Our homey Meyhem Lauren is featured in a pictorial of Lo-Lifes published in the current issue of Vice Magazine.
Here’s the linked version. Now go copp the inked version.
Our homey Meyhem Lauren is featured in a pictorial of Lo-Lifes published in the current issue of Vice Magazine.
Here’s the linked version. Now go copp the inked version.
im sorry, no hate and no shots, but everything homeboy got on looks CHEAP. (the snow shit) nothin like the stadiums, wings, dont even go to the crowns. even the cotton feel like it’s skimpy from the mill. nothin like the rugbys, the cords, all that shit felt and lookd like quality. fresh ski active bubbles, all that. i just cant mess wit a lot of this stuff just for the name sake.
LLs forever, DENSKE, RIP BBILL always got u in my heart, my nigga…
co-sign bboy– somebody has to say it. i’m not even fashionable like that but if you just a ride brand, is that really “style”? why not go all Chaps– and Pony for kicks– then? Charley Pride FTW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss0sQzcx_eE
true: i played some of my best ever handball in Pony, fuck a Nike, fuck a Reebok, fuck a Fila.
If you aren’t fashionable then you have no idea what is going on in these pics. No shots either.
Polo’s aspiration touches on a lot of points from the aspiration to look like a man of leisure who ckis, hikes, cycles, plays tennis, whatever, to the aspiration some folks have to look like someone who wouldn’t have gotten their shit pulled off their back in 1985
clarification: I myself choose to not be fashionable (rather spend limited money on other things) and yes I recognize the codes and it’s only by intervention of a kind homeless dude I didn’t get jacked while taking a piss at Port Authority in between peep shows January ’85.
that said i’m wary of valorizing such short-term aspirations: wearing Polo is cool, but not to distraction and not to getting in the way BEING (some version of your own) Lifshitz also?
of course, if i had gotten jacked on 8th Ave that day I wouldn’t have lost more than a few subway slugs and $5 of leftover Show World tokens so maybe I need to aim higher too?
DISSING THE SNOWBEACH LINE IS FOOLISH
@Denmark Vasectomy
For you to shit on dudes Snow Beach outfit you obviously don’t live this lifestyle, so why even comment!!???
Dude up top is straight killing that Snow Beach shit & not only for the simple fact that some of those pieces he has on are rare as hell to find today whether you purchase them over priced from somebody that still has those pieces or if you do a deal ( trade ) to get them but also because they’re still crispy as hell!!!
& he rocking that shit right too, not like no fucking slouch ass nigga. I met homie in the flick above at the LL BBQ a few weeks ago & he’s young too so that also makes it impressive that he has these pieces & knows what they are.
& @ BBoy Cult
How can you say these pieces look cheap when the P-Wing, Snow Beach & Stadium series all came out during the same era/same time period? These aren’t new pieces that just dropped within the last few years.
It’s the same quality from an era we’ll never get back.
2 LL’s UP
@Doubleelsforlife
it’s not foolish. its an opinion. be cool, homie…
@Supreme
ur right, the era will never come back, but i still think the tradition can get carried on and carried on correctly. LL wasnt wearin Lo shit if it wasnt crazy fresh. period. it was a lot of snow/winter gear that didnt make the cut.
back then, and this is to both of yall, we used to rock FRESH shit no matter what. when we wanted to kill em wit some fresh snow, shit, we rocked Marmot, Alpine, Spyder, Black Dot (snow boardin shit). even that Columbia shit at one point was murder. kevlar sleeves and hi tech fabric shells. that was that shit!
i think a lot of dudes forget that Lo-LIfes brought a LOT of shit to the forefront- Helly Hansen, DKNY (shield sweaters was crazy!) it wasnt just Lo. it was what was FLY.
Rick Lo used to have a crew of females. they used to gee strictly Versace n Moschino. Gucci on the rainy days.
Dave Lo used to pop braces on minks, my dude. u gone tell me thats not livin the lifestyle?
and just cause they from the same period dont automatically qualify a runner. Vanilla Ice dropped in the same period as Public Enemy. feel that?
AND i THINK (i been thinkin bout it all day) LLs introduced NorthFace to NY. i got to talk to a couple of people to square that away.
and i want to say to sun rockin the Snow Beach shit, i respect what he had to do to rock that, if it came back from a me-ah. respect due. and if its fresh to him, then fresh to def it, my dude. sun is definitely draped in it.
me, personally, i cant fuck wit it. theres better choices. Lo Lifes used to set the trends that a whole culture followed. thats the tradition i’m speakin on. feel me?
@ B Boy Cult
I think you got my comments to you & that Denmark Vasectomy cat mixed up.
I only asked YOU how does the material look cheap when the Snow Beach & Cold Wave lines came out around the same time & era as the P-wing & Stadium pieces that you were bigging up so it’s pretty much the same materials, not like that new bullshit that’s out now.
If you go back & read what I posted I was referring to that other cat when I said he obviously don’t live this lifestyle, not you.
Nigga you WAS THERE!!!!! Nobody can take that from you.
A lot of people get on these websites & leave negative comments & say little slick shit & fly shit about Polo dead & Polo wack now & Polo this & Polo that & they don’t even participate in the movement, they’re not even affiliated. See what I’m saying? Muhfuckas that have no clue what shit is about wanna chime in with they little 2 cents about how shit is wack or how shit is dead & it’s like if you don’t fuck with it then keep it moving & shut the fuck up.
Niggas who know, know bruh. We all know niggas names & got stories to tell & know different techniques ( Up The Back, I see you Rudy Lo ) & since you wanna throw name brands out there don’t forget LL’s was rocking that Fila & Guess shit too!!! LOL!!!! You’re right, it was about whatever was fly at first.
But the ” lifestyle ” shit I said was directed at Denmark Vasectomy, not you fam.
2 LL’s UP
@Supreme
pardon self, it does seem i got that a lil misconstrued. no shots, tho. all convo.
and u right, a lot of dudes chime in on it like they qualified. a lot of these so called Lifers never even geed NOTHIN. just participants. i mean, when shit grows, this is the route it usually takes. i aint mad at that either. gives a chance for those that was there to take it and make somethin out of it. somethin they aint gotta catch cases for and be around for they babies. it cant stay in the street forever. but the tradition can always b taken to new heights, n then beyond that. n LLs was FRESH, always the new shit, always the hot shit. n thats whats missin. the STYLE, sun. niggas rockd they own STYLE. i used to murder dudes in fresh tailor made shit. one of kind shit. still do. fashion industry should be filled wit LL dudes. strait up. gettin big green avocado, feel me?
p.s. i didnt mess wit the teddy bears either. i guess Double Ls gone have a fit! i couldnt see me tellin a chick to give me some money wit a warm fuzzy teddy bear on my chest. it just wasnt cold enuff for me, man. but u will catch me in that Lo raw linen button down, with the 15 stitches per inch, vented, with the sleeves tailored. i look like business in that, jack. i go from the strip club to the golf club in that. thats just me tho…
i really wish Bill coulda been here to see how this shit has grown. i miss my dude…
2 LLs up…