Sita, we love you, too. Thanks!
Sita is wearing a member of the 2009 Smooth Criminals Line.
November 24, 2010
October 29, 2010
October 26, 2010
It's that Spooky time of year!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
just a couple updates:
The Villager, a brand new shirt (pictured below), is now available online and at Positive Approach 125 Elmwood Avenue.
Additionally, so are The Auburn shirts:
& our brand new City Hall screenprinted posters!
Pictured below is a brand new cap that we just released as a collaboration with City Garage Ski Shop in Ellicottville, NY. Need some skis or a great new cap? Make sure you go to City Garage!
These caps are only available at their store...sorry!
No plans on Halloween? Come out to The Pink for an old fashioned Spooky Business good time!
About to get sooo Spooky! Details below:
Recently, we traveled to see The Flaming Lips and took some incredible photos...we will post these next week!
Hope you're well!
- Dazzle.
October 2, 2010
Colvin Cap // Happy Fall!
it's back!
available in the webstore & at:
Positive Approach
125 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY
get yours before they are gone again!
also available at Positive Approach are our new screenprinted posters featuring Buffalo's City Hall:
p.s. happy fall!
- Dazzle
September 30, 2010
September 27, 2010
April 27, 2010
I should be doing school work....yikes
SUMMER IS HERE!
Right off the bat, I would like to congratulate our very own Brett Mikoll (@brettmikoll) for graduating from the University at Buffalo this year with a degree in the fine arts. Thus, he will be joining Dazzle full time from here on out. HA! Congrats Brett!
Brett: The myth, the man, the legend.
moving on!
In the next couple weeks we will be making a ton of progress. Details are TBA as we are still solidifying them but the announcements are along the lines of:
+ Announcement of Dazzle's exclusive dealer in Buffalo ON Elmwood Avenue
+ In store release event!
+ Spooky Business plans for the summer
+ Brand new products for summer available only in Buffalo
+ DJ FLO announcements
+ Dazzle's involvement in the 2010 Allentown Art Festival (dunk tank?)
+ The original banner from 1032 Elmwood Avenue will be resurrected and hung again in Allentown, NY on the side of our favorite building.
Please stay tuned and check back for details regarding these announcements!
+
LISTEN TO: CHIDDY BANG & ANARBOR
While I was at SXSW this year I was introduced to and worked with up and coming MC/Producer duo Chiddy Bang at the Crush Management showcase. These guys are unequivocally one of the most talented twosomes I have ever witnessed live since I went to see Brian Boitano & Michelle Kwan tear it up together. These guys are going to be huge. They're EP that they are about to drop is wild. Props!
Additionally, friends of our's Anarbor recently released their latest album called "The Words You Don't Swallow". This has been on repeat all week. I strongly encourage you to check it out.
If you would like to check out more of the album on iTunes, here you go!
SPOOKY BUSINESS??
I know everyone is wondering what it is that we are talking about when we post about Spooky Business.
Well, Spooky Business is an experience that everyone should have as soon as possible.
Spooky is not a brand, a person, or an entity. It is nothing. In fact, we are still trying to figure out what it is to be exact. At this point, Spooky Business is the name of the party we have at The Pink in Buffalo on select dates. I consider Spooky to be a project that Dazzle started that oddly enough took off. Attendance is up and The Pink keeps inviting us back! Spooky Business is a gathering of great people, drinks, and music that we choose ourselves.
Free admission, Dazzle drink specials, and free Dazzle giveaways!
NEXT SPOOKY EVENT: TBA
However,
NEXT PERFORMANCE:
We WILL be DJing at The Pink on Saturday, June 12th from 2-10 pm during the Allentown Art Festival. Also, we will be DJing Sunday, June 13th from 9pm- close. Come have a drink with us! Going to be such a great weekend!
While we are talking about The Pink...I was asked to attend the Artvoice Best of Buffalo 2010 Awards by The Pink's owners. Had an incredible time there networking for Dazzle and The Pink ended up winning awards for both the Best Dive Bar & Best Hook Up Spot in Buffalo. Woo!
Check the award!
Random Photos
In Detroit with Mayer Hawthorne I was able to meet Black Milk, Slum Village, 9th Wonder, Illa J. My band at the time (Nikki Jean) attended DJ House Shoes birthday party where I took this photo with Black Milk.
Snoop Dogg's set list that we were able to save...amazing!
CHECK BACK LATER THIS WEEK FOR UPDATES AND MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS!
- Seabass
April 19, 2010
April 15, 2010
OH WOWWWW!!!
IT HAS BEEN FOREVER SINCE WE BLOGGED.
MA' BAD
We should probably take a moment to let you know where Dazzle has been since December which was our last blog post and that location is on tour. Non-stop since January. Seabass was out on the road tour managing the Take Action Tour 2010 as well as Columbia Record's new artist Nikki Jean with Mayer Hawthorne's headline tour.
Mayer Hawthorne - Maybe So, Maybe No
You may have heard Nikki Jean sing the chorus in this song/video:
Lupe Fiasco - Hip Hop Saved My Life (ft. Nikki Jean)
Nikki Jean live in Tennessee wearing the cap we designed and produced for City Garage, a specialty ski shop in Ellicottville, NY. Caps available at the store, find info here!
This year's Take Action Tour Admat
On the Take Action Tour, We The Kings headlined an unbelievable tour. Photos from the tour below:
The King's Carriage
Sunset in Salt Lake City
Chicago, IL
Look what we found in the middle of nowhere!
Salt Lake City
Off Site Hospital Event!
http://takeactiontour.com/
While on tour with Nikki Jean we traveled predominantly through the South...photos below:
DJ House Shoes' tables
the most legit Philly Cheese Steak ever
southern comfort
first show in NYC w/ Mayer Hawthorne
While at home, Brett has been working with DJ FLO on his new Dazzle artist cap as well as the Dirty Powder Mixtape and these were the final results:
our mixtape...
(download free here: http://www.dirtypowdermixtape.com/ )
and his cap...
YOU ME AT SIX
Last year on the AP Fall Ball tour Dazzle became really good friends with a band from the UK called You Me At Six. When the band came to Buffalo, Dazzle laced them up with some great caps and shirts. Results?
Our man Dan rocked the Kensington Cap in their brand new music video, peep Dan the drummer:
....and finally....
the creepiest background stare award goes to Dean Arthur who starred in this gem below...
As this post more or less transformed into a "get you up to speed w/ Dazzle" post, I will throw down another tomorrow with our near future intentions... we have so much going on that I want to share.
Be cool!
Seabass
December 7, 2009
Ohh, My Bad!
Damn, I/We fucked up on this one real hard! It is just 3 days shy of being month since our last post. I'm going to take the easy way out of this one and say that there has been so much going on. I hope everyone can accept our apology and forgive us.
So, since Mass Appeal, I have plenty of pictures to show you of our homie DJ FLO and his main man, Jonesy, getting down in Rome, Italy and showing all of the Italians how DMF does fashion. Since the last post FLO also dropped a new podcast entitled "Holiday Hustling". As always, FLO has the latest jams to get your night raging. If you haven't subscribed yet, get on your game and get on iTunes and search Hustle & FLO radio! Dude kills it. Be on the look out for a unique collaboration of FLO & DMF in an upcoming mix-tape and fitted cap collection.
With December upon us, it was time for our friends at Block Club to release their newest edition of the monthly magazine. In this months issue be sure to keep your eyes peeled for our first ever DMF Ad in Block Club! The spot is a thank you to all of our local support and a chance for us to reach out to all to inform that DMF is your local and national company for custom 5950 New Era fitted caps along with the best in fashionable apparel. Thanks to Block Club for inquiring DMF about an Ad and for all the support! Check it out here or in your own hands at any Elmwood Village shop on Page 17.
A lot of shipments have been moving out this month which we're very thankful of and always awestruck when we receive an order. In addition, this month DMF has had more international shipments than ever before! To this minute, DMF has received orders from the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy! It's amazing to see that DMF has such an affect to people throughout the world. We guarantee we will continue to produce quality product for anyone, anywhere.
Special Thanks to:
Matteo
Milan, Italy
Andrew
Manchester, United Kingdom
Marvin
Munchen, Germany
Since it's been almost a month since I last had the chance to last express what DMF has been into musically, now it is my chance to lay it on pretty thick. First off, FINALLY, The Clipse newest album is in my iTunes! I have been waiting for this album since late summer and am super pumped to finally get down on all of the songs. The album entitled "Til' The Casket Drops" is one of the most highly anticipated albums of the winter and Bass and I will be getting down on this for weeks to come.
This month, Lil' Wayne has also dropped his newest mix-tape "No Ceilings". Over the last year or so, Weezy has come to grow on me and this mix-tape was no step backwards. I know some people just can't get into him but you love to hate him! With his VH1 documentary of Behind The Music and also The Carter Documentary itself here, there has to be a spot on your iPod for Weezy.
Alright, feel like I have written too much now, and besides the Sabres game is on, and I might just have to watch the Weezy Documentary again! Next post won't be so far off, Thanks for staying in touch!
Always,
Chest
November 10, 2009
Mass Appeal Recap
Let me try and break this down for you, so think back to when you were in class in high school, a project is due that everyone is going to see when you present, you're super nervous but in a weird way actually excited, you've worked so hard putting it all together and you know and feel that it kicks ass, but what will everyone else think? That's the feeling I got when I saw this...
November 6th, Brett, myself and Arjun made our presence known at the Mass Appeal Fashion Show put on by the Elmwood Village Association in awesome Buffalo, New York. We had an amazing time! It was a special feeling to see your work put on a runway and shown off to everyone.
To our models, and ALL of the people behind the scenes, Thank you! We hope to be back next year and be bigger than ever.
Now I'll let the photos do the talking...
Always,
Chest
November 6, 2009
Library Bloggin'
If there is one thing I can say I definitely enjoy, it's people watching. Seeing that I am posted up for an hour or so in the library at school, I thought it's the perfect time to let everyone in on a little update and tell you which characters in the library I am totally creeping in on. Of course, the cute cuddling couple. Don't get me wrong, when I'm with my girl I do what needs to be done. But in the library at school!? Take it home! Ha! And why is there always that person that has to talk super loud? I just want to be like "Hey, let me give you a little secret, this school, actually has a cafeteria too!"
Enough of that, how was everyone's Halloween? I had a great time. On the 30th, Dazzle's boy DJ DStar was back in town to drop it at Bayou and I had to make my way to the Chip Strip to see my man in action. I was not let down, posted up behind DStar all night I witnessed masses of costume goers getting down to him. Solid performance.
On the 31st I had an amazing night out, I had not been out like that in a long time, it was good to see everyone, see what everyone was dressed up as, and then finally get down on the dance floor of course. Brett and I went to the Halloween Party at the Town Ballroom as we have in years past and it was not disappointment. If you were not lucky enough to see us in person, check the pictures below to see us as Mac & PC from the Apple commercials. Props to the dudes dressed as Happy Gilmore and his caddy. So funny! I don't know how they didn't win best costume.
I've been known to blink...
I'm kind of antsy to get this school day over with, test next class then some lecture, then I am out! Tonight is the Mass Appeal fashion show on Elmwood Ave. I have seriously excited to get down there and see how this event goes down. From what I've heard, a ton of people go and there is some good clothing to be seen. Aside from seeing our own Smooth Criminals line walk the runway, I am really looking forward to what kind of fashionable people show up for the event. Again, more people watching will be done tonight. So, if you don't have anything planned this evening, come down to Elmwood and see the Mass Appeal event, it's only 10 dollars for open tickets. Get all the info here! Pictures will be taken as per Brett and posted up real quick!
On the subject of getting some Elmwood love, if anyone takes interest in Block Club, the monthly publication showcasing local business and events, then in this months and next months issues you should be on the look out for the Dazzle Me Formal ad spot! We're real excited to get the word out about local business and our new line up and what else we have in store for the winter. Crew neck sweatshirts? Party? In the works.
Always,
Chest
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