Upper Playground

Upper Playground is an apparel company that correlates contemporary art from urban lifestyle artists and fashion creating an umbrella market for clothing from Bay Area brands which include Twelve Grain, Up Kids, and superFishal including their own Upper Playground series.

BLACK is Beautiful

T.I.T.S y Rosa Acosta = Raw

The second collaboration with Rosa Acosta and Estevan Oriol brings out the rawness.

Coco & Breezy + SIR magazine

These are some bad chicks! Lillie needs to hook me up!

www.sirmag.net

Magazine Clippings

BLACK is Beautiful

Kaotiq Simfoni

Me Zimbabwe Kev and my brother Zulu Faz

Formal Friday

Last week was tweed and this week its corduroy in my continuing education of fabrics other than cotton. Corduroy to me is more familiar because for some reason it is used a lot in Africa and is actually accessible in casual clothing so I'm actually surprised it is used formally. A durable tough cotton is what can describe this fabric and it is composed of tuft cords giving it in simple terms that ridged feel it has from line to line of fabric. Just like tweed it can be worn casually to formally and though it might warmer than tweed it is a fixture of fall to winter fashion. A corduroy blazer would go perfectly with those vintage sweaters I am in pursuit of in addition to that they can be very versatile and leave you many options as to what to put on for the rest of your outfit.

Wild at Heart

Wet t-shirt Wednesday!! Alessandra Ambrosio

Fine!!

Magazine Clippings

Rosenberg's Rock The Bells: Wu Tang Does Triumph

Wu Tang all together performing out in San Francisco, audio sucks getting muffled by the bass but fuck it this is Truimph!! Check out ODB's son shout out to him.

Excuse me, I'm just Dreaming

Dreaming Tee from UNDRCRWN

J. Cole does Complex

J. Cole shows off his fashion sense to Complex Magazine

Tilted, Brim Low

I have a big ol peanut head that I happen to love because you'll remember something about me but sometimes its hard for a fitted to look good on it but here are some dope ones.

Magazine Clippings

Formal Friday

Ahh fall is around the corner and summer is in its final act; now I'm not fickle about the seasons but you've got to love the transition seasons of Autumn and Spring. They are comfortable and offer a change of pace before the cold of the winter and the dog days of summer each in their own way giving you time time to prepare. Fall gives you moderately warm days and chilly nights which mean clothing has to adhere to that, you can rock your shorts during the day but the small coats and sweaters get some action at night before you have to dig deeper into the closet and pull out the heavy duty coat. But before you get that far into the closet you might come across say a tweed sports coat for your night out. Now tweed is like a thick cloth which is different patter of wool weaved together which make a thicker sports jacket than your typical one making it perfect for a cooler night. The use of tweed goes way back so the material has been used in many ways in different cultures and used formally and casually since being used by the Scottish as camouflage for hunting. I remember having a coat made from tweed as a kid which was a hand me down from my father and it made me itch like hell but today's material is less itchy more comfortable and more patterns. With today's fashion a tweed sports coat can be worn casually and formally but always give that distinguished look meets run on the town and is a different take on the sports jacket because it offers more patterns which in turn can create a unique look.

Watch Vic Reeves (a british actor/comedian) gets to make his own tweed material out on the British Isles of Harris where they've been making the famous Harris Tweed for years.