BREY QUICK IN ICELAND; BLOG 1

February 5th, 2010

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…And so I arrived in Reykjavik, Iceland, January 4th, to Play pro basketball for a team called Haukar. This is my second time in Iceland playing pro basketball. Last year I was on team called Skallagrimur, it was rough haha. Im excited to be here again, though, and ready to play! Basketball is the equivalent to what Music is to me… I have been doing both forever! So dont think this is something new to me. I usually wear #13, but this year I have been given #6… I can rock with it… Dr. Jay wore it, and I was born in the 6th month…

I arrived in the middle of the season, just in time for a few more regular season games, and playoffs. Right now, with me on the team, we are 1-1. Things are good so far here, and to add to it.. I just got a great package from my friends here at vitaminTHICK.

Im going to answer some commonly asked questions about Iceland for you all, and give you a little insight on the country.

Iceland is about the same size as Ohio. Its not completely made of ice lol. The weather is cold, but not crazy freezing temperatures like you think. Its about 20-45 degrees right now. The place is beautiful, Many mountains, and hills, and plains, and of course Ocean. Iceland is an Island, if you didn’t know. They have KFC, Taco Bell, Ruby Tuesdays, Subway, Dominos, and a couple more spots. Its very Americanized, but still very different and cultured. They have their own type of food, but also the normal food we have in America. Overall, its a very cool place to visit, trust me.

Ill try to have more pics of the landscape, and everything for you next blog…

Keep it Skyed UP!

-BQ

And don’t forget to add me on Twitter! @Brey_Quick.

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CAPSULE / TRADE SHOW RECAP

February 2nd, 2010

Capsule has traditionally been held in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in this eccentric, old, cathedral-style building on Norfolk street.  The trade show is organized by New York’s creative agency BPMW, who puts on 4 (CAPSULE) shows annually in the U.S and in Paris. The show itself was conceived as a forum for contemporary, independent directional fashion and super premium street-wear labels to gather and show off their collections to the fashion world (but mostly to buyers at Saks 5th, Bloomies, Nordstroms, Barneys…etc.)

We’ve been a couple times now as attendees to walk the show, chop it up with designers and sneak some peaks at what the larger brands have been cooking up.

This year was much larger than in previous years and exhibitors had to be split between two locations; the original spot at 172 Norfolk St and a second location at 295 Lafayette St.  If you missed the Men’s show on the 18th and 19th of this past month, you’ll have to catch the catch the next showing in Vegas on the 16th and 17th of this month, or wait til next Fall.

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capsule_aeriaviewPictures by: Freshness

Keepin’ you up on things.

Til’ next time,
shedd

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THE PRICE OF SAMPLING

February 2nd, 2010

What can I say, everything they said about MOOD Designer Fabrics in NYC is true. Another sad truth is how ruthless NY Traffic Nannies are. No exaggeration, I was only minutes late on one of these bad boys.  I had managed to find this nice little tuckaway off of Lafayette to leave my car for a couple hours. I saw this lady in blue idling by my ever environmentally responsible 09′ Prius about two blocks away. Even as I called ahead to tell her that I was coming to move it she took that pink pad out and began to write my parking violation!

Chillier than usual in NY this time around, needless to say.

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Til’ next time,
shedd

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PUBLIC STOCK / “NORTH POLE COAL” HERRINGBONE CREWNECK

January 20th, 2010

Few heads know that Santa got Madoff’ed this past Spring. Due to subsequent wage cuts at Santa’s Workshop, the Naughty Or Nice department was outsourced to China. As a result, communications were especially poor this Holiday Season, and the VT crew awoke to find we had been placed on The Naughty List. His gift to us. Our gift to you. Lucky for you, coal has never looked so good.

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Raised print with a satin feel. Slim fit raglan construction. Available in limited quantity at the VT Online Store.

Til’ next time,
shedd

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HOLIDAY PARTY CIRCUIT CONTINUES

January 7th, 2010

The weeks leading up to New Years Eve are always flush with holiday debauchery; like a degenerate continuum of holiday partying, ugly sweaters, and in Elliott’s case - sleeveless ugly sweaters, slick backs, and turtle necks WHY DOESN’T ANYONE HAVE A PICTURE!? We had a great time up in BOS to kick off the first of the non-company related festivities hosted by PAPERFASHION.

Not gonna lie, at one point in the night, somebody spilt their drink on the floor right in the center of the action. Nobody freaked out, nothing like that, but E went and grabbed a napkin or a paper towel and threw it down onto the floor in an effort to clean up the spill. But by that point the dance party that was already in full swing, and nobody wanted to break just so E could clean up this little puddle…What followed could not have happened had any other song played, but somebody threw GS Boyz – “Stanky Leg” and the puddle clean up turned into a touch and go “stanky leg”  get down wipe down … it must have lasted for 5 minutes-  yeah, I know, it sounds absolutely absurd. But hey, that’s how we get down…

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The drive home the following night was bonkers! I have never driven @ 27mph for 3 hours on an interstate highway . 1-95 at 1:30am.

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Can’t complain. Off to Miami tomorrow. AYYY!

Happy New Year everyone! And please cop the remaining Summer/Fall 2009 items. True, new pieces are dropping in numbers in Spring 2010, but these two joints are going to be throwbacks- like first generation iPods, rookie Ken Griffey Jr. cards or original Jordans.

Til’ next time,
shedd

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