I’m gonna go ahead and say it… This might be the dopest photo shoot I have ever seen. It doesn’t surprise me that Jared Ryder shot this, his shit is always John Blaze but this is next level shit for a clothing brand. My favorite apparel brand, Public School has a new little brother and Black Apple is coming to play this Spring/Summer. With cheaper price points look for this line to really take off already getting placement in Urban Outfitters and Metropark. (Prices range from $32 T-shirts to $169 wool coats to $68 woven shirts to $89 knit tops to $138 PU leather jackets.)

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Clae is looking real real real good for this Spring/Summer. It’s getting harder for sneaker brands to impress me these days but Clae is right on target with these styles. I am finally buying these shoes for David Z. and the flagship store got them in yesterday. Spring is right around the corner, come check these out. (Beige Suede Bruce is pictured up top)

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The Sebago Fairhaven is a new style offered for Spring 2010. The difference between this shoe and the traditional Dockside is 2 extra eyelets and a thicker sole making this more of a shoe with with boat functionality. This navy version with the white sole is very classic and will be available next week at the David Z. flagship store as well as DavidZ.com.

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If someone you care about betrays your trust it could feel worse than getting hit in the face with an iron bat. If you have someone who plays a major roll in your life and you could fully trust him/her, it could give you the piece of mind that people wish for. It’s the one word that holds more meaning than any other, it’s a pact could make or break any type of relationship. Throughout my life I have been burned so many times by friends and business associates that I now take a different approach when it comes to trusting new friends or business associates. I don’t trust anyone until they prove they are trustworthy. This way i waste a lot less time having to sort things out and re evaluating people after each incident. If you have people you fully trust make sure you value the relationships and hold on tight, they don’t come around too often.

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It wont get much better than this… after having a crazy 90’s convo on twitter started by @marcustroy and myself I looked everywhere for these pictures and finally found them. David Z ruled the footwear industry in Nyc throughout the 90’s and every single big name shopped in our stores. I hope you enjoy these 1/2 as much as i do!

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It’s a hard thing to teach but the quality of goods were 10x better than some of the shit companies put out today. Back in the mid 90’s before the big sneaker craze, Hiking boots were dominating the streets on Nyc and Timberland was on fire. These boots are 15 years old and have been in my closet forever because they are 1/2 size to small on me. I never even thought about selling these, these have serious sentimental value to me. extremely rich leather, Perfed yellow leather Gore-Tex lining, with a thick padded leather collar. These are the best made Timberland Boots ever. Do any of you remember these?

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I concur.

There are two things that get me excited for this coming spring/summer, memories from last year of me, @drewlifetv and @pjofdon killin the Hampton scene anddddd Sebago Docksides. Here is a brand spankin new colorway and material on the classic silhouette, a definite banger. Sebago will show the world this season why they are the #1 boat shoe brand in the world.

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Every day I wake up and get ready for “work” without ever dreading the long days ahead of me. Luckily for me, my job is doing what I love and what I’m most passionate about. I am well aware that everyone can’t be this fortunate and it definitely is a privilege in life. However, People don’t seem to understand how hard myself and others worked to get to this point in life. It took 2 years working as a stock boy and 5 years of being a sales person before I got into assistant buying which opened doors for me. It’s very easy to stay in one place and bitch about how everyone else is lucky. In every type of business there is some type of entry level position which leaves room to grow but most never see that as an opportunity, they’d rather talk it down and keep it moving. That’s why many of the kids I grew up with are still running on a treadmill, on the same stoop going nowhere. Nothing has ever been handed to me, I’ve always had to work hard and fight for everything I ever wanted. All I could do is hope that this motivates some of you to take that 1st step. How many of you are really working hard to get to where you’d like to be?

For David Z. this is where it all started. I remember being a sales person in 1996, i was 14 years old. David Zaken, my boss/uncle/mentor came up with the first “Special Make-Up” (collaboration) in the footwear industry introducing grey to the market which was saturated with basic colors. Until today i have yet to see a reaction to a release of any shoe including Jordans and Yeezys to match up against the craziness i witnessed behind these joints. I remember selling over 450 pairs of these out of one door on the first day and we ended up selling over 10,000 pairs in a little over a month. I personally sold these to Jay, Puff, Mase, every member of Wu Tang, Red Man, Mobb Deep, AZ, Nas, and Guru(we still have pics of all of them and many more at the shop). After seeing the success with Timberland we went on to produce grey Dolomites and grey suede Clark Wallabees all in the same year. When bringing up originators to this game make sure you remember Mr. Z, the first one to collaborate on footwear and the dude who mentored me throughout my career.

These boots have been re-released and can be purchased here.

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