This company from Massachusetts hit us up a little while ago, and due to the long weekend i’m just getting to it now. I looked over their website (http://www.penfieldusa.com) and i must say….meh…They have a large selection of items in their spring / summer line 2010, very simple mostly, but all in all, kind of boring. Let’s get a few things out of the way and then get to what i thought was pretty cool. Their selection of shirts is pretty much all button-ups, mostly one or two colored or plaid. They are nice i guess, we didn’t actually receive samples so i was not able to try them on or check the actual garments, but other than that there was nothing to them. They could have been from Old Navy or Brookes Brothers. Definitely nothing that strikes one writing a streetwear blog, especially at those price points (up to $83 for a checkered short sleeve button up ? why ?). Same with the pants:



Those are terrible. At least in for someone trying to rock some streetwear. These are middle – age dad pants, i do not need to pay 75 bucks for them…well you get the point. Their T-Shirts are mostly logo shirts, and way overpriced at 37 dollars. Fuggeddaboutit. Mostly plain work clothes, the theme of their site seems to be reminiscent of carhartt, not my thing.

But let’s highlight some of their items that seemed a bit unusual and thus interesting:

I like that they’re clean, simple, not your run of the mill designs, and they come in a variety of colorways. They are mostly light jackets or even a shirt (zip-up with hood), perfect for summer nights and elegant enough to highlight your nice pair of denim or fresh kicks. Would probably work perfectly unbuttoned, showcasing your latest t-shirt with that dope print you wanted to rock that night, but it was too chilly to just have that on and no jacket. I cannot speak for the quality of the stitching and the garment!!! This review is merely based off of their designs! Just want to put that out there…just sayin.

Either way, i never heard of this brand, and though it seems that it’s demographic might be a bit older, i do appreciate their willingness to add some interesting designs to their otherwise rather plain line. The higher price points on these items make sense to me, you pay for quality, but i just don’t see them work on plain shirts and logo tees. Either way, make sure to check out their website (http://www.penfieldusa.com), which is awesome by the way (super easy navigation and great usability in the store). Now it’d be nice if they actually sent us some of the above jackets…..

Street Stealth LA = Hitler’s Personal Army ?

Street Stealth LA clothing

I will keep this to the point and let historical facts speak for themselves. Anyone who has a smidgen of intelligence has heard of Hitler, the Third Reich and the infamous SS. Their logo is one of the most poignant  images ever created by man, and connotes unspeakable horrors and the genocide of millions.

Taken from wikipedia:

The  Schutzstaffel (help·info) (German for “Protection Squadron”), abbreviated SS—or  (Runic)—was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The SS grew from a small paramilitary unit to a powerful force that served as the Führer’s “Praetorian Guard,” the Nazi Party’s “Shield Squadron” and a force that, fielding almost a million men (both on the front lines and as political police), managed to exert as much political influence in the Third Reich as the Wehrmacht, Germany’s regular armed forces. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS, under Heinrich Himmler’s command, was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Nazis during World War II, and most of the particularly egregious ones. READ MORE

Here is a clear image of their “logo”:

Here are t-shirt “designs” by the clothing company Street Stealth LA:

As if the intended usage of one of the worst images you could think of is not enough, there is an added elements of drips, which just happen to be red and highly reminiscent of blood (on the white tee). Are they joking ? What kind of perverse and sick person would ever dare to put that on a shirt ? They claim they are almost sold out, so it is even worse that people are buying this. It is beyond disgusting and so hugely offensive, that i call upon all you people with a common sense to not only boycott this company but to send them a stern email on their more than serious “misstep”, granted it is one, and this is not some undercover white power movement. Take a stand and make it clear that we, the people, refuse to accept this sort of fascist propaganda on garments, whether or not it was intentional. This is not a joke!!! MILLIONS of people died at the hands of the SS! It is not any sort of statement besides a symbol of hate and thus completely inexcusable. We are all one people and we have to fight hard to keep tolerance and respect for all creeds, sexualities, religions etc. in our society in order to create a positive world. Do not let people and “companies” step on this vision and misuse images of horrors that actually took place a mere 65 years ago  for a FUCKING T-SHIRT!

Street Stealth Website: http://streetstealthla.com/?page_id=38

Street Stealth Contact: info@ streetstealthla.com

For all of you Retailer that think you can get away with ordering goods and not paying for them, well your time has come!!!!!! For all you brands you should hit up this site to find out if the shop pays or not. Its time to stand up and not take this any more.

Check it out www.retaildish.com

I was amazed when I walked around the corner at pool to see that Plamercash had their own booth. And it was placed right next to some of their big sellers ( Crooked Monkey and Ames Bro. ) This was Crazy are you trying to tell your vendors that you are cutting them out, and trying to take a part of their market. WOW to me that is just a big slap in the face. If I was one of their selling brands I would no longer sell to them. But i guess in a lot of ways I would not stress to much their booth was dead, and their t-shirts looked really bad. I am really over the whole funny T-shirt act your time has come taking of store space. Stick to the web site guys don’t try to be something your not.

The LRG Courvoisier Complex party at Reed space.

If you missed the party then you are a whole lot smarter then I was. It was your normal look how cool I am type of party. You know the kind, let all stand around and floss the cool gear that I paid way to much for. Not only that I dont think I even saw any LRG gear in the place.  I saw a ton crap ass Courvoisier boxes with glasses in them. I have to say I am down with Reed space but next time can you kick up the AC the shit was like 120º i was sweeting my ass off.  The best part of the night was the DJ it was nice to here some west coast tunes be rocked on the east. Much luv.  As for the party to much hype not enough show.

Ice Cream and Billionaire Boys Club Clothing

This is going to be a really short post!!!!!

Ice Cream and Billionaire Boys Club Clothing please stop ripping kids off your shit suck and you should die for making such crappy gear. So this is how I really feel. It’s people like you that make other kids feel like crap you make this idea that they need you stuff to be cool. 80.00 t-shirts really does the rest of the money go up your nose. I am going to put it out there BOYCOTT  Ice Cream and Billionaire Boys Club Clothing. Don’t fall into the trap and don’t give in to the bullshit hype!!!!!

I remember the days of t-shirts costing me no more the $15.00 and that was for the crazy name brand tee. When will this trend of the over $30.00 tee end. Really!!!! are we that dumb to pay that for a t-shirt. Do you not know that at the most the shirt cost them $6.00 to make. And $6.00 is for a really high end tee with a shit load of colors. I still think the best is the dumb ass kids that are paying the $80.00  for a Billionaire boys club tee. I mean really give it up it will not make you cool.

I really don’t have a lot to say about the united tradeshow in NY, and what I do have to say is not good.  It took be all of 3 mins to walk the whole show. For one it was so small for the other there was nothing much to get me to stop. The only some what good lines at this show was; RZST clothing, Green Apple Tree, Kill Shop Kill, and Mishka. Other then those line every things looked liked shit. I was really let down by the guys from Frank 151 who had nothing but hats, my advice stick to the magazine because your fashion sucks. I can really understand why this show was dead!!!!!! Lines sucked and the marketing was really bad. Who ever was in charge of this I think it’s time to let them go.  United you let me down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obey Brand Clothing

I Used to be a die hard fan of Obey clothing now I find my self checking out obey gear just to see how they are trying to capture the mainstream market. I don’t really need to go over the Histroy of Obey because if you are reading a streetwear blog you already know. But from the base of fashion to what Obey as become I must give them a big thumbs down for their shirt desgins. Come on really who still makes all over prints no one that has any fashion Ideas. Not only is it an all over print they are still trying to push the I am so cool because I am so RETRO tape look.

But on the other hand????? I do have to give obey a little credit(or do I) they are trying some what to become a clothing line, and not just a t-shirt line. This Port coat is a great start. But I think for now I am going to have to step off of the Obey bus, if need be go back to just the basic logo and in the mean time fire your designer.

Hype Shoe stores in New York City. Places with Throwback Nikes.

Prodigy NYC

17 ave B
new york, ny 10009
212.228.4737

Most of the time I don’t even take the time to walk in to shoe stores like this but I had a few seconds to kill before dinner. And After wasting my time by walking into Prodigy NYC I will never make that mistake again. First off the whole I am to cool to talk to you because I rock some throwback nikes is over. This by far was one of the worst shops I have ever been in. No one asked me for help as a matter of fact I don’t even think they gave shit I was in their store. This shop as nothing to offer to the shoe culture. If you must support nikes I say spend your money at some other shop like KCDC or Flight club. Prodigy NYC just needs to burn down.