Checked out this cool spot at orchard street called BBlessing.
http://www.bblessing.com/
BBlessing is decked out in a red interior full of nicely built custom furniture. The store has a mix of middle class new york and euro brands like surface to air, rag and bone, opening ceremony, raf simons etc.
bblessing also stock their in house label
Not too far from bblessing was reed space. One of the best streetwear boutiques in new york that is def. ahead of the game. Ran by street wears leading pioneer, jeff staple. Jeff staple really finds a way to stand out from the saturated market. Jeff is known for so many collabos like the pigeon dunks which caused a riot in new york, timberlands and more recently idiom and starter. Jeff also runs a graphic design firm. A taste maker that def. pushes the envelope in the market. His staple line recently started to focus more on their cut and sew line instead of their graphic tees. Youtube Jeff to check out his interviews; He will def. inspire you just like he inspired me
Reed space along side their annex store which is running a sale. I recommend you swing by if you are around.
reedspace stock many streetwear fav. like crooks, in4mation, the hundreds, stussy etc.
Reedspace is also a lifestyle store. They have books, bags, music for those who are looking for something fresh. Their interior is also genius
REED SPACE
On the walls of reedspace has information of all the brands they stock. Information like their origins, inspirations etc
Shout out to tim and oni for the hospitality. They gave me the latest issue of LTD magazine. LTD magazine is a streetwear bible. More like a guide to every boutique across the world
insdie LTD magazine. They feature pictures and information of boutiques all over
And interviews of tastemakers all over
LTD
I also stopped by the alife rivington store. Shout out to the alife crew for their service
I made a promise not buy any graphic tees anymore but i couldn't resist their recent collabo they did with bun-b for their alife sessions.
Next stop sugarheadquaters. Good folks, shout out to them, we were talking about the greatness of king stampede and how much ahead they are of the game
King stampede is easily becoming one of the best american streetwear brands. They are def. on their own lane unlike many brands. They used to be a vinyl shop years ago but after sales declined in their store, they transformed it to a lifestyle line. King stampede is inspired by music of the 70s, cults, sombrero galaxies and religion. Their brand is def. artist driven and is a big inspiration to my own brand. Their word play really and use of negative space really does it for me.
and that brings me to the next season of dobale. Recently i have been studying early christianity which was a cult back then. I have also been working on my own quotes and playing with different words and negative space. Alot of people that have seen the current season of the wonder chronicles like it but it scares some people away because of the religious influences
These are some ideas i have been developing for the shirts which will be out next year. I used the same method for this season which was a success.
I will be at some factories tomorrow, but i gotta go. Q-TIP has a listening party tonight. Check out his new single
http://www.youtube.com/wat
it feels good
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