OVER THOSE COMPANIES IN DUE TIME.THAT'S KINDA WILD HOW SIMILAR THEIR EARLY HISTORY HAS PLANNED OUT TO TRAVEL THE EXACT PATHS JUST DIFFERENT BRANDS. KRIS VAN ASSCHE HAS KILLED HIS WORK UP TO THIS DAY. FOR ME, I APPRECIATE HOMIES GRIND BUT THE SNEAKER LINES HE CONTINUE TO CREATE IS WHY I AM  HIGHLY IN THE LIKES OF HIS CRAFT. BELOW ARE MY TOP PICKS OF HIS 2010 FALL COLLECTION, THE "BLACK COMBO" AND"LIBRA CALF SNEAKER". KRIS VAN ASSCHE JOURNEY IS FAR FROM OVER. KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN HOMIES.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

MARTY MCFLY'S NIKE SNEAKS COMING SOON

NIKE HAS THE WORKS OF MARTY MCFLY'S TO COME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.I WILL HAVE MORE INFO LATER ON.

HAPPY 75TH YEAR "DC COMIC"

TODAY IS NOT THE EXACT BIRTHDAY OF "DC COMICS" BUT THE FACT THAT DC COMICS HAVE BEEN HOLDING US DOWN FOR SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS IS DOPE. ALL OF THE GAMES AND MOVIES DC HAS PRESENTED TO ME I MUST SAY I AM GRATEFUL FOR THESE CHARACTERS IN MY LIFE. YOU SHOULD THINK TO YOUR SELF. WHAT HAPPEN IF THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS BATMAN OR SUPERMAN. THE WORLD WOULD BE LOST AND LACKING A HUGE AMOUNT OF SPECIAL POWER PLAY. WE ALL SHOULD GIVE A SPECIAL THANKS TO MAJOR MALCOLM WHEELER-NICHOLSON FOR THE START OF HIS BUSINESS IN 1936.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

SUZI ANALOGUE NEW "NNXTAPE"

HOMIE SUZI GOES IN ON HER NEW "NNXTAPE". IF YOUR NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE NAME SUZI ANALOUGE PLEASE CONTINUE TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG. SUZI'S MUSIC IS GLOBAL WHICH MEANS ALOT THESE DAYS. WITH A DOPE STYLE AND A VOICE THAT WANTS TO BE TUNED INTO FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OVER THE GLOBE THERE IS A HIGH AMOUNT OF INSPIRATION HANDED TO OUR HUMANS. SUZI IS ON A GOOD PATH WITH HER MOVEMENTS INCLUDING SWRV. KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR THE TEAM, KEEP YOUR EYES WIDE OPEN FOR THE EVERLASTING CREATIVITY. "PRESS PLAY" TO TUNE INTO SUZI'S "NNXTAPE". YOU WILL HAVE A WHOLE NEW LOOK ON MUSIC FOR SURE.  BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD
<a href="http://suzianalogue.bandcamp.com/album/nnxtape">G&#8734;d Mornin by Suzi Analogue</a>

MARTIN CREED'S "DOWN OVER UP" IMAGE

EVEN THOUGH  MARTIN CREED CREATED HIS 'DOWN OVER UP' ARE PROJECT MAINLY OF STACKING DESK, TABLES, LEGOS AND CHAIRS THE "SPIT-UP" IMAGE TAKES MY EYES FOR A CALM SPIN. IT'S ILL, I HAVEN'T SEEN A SPIT-UP IMAGE SO SIMPLE AND CALM. MARTIN TRIES TO MAKE HIS OWN ART LIKE MUSIC AND HE DOES A GOOD JOB. I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU GUYS.

GILBERE FORTE' "BUTTONS" FREESTYLE

ONCE AGAIN THE GOOD HOMIE GILBERE FORTE' MURDERS ONE OF HIS FREESTYLES. THE  FREESTYLE TITLE STANDS AT "BUTTONS". WATCHING AND BEING A TRUE WITNESS OF GILBERE FORTE' GROWING IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS AMAZING. WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE  HARD WORKING IN OUR PHILADELPHIA  CITY GILBERE FORTE' IS ONE OF HOMIES HIGH UP ON THE  LADDER. NO REASON TO HATE, IT'S REAL. MAKE SURE YOU TUNE INTO THIS FREESTYLE BELOW. 

Monday, August 23, 2010

THE "REALLY-DOPE" WEBSITE


THE  NEWLY "REALLY-DOPE" WEBSITE IS NO WHERE NEAR AT YOUR NORMAL BLOGGING WEBSITE RATTING. THE CREATORS OF THE REALLY-DOPE WEBSITE ARE GOING WITH A DIFFERENT CONCEPT THAN ANY OTHER SITE OUT AS OF NOW AND I CAN HIGHLY RESPECT THE CREATORS FOR THAT. THEY HAVE NUMEROUS FACTORS TO WHY THEY STAND OUT FROM EVERYONE ELSE'S DAILY ROUTINE. ONE RULE IS THAT THIS SITE SIMPLY FINDS WHAT IS DOPE IN OUR CULTURE AND NOTHING LESS. THE NEWEST, THE COOLEST, AND ALSO WHO STANDS OUT IN OUR CULTURE IS WHAT "REALLY-DOPE" ONLY SUPPORTS.

SECONDLY AND WHAT HAS CAUGHT MY EYE THE MOST WITH REALLY-DOPE  IS ONE OF THE MOST CREATIVE THOUGHTS EVER. HAVING THE CREATORS TAKE PRIDE IN FINDING WHAT IS DOPE IN OUR CULTURE THE REALLY-DOPE TEAM TAKES THE TIME TO EXPRESS THEIR CREATIVITY, LOVE, AND RESPECT BY MAKING TRIBUTES TO THE INSPIRING PEOPLE WHO MOVE THIS CULTURE FORWARD. IF YOUR A TUMBLR ADDICT YOU PROBABLY  HAVE WITTNESSED REALLY-DOPE'S DEBUT WORK. BY YOON AND VERBAL BEING STRONG LEADERS IN THIS CULTURE SINCE 2008 WITH THEIR CRAFT REALLY-DOPE HAS PAID TRIBUTE CREATING ONE OF THE MOST UNTHINKABLE IDEAS.

 THEY CHOSE  FLIPPING AMBUSH'S NEWEST "SKULL AND BONES" COLLECTION SHOWING APPRICIATION AND PAYING TRIBUTE TO YOON AND VERBAL. TRANSFORMING THE "SKULL AND BONES" CRAFT OF THE COLLECTION AND CREATING AN ORIGINAL CEARAL BOX. IN MY OPINION VERBAL AND YOON SHOULD RECOMMEND THIS CERAL BOX, IT'S DOPE.WHEN I FIRST WITNESSED THE CRAFTING OF REALLY-DOPE AND AMBUSH I WENT BACK TO THE DAYS WHERE I WOULD EAT CERAL WITH  MY EYES GLUED TO THE BACK OF THE BOX ALSO HOW HYPE I WOULD BE IN THE SUPER MARKET PICKING ONLY THE BOXES OF CERAL WITH PRIZES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX. THE CREATIVITY AND THE  DETAIL ON THIS PROJECT IS GREAT. GOING FROM E-MAIL TO E-MAIL WITH THE OWNER OF THE SITE  HOMIE MIKE STATED "WE SIMPLY FLIP GRAPHICS THE WAY A PRODUCER FLIPS BEATS", WITH THAT STAMENT IT WAS CLEAR THEY WERE FRESH MINDED. WE CAN SURELY EXPECT MORE PROJECTS TO COME FROM  "REALLY-DOPE".

NEXT UP FOR THE SITE IS A LINE IN THE WORKS INVOLVING SILVER STERLING, SNAPBACKS, PINS, BALACLAVAS AND MORE. AS OF NOW THE REALLY-DOPE TEAM HAS A POWERFUL PLAN. WHEN THE LINE DROPS I WILL DEFITANLEY HAVE THE UPDATES HERE SO WE CAN WITNESS THE GROWTH OF THIS REALLY-DOPE MOVEMENT TOGETHER. UNTILL THEN TO GET A VIEW OF THE "REALLY-DOPE" WEBSITE CLICK HERE. ALSO FOLLOW REALLY-DOPE ON TWITTER TO STAY UPDATED DAILY. THIS IS A DOPE MOVEMENT IN THE WORKS. 

PICTURES CAPTURED THIS WEEK...........

Saturday, August 21, 2010

LUPE!- GO TO SLEEP

LUPE IS ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT, HANDS DOWN IN MY BOOK. LAST NIGHT CHILLING WITH MY HOIMES ONE OF THEM MENTIONED THAT LUPE WILL BECOME A FAT JOE IF HE DOESN'T RELEASE HIS ALBUM. I LOOKED AT HIM LIKE HE WAS MAD CRAZY. WELL THIS TUNE IS FROM HIS NEXT ALBUM COMING OUT, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN. THIS IS ONE MAD ILL TRACK FROM LUPE FIASCO. GOOD STUFF. THE RECORD COMPANY NEEDS TO LET LUPE DROP HIS ALBUM ASAP.

SOUL SISTER'S MINT & SUNFLOWER "MCM"

BY ME POSTING THE PHOTO ABOVE DON'T MIX UP THAT I LISTENED TO THEIR MUSIC OR LIKE THE LOGO THE SOUL SISTERS WENT WITH FOR THE COVER. BESIDES THE OLD CELL PHONES AND THE JEEP CHEROKEE THEY USE TO SUPPORT THEIR PHOTO SHOOT THE  MINT GREEN AND SUNFLOWER YELLOW "MODE CREATION MUNICH" THE TWO ARE SPORTING STANDS CRAZY DOPE. MY "OG" TOLD ME BACK IN THE DAY MCM WAS FOR THE BLACK PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE ABOUT FRESHNESS AT ALL TIMES. I'M  SURE FINESSE & SYNQUIS  HAD A CRAZY BUZZ BACK IN THE DAY ON HOW THE KILLED THIS PHOTO FOR THIS RECORD. WHILE LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE I WAS THINKING OF HOW HISTORY REPEATS IT'S SELF. WITH THE BUZZ MCM IS HAVING RIGHT NOW I THINK ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR THE EUROPEAN LUXURY BRAND. BRINGING BACK THE MINT GREEN AND SUNFLOWER YELLOW WOULD CRUSH THE GAME RIGHT NOW. HAVING A PREDICTION OF THESE TWO COLOR SCHEMES COMING BACK IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN YOU SAY "ONLY TIME CAN TELL".WE'LL SEE, IT WOULD BE DOPE TO VISION AND BE APART OF WHAT OUR PARENTS THOUGHT WAS GOOD STUFF IN THEIR COOL DAYS.

Friday, August 20, 2010

POWER REMIX KANYE WEST FT JAY-Z SWIZZ

 NOTHING NEGATIVE AS ALWAYS WHEN IT COMES TO JAY-Z  AND THE BIG HOMIE KANYE WEST. BUT INVOLVING SWIZZ BEATS IS A PROBLEM, HE MAKES THE TRACK COMPLETE. I GUESS THE WAIT AFTER THREE DAYS BEFORE THEYACTUALLY INTRODUCED A DATE FOR THE  "POWER REMIX" TO DROP WAS WORTH IT. THE TRACK IS SIMPLY DOPE AND THE HOMIES ARE GOING IN. MY BEST TUNING INTO THE TRACK IS FROM 3:27 TO THE END OF THE TRACK. MY HOMIE "SPECIAL K" GOES IN KEEPING THE TITLE AS THE BEST RAPPER AROUND HIS WAIST. I HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE FOR YEARS HOMIE IS THE BEST. IF YOU ASK ME FROM 3:27 KANYE GETS IN HIS "I GO HARD MODE". SHIT IS BUNKERS
Kanye West featuring Jay- Z and Swizz Beatz -Power (Remix) by Hypetrak
PS. MY HOMIE JAMIL SEEN SWIZZ BEATS IN THE BCC STORE LAST SATURDAY. JAMIL STATES HOMIE IS MAD SHORT. TELEVISION IS WILD

Thursday, August 19, 2010

YVES SAINT LAURENT'S BEGINNING

I HAVE TO SAY BETWEEN "MODE CREATION MUNICH", GIANNI VERSACE, AND YVES SAINT-LAURENT, YVES SAINT LAURENT HAS BEEN CATCHING MY EYE THE MOST. WHEN AN LUXURY COUTURE BRAND CATCHES MY EYE I CONSTANTLY THINK ABOUT THE BRAND WANTING AN ITEM TO KEEP STASHED AWAY. OVER THE MONTHS I HAVE DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH ON YVES SAINT-LAURENT AND I AM HIGHLY IN LIKES OF HIS HISTORY AND WHAT HE HAS CREATED. FROM 1966 THE BRAND HAS BEEN ON IT'S FEET  AND I RESPECT THAT. YVES SAINT-LAURENT BORN 1936 IN ORAN, ALGERIA ON AUGUST FIRST WAS DESTINED  IN LIFE TO  HAVE A CREATIVE MIND ALSO TO EXPOSE SOME OF THE BEST COUTURE THAT OUR WORLD WOULD EVER SEE.  BEFORE HE HAS HIS OWN BOUTIQUE MR. SAINT LAURENT PUTS IN HARD WORK JUST AS ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO REACH THERE GOAL IN LIFE. MOVING TO PARIS FROM ORAN WAS A HUGE STEP FOR SAINT.
ATTENDING COLLEGE AT THE "CHAMBRE SYNDICAL DE LA HAUTE" COUTURE SCHOOL IN PARIS PUT HIM IN ONE OF THE BEST POSITIONS IN LIFE BY MEETING "CHRISTIAN DIOR". CHRISTIAN DIOR MAKING MR. LAURENT HIS ASSISTANT ON THEIR FIRST MEET WAS A WIN FOR WIN SITUATION FOR THE BOTH OF THEM. CHRISTIAN DIOR WHO WOULD PAST AWAY WITHIN THREE YEARS OF HIRING SAINT LAURENT WOULD PUT HIM HAVING  A YOUNG FRESH CREATIVE MIND TAKING OVER HIS LUXURY  BRAND. THE WIN YVES SAINT LAURENT HAD IN HIS POCKET WAS  LEARNING AND EXPERIENCING TO PREPARE FOR HIS OWN LUXURY BRAND TO COME IN 1966. BUT BEFORE YOU GET YOUR OWN YOU MUST SHOW THE WORLD YOUR OWN CRAFT.  TAKING PLACE OF CRISTIAN DIOR, SAINT LAURENT  SHOWS THE WORLD VIVIDLY HE IS ONE OF THE BEST TO EVER DO IT. RECEIVING THE "NIMAN MARCUS" OSCAR IN 1958 WAS ONE HUGE ACCOMPLISH FOR THE YOUNG GUY 3 YEARS GRADUATING FROM COUTURE SCHOOL.
 NEXT MOVE, SAINT LAURENT THINKS BIG AND GOES ONTO BUILDING HIS  OWN LUXURY BRAND WITH THE HELP OF PIERRE BERGE. THE TWO CREATE THE "YVES SAINT LAURENT COUTURE HOUSE" IN 1961 WHICH OPENS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAINT LAURENT TO CREATE HIS OWN CLOTHING FOR HIS LUXURY BRAND. IN 1962 ON JANUARY 29TH  SAINT LAURENT SHOWCASES HIS FIRST COLLECTION AT 30 BIS, RUE SPONTINTI BLOWING THE WIGS OFF OF HIS AUDIENCE. AFTER SHOWCASING HIS COLLECTION FOUR YEARS LATER YVES SAINT LAURENT HAS HIS OWN LUXURY BRAND TITLED  "YVES SAINT LAURENT". SAINT  KEEPS THE FIRST YVES SAINT LAURENT   BOUTIQUE STORE WHERE HE LEARNED EVERYTHING WHICH WAS IN PARIS.
 SO WITHIN 12 YEARS SAINT LAURENT CREATED WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT LUXURY BRANDS IN THE WORLD. THERE IS NO MAN WHO HAS BEEN GRANTED SO MANY AWARDS IN ART MUSEUMS AS MR. LAURENT HAS. TOKYO, GERMANY, LONDON AND PLENTY MORE .CREATING SOME OF THE BEST CLOTHING AND PERFUMES HAS TAKEN SAINT  TO  BEING ONE OF THE MOST LOOKED UP TO ICONS TODAY. MY BIGGEST RESPECT FOR SAINT LAURENT IS THAT HE WAS ONE OUT OF THE MANY FEW DESIGNERS TO EVER PRESENT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE ON THE RUNWAY.
THE RISK THAT WAS FOR THIS GUY AND HIS BRAND BACK IN THE DAY MUST HAVE BEEN CRUCIAL.SAINT IS AT THE TOP IN MY BOOK AS OF NOW BECAUSE OF HIS HISTORY AND WHAT HE REPRESENTED. PASSING AWAY IN 2008 WAS A PEACEFUL DEATH FOR THE LEGEND.THE WORK AND POSITIVE FEED FEED HOMIE BROUGHT TO OUR WORLD MAKES ME TRULY BELIEVE IN NO.ONE. EVER .REALLY. DIES. HE IS STILL ONE OF THE MANY PEOPLE WHO LEAVES IMPRESSIONS WHO HAS PAST AWAY.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

KAWS x DOS EQUIS COLLABORATION

I WAS WONDERING WHERE THE COLLABORATION WITH KAWS AND THE BEER COMPANY DOS EQUIS WAS HIDING. PICTURES WERE RELEASED LAST WEEK  BUT I FELT THAT WASN'T ENOUGH FOR MY LIKES. THE YOUTUBE VIDEO PROVIDED IS DOPE. SHOWING HOW KAWS DESIGNS HIS IMAGE AND ALL. THE KILL PART ABOUT THIS VIDEO IS THAT THEY TAKE YOU INTO HIS LAIR OF WORKS. CHECK THE VIDEO OUT PEOPLE. GOOD STUFF

OFF THE WALL SERIES AT THE WALNUT ROOM

SEEMS LIKE SET FREE HAS ANOTHER TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE INVOLVING THE VANS AND UBIQ TEAM. THIS THURSDAY AT THE WALNUT ROOM LOCATED ON WALNUT STREET IN PHILADELPHIA SET FREE IS RELEASING A NEW SERIES OF PARTY'S TITLED " OFF THE WALL SERIES AT THE WALL NUT ROOM".THE EVENT WILL BE HOSTED BY SET FREE WITH SPECIAL GUEST DJ PRINCE PAUL. ALSO MUSIC BY DJ AMBUSH & SHORTY WOP. MAKE SURE YOU MAKE THIS EVENT IF YOUR IN PHILADELPHIA PEOPLE. IT'S GOING TO BE DOPE.

GIANNI VERSACE JEAN JACKET ON EBAY

ON EBAY YOUR ALWAYS IN THE MIST OF FINDING A RARE PIECE OF CLOTHING BUT NOTHING LIKE THIS. LAST NIGHT I WAS SEARCHING THE REGULAR EBAY WALK THROUGH AND I CAME ACROSS ONE OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE PIECES I HAVE EVER SEEN ON EBAY. THE PHOTOS PROVIDED ARE LOOKS FROM "GIANNI VERSACE" LIMITED JEAN JACKET SERIES IN 1989. BEFORE YOU GUESS A PRICE, GUESS HIGH THEN A MUG. THE PRICE FOR THIS JACKET ON EBAY IS AT 3,450 DOLLARS WITH THE THOUGHT OF NOTHING HIGH OR LESS. IN MY OPINION,  THE PRICE IS MAD HIGH BUT ON THE OTHER NOTE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE ILLMATIC VINTAGE ITEMS THAT YOU KNOW NO ONE HAS. IT'S MAD NASTY BUT IT'S WOMEN WHICH IS THE NUTTY PART ABOUT IT.NOW AND DAYS THIS JACKET CAN GO FOR BOTH GENDERS. IF YOUR THINKING ABOUT COPIN THIS UP OR JUST WANT TO GET A VIEW OF THE EBAY PAGE  FOR THIS ITEM CLICK HERE. I FEEL LIKE AFTER SEEING THIS ITEM ON THE SITE I'M NOT PUTTING DOUBT IN EBAY, NEVER DUDE. 

Monday, August 16, 2010

SWRV: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUZI ANALOGUE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUZI UZI. I KNOW YOUR PROBABLY HAVING A BLAST ON VACATION. THANKS FOR ALL THE ADVICE , DOPE VIBE SESSIONS, AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BLESS. FOR MANY OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW SUZI IS HALF CEO AND FOUNDER OF  SWRV. THIS YEAR THE HEAT WILL RISE AND CREATIVITY WILL BLEED. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOMIE.

MUSEUMESQUE (MuseumEsque®)

THE NEW YORK BASED BRAND "MUSEUMESQUE" IS SET TO RELEASE THIS UPCOMING SEPTEMBER. ALSO CEO AND FOUNDER OF THE BRAND "CHICQUELO SMITH" HAS A COUPLE SURPRISES TO HIT YOU GUYS WITH VERY SOON. STARTING UP AN ONLINE SHOP, GETTING THE LOOK BOOK READY , AND GEARING UP PIECES FROM THE BRAND TO DELIVER TO YOU GUYS ARE ALL IN THE WORKS WITH THE "MUSEUMESQUE" TEAM.  THE HOMIES ALSO HAVE A PRETTY DOPE TUMBLR THAT I STEAL PHOTOS FROM ON THE DAILY. (LOL). ON THE OTHER NOTE GOING FROM E-MAIL TO E-MAIL WITH CHICQUELO I GET THE VIBE THAT HE'S NOTHING BUT ABOUT BEING FOCUS ON HIS CRAFT AND  BEING A HELPFUL HUMAN BEING TO PEOPLE WANTING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN IN THIS CULTURE. REMEMBER , STARTING THIS UPCOMING SEPTEMBER THE BRAND WILL SHOWCASE TO THE WORLD. KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR "CHICQUELO SMITH" AND "MUSEUMESQUE". CLICK HERE FOR THE "MUSEUMESQUE" TUMBLER AND HERE FOR THE BRAND'S BLOGSPOT. BOTH SITES ARE DOPE.

PICTURES CAPTURED THIS WEEK