the fur is "Air-mehz" shit that you don't floss...

$36,000 Levi's...

This old pair of LEVI'S were found in a mine in the Rand Mining District, on the Mojave Desert,. California. They are covered in candlewax from the candle's the miner was using to light the tunnel he was working in. They were found with and old paper bag with the name of a mercantile store which operated between 1895 and 1898 in the town or Randsburg. Their was also a gunny sack with the initials A.P.K. and Randsburg marked on it. A.P.K. is through to be Adam P. Kuffel who was a partner in the mercantile store.

These pants have the cloth label vice the leather label. The label (pictured) indicates that they are size W34 x L33, They are copper riveted with the rivets marked L.S. & Co. S.F. They are buckle back (pictured) with suspender buttons. Buttons are silver in color and are all marked LEVI STRAUSS & CO. S.F.CAL. Tthe pants were made with just one back pocket on the right hand side.

Put On Remix ft. Jay-Z

Ow.

Dior Homme Spring Summer 2009 ft. Justice

helmut lang fw08

nice and clean, really impressed.

Up Coming Haze Show

Lanvin FW08

New Gucci F/W Hats

$240/250 each available on Gucci

J double-E Z Y Has some Surprises

Every Tuesday at 9:02 PM until the recession is released on....

9/02.
Blogs is watchin'

sigh...

I love America.

Reping for Seattle

cant lie thought this was pretty cool that Bun B was spotted wearing a Goods Fitted...for those who dont know goods is a local seattle luxury street wear boutique

So Much More Respect For This Man...

fuck haters this is going to be a good special and may i say one more time how crazy it is that hip hop gets such a bad wrap....luda starts a charity in atl....snoop a youth football league....jeezy gives millions to kids for christmas presents and kanye continues his good work first building the donda west library in africa and starting that west foundation but now this...big ups too all those artists

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Black In America

I am wondering who all watched this...i thought both episodes were decent...sorta skipped over many important details and groups of people but it was a step in the right direction and place to start i suppose...some of the statistics were shocking and pathetic....our country is about to have a black president but still for the average black male their chances of getting a job equal that of a white male who has served jail time...absolutaly pathetic....take a few hours out of your next few days to watch these episodes...

New Raf Simons Sneakers 09

Raf droping some major heat for 2009

Bill O Reilly & FOX Vs. Nas

This is just hilarious to me the whole series of events....
First Nas drops some knowledge on the Colbert Report...




Then O Reilly claims nas could not be more wrong...


Then to show he isnt racist O Reilly Calls Kanye a patriot...


And Finally O reilly trys to drop knowledge...

L.A.X. is going to be insane...Dope Boys Video

The Game has been putting out some quality material and this video is no different....


bonus...game chugging a 1/5 "grey goose" at summer jam last weekend....show how i think that he would be dead right now if this were real....but who knows...

Jim Jones is my dude

Jimmy is a funny dude, but him calling Nas irrelevant to the game is one of the funniest things I've heard. That's what I love about Cam and Jimmy, they're not afraid to take (uncalled for) shots at legends.

"it's dry out there, ya dig?"

damn

I need these.


Oh yeah, leave my blog alone lames. I don't know you, you're on some internet stalker shit. Not to mention you're insults are something I'd expect to hear out of a 4th graders mouth, or I guess people who have 5 digits worth of posts on a forum dedicated to Kanye West. Not a good look.

big ups to the homie Juan!

As you all know, i was a winner of the 1st annual NIKE Futuresole Design Competition

my assignment was to create a NIKE Flight basketball shoe, and Ben(the other winner) had to create Force
i had to make it as lightweight as possible

i call it the Nike Flight Comanche, due to the inspiration i took from the Comanche helicopter
THIS WAS MY DESIGN , all done in photoshop
lateral side:

medial side:

backside pair:

tooling:

inner sockliner:


NIKE paid for everything
we stayed in the Ace Hotel in Portland (which is five stars)

this was our room, and they had a present waiting for me!
it was a box that consisted of the following

2 Nike hats with the futuresole logo embroidered on them
2 shirts with the futuresole logo on them
"Just Do It" (a novel)
2 sketch books
a hoodie w/ the logo on it
our passes for the campus
and a pair of AF1 mids w/ the futuresole logo lasered on the heel, and my signature lasered on the strap






DAY 2:
this was the big day, we started early at 8 a.m., when the Navigator picked us up and took us to the campus
where we were met by a camera crew

there we had breakfast with my competitor, our 2 mentors Justin Taylor, and Marc Dolce
and the 2 main organizers of the contest, Ginny Hopkirk, and D'Wayne Edwards(who designed the XXII and ALL of the Carmelos)


after breakfast we split up, and i went with my mentor, Marc Dolce, and he went w/ his
Marc took me to his office and showed me around his building, which was COVERED in sneakers!
and there i saw them, in his office, THE YEEZYS


no sample sizes though, all samples were made in his size, a 13 i believe

here he was showing me how he layed out my designs on the presentation board



and he hooked me up with 2 pairs of SAMPLES! (pick up post)
and here he was showing me some future releases which i have to keep confidential



after that, we met back up with Ben and we took a tour of the whole campus
this is me and him in the auditorium, which is in the Tiger Woods building

outside:


this is the display for the olympics, where they have created shoes for ALL sports, even the most obscure
they mad kayak shoes, and little gymnastics things that are just a pad for the bottom of your foot


These Olympic VIIs were worn by Michael Jordan in 1992



and these by Scottie Pippen



Outside the Michael Jordan Building


at Nike,they have a Time Capsule, that they put in 1992, and it will be opened in 2012
and noone's really sure whats in there


so the tour was over, and we went into the conference room where we were going to present to wait for the judges to arrive, there, they surprised us with 3D models of our shoes!


*SHOWTIME*
Ben went first, he really understood basketball and the players and he had this BRILLIANT speech about evolution and the inspiration of his shoe

SO I WAS REALLY NERVOUS
i didnt talk as much as he did, but i guess my design spoke for itself

(btw, those judges we were speaking to were REALLY IMPORTANT PEOPLE)

so then when we were both done, we went outside to wait for the judges to deliberate

outside they had beer and sodas, and a barbeque complete with a DJ
and we were getting snapped by various photographers, and Sole Collector




AND THEN THE JUDGES CAME OUT!!!, then they went back inside to talk some more, at this point i'm sweating bullets
SO THEY FINALLY CAME OUT TO DECLARE THE WINNER
this gentleman(who designed the XVIs, all the way to the XXIs) began by introducing us and thanking the sponsors


the Dwayne Edwards came out and was announcing the winner when he said "YOU BOTH WON!"
which is SOOO GREAT, cause not only did we win the Macbook, which was the grand prize, but we also get the 80gb Ipod, which was second prize!

then Ginny Hopkirk came to announce the prizes and a special surprise prize


she read from a letter that said something along the lines of:

"Congratulations Futuresole winner, as part of your prize, in the near future, there will be a special meeting set up between you and I.

signed, TINKER HATFIELD"!!!!!!!!

OOHHHH SSHHHHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! right ?

*THE WINNERS CIRCLE*



as you can kinda tell, my model is kinda incomplete, it has no laces, so to make it up to me, my mentor made me 2 more, one black with the corrections, and a WHITE colorway!


and they gave me this cool poster that they made



the perfect ending to the perfect day!

DAY 4*

time to hit up the Employee Store!!!!!!


pretty successful day of shopping

(pick up post)

then back to the hotel to pack and catch our flight home


WHAT A SPECTACULOR EXPERIENCE
Nike and its employees are the most genuine, generous people ive ever dealt with
I enjoyed every second i spent at that campus

I met so many people and got so many bussiness cards, this opened SO many doors for me


Thank Yous:
Marc Dolce: my mentor who helped me along the way and got all of my designs printed up and hooked me up with all that cool stuff, one of the coolest guys ill ever meet

Dwayne Edwards: Jordan designer and Contest organizer who showed me his office and gave me advice and told me some secrets about the future of Jordan

Ginny Hopkirk: Founder of the contest, who started organizing it a year and a half ago, and made all the arrangements for us

Ben Adams-Keane: my competitor who did a hell of a job, and deserved it

THANK YOU NIKE!!!!!






my dude is doing big things! Watch out Tinker!!
Here's a Kanye bear he hooked me up with a couple months ago.