I met Marc a while ago back when the Ecko Headquarters was in South River, NJ. My mom used to live there as well. I recently met with Marc and times have dun changed. He has the sickest office I have seen in my life. What looks like a basketball court behind us is ACTUALLY a fucking basketball court in his office. Along with a gourmet industrial sized kitchen and his own private receptionist and waiting room. There was a spiral staircase and a second floor that probably led to some opium den where you can smoke out of Rhinoceros horns or something. Mind you, this is just HIS office, in a huge building that houses the various forms M.E. can take (i.e., Complex Mag, Zoo York, Avirex, G-Unit, Cut+Sew, Unltd, Ecko Red, etc. etc.) Dude is 35 and has every right to be a dick. But he’s not. I found him reserved, intelligent, quick with his thoughts, properly opinionated and wise beyond his years. An educated man that you can tell cut his teeth from the streets and the hustle. You can say what you want about his brand and his clothing, but you cannot deny props to the man behind it all. Jersey is in the house.
Hi Jeff,
I’m a long time reader of your blog and s big fan of your brand. Got a quick question for you. I remember you were talking about an iphone case a while back. Could you tell me what brand it is please? If you get the time, maybe you can drop me a link of their website where I can get hold of one. My email is j8liu@yahoo.com
Thanks very much. Keep up the good work.
Peace,
JF
http://www.incase.com/
M.E. is a dick. He’s marking up Barry Bonds’ record-setting HR ball before he hands it over to the HOF. The dude needs to spend his time and money more wisely. His sports opinion doesn’t mean shit to the vast majority of Americans, and it certainly doesn’t mean shit in the baseball world.
I dig Complex and some of his clothing lines, but he should stick to what he knows; stay the fuck out of baseball!
“His sports opinion doesn’t mean shit to the vast majority of Americans”
…except that “his sports opinion” is actually the majority-vote-winning choice selected by, well, a majority of Americans (that cared about what happens to Barry Bonds’ ball [||]).
You lose, see you around the internets.
P.S. Jeff, I picked up the 1975 denims yesterday and have been wearing them since. Good looking out.
“The dude needs to spend his time and money more wisely”
Ha! Apparently he does that pretty well! He is a good dude…I used to tailor suits for him when I worked at Paul Smith. He is very down to earth, which is a rarity for someone who has accomplished so much.
Who do you think actually voted on Ecko’s poll? Do you honestly think it was true baseball fans? Or, a bunch of racist rednecks that want Bonds’ baseball CV to be tainted?
Obviously, Bonds (along with countless others) were using performance-enhancing drugs. But, guess what?! That shit wasn’t banned at the time, so it can hardly be labeled as cheating!
People in the know, realize the poll was just a stupid publicity stunt. Ecko knows fashion and charity work; he doesn’t know baseball.
PROPS for the comment above (anonymous, 11/12/07 2:01 pm) That’s real talk and I agree 100%.
I like M.E. brands and some of the other things he does esp. when he did Design Direction at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, I think 5 or 6 years ago. Which I’m always remember.
As for Bond’s asterisk ball, I’m assuming M.E. wanted to put his name in history and legendary status like the YANKEES. (YANKEES SUCKS!) I just disagree with that obvious “stupid publicity stunt”.
I thought the Rhino was to move & look forward to the future and not going backward.
Sucess gives someones the right to be a dick?