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Archive for August 17, 2007

I Love NY – Most Popular T-Shirt in NYC for Summer 2007

NYCwebstore.com Gifts and Souvenirs, Corporate Gifts, Snow Globes, I Love NY and More

I Love NY

Price: Varies… depends on where you go to get it and quality.

Yes ladies and gentlemen. Walk around the streets of NYC for a day and guess what you will continue to see in t-shirt form? You will see a few Brooklyn shirts (especially if your in Brooklyn) and large amounts of “I Love (Heart) NY” in multiple base colors.

Pink, blue, white, yellow, orange, purple, sky blue… haven’t seen many black ones though.

I don’t know if this will last into next summer, but I do know this; It will last until at least the winter. So the people going Back To School (Pack) and those who will be going to the Caribbean Day Parade (sometimes called the Labor Day parade but technically the Labor Day Parade is held on a different day and its done by the Unions and Labor groups) might wanna get 1 or 2 tees.

You can find this also on Amazon and for those in NYC, you might want to read the Yahoo Answers post to find out where to go to get these tee-shirts.

And yes Fulton Mall in Brooklyn probably got it.

Oh and in case you want to know… 2 things:

  1. Some of these shirts are not officially licensed but if you go to the place linked at the very top, you can get officially licensed t-shirts (but the colors are limited).
  2. The history behind the ad campaign (from NYC Webstore): History: the I Love NY design made its debut in 1977 with ads featuring Frank Sinatra, Morgan Fairchild and Yul Brenner. The campaign is considered, by many, the most successful in history. The campaign was designed to revitalize the New York economy. The ad agency Wells, Rich and Greene conceived of the slogan to refer not only to New York City, but New York state as well. To this day, the I Love NY logo is seen around the world.

Happy t-shirt shopping.


YouTube – I Got Me Some BAPES *Underground Music Video*

YouTube – I Got Me Some BAPES *Underground Music Video*

What in the flying hell is going on here?

Soulja Boy was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he lived with his mom, and his younger brother. When he was six, his family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. Soulja Boy claims that a former partner named Young Kwon taught him how to make beats and record…

Source: Wikipedia

While I would not say this song is along the same level as Nelly’s Air Force Ones video and song or Kayne West, Nas, Rakim, KRS-One song called Classic aka Better Than I’ve Ever Been… its still catchy. I know it will make a great ring tone, no problem.

Nevertheless, the song disturbs me a little… even though its about sneakers, I just want more man. Where is the lyrical content over here?

His other song is WAY better and WAY more fun than this. Since I am posting this on a sneaker-slash-fashion-slash-culture blog site, I have to give him props for talking about sneakers. I am not a BAPE fan but I do like what they do.

Oh and by the way… THIS IS THE REMIX


Popular 2 years Running – Brooklyn T-Shirt

Brooklyn T-shirt purple writing rep sz 2XL, XXL – (item 330155197078 end time Aug-17-07 18:52:03 PDT)

Price: 8.99 on eBay

 Brooklyn T-Shirt: With Purple Writing

From Smokeysclothingstore on EBAY

This t-shirt either will mark the height of the t-shirt boom that is going on across America, OR it will mark the beginning of what will be a fashion trend that will last for the next 5 – 7 years. (more…)


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