QUICK SHOT BY PHOTOGRAPHER MICHAEL BEON

THE NIGHT OF OUR COLLABORATION EVENT WITH PHILADELPHIA'S SNEAKER BOUTIQUE ABAKUS.  I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT TO ABAKUS RECENT EVENT WITH THE GOOD HOMIES PANDA AND THE ANLMHSE. I WAS THERE IN SPIRIT IF MY BRUDDA JMR AND BIG SISTER UZI WAS IN THE BUILDING MAKING PEOPLE SNIFF THAT SWRV SCENT. I JUST VIBED OUT  TYPING THE THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD THAT I DIDN'T PLAN ON SAYING IN THIS POST.

LOL O'WELL CALL 1-800- SWRV.BIZ

ORANGE LINE B.T.S. EVERYTHING EVENT MARCH 12TH

MARCH 12TH THE ORANGE LINE TEAM WILL BE HOSTING ONE OF OUR LIVEST EVENTS YET TO COME TO PHILADELPHIA THIS YEAR. THE BEST PART ABOUT THIS EVENT IS THAT YOU CAN BE APART OF THE NIGHT IF YOU WISH. THIS EVENT IS CALLING ALL  CLOTHING BRANDS, SNEAKER HEADS WITH DOPE COLLECTIONS, VINTAGE COLLECTORS AND ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SELL THEIR GEMS. TO ATTEND AS A VENDER FOR THIS EVENT YOU HAVE THE CHOICE BETWEEN TWO  SMALL PAYMENTS OF $25 DOLLARS FOR A HALF TABLE OR $50 DOLLARS FOR A LARGE TABLE. ON MARCH 12TH WITH ORANGE LINE SNEAKER BOUTIQUE YOU HAVE  THE NIGHT FROM 5PM TO 9PM TO SELL YOUR YOUR PRODUCTS AND BUILD YOUR BRAND. THIS EVENT WILL BE TAKEN PLACE AT THE "ART GARAGE" LOCATED ON 15TH AND RIDGE IN PHILADELPHIA. WE AT ORANGE LINE ARE CALLING ALL AREAS WITHIN NEW YORK, DELAWARE, JERSEY, VA, DC, AND ANY WHERE ELSE. THIS IS THE PERFECT TIME TO GET YOUR BRAND FAMILIAR WITH OTHERS AND TO MAKE SOME CASH BECAUSE ON THIS NIGHT THE ART GARAGE VENUE WILL BE FILLED WITH CUSTOMERS. HOPE  EVERYONE COMES OUT TO THE ORANGE LINE (B)UY.(T)RADE.(S)ELL EVENT THIS UPCOMING MARCH 12.

RE-CAP OF OUR ABAKUS X SWRV EVENT FROM ABAKUS

LAST SATURDAY ABAKUS SNEAKER BOUTIQUE WAS IN FULL EFFECT. EVEN WITH A RAINY DAY IN PHILADELPHIA OUR EVENT COULDN'T BE STOP FROM BEING DOPE. PEOPLE FROM PHILADELPHIA, DELAWARE, WASHINGTON DC, AND NEW YORK CAME TO SUPPORT BOTH TEAMS. I'M SURE IF YOU WERE AT OUR EVENT YOU WOULD HIGHLY AGREE WITH WHAT I AM STATING HERE, THE EVENT WAS DIFFICULT TO EVEN MOVE. WITH GREAT PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUILDING I AM HIGHLY PROUD OF WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR OUR AUDIENCE THAT CAME TO LOOK AND PURCHASE THE GREAT PIECES FROM ABAKUS AND OUR SWRV MOVEMENT. THE PHOTO PROVIDED IS FROM THE ABAKUS CAMERA. AS YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTO SELECTED THE EVENT WAS A SUCCESS WITH GETTING THE SHOP FILLED ALSO WITH SELLS. WORDS FROM 1/3 CO-OWNER AND FOUNDER OF ABAKUS SNEAKER BOUTIQUE "JACKSON" THE COLLABORATION WITH OUR SWRV MOVEMENT  WAS ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS THEY HAVE EVER HAD. WE WILL BE HAVING OUR VINTAGE GEMS IN THE ABAKUS SNEAKER BOUTIQUE FOR A MONTH. HURRY AND GO COP UP, WHY WAIT.

SWRV INSIDE OF ABAKUS SNEAKER BOUTIQUE FEB 5TH

ABAKUS IS ONE OF THE BEST BOUTIQUES ON THE EAST COAST. THIS UPCOMING FEBRUARY 5TH ABAKUS WILL BE INVITING SWRV IN THE BUILDING CELEBRATING YEAR OF THE UNLUCKY RABBIT" . THE TEAM IS NOT ONLY INVITED WE'RE ALSO DROPPING SOME OF OUR BEST VINTAGE GEMS IN THE STORE. ON BEHALF OF THE SWRV TEAM WE ARE HIGHLY EXCITED FOR THIS DATE TO COME AND WE HOPE EVERYONE COMES OUT TO CELEBRATE THE START OF OUR JOURNEY FOR 2011 ALSO  TO CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE UNLUCKY RABBIT  . THIS REALLY MEANS ALOT TO ME. GROWING UP IN PHILADELPHIA THERE IS NOT ALOT OF BOUTIQUES AND ABAKUS HAS PLAYED A BIG PART OF LETTING ME SEE GEMS OF OTHER BRANDS ACROSS THE GLOBE AND NOT TO MENTION WHAT THE STAFF HAS DONE FOR ME IN THE PAST . KY AND RICK HAVE ALWAYS BEEN COOL TO YOUR BOY AND AT POINTS GROWING UP I REMEMBER HOW RICK WOULD GIVE ME LESSONS ON FABRICS AND TEE'S.THIS IS NOT ONLY A DOPE STORY  , HAVING THIS EVENT WITH ABAKUS IS A HONOR.

 AFTER THREE YEARS OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE STORES COMING UP I AM NOW COLLABORATING WITH THEM. IT'S A GREAT FEELING AND I HOPE AFTER THIS EVENT WE CAN DO EVEN MORE WORK TOGETHER. IN THE YOUTUBE VIDEO PROVIDED IT'S ALL ABOUT SWRV. JAMERSON, SUZI AND I ARE IN THE ABAKUS BOUTIQUE GIVING YOU LOOKS OF A SHORT AMOUNT OF VINTAGE WE WILL BE OFFERING. INCLUDED IN THE VIDEO WE  TOUCH UP ON SOME SWRV QUESTIONS I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE IN THE WANTS OF KNOWING. PLEASE CLICK PLAY, THIS VIDEO IS CLASSIC WITH A COUPLE MORE  VIDEOS TO COME. HA! ALSO THIS IS MY FIRST INTERVIEW I AGREED TO DO. STAY TUNED AS MORE VIDEOS ARE TO COME.

PS.  JUST TO LET YOU KNOW "MIND OF COOL RUMORS" IS ON THE BILL. WE GROWING UP HOLMES! IT'S A GREAT THING

SWRV & FOREGIN UNITY'S LOOK BOOK EVENT

 

THE EVENT WAS DOPE LAST NIGHT.SWRV AND FOREIGN UNITY DID THERE THING AND THE LOOK BOOK LOOKS DOPE IF YOUR WONDERING. YESTERDAY AT THE STUDIO ON SPRING GARDEN WAS FULL OF PEOPLE NETWORKING AND HAVING A GOOD TIME. CREATIVITY WAS DEFINITELY IN FULL EFFECT. AGES FROM 20 TO 30 WERE IN THE BUILDING MEETING OTHERS AND SEEING WHO'S INTO WHAT. FROM MY POINT OF VIEW EVERYONE WAS COOL ONTO DIFFERENT THINGS. THE LOOK BOOK SWRV & FOREIGN UNITY PUT TOGETHER WAS ON SMASH AS THEY SHOWED FROM THE PROJECTOR. THE MCM, TAKASHI MURAKAMI PINS, LEGO GLASSES,YSL, AND FENDI WAS PUT TOGETHER IN SOME OF THE BEST WAYS I HAVE SEEN YET.

 SHOUT OUT TO THE MOVEMENT MAN, I'M GLAD TO BE APART OF THIS. THE JEWELRY WAS STRAIGHT UP OUT OF NYC. FOREIGN UNITY'S JENIFER WAS ON SOME DOPE SHIT. PRETTY CHICK FOR ME. BUT SHE WAS ON HER GRIND, CAME TO PHILADELPHIA FOR AN HOUR THEN RIGHT BACK ON CHINESE BUS TO NEW YORK TO HIT UP ANOTHER EVENT . I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL GRINDING. ON THE OTHER HAND SHE WAS NICE AND HAD NOTHING BUT SMILES TO OFFER TO EVERYONE.

ALSO A "CHEESE DODDLE THIEF" BUT I CAN DEAL WITH THAT. JENIFER'S METRO DISPLAY OF ACCESSORIES WERE DOPENESS FROM THE MIND AS YOU COULD TELL  JUST BY GETTING ONE GLANCE AT. THE EVENT WAS NICE. EVERYONE KNOWS I DON'T HAVE A BIG SHOT CAMERA BUT I STILL LOOK OUT  FOR MY PEOPLE. LAST NIGHT AT THE EVENT I TOOK A COUPLE SHOTS FOR YOU GUYS, I HOPE YOU ENJOY.

AFTER THE EVENT I WAS AT LOSS ON HOW TO GET HOME. THIS HAPPENS ALOT  IN MY LIFE BUT I'M COOL AS LONG AS I GET TO WHERE I PROMISE  TO PEOPLE . AT THE END IF I GET INSPIRED BY THE THINGS I AM SEEING IT'S A WIN, WIN SITUATION. GRINDING IS NOT A JOKE. I WAS ON BROAD & SPRING GARDEN FOR LIKE 2 HOURS WAITING FOR MY BROTHER. I COULD HAVE GOT MUGGED. LOL

SWRV: "THE NEW WORLD CLASSIC" EVENTS

DAMN MAN! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AN EVENT TO COME FROM MY HOMIES FOR AWHILE NOW. JAMERSON AND  MAYA AKA THE SUZIE ANALOGUE ARE TWO CREATIVE MINDS WITH THERE OWN VISIONS TAKING  PLACE IN PHILADELPHIA. I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SEEN THESE TWO, SHIT WAS WILD MAN. I WAS WITH MY HOMIE JULIAN ATTENDING A "MADE TO ORDER" EVENT. THESE TWO WERE DOPED OUT ON SOME ILL CLOTHING. THE THINGS I WANTED AND I THOUGHT WERE HARD TO GET THEY WERE SPORTING AND I WAS SHOCKED. WE ONLY LIVE ONE LIFE, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD GO OUT AND GET IT.

THESE TWO HAVE TAUGHT ME THAT WITHOUT  EVEN SAYING IT . LUCKILY I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PURCHASE SOME OF THE THINGS I WANTED FROM THESE TWO THAT I THOUGHT WERE WAY TO HARD TO GET MY HANDS ON. MAYA AND JAMERSON HAVE TRAVELED ACROSS THE WORLD PICKING UP VINTAGE ITEMS THAT ARE HARD  FOR OTHERS AS YOU CAN SAY. THINKING ABOUT THE CONVO'S  WITH JAMERSON TELLING ME HOW IN TOKYO  THEY REALLY APPRECIATE AFRICAN AMERICANS  BECAUSE IT'S RARE TO SEE US  WAS A GOOD THING TO KNOW BUT HIM TELLING ME ALL THE DOPE STORES IN JAPAN PUSHED ME TO EDGE OF WANTING TO GO THERE MORE THEN I DID BEFORE WE HAD THESE "JAPAN TALKS". THIS WAS A REALITY CHECK! . ALSO FOR ME THIS WAS PROOF OF THEM BEING REAL IN WHAT THEY DO, THAT MEANS ALOT TO PEOPLE THESE DAYS.

 I THINK THE CRAZIEST THING IS WHEN HE TOLD ME IN JAPAN THEY WERE REAL BIG ON COOGIE. THE WAY JAPANESE PEOPLE WOULD SAY IT'S DOPE WAS BY SCREAMING OUT "BIGGIE BIGGIE" CAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY WAY FOR SOME TO  DESCRIBE IT WAS A GREAT PRODUCT. TALKING TO THESE TWO (JAMERSON AND SUZIE) ABOUT THINGS I LIKE HAS BEEN REALLY COOL AND STARTING TODAY IF  YOUR IN NEW YORK YOU CAN HAVE THE CHANCE TO MEET THEM AS WELL. TODAY SWRV IS TEAMING UP WITH FOREIGNE UNITY TO SHOW THE WORLD HANDPICKED AREAS THROUGH OUT PHILADELPHIA THEY HAVE DESIGNED AS A TEAM TO BRING THE "NEW WORLD INTO REALITY" ALONG WITH SOME CLASSIC GEAR FOR YOU TO COP UP ON. THERE WILL BE DJs AND ARTIST  PERFORMING THROUGHOUT THE EAST AND WEST COAST.CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ATTENDING THIS EVENT AS WELL, WHICH IS EVERYONE IN THERE OWN WAY.

THE FIRST EVENT TAKING PLACE IN NEW YORK TODAY.  LOCATED AT STUDIO 206 BROOKLYN  [135 PLYMOUTH]. ON FRIDAY IN PHILLY THE EVENT WILL BE HOSTED AT "THE RANGE PHILADELPHIA" ON  {915 SPRING GARDEN}. THE STUDIO IS NICE, SINCE I HAVE BEEN THERE THEY HAVE DONE MUCH MORE WORK. EVERYONE IS INVITED TO THIS EVENT. TRY AND MAKE IT FOLKS. IT'S GOING TO BE WORTH YOUR TIME, I PROMISE.

WACKED OUT WEEKEND OF RUSH

I HAVE TO GIVE A THANKS TO ALL THE PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT HOOKED ME UP IN THE CITY THIS WEEKEND WITH PHOTOS . THE  ASHLEE, ANIMAL DUDE JAMAR,  AMELIA, AND ANIKA THANKS FOR THE PHOTOS AT THE EVENTS. THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS MAD CRAZY. GETTING WORK DONE WITH ORANGE LINE AND ALSO GETTING PROJECTS DONE HAD ME IN A BALL OF RUSHING.

THIS IS THE SECOND WEEKEND OF SCHOOL AT A STOP AND THE PARTIES HAVE ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. FIRST IT WAS FRIDAY AT THE 215MAG STUDIO WITH "STRAIGHT NO CHASER" WHERE WE ALL WENT NUTS . SATURDAY, THE DAY CAME WITH WORK WITH ORANGE LINE THEN OFF TO ABAKUS FOR THERE TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT. ABAKUS PUT ON A NICE EVENT FOR EVERYONE. THE COLLABORATIONS WITH MITCHELL & NEES AND CROOKS & CASTLES WERE DOPE.

THE DAY WENT SO FAST I COULDN'T EVEN MANAGE TO EAT. AFTER THAT I WENT TO SEE "JOHNNY CUPCAKE" AT UBIQ. I'M NOT A FAN OF THE DUDES GRAPHIC WORK BUT I DID FEEL THE JEAN JACKET HOMIE WAS SPORTING, ALSO THE STORY OF HIS HUSTLE. HE WAS A COOL DUDE AND THE SUPPORT HE HAS FROM HIS FANS WERE CRAZY, I THINK THE LINE WAS ABOUT 3 YEZZY LINES ALL IN ONE. 

 AT THE END OF THIS WEEKEND IT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY WHICH WAS MOMMIES DAY. WE WENT IN FOR MY MOM! BUT I HAVE PICTURES OF MYSELF FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND. IF I WENT INTO DETAIL ABOUT THIS WEEKEND IT WOULD BE A BIG ASS POST. I'LL JUST SHOW YOU PICTURES .CHECK ME OUT HOMIES.

ABAKUS 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

THE HOMIES OVER AT ABAKUS ARE CELEBRATING  2YEARS OF SUCCESS. THIS SATURDAY THE GOOD HOMIES WILL BE HAVING A GET TOGETHER WITH A SPECIAL COLLABORATION WITH MITCHELL &NESS ON  "ABAKUS" SNAPBACKS. YOU HAVE TO SUPPORT. ABAKUS HAS  OFFERED US PHILADELPHIA KIDS SOME OF THE BEST STREETWEAR LINES  AND SNEAKERS THIS CULTURE HAS  DISCOVERED. EVERYONE IS INVITED, TRY TO MAKE IT. YOU HAVE 5 DAYS UNTILL THIS EVENT HAPPENS, CLEAR YOUR PLANS.  

N.E.R.D x BZJ

TWO DAYS AGO N.E.R.D TOOK  PHILADELPHIA BY STORM AND CRUSHED US  WITH THE LOUD BASE SOUNDS OF THE BAND. THE SHIT WAS MAD LIVE MAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE THE SHOW IN WORDS. THE SHOW STARTED 8:30 ON THE DOT AND WAS AWESOME FROM THERE. FIRST UP WAS THE "THE RIGHT COAST" TO PERFORM . THESE DUDES ARE NEW TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND THEY ROCKED OUT THE RIGHT WAY, ALL THE CHICKS WERE TRIPPING.NEXT UP WAS N.E.R.D.THEY ROCKED THE SHOW LIKE I HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THE WAY N.E.R.D CONNECTED WITH US WAS SO DIFFRENT FROM THE OTHER ARTIST THAT I HAVE  ATTENDED.

THIS WAS MY 2ND TIME SEEING N.E.R.D PERFORM AND TRUST ME THEY HAVE GROWN SINCE. IT'S SO WEIRD, WHEN YOU SEE THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING UP TO FOR SO LONG. THE PEOPLE THAT INSPIRE YOU TAKE YOU SO MANY PLACES DURING YOUR LIFE TIME AND WHEN YOU SEE THEM YOU REALLY JUST STARE WITH A BLANK FACE, LIFE IS REAL MAN.ON THE OTHER HAND THE SHOW WAS DOPE, DURING THE SHOW THEY PICKED UP A COUPLE PEOPLE TO GET ON STAGE TO SPAZE OUT AND AFTER THEY PICKED UP SOME GOOD LOOKING CHICKS TO ROCK OUT TOO.

 BUT NOT LIKE EVERYONE AT THE SHOW I HAD A PHARRELL MOMENT. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS WEIRD BUT DON'T JUDGE HOMIES , I HAVE BEEN LOOKING UP TO THE DUDE MY WHOLE  LIFE. DURING THE SHOW EVEVERYONE HAD THERE HANDS OUT TRYING TO GRAB PHARRELL WITH ME INVOLVED I WAS THE ONLY DUDE WITH MY "BLACK POWER FIST" OUT TRYING TO GIVE MY HOMIE A POUND. I DON'T KNOW HOW PHARRELL NOTICED MY FIST BUT THE HOMIE DID.

HE WAS TRYING TO GIVE ME A POUND BUT ALL OF SUDDEN THE SPEAKER  HE WAS STANDING ON HAD ALMOST CALLAPSED SO BY THE TIME HE ALMOST FELL HE STUCK OUT HIS TWO FINGERS AND TOUCHED MY FIST ON SOME E.T. SHIT. CHICKS STARTED GRABBING MY FIST LOL THE SHIT FOR AWHILE GOT A LITTLE HECTIC. I THOUGHT I SHOULD JUST INFORM YOU ON MY SKATEBOARD P MOMENT. WHILE I WAS TELLING PEOPLE THAT STORY SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE WERD, THATS DOPE AND OTHERS WERE LIKE YOU HOMO BOY!..LOL YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND PHARRELL HAS DONE SOME OF THE BEST WORK, THE DUDE IS A LEGEND.

I'M NOT COMPARING THE HOMIE TO GOD'S TOUCH BUT THE SHIT IS CLOSE, JOKING.  IT HAD TO DO SOMETHING CAUSE TODAY I GOT MY PHONE UPGRADED AND YESTERDAY I GOT SOME CHEEKS..LOL.. THE SHOW WAS DOPE AND I WISHED I COULD HAVE SEEN ALOT OF MY PEOPLE ATTENDING THIS SHOW. SINCE YOUR IN THE HANDS OF A COOL  DUDE  YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I LOOK OUT FOR MY PEOPLE. I WAS ABLE TO GET A FEW GOOD SHOTS FOR YOU GUYS AND THERE NICE AS HELL, I EVEN GOT SOME SHOTS OF THERE EQUIPEMNT. YOU CAN'T SAY I DON'T LOOK OUT, I HOPE YOU ENJOY HOMIES.

THOSE AREN'T MY FEET BUT BESIDES THAT YOU HAVE TO ADDMIT THESE ARE SOME GOOD SHOTS. I TRIED TO GET A FEW SHOTS OF SHAY AND FAM-LAY BUT MY BATTERY WAS GOING ON AND OFF AND THE HOMIE WASN'T ON MY SIDE AT ALL DURING THE SHOW.

THE "UARTS OF PHILADELPHIA" ART SHOWS

THE "UARTS OF PHILADELPHIA" WILL BE HOSTING GREAT ART SHOWS NEXT WEEK. THE OPENING SHOW THAT SHOW CASED THIS WEEK WAS THE OPENING ACT AND FOR INDIVISUALS WHO HAD A THIRST FOR ART. THE SHOW FEATURED GREAT TASTE OF ART FROM UART  STUDENTS WHO ARE  WITHIN THERE YEARS OF SOPHMORES, JUNIORS, AND SENIORS WHICH I THINK IS KINDA A BUMMER FOR THE FRESMEN. I HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE SHOW RIGHT BEFORE THE OWNER OF THE EXHIBIT WAS ABOUT TO CLOSE THE DOOR ON A FEW OF OUR FACES.

WHEN I WAS ABLE TO GET A CLOSE LOOK AT THE ART CRAVINGS THESE KIDS PICTURED IT WAS INSANE. SOME OF THE PIECES WERE REALLY SMALL WITH A HUGE MEANING THAT MADE YOU APPRICIATE ONES CRAFT. ON THE OTHER HAND BIG PEICES OF ART MADE YOUR EYES ADJUST TO THE LITTLE OBJECTS THAT MADE YOU IMAGIN HOW THE PIECE WAS FORMED TOGETHER.

 THIS ART SHOW WAS  FULL OF CREATIVITY AND I WISH I HAD MORE TIME TO GET A LOOK AT EVERY FORM OF ART THAT WAS IN THE BUILDING. WHILE I WAS LOOKING AND TRAVELING WITH A "SLEEP WALK" PASTE TO THE ART PEICES I TOOK A FEW SHOTS. THIS SHOW WAS DOPE SO I HAD TO. AT THE END, WELL WHEN I WAS GETTING RUSHED OUT THE BUILDING FOR THE SHOW TO SHUT DOWN FOR THE NIGHT I SEEN MY GOOD FRIEND BERNADETTE. SHE'S A STUDENT AT THE "UARTS OF PHILADELPHIA".

 SHE'S MAD COOL, WE HAD A QUICK CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SHOWS COMING UP AND THE "UARTS OF PHILADELPHIA" HAS A COUPLE TRICKS UP THERE SLEEVE FOR THERE AUDIENCE. IF YOUR INTRESTED IN VIEWING SOME GOOD ART TAKE A TRIP DOWN TO THE UARTS THIS WEEK. IT'S GOING TO BE  DOPE!.. WHO KNOWS MAYBE I'LL SEE YOU THERE. TO SEE A FEW MORE PICTURES I SHOT AT  THE SHOW CLICK "READ MORE" .