Saturday, June 23, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Those damn kids and their $3000 back packs....
The New York Times recently produced a short film about the wealthy teenagers in the LA area and their shopping habits.....Can any of the Cali. employees relate to these kids?
Check the video, its short, and a sobering assessment of the state of moral dissrepair in the L.A. highschool fashion game.
http://nytimesshorts.feedroom.com/?fr_chl=5ffba501e74c858c758a3b94dfc38a4d706d9777
Check the video, its short, and a sobering assessment of the state of moral dissrepair in the L.A. highschool fashion game.
http://nytimesshorts.feedroom.com/?fr_chl=5ffba501e74c858c758a3b94dfc38a4d706d9777
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Corsten rocks Commanders...and Fur
S0 I got 25 minutes to get from Drums Unlimited in College Park, Maryland to Dupont Circle and I have a gay pride day parade to deal with to boot. As I come hammering down sixteenth street at about 70, my wife yells "Speed Camera!" (the limit is 25) then flash flash flash...another $50 bucks offered to the beuracatic peons of the DC gov't. But I don't really care...I got one of the hottest DJs on the planet spinning at Comanders and he needs his mixer. I had a car full of all kinds of machines with knobs and switches but I needed that goddam mixer and the only place was DJ Hut in Dupont Circle (Dupont Circle is ground zero for the Gay prid parade). As we pulled up on P street to the spot, the car was surrounded by a mix of characters that was a sexy-homo-hybrid of marti gras vs. la cage aux faux vs. a capital hill page convention, as 'the family' had come from all over the country to march for Pride. The mood was positive and the boys were pimpin it right. I tear up stairs...pause to add to the already Krink and sticker covered walls (thanks to Izzy's gift of a monster purple Krink Marker), rush inside and get that mixer.
When I arrived in Georgetown, the staff at commander was already hitting on all cylinders. Amanda, Ty, Amir and company had the store looking great and the AC was now working which was a good thing. Dave of M street had just landed from Boston and was hauling ass from IAD to Georgetown to make sense of the NASA grade electronics that had to be hooked together using miles of cables...and boom, just like that, all was ready.
The event was to be a trunk show for iKY clothing, a local brand with national cred for edgy designs and amazing fit. Scion was on hand too, the whip looked right and had a killer soundsystem that you could hear inside the store as the two Mikes from Scion had it cranked to 11. A lot of people stopped to peep that car. I must say the ride looked right, and had a great openess inside that made you feel like you were not in a car at all.
The crowds started forming around 7pm as Kreamdip spun and huge 808 thumps that rattled the glass. The 'Ferry Corsten' iKY shirts were hung from the wall behind the booth and people were grabbing them fast and steady. By the time Ferry showed up, the spot had a nice lather going, and when he started to spin, the place lit up. Throngs of people gathered outside trying to squeeze through the door. A tourist family from...one of the flyover states... looked on with a mix of awe of the big city and frustration that this never happens at the Dairy Queen on Main street in thier town. The session ended, people took pictures with Ferry (including a ultra-cute young lady named Crystal who flew up from Miami just to catch the in-store so she could meet him) everyone who wanted to, got to tell Ferry they loved him and...boom he was off to FUR nightclub in NE to spin all night. When we got to FUR the place was packed. It took us 20 minutes of futile effort to push through the club to get to the VIP section.
Allen, Ferry's manager, had us up in Ferry's private suite with big bottles of champange overlookig the horde of rolling Ferry fans. When Ferry and company left to spin; my wife, Anna of iKY, my best friend and I, had the spot to ourselves. Just us...about 10g in champange and amazing beats bouncing off all the walls of the small private room with a view of the madness. I could see Dave down in the masses, bouncing up and down lost in the moment, others from our lists were there too, having a blast. The set was nothing short of amazing; the beats were huge and he would hold back just enough to make you crazy when he would drop in with some mad shit... When I was pulling into my driveway the birds were chirping...which is never a good thing when you have young children. I want to thank iKY, Scion and the staff of Commander Salamander for making it a great time for everyone.---- LU23 ((((PICS TO BE POSTED MONDAY))))
When I arrived in Georgetown, the staff at commander was already hitting on all cylinders. Amanda, Ty, Amir and company had the store looking great and the AC was now working which was a good thing. Dave of M street had just landed from Boston and was hauling ass from IAD to Georgetown to make sense of the NASA grade electronics that had to be hooked together using miles of cables...and boom, just like that, all was ready.
The event was to be a trunk show for iKY clothing, a local brand with national cred for edgy designs and amazing fit. Scion was on hand too, the whip looked right and had a killer soundsystem that you could hear inside the store as the two Mikes from Scion had it cranked to 11. A lot of people stopped to peep that car. I must say the ride looked right, and had a great openess inside that made you feel like you were not in a car at all.
The crowds started forming around 7pm as Kreamdip spun and huge 808 thumps that rattled the glass. The 'Ferry Corsten' iKY shirts were hung from the wall behind the booth and people were grabbing them fast and steady. By the time Ferry showed up, the spot had a nice lather going, and when he started to spin, the place lit up. Throngs of people gathered outside trying to squeeze through the door. A tourist family from...one of the flyover states... looked on with a mix of awe of the big city and frustration that this never happens at the Dairy Queen on Main street in thier town. The session ended, people took pictures with Ferry (including a ultra-cute young lady named Crystal who flew up from Miami just to catch the in-store so she could meet him) everyone who wanted to, got to tell Ferry they loved him and...boom he was off to FUR nightclub in NE to spin all night. When we got to FUR the place was packed. It took us 20 minutes of futile effort to push through the club to get to the VIP section.
Allen, Ferry's manager, had us up in Ferry's private suite with big bottles of champange overlookig the horde of rolling Ferry fans. When Ferry and company left to spin; my wife, Anna of iKY, my best friend and I, had the spot to ourselves. Just us...about 10g in champange and amazing beats bouncing off all the walls of the small private room with a view of the madness. I could see Dave down in the masses, bouncing up and down lost in the moment, others from our lists were there too, having a blast. The set was nothing short of amazing; the beats were huge and he would hold back just enough to make you crazy when he would drop in with some mad shit... When I was pulling into my driveway the birds were chirping...which is never a good thing when you have young children. I want to thank iKY, Scion and the staff of Commander Salamander for making it a great time for everyone.---- LU23 ((((PICS TO BE POSTED MONDAY))))
Saturday, June 9, 2007
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Longbeach Flavor....
Arlanda of Lakewood says:
"Courtney Banner came to work GROWN AND SEXY. With the Love and love dress and a pair of heels. WHOA tell the ladies in the company to step it up because Courtney is over here killin it."
BTW- look for Arlanda and Company's "I am" campaign posters to be posted soon. They are 8 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Large and backlit is only way to show true props for this shoot. (see post below for details... ) LU23
LA Mugs for Tim
Got some good close ups of the gang from LA, Threw them together for the employee only site and liked it. LU23
Waldorf's impeccable style!
What's really! I'm rocking the Major x LRG collabo T (props to Underdog down @ Major), some H&M shorts, and the Vanilla Ice Blazers. A simple outfit for a simple Wednsday...... More pics from the flyest staff out there coming soon!
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
What are you wearing today??
Here's the deal....
I want to see what you, the beautiful readers of the blog are wearing on the day to day....to work, to the club, to 7-11, doesn't matter.
What brands are you wearing together?? Do you wear your Levis straight and with a big cuff or falling off you ass and stacking around your SB's?? Show everybody! The best thing about this new-fangled internet is that anybody can be famous, and everybody likes looking at their picture online....anybody can be a trendsetter. Show me what you're working with. . .
Send pictures (of reasonable file size, please!) to Bill@upagainstthewall.com along with a short wrap up of what you're wearing. I'll get them posted as fast as I can. Pictures can be artistic and creative, but have to show your outfit!
Holler Back
-B
I want to see what you, the beautiful readers of the blog are wearing on the day to day....to work, to the club, to 7-11, doesn't matter.
What brands are you wearing together?? Do you wear your Levis straight and with a big cuff or falling off you ass and stacking around your SB's?? Show everybody! The best thing about this new-fangled internet is that anybody can be famous, and everybody likes looking at their picture online....anybody can be a trendsetter. Show me what you're working with. . .
Send pictures (of reasonable file size, please!) to Bill@upagainstthewall.com along with a short wrap up of what you're wearing. I'll get them posted as fast as I can. Pictures can be artistic and creative, but have to show your outfit!
Holler Back
-B
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Gretchen Ludwig waxes poetic about fitting rooms. . .
You think dressing rooms aren't important?? Check this out. Murketing.com is a great resource for those intruiged by the finer points of retail/marketing/consumer culture.....I'll be sure to pick out some more nuggets of truth from here for future posts...
Source: Murketing.com
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