After I survived Vancouver, I took the 55 minute propeller flight to Seattle for a visit and some quick meetings. As luck would have it, I arrived in Seattle right in the middle of one of the worse storms they have had in years. Roads were flooded, landslides everywhere, power outages…the works. I am definitely looking forward to heading back home after this trip.
A few new friends at an amazing seafood restaurant in downtown Seattle…Oceanaire. I recommend it if you’re in town. What do these guys do? They all work for the company that puts the soft in all things micro.
Also stopped by Goods while I was in town because I knew my man Alist was having a show there. I ended up getting these shoes from Gourmet. Everything in this shoe screams hip-hop. Why? Just look at it. Its a remixed sample of a classic with a new twist for modern times. Its taking something that was great…no doubt. But its making it relevant for today. I dare say; in a way that even the original designers could not fathom. THAT’S hip-hop in a nut shell people. They could use a little help in the branding department, but then again, so could the early hip hop albums. It’s part of the charm.
albert? is that you?!
hey jeff..i would like to get in touch with you, i can see your very busy man..but if i can have a few words that’d be great.
if you can drop me a email:
whywrite@gmail.com
freddyo, hows the ‘Couv treating you??
what brand shoes are those?
These are wack. Blatantly stealing a design is wack. When Fila did this with the Air Max BW design I thought it was wack. What Bathing Ape did to the AF 1 was wack. And what Gourmet does to the AJ XI and the VII is wack too. This is what we in Holland like to call: ‘creative poverty’ (literally translated from Dutch) Come up with your own original iconic shoes instead of ripping somebody else’s.
…I mean is this even legal?