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Mr. Tucker, as F.O.B. Fresh Off the Boat! He knows more Cantonese than me now!

The turnover rate at Staple is pretty low. But the rare times that someone does leave the firm, they usually go onto big things.
Take Sean for example. He was at Staple for almost 2 years. Now he's the H.N.I.C. of the P.R.O.C. He left NY and took the 16 hr leap to Hong Kong and now he runs everything that's dope coming out of Nike AP. (that's Asia Pacific for you rookies.)
He handles and pretty much conceived the entire Nike [co]+lab concept, which Staple was also asked to be a part of. He brought some samples of last season's collaborations. Ours drops next and I should have photos shortly. After kickin it for a bit and catchin up, we went to grab some dinner with our mutual friend, Damany. "D" runs a very cool shop called Flight Club. We headed to Typhoon, one of my favorite low-key japanese restaurants in the city. Really good homestyle japanese cooking. It was a good time and interesting conversation about the sneaker game. It was interesting because, the three of us literally represent every facet of the industry. The Conglomerate/Manufacturer. The Designer/Consultant/Boutique. The Deadstock Internet/Ebay/Reseller. I'm sure if I had taped our conversation, I could have sold it to some trend forecasting company for a pretty penny. (Damn...gotta think faster about these things...)

Some press about the Staple x Nike [co]+lab's. I'll have better photos up soon.

[co]+lab Season 1 featuring Phunk Studio and Tenmyouya Hisashi. Courtesy of Sean.

Sean, Me, Damany, Saikoro Steak, Miso Kalbi, Kirin and Agedashi Tofu.

The next day, I went over to Flight Club to pick up some shoes I've had my eye on for a while. The Nike Air Goatek. One of my favorites of all time, and interestingly enough, a great basketball shoe! Must be the goat hoof outsole or something, but i love playing ball in these. I think it would be dope if Staple could remix the Goats somehow. They have a very underground niche following. Yah!