Best known for their technical practicality, Japan’s Yoshida & Co have come out with a new wallet part of the Porter Deluxe line. The wallets feature two openings at opposing ends giving an 80′s like appeal to the simplistic functionality that defines Porter’s renowned aesthetic. The wallet & more will soon be available at OFFTHEHOOK in Montreal for approximately $100CND
Earlier this year, Hiroshi Fujiwara and Jun Takahashi came out with an instant classic Nike model called the Match Classic. Now, a 2nd edition of those JP only release is going to be available in North America at select quickstrike accounts. Set to release sometime this holiday, Off The Hook in Montreal is one of the few Canadian retailers who will carry them. HF releases are pretty hard to come by in our part of the world so this is a undoubtedly a great release.
Aside from ceo-ing a major distribution company (Handling brands like Penfield / WeSC / New Balance / Brixton / PF flyers), something most people don’t know about Jesse is that he has a University degree in photography. Over the weekend, he was at the Impact game, where Montreal prevailed over the White Caps in the USL finals. Here are some amazing shots he took…I’m trying to figure out how they came out like that.
Came across a pretty dope blog concept today…It’s entitled React Create, basically: “It’s simple: I react to things I see. Things I like. Cool stuff. Things I feel strongly about… and not just design. Those are posted in the REACT column. The CREATE column is a forum for presenting creative responses or alternative reactions to the things that inspire me. Some direct, some indirect, others more nuanced…” -Dylan. For Montrealers, you might recognize some of his work, through Brakeless’ new t-shirt line with the creative minds behind Sometimes. And for the Beasts, you might remember the 1 off Joy Division Nike Blazer’s he did in 06. All white, custom Factory box, etched JD quotes on the swoosh, iconic Unknown Pleasure album design on the tongue label…
So a few weeks back Ian Kennedy of Tiger Distro alongside most of the Montreal retail mafia invaded Ottawa. I wasn’t really too sure what was actually happening because I’ve been pretty out of the loop since I’ve parted ways with Norml back in January, but I got an email from Yann today asking me if I could help shoot some photos of the new Penfield Pop-Up shop. Without prior knowledge of what the space looked like, I figured I’d try my best to help pull through with a few shots especially since Ian has always been one of my favourite dudes in the industry. Upon entering the space, I was quite awe-struck. What Ian has done with the space is nothing short of incredible. Anyhow without further ado, here’s what you can expect to find when you roll into the Norml x Penfield pop-up shop.
Hello everyone, this is szeto from ottawa. earlier this week, vince invited me to start posting on o&b. As I’ve been a big fan of this blog for a solid minute now, and have been trying to shoot photos and videos like a mad man of late, it made sense to team up with one of my long time friends.
I’m currently in the midst of filming a video part for some of my sponsors and when i get a chance to catch my breath for a minute, there’s nothing I love to do more than to capture some of the random situations I get myself into. Just this weekend, I was in montreal and got a chance to skate and film with my homies mitch barette, mike fyfe and jay hyland. Here are some of the random hijinx we got ourselves into.
champlain bridge.
Sat down with Andrew and Pete from Raised by Wolves this afternoon to get some Mr. Steer Burgers. I’ve known Andrew for a minute. He used to come up to Montreal from ottawa and we’d have conversations about supreme, this was like 2-3 years ago. Now, he’s part of a fast growing Canadian brand called Raised By Wolves. Having worked with brands like Mishka, Pete knows what he’s doing. For Off The Hook‘s 10 year anniversary, we decided to hook up with them to work on a little project, the details are undisclosed for the moment, but I will keep you posted about when and where our work will hit the shelves!
