School is coming, don't get some lame looking Jansport backpack. Support the sports and atheletes you love by picking up one of these Nike SB Backpacks. Not only does it look great, but it'll hold your deck and it's a high quality, durable fabric. This is the perfect back to school backpack. Available now for $89.99
Boosted is the fashion and style segment of the popular cell phone provider, Boost Mobile. These phones come with an adapter to fit your iPhone, and another to fit most cell phones with the small 1.4" jack. Add that functionality to the classic look of these Stiloso Headphones and you have what I think is the best looking headphone on the market today. Available now for $48.
Lets face it, there aren't that many good surf shops online. The ones that are tend to also be massive retail outlets, which is good because it means your going to get reliable service and a broad selection. To make is easier for everyone to find what they are looking for I've decided to compile a list of the surf shops I check online regularly, and give a little review of each with my personal experiences.
So there you have it. A brief roundup of 6 of the biggest surf shops on the Internet. I know I didn't include them all, because there are hundreds- I just wanted to get my experience with these guys out there!
If you have an experience with any of these surf shops, or others please leave a comment here and share your thoughts! Hopefully this will become a hub for shops across the nation.
I remember about 4 years ago when I heard about Skullcandy Headphones how different they were from all the other headphones on the market. I think I was a senior in High School and was still figuring out was I was going to do with myself. Back then, even though it was still really recent, not a lot of companies were producing really unique products for the action sports world. It was a time where everyone was rocking a big white Sony label instead of the unique graphics on Skullcandy Headphones. Even though I may not be a biggest Skullcandy fan in the world, I can respect a company that took the time to broke the mold. Which is why I'm recommending everyone check out the new colorway on the Hesh.
Here are my 5 steps to being a trend setter:
If you went to a rail jam this winter, chances are the DJ played the M.I.A. Paper Planes Remix. That track was everywhere. Who was in on that it? This girl Rye-Rye, she is a steezball. If you want to know what the definition of personal style is- then I recommend you do a background check on her.
Anyway, if your In the NYC Area Thursday May 22nd now's your chance to Get Familiar with her courtesy of Name Ribbon Clothing and and XLR8R Magazine. Name Ribbon is throwing a big launch party for the drop of their new music label, and have offered a personal invite to myself, as well as my NYC readers. There's an open bar from 10-11PM so if you're in NYC and you don't go, you're a moron.
Here's the Invitation if your interested.
And here's the links to checkout the gear that Name Ribbon puts out.
The best lightweight headphone currently made. They are rugged and fit great under goggles if your a skier/boarder. Love or hate skullcandy, everyone in action sports should own these headphones.
For many of us the Asus Eeepc is the only affordable option in the UMPC market. With a solid state hard drive and compact 7 inch layout, its just as good as most of the $1000 UMPC's out there. Comes with linux installed, but you can put windows on it if you want.
The Sirius Conductor is the best solution for in home satellite audio. What the Sirius Conductor does is interface with your in home stereo, and give you all the programing info right on the remote. This means you wont have to get up to see what the name of that song is, or squint and still get the song name wrong.
Sony All In One Computers are flat out the sleekest PC's on the market. The entire Sony Vaio Lineup has design that is at least equal to the beautifully designed Mac machines that are so highly regarded in the fashion community. I encourage everyone to check out what Sony has to offer, pictured here is the Sony Vaio All In One which is comparable to the iMac in class.
Get these WeSC Headphones for your jogging cd player. They need them. They need them really, really bad. Just kidding these headphones would blow for jogging, but they are sick DJ headphones. So you could probably buy them for that.
One of my biggest goals with this blog, is to expose companies to the public in ways not usually done. Especially small companies that are still growing and often aren't given the voice of larger companies. With so many of the little guys around I think its important to differentiate between them.
In conjunction with this I recently had the opportunity to interview Annie Le, the CEO and Creative Director of RedLotus Clothing. Your can visit the RedLotus Web Site here, and I encourage you to read the following interview to get some insight into them as a company!
What is the meaning behind the name Red Lotus?
Well when I was in the planning stages of the company it
was really important to me to have a name that has a significant meaning, not only to me but ideals that I would encompass what I wanted the line to stand for…really difficult right? The Red Lotus is the Buddhist flower of the heart; it stands for love, passion, compassion, loyalty and purity. I chose this because it I felt that those are the things that I felt for the clothing line and those are the things that I feel are important in my life overall.
It's clear that one of your main objectives is to offer fashion conscious, as well as environmentally conscious clothing. What is the biggest challenge with meshing the two?
It’s actually a lot more difficult than you would think. Because the organic
(eco-friendly movement) is still new in fashion it’s difficult to make clothes are don’t look organic or earthy but fashion conscious. The challenge was to be able to break out of that mold and make the organic clothing fashionable meaning cuts, color and feel. Feel was probably the most difficult…it was really my biggest concern to make organic clothing that looks like all the other pieces in the line.
What is your personal favorite item in your lineup? Why?
Oh that’s a difficult question…I have a lot of favorites or really I’m so close
to the line all the pieces are like my babies…ha ha. But if pressed I would say that the Lotus Flower Sheer Crew is my favorite women’s shirt, the Lotus Flower Logo Hoodie is my favorite women’s Hoodie, the Dreamcatcher Ribbed Crew is my favorite Men’s Shirt and the Flash Hoodie is my favorite Men’s Hoodie. I love the designs…I think they really stand out and are in consistent rotation in my wardrobe.
When the people behind Red Lotus aren't making cool tees and hoodies what are you guys doing?
Oh I think the thing we love doing the most is relaxing…I personally like to just hang out with my friends have a good glass of wine and talk. Doesn’t really matter where we are at…I think we all have fun whenever we are together and be ourselves.
Red Lotus has been around for a little less than a year, how have things changed since day one for you?
For me things have changed a lot…instead of thinking what can we do it’s more like ok what are we going to do next. Other ideas come into the mix as more and more people learn about the brand. Between the collections, we work hard to bring the clothes directly to the people through events and promotions which is one of the fun parts of being in this
business. Which is why we have the events section because I want everyone to know where we are going, come out, meet us and possibly get some free clothes…wink wink? The first day all that I was thinking about was ok what am I going to design and how will I produce it then it moved into how are we going to let everyone know that a new brand is out there then focus on the customer to process order promptly and with the best service possible and then we start the process all over again.
Has it been a struggle convincing buyers that organic is the way to go in the clothing industry?
It is hard because it’s a new concept…up till now most conventional store haven’t’ really focused a lot on organic products. But I think as buyers find that this is something their customers will want in their stores it will get easier. But at the same time, some buyers can’t tell that the clothes are organic until we tell them then it’s a shock ha ha…I love that part.
What plans do you have to expand your product lineup for this year? Anything big we should look out for?
Expanding the line is always something in the back of my mind and I
would ideally like to bring in at least one or two new products to the line with each collection. I want this line to evolve into a complete street wear line so I have plans to move into more outerwear, swimwear, underwear, pants, dresses…you name it I want to eventually have it in the line. Jeans will probably be the final frontier for me but when I get there I’ll feel like the line is complete. The company and line is a work in progress and you never know what we will come up with next.
Many of my readers are overseas, any plans for international shipping?
I definitely have plans to ship internationally. It’s basically a logistics things at this point…just getting all the pieces together to make it all happen. So far my international shipping are friends from other countries so visit, end up buying clothes for their friends to take it home. But I doubt that will work on the global scale. But yes definitely in the near future I want to be able to ship internationally.
Thank you for your time, anything you would like to add?
Thanks for the interview…I want to add that this is something that I have wanted to do since I was little I’m just happy to be able to do something that I love and it’s always my goal that the people who were RedLotus love it as much as I have loved creating it for them.
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As you can see, RedLotus is a chill group of friends that are trying , and succeeding, in the clothing industry. Buying organic fabrics is important, more important than I think anyone truly realizes right now, and its growing companies like RedLotus that are necessary in the market to get organics to be taken seriously eventually by larger corporations. Its a long process, but you got to save the world one step at a time. Help RedLotus save the world and buy their clothes!
So I'm sure you've all heard of a little company called Threadless, a web site that started as a design competition and has grown into a monster of the design world. Many people think Threadless is the only game in town, If you think this you are surely mistaken. There are many others out there, but none in my opinion has the growing power of Scribtee!
Scribtee, much like Threadless, takes user submitted designs and prints them on t-shirts. I recently had the opportunity to Interview Robert Goldbach, part of the marketing crew for Scribtee. Robert Emailed me to make me aware of some new submissions and when I checked them out I couldn't resist the opportunity to learn more about the company, and I'm sure my readers feel the same!
Here We Go:
Have you found a change in contribution quality/quantity recently? What Do you attribute this to:
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As you can see, Scribtee isn't just a copy of something that has been done before. They are better! And even though they are relatively new on the scene, their backbone has been around for a while and these guys are just gonna keep growing. Plus they are from Europe, the same place that designs every other thing in the world worth a damn.
Support the new designs by picking them up at the Scribtee Store and voting on your new favorites!
Tags: Interview, Cool Shirts, Street Style
The Wi-Fi Sony mylo personal communicator gives you what need to stay connected. It conveniently uses wireless LAN technology so there are no monthly bills or long-term contracts. Call your friends on Skype for free or IM them on AIM, Google Talk , or Yahoo! Messenger using the back-lit slide-out keyboard and enjoy unparalleled communication in the palm of your hands. You can also browse the Web, take photos and share them on the 3.5-inch LCD touch screen. All this on a device small enough to take virtually anywhere. Sony mylo , the fun of a PC in your pocket. Now come on Sony, Just put a radio receiver in there. Available now for $300.
And some more good news: February’s Discount Code is active! It’s LOVE08, good for $10 off any order over $99, and active through 3/1/08.
One of the main jobs as a blog owner is to identify keywords. Keywords that connect people with content they are seeking. While I know the content on this site is top notch, I often struggle to put words to what I find. I'm aware that the technical term of the clothing I research and review is "Streetwear", but thats not how the people define it. To me this has come as a big surprise and has lead me to the question, What is streetwear?
Is it Hip Hop Clothing? Is it Punk Clothing? Is it pop culture inspired?
The answer is that the category of streetwear has grown to cover all of these. Judging by the number of orders placed as Karmaloop in a day, and the Number of searches placed for Hip Hop Clothing, Punk Clothing, Urban Clothing, and other similar terms- The people have defined streetwear simply as EVERYTHING.
Streetwear is Hip Hop Clothing.
Streetwear is Punk Clothing.
Streetwear is Pop Culture Clothing.
Streetwear is Urban Clothing.
Peace.
Yes, this is a product blog. Which is why I'm choosing to blog about Identity Protection from LifeLock. Everyday I write articles about products available online, and everyday people use their credit cards to buy these products. While all of the sites I refer to directly from here are secure, It is still possible for your credit card information to be stolen using other services. Through this hackers can get your social security number,which allows them to easily open credit cards in your name. LifeLock offers you $1million in protection, at the cost of just $10 a month. The best way to look at it is...Why not?
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Ultra-efficient LCD computer monitors are 25% more efficient than the ENERGY STAR standard. Ultra-efficient monitors can save up to $290 in utility bills and reduce up to 1,000 lbs of CO2 emissions over the life of the monitor. The monitor itself only costs $240...that means if you buy this over the course if its life you'll spend $50 less than you would have if you keep using the inefficient monitor you are right now.
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Toshiba makes quality products at a reasonable price. To most of us heavily interested in the streetwear and sports industries our first priority is not to have the fastest computer on the block. We do however want something that is stylish, reliable, and fast enough to do the Web 2.0 stuff on the internet we want to do. The Satellite T7100 Laptop with Intel Core 2 Due Processor is that laptop. Marble finished exterior, with all the goodies we need on the inside.
With the imminent death of HD-DVD, every family in America needs to start thinking about getting a Blu-Ray player. Sure they are more expensive, but its what won the war...and it is a cost that everyone will have to absorb to remain current in the technology world. My personal recommendation is to buy a 40GB Playstation 3, they are available for practically the same price as any Blu-Ray player and offer capabilities far beyond what a simple player could do. USB ports, WI-FI, Storage Capabilities, Browsing capabilities, and of course- The Most Advanced Gaming in the world.
Pick one up at Tiger-Direct for $429.99 with Spiderman Three
