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The Boot Camp Clique Chronicles…

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

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Cablevision has finally dug themselves out from under the storm of 2010 and restored my internets service. I was dying on the inside like you couldn’t believe. At least my feet have been plenty warm in all of this mess. Did you peep the video on the 40 Belows? You can best believe I cracked those new joints the minute the blizzard started. I could have gone outside wearing shorts as long as I had on the 40s.

Now that the snow is melting NYC is becoming a slushy, muddy, flooded mess. The Tims you have to wear in these conditions have to be light and agile, yet still ridiculously waterproof and insulated. This is when I pull out my urban aggressive boots. They are lightweight and usually cut right at the ankle. The boots pictured above are some futuristic ‘Beef and Broccoli’ type hikers. Fantastic nubuck uppers and Gore-Tex lining.

I got these boots from Timberland as a replacement for some defective hi-top field boots. The replacements came in a size 11 but this style is cut true to size and I need an 11.5 or even a 12. I’m reaching out to you internets to keep an eye out for these boots in a size 12. Let me know what outlet you spot these in so I can pounce on them ASAP. Here go the details…

Timberland Ledge ‘Mid’
style #56150
sz 12

EVEN MORE SNOW…

Thursday, December 30th, 2010

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You know I’d be remiss if I didn’t use the opportunity to take my action figures out of the house during a blizzard?

Peace to Roc Marciano, Sean Price and DJ PF Cuttin’.

You’ve Got The Power…

Sunday, December 26th, 2010

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Internets, turn your own power on in 2011.

“Now we all ain’t gon’ be American Idols,
but you can at least grab a camera and shoot a viral”

KanYe West featuring Jay-Z & Swizz Beats: ‘Power’ (remix) from dallas penn on Vimeo.

The Boot Camp Clique Chronicles…

Saturday, December 25th, 2010

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Fur swag on one trillion. Shouts to Matthew Henson…

Dirty Jerz and Sean Price both sent me images of this parka. No doubt the joint is HOARD! I would have preferred an olive green or navy color, but this is the official tissue expedition parka.

Chocolate Snowflake recently gave me a book about Matthew Henson. That dude was super hardbody. Discovering the North Pole was some retarded shit. The North Pole is just ice over water. To get to the pole you have to literally commit yourself to die.

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Henson loved adventure so much that he didn’t care if he never made it back home. He learned to communicate and fully integrated with the Inuit eskimos. But most of all Henson learned how to run a dog sled. Mushing dogs was key to moving supplies over the icy tundra and no one was better than Matthew Henson.

The Iditarod race is an 1150mile race across Alaska as an honor to Henson and all the expert dogmushers who navigate that rugged countryside. Timberland created a series of boots named after the great race and the 40-Below was the cornerstone boot. This is the holy grail of Timberland.

The following video is for Marq’Spekt, Dirty Jerz, cocotaso and all of the readers/viewers who have a respect for the craftsmanship of classic Timberland products.

Rugby Lifestyle Remix…

Saturday, December 25th, 2010

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I’m sad that Rugby won’t let people buy their patches anymore. Hyper-exclusive retailing is the aspiration of poor people attempting to be middle-class… Looking.

I’m glad that I bought my patches years ago and started the trend. I’ve been sitting on a pile of patches and a pile of knits copped from Marshall’s on the come up.

I figured I could marry a few I.T.s with DP.com as the congregation [ll]…

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Internets. You need to have several colorway programs to be fully lifestyle. The PRL sport red is basic swag that you can rock all year around if you are a lifestyler from Florida to Texas. This knit was reduced from $34.99 down to $27.00 at first clearance. In all honesty I usually don’t copp from Marshall’s until second clearance or less than $25 bucks. The Rugby patch is funky. That cost me $12 on a sale at the store.

The African tailor on Washington is a good dude. I overpay him with a dub for applying the patch, but I make him do some fly shit to make the patch really popoffavitch. Cross check, outline the numerals and put this material in between the shirt and the patch.

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This material gives the patch a nice puffy (no Last train To Paris) look and the material also picks up the sweat from you big sweat-back lifestylers [ll].

The next I.T. is actually a short sleeve rugby knit. Most of you know that the classic Polo short sleeve is fashioned after a polo match knit? This Polo is a rugby shirt. Crosshatched stitching re-inforced shoulder yoke. Marshall’s first retail price was what? $24.99?!? I’m gawn innnnnnnn!

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rugby

Even tho’ I’m no Yankee fan I can top off this I.T. with the classic navy fitted on some school uniform shit.

The blue/grey program would get officially murderated if I copp the Air Jordan XI ‘Cool Greys’. BONG!

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