SEA-TAC.
After I survived Vancouver, I took the 55 minute propeller flight to Seattle for a visit and some quick meetings. As luck would have it, I arrived in Seattle right in the middle of one of the worse storms they have had in years. Roads were flooded, landslides everywhere, power outages...the works. I am definitely looking forward to heading back home after this trip.
A few new friends at an amazing seafood restaurant in downtown Seattle...Oceanaire. I recommend it if you're in town. What do these guys do? They all work for the company that puts the soft in all things micro.
Also stopped by Goods while I was in town because I knew my man Alist was having a show there. I ended up getting these shoes from Gourmet. Everything in this shoe screams hip-hop. Why? Just look at it. Its a remixed sample of a classic with a new twist for modern times. Its taking something that was great...no doubt. But its making it relevant for today. I dare say; in a way that even the original designers could not fathom. THAT'S hip-hop in a nut shell people. They could use a little help in the branding department, but then again, so could the early hip hop albums. It's part of the charm.
posted by jeffstaple | 1:52 AM
6 Comments:
albert? is that you?!
hey jeff..i would like to get in touch with you, i can see your very busy man..but if i can have a few words that'd be great.
if you can drop me a email:
whywrite@gmail.com
freddyo, hows the 'Couv treating you??
what brand shoes are those?
These are wack. Blatantly stealing a design is wack. When Fila did this with the Air Max BW design I thought it was wack. What Bathing Ape did to the AF 1 was wack. And what Gourmet does to the AJ XI and the VII is wack too. This is what we in Holland like to call: 'creative poverty' (literally translated from Dutch) Come up with your own original iconic shoes instead of ripping somebody else's.
…I mean is this even legal?
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