November 08 Archive

Sometimes you go to San Diego in search of good luggage trims and a home cooked meal. But, othertimes you end up watching documentaries on politically rebellious writers, going to beauty supply warehouses in El Cajon while experiencing delusional tryptophan blackouts.

Getting gas is fun again.

Some model named Miles I ran into.. He was kind enough to pose for a few shots.

This is where the tryptophan kicked in.

Gonzo.

Snow plus shorts plus navajo jacket plus beer equals amazing.

Navajo take 2

Navajo take 3

Stamd' LA luggage collection coming 09 !

This is where the tryptophan really kicked in.

Celebrating Thanksgiving, Yari was able help me out with his Turkey Day tan line. He wears the Duffld'.

Ok, so yea it barely every rains in LA. The majority of the year we're blessed with summer, but when it does rain, like yesterday and today no body knows what to do. I left the office late last night finding myself at one of the busiest intersections in Hollywood with the green and? red lights both on (serious). Then this morning I get to the office and I find Tom running around with an umbrella on his head rocking oversized shades, this all happening inside, the only place where it's dry. I was lucky enough to pull off one shot and make it through the rest of the morning without any weird rain issues. I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow, we can't handle it.

A glimpse into the Muggd'.

We introduce the newest addition to the Stampd' LA family. Her name is Puppet, and this is where she grinds. Oh yea, and she's a fish.

She has the dopest office in our office.

She stacks paper, look close.

A weekend start to finish.

Diaries.

Stopped by the UNIF offices this afternoon for swatch related issues.. The dudes were masterminding their eye wear take over come Fall 2009.

Here, Eric coaches the team.

Decision issues?

Doan taking an intermission from his remote control helicopter flight school.

Ya, I don't know..

Brian dropped by the office later in the day, some how finding time in between giving Beyonce and Rihanna gear for the American Music awards this Sunday. He filled us in on his new 'Graffiti" collection..

One of Brian's key players in the Brian Lichtenberg operation..

Check these styles in Joyrich later next week..

Night fell and Rico (Afrobots) stopped in to share with us his new bike... This being the first prototype featuring a custom paint job, travel options, and a glow in the dark chain. Stay tuned for more as it's released but for now check out the first Fixed Gear BMX hybrid.. Pretty f'n dope.

Rico checks his itinerary, wait is Paris next week then London and Australia..? Be sure to stay up on Rico's doings for 09', with a new album dropping mid year, a single with a few of Hip Hop's finest? (who shall remain nameless) and a few calculated clothing collabs dropping simultaneously..

Introducing the Roomd'. Stay tuned for more details.

Going through five thousand pictures from a year long trip is no easy task. My good homie Temko just got back from jet-setting through 21 countries in a year. Be sure to check some of his photos through our new site... Here is a glimpse into his fleet of multi media devices along with some of the usual office antics.

Another glimpse into a few 35 mm shots Noa took of our home girl Chris for our soon to launch new site.

The design process for Spring, Summer, and Holiday 09? is takin its toll on our office, and us..

That's the Gardend' top middle right, yet to be released.

Sample madness

I thought I have vintage buying issues. But today Tom proved that I'm just an underdog to the game, after spending the equivalent of 60 In-N-Out #2's on everything from Navajo boots, to Budweiser t-shirts, to Milli Vanilli work out pants. Do the math.

All lined up

Long nights and early morning have been spent here..

Look out, we're creating one of these.

As I was taking a second from one of the longest weeks of my life, I opened the newest issue of Metro Pop to find a two pager on our good homies at LOVA.. Grab the mag and give it a read to learn up on one of the dopest up and coming men's contemporary lines on the market.

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Here the boys (Giuseppe, Dan, and Nik) count it down during the latest Stampd' LA shoot.

Stopped by the latest Nike Sportswear pop - up store on Vine yesterday, exhibiting out of the old Montalb?n theater since mid August. The eclectic location has a main stage where Sinatra once performed, which is now converted into Nike's dodge ball tournament and ping pong battle war zone. The balcony features an extensive NikeID studio fully equipped with three huge screens that you design from. Go peep it before it's too late: 1615 Vine St. Hollywood, CA 90028.

Working closely with a couple Japanese guys can be entertaining as an American. Especially when you set out on a field trip to unusual Los Angeles destinations like Best Buy, Target, and Home Depot. Inspiration is found in weird places.

Make sure to check the gallery section of our newly remastered website, which is set to launch Dec 15th. Here Noa and Chris help out with some of the content..

Sometimes you finish a couples sales meetings, have a big bag of shoes, a psyched sales rep, and play ground of amenities to choose from. Here, Jason has some fun..

One of the many beauties of Los Angeles is the amount of f'n 99 cent stores, there's about four 99 cent stores for every Starbucks in LA. Also, I don't know who is the mastermind behind their merchandising schematics but I'd like to take his class on how to organize Kern's cans, and Tampico bottles..

I stopped in to check on my sales and pr team today at their offices in Santa Monica. Jason's been traveling the world like an Asian pop star over the past few months, on a mission to take no prisoners, and sell Stampd' LA.? He finally touched back on southern Californian soil this morning, so we briefed on his trip, and strategized for future seasons..

Cyril, One of the myths behind CyanaTrendland

If you look close, you'll see it..

Jason is usually all smiles but today he was a little blase.. Every now and then we were able to get a little glimpse of what we're used to..

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The newest issue of Warp surfaced in our office today, profiling Tofer's art show opening in Venice last month..

Here our homie Bingo (far right) featured in the Tokyo Style Wars section, with a few of his more known friends, Kiri, Mademoiselle Yulia, and Poggy..

Also MackDaddy (currently distributing Stampd' LA in Japan) was looked into..

Like usual, various dope fashion spreads, welcome back the 90's..

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