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dP’s Classic Addiction…

Sunday, March 31st, 2013

I’m so booted right now I can’t even talk kicks. All I want to do is rock my Timbs from here to forever. No hype, no fancy marketing, no bullshit. Just classic dopeness that stands the test of trends and time.

I scrambled to this old mom and pop shoe spot off Nassau Street when I saw they had the 7-eye moc chukkas in their window. I should have asked if they had them in my size but I hate to jinx my shoes when I don’t have my paperwork in order.

Thanks to Combat Jack he paid up an invoice I gave him for his Complex TV project. With a few extra bucks I went right after these boots. I didn’t pay my phone bill. I didn’t pay my light bill. I’m a man with his priorities dead set on his addictions.

I have a link at Timberland, but even my connect can’t scare up a pair of these handsewn 59093s. I needed this backup pair internets. I needed them like you wouldn’t understand if you don’t own a pair of these boots.

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Godd Bootgoddess…

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Chocoalte Snowflake surpised me and bought these boots to rock alongside the Godd Bootgod.

Hey, if I can’t influence my lady then who amongst you would fux with me?

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Outfit Architecture…

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Chocolate Snowflake is dipping off on me this weekend for a trip upstate to our post-Armageddon hideout. Up in the mountains springtime is straining to popoff under the still unthawed snow. Spring will come tho’ this much is true. And if I was up in those woods hiking with C.S. I would put my Lifestyle together something like this…

Winter/Spring suedes are some of my favorite Lifestyle I.T.’s because this is when you really get to enjoy the sublime materials Ralph Lauren uses to craft his pieces.

Fireman’s jacket with lobster clasps, quail hunting vest, wool shooting shirt with elbow patches and lambskin suede button down. Only my peoples Timeless Truth or Meyhem Lauren and the Outdoorsmen would recognize each of these I.T.’s as Lifestyle.

The lambskin suede shirt was a comeup in Marchall’s for $99.

When you turn your R.L. pieces inside out is when you really get to enjoy the craftsmanship applied to these garments. This is the reason that Ralph Lauren has its reputation. Not for the big logos or graphic designs, but because these pieces are built to last.

If I was going to the mountain I would have brought these World Hiker mountaineering boots. My ace at Timberland informed me that these boots will be making a return later this year for the 40th anniversary of Timberland. This is great so I can keep a pair on ice as the ultimate deadstock.

Since I’m staying in the city I’ll be rocking the City boot.

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Kicking Truth To The Youth…

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

I had the opportunity to talk to some young people in high school studying journalism. They wanted to question me about sneaker culture and why kicks were so sought after now. I dropped science on they asses too. Shit got deep as I explained to them that their value as Black males to the marketing machines was incredible.

Of course the discussion revolved around Air Jordan sneakers. What else does a 16yr old have to establish his status? My job was to hopefully teach them that they can have whatever status they want, but they can also forge their own trails. Buy what you like, wear what you like.

But y’all don’t her me tho’.