Yeah, I was fucking with y’all on that one.
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Bonus Beats: ‘Ye Tudda at the Grammys
Archive for the ‘Fashion Faux Pas’ Category
FLASHING LIGHTS: A ‘YE TUDDA VIDEO PREMIERE
Thursday, February 14th, 2008SNEAKER FIENDS UNITE!
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
I don’t fucks with too many cats in the sneaker game because some of these dudes is chicks with sticks [ll]. The cats that I do fucks with however is straight up shot callers. That’s why I had to call my homey PaperChasr when I came across these rare NIKE Foamposites at one of my off-road spots on Queens Boulevard in Long Island City. PaperChasr isn’t one of those Hollywood dudes that makes you link with him via voicemail or SMS. When I hit dudes celly he picks up my call…
DP: PaperChaser, what’s good homey? This is Dallas.
PaperChasr: What the deal playboy?
DP: I can’t call it else I might spoil it, but I need your help real quick.
PC: What’s up?
DP: I am in this spot that has them black Foamposites with the neon green soles for a buck.
PC: Copp them shits if you got it like that. The MSRP on them was $200.
DP: Good looks. How are you mayne?
PC: Chillin’. Got a trailer up for the film plus a blooper reel. Check them out and holla back.
DP: No doubt homey, let’s politic real quick before the month is done. I need your help on tracking down some exclusive joints.
PC: Yeah man, holla at the kid. One.
PaperChasr is producing this flick called ‘Know You Got Sole’. Sneaker fiends unite for this joint. Sneaker collecting crosses all kinds of lines between races and gender. ‘Know You Got Sole’ goes in to document all the diverse voices within the culture. Get into it.
Nerd up for the bloopers and outtakes.
LIVE LIFE, LOVE ‘LO…
Friday, February 8th, 2008
I like to feature some of the new Polo Ralph Lauren flavor that I see come from the new designers at the brand, but none of them can create the anticipation or the excitement of the designs that were released in 1992. This is the year that the P-Wing collection exploded on the scene as well as the Stadium series which featured an embroidered patch that proclaimed the year of the collection.
For all the ‘Lo lifestyle heads that ran around New York City there were still some underground spots in Manhattan that held sick I.T.s in their stock. B.F.O. on Fifth Avenue was one of my favorite stops to copp the lifestyle. This spot was strictly for Brooklyn heads and the brands they carried matched the B.K. aesthetic. Brooklyn’s swagger was totally different from Harlem and from Queens. Brooklyn liked to rock the flashiest vines while Harlem was more into their kicks.
So a Brooklyn cat was more likely to sport some Moschino gear and Le Coq sneakers while the Harlem kids were cool with Carhartt and the latest and greatest Air Maxes from Paragon Sports. Incidentally, Paragon Sports is still in business and they even have a Polo Ralph Lauren section. Paragon is the last of the great sporting goods retailers. No matter what shit you do they have the gear for it. Even the most random white dude shit of the moment like skiing on the single sit-down ski. They got that.
As I start to to pull out my archives for one big eBay auction I have been searching the site to see what vintage Polo Ralph Lauren items are being sold for (and more importantly, who is buying them). I came across this auction for a vintage P-Wing fleece jacket exactly like the one that I sold on eBay back in 2000 for $325. The P-Wing series is one of my favorites because of the colorblocking design used on the garments which has a classic athletic look. The red, white and blue colorways are also my favorite.
The seller has listed the jacket at $1,340 dollars. I’m feeling slightly pwned for not keeping that jacket in my collection along with some of the other graphic I.T.s that I sold. Vintage Polo Ralph Lauren clothing is doing as well as, if not better than real estate over the same time period.
KAREEM LIVES THE DREAM…
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Kareem the groundhog gives up the MLK Day nightclub recap.
Two words: Heee and larious.
POLITRICKS 2008: Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy…
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
I just wanted to say that I think that Detroit Mayor KWAME KILPATRICK’s Chief of Staff CHRISTINE BEATTY was doing her job in its base(heh) definition.
Chief of Staff?
Uh, helloooooo?
She was supposed to be on top of his staff during working hours. This isn’t the type of work that you leave up to just an intern. I don’t know a damn thing about city hall in Detroit but you have to imagine that the young Black mayor has a large staff. [ll], of course.
Being Detroit, frankly I’m amazed that we aren’t talking about a scandal of corporal trading from the mayor’s office.
Too bad for Mrs. BEATTY since she stands to lose the most from this sordid affair. Her family is certainly in shambles as is her professional profile. And just when I thought liteskin’ded people were headed for a comeback to the forefront of Blackness. It looks like seven more years of Flava Flav.
The mayor still has a strong base of support in one of America’s most impoverished and downtrodden cities. KWAME KILPATRICK is obviously a charasmatic individual and at the end of the day he will be aiiight.
How many other mayors can take fashion advice from CHARLES OAKLEY?
pic jacked from Long Live The Message