Imitation is the best form of flattery

I have no idea what's going on at the Diamond Supply Co. offices, how long this design has been in the works, could be years old. I'm also not mentioning that Pac Div has had these shirts AND been wearing them all over Los Angeles since we got them ourselves.

Ours came to fruition in late 2008/early 2009. And in no way should this be taken as a "shot" at Diamond. I'm just saying. In the words of my friends at MBCXXX, maybe we're "not just your local t-shirt brand".

alan's revenge

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It's NOT Magic

So I just got back from MAGIC in Las Vegas. For those of you who don't know what MAGIC is, it's one of the premier fashion tradeshows occurring in the US annually with the purpose of connecting buyers, sellers, manufacturers, wholesalers, importers, exporters and the like. I discovered MAGIC a few years ago and attended previously and like most, was pretty impressed. However, after putting a few more notches in my belt in regards to the "fashion industry" my opinion has changed quite a bit.

Let me start by saying that I am in noway trying to put off the idea that attending MAGIC is in no way useful. I did pick up a few things and accomplish a few things while I was out there, so I won't completely write off MAGIC. However, I can say with 1000% certainty that there is entirely too much unnecessary nonsense going on at MAGIC. I won't go into a rant about brand integrity and what not, like most of my posts, thats for another day.

What I will do though, is leave you with a brief sneak preview into bsbcbu f/w 2010. one of the things I got to see at MAGIC.

unplugged.

i can't possibly stress enough how stressed not being able to blog here daily bothers me.

for a while, i would just post whatever on here. i mean, the brand is a representation of myself and the rest of the group, so it would make sense... but the more i thought about it, i didn't want the daily musings of my everyday life to clutter the blog for what it's supposed to be. informational.

this is why i don't re-post everything that pops up on hypebeast, nicekicks, hiphopdx, etc. you can go to those guys for that content or one of the million other look-a-like sites. i aspire for original content.

i do keep a personal blog, as does another member of our group, so if you're looking for daily thoughts or pictures or both, you should visit those. (links at bottom)

i just want to give you guys something you can look forward to and right now, things are regretfully moving slowly. when you do the designing, but someone else does the sewing, things can get hectic.

but i do promise, we're working, working hard. because for every design you'll ever see, there's another 50 that don't leave the hard drive.

just stay tuned. i promise we won't let you down.

as always...

be safe. be cool. be you.




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