School Supplies: Goods

-Though I am a fan of Laced Up, I have to say that my favorite Seattle boutique is the one a few blocks further down Pike Street. Goods hasn't received much love from us, but the shop is run by the guys behind Manik, one of our favorite Seattle skate companies.
-Goods has gained national attention for massive collaborations with companies like Stussy, and my man Sal Masekela has been known to rock a Goods tee on TV now and then. The latest series of Goods x Manik decks are set to drop in November.
-HighSnobiety recently reported on the Goods Fall 2008 collection, which is now available for purchase online. It is a pretty straightforward collection, featuring some nice denim and so much flannel you'd think Kurt was back in town.
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Dress Code: Still Deep

-Hands down, the record I listened to the most this summer was Mobb Deep's The Infamous. Queensbridge's second best rap outfit came out with their definitive album back in 1995, and since then it has been sampled heavily by everyone from Sublime to The Game to our own Blue Scholars.



-Apparently, I'm not the only one to recently rediscover this classic record. I've been seeing a flurry of Mobb-related activity from several companies, including Crooks and Castles. According to Hypebeast, the above tee is part of their fall release.

-Laced Up has also been paying tribute to the Mobb, specifically with this shirt, which is straight off of the album cover. Mobb Deep's Prodigy is currently incarcerated on gun charges, but is still managing to make tapes and even movies from prison. If the above shirts just don't cut it, cop your own "Free P" shirt at his website.

-On a similar note, I bought this shirt in New York to give some love to another one of Queens' incarcerated heroes, my man Dwight Gooden. My dad was a fan of the drug-addled phenom, and the first shirt I ever owned was a baby Mets tee, so I had to stick with the roots on this one. Kids, don't do drugs. more

Field Trip: Supreme

-On Tuesday, I returned home from New York City, the site of the first ever Class Act Field Trip. One of the first stops was Supreme in SoHo, which is one of the nation's best skate shops and the former stomping grounds of the late Class Act All Star Harold Hunter, the legendary skateboarder/Kids star who passed away back in 2006.
-Supreme's limited-edition merchandise, exclusive kicks, and notoriously smug staff make it seem more like a clubhouse than a skate shop, with the number of customers rarely equaling the pack of regulars skating outside. Of course, this only adds to the store's reputation. Supreme has been a skate mecca for years, and the hype surrounding it is as prevalent as ever. In this month's GQ, Style Guy Glenn O'Brien claims that, when the weather gets nasty, "you'll find me in my chocolate brown Supreme hoodie six times out of ten." The shop also has porn star Tera Patrick hyping their goods, and has released some exclusive shit bearing her likeness.

-Supreme's reputation alone makes it worth a look, so stop by if you have some money to blow or you want to pay your respects to one of New York's illest. Still, I'd take Laced over Supreme any day.

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School Supplies: Laced Up

-Last week I was talking to a friend about FTC, San Francisco's fabled skate shop/boutique, and he claimed that Seattle's Laced Up was just as good, if not better. He's from Cali, and I knew there was no bias at work, so I stole my dad's camera and stopped in last weekend to see what all the fuss was about. As you know, we at Class Act try to be as Northwest-centric as possible, and thus could hype Laced Up on principle alone. However, I can honestly say that Laced is truly one of a kind. The Seattle love is just a bonus.
























-I'm off to NYC tomorrow, and I plan on swinging by Supreme, the famed stomping grounds of the late Harold Hunter, to see how it measures up to Seattle's finest. In the meantime, school is creeping up on all of us so head up Pike Street to Laced Up while you still can... more

Extracurriculars: Capitol Hill Block Party

-We spent the weekend at Seattle's annual Capitol Hill Block Party, where performances by Vampire Weekend, Girl Talk and others brought the hipster set out in full force. The festival's artistic, stylistic, and musical offerings ranged from contrived (customized Vans and Juno's obnoxiously lo-fi Kimya Dawson) to totally awesome (Seattle's Cave Singers), and made for a pretty interesting weekend.

-Below: Kimya Dawson, Urban Outfitters/Vera Project custom slip-ons, steezy painting.
-Dewey Cox and his friend have the whole Yin and Yang thing going on, from the colors to the hair to the tie/lackthereof.
-I spotted the gold rope in front of Laced Up on Pike Street, so the shirt was an added bonus. Laced Up may be the best streetwear spot in the city, and we'll have more on them later this week.


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