Sorry again for the lag of updates, I've had a hectic schedule. Busy preparing for the MAGIC show, then the actual show and now off on a much needed vacation.
So it's Labor Day September 4th, and I feel like a cherry tomato. Well at least I look like one. I'm in Hawaii right now in beautiful Waikiki cooling off with some friends and Five Four family. We took an early morning flight out of L.A. on Friday morning, 12 hours after we arrived from Las Vegas. We were in the city of sin for 6 days, 6 very long days. I started off the trip missing my flight out of Burbank airport. I raced the streets of L.A. like a mad man, leaving my office at noon from downtown L.A. with my flight being at 12:45 pm. I got to the airport at 12:25 pm and by the time I got to security it was 12:35 pm. I was wearing some Five Four military shorts and of course they happened to have 8 snaps on them which caused the metal detectors to go off. I told the security about it before I went in but of course they suspected me of all people to be some wacko osama follower. Anyways, so after the chick security guard is yelling "male assist" for like 5 minutes, I told her "yo my flight is in 5 minutes can you please hurry up"...the asshole security guard next to her, which could've done the damn "male assist" looks at her with a chuckle and goes, "oh well I guess he's going to miss his flight." So after this douche bag said that I knew it was over. I waited another 10 minutes for this damn male assist and missed my flight. I hopped on the next flight and landed in Vegas late afternoon. I had a light fever going into Vegas, and after landing and going over to the convention center to check out the booth, it got worse. I took a z-pack and pretty much slept for 2 days until the show started.
The show, as usual, was a great show for Five Four. Our booth was in the front and we designed a new booth for this show. It had a very modern look to it.

We were slammed the whole show, as you can see our booth was busy w/useful and useless people...another typicl MAGIC show. If you've been to MAGIC, you know what I'm talking about.
Here is Ronnie, our Mid-Atlantic & Southeast rep hustling some orders...

We had our staff on full salute, Christine and Amanda greeted everyone with a smile and a middle finger

Davey (FF Art Director) is trying to show off his new tee designs

Eman (FF Design Director) is pondering by himself, "what did I take last night?"

The Five Four staff is always working hard , this time they are hardly working..what a shock.
L to R: (Julia - FF Designer, KB - Special Projects & Lifestyle, Amanda, Sisilia and young Christine, Davey Detail in the middle)

Dee had some sick shoes on one day in the booth, I mean, SICK. I'm no sneakerhead, but these are worthy of respect. Straight fire. He said it was a Dunk Hi Dontrelle Willis shoe.





Young Chris (FF West Coast Sales) dozing off in the booth

Christine being super young once again with someone else on her intellectual level

Greg, our bill colllector, I mean friend, hangs out w/his girl Carissa (FF East Coast Sales) in front of the FF booth

Christine, being real young once again, thinks she's in the MLB hitting J Dubb with one of those wiffle bats

The great Maurice Malone stopped by the booth on Tuesday to chat for a bit

On Tuesday night, we decided to rent a hospitality suite at the Venetian and have our staff, distibutors and close affiliates for some drinks, food and drunken times...

Our friend, L.A. club promoter Brian Toll, sits and watches for prey

Branden (FF tata), sweaty as usual, trying to cop a cheap feel from Sisilia while Davey strikes a pose

Chris, being real young, recruited some spaced out chick from the hallway and tried to lay down some of that Midwest charm on her

This is when you know people were getting rowdy, when girls start arm wrestling. Here you have Christine first challenging a Monarchy Clothing intern. Then Melissa (Monarchy) and Amanda facing off


Corey from Leaders1354 in Chicago stopped by the party and reminisced with Dee about the time they went to go ball it up in Chicago, Dee trying to be the Indian Jordan

Branden and Davey at the bar

Nate from Monarchy playing off the cool guy role

KB giving homage to my Gucci kicks

It was Steven's bday, our distributor from Canada. He turned 55! Happy bday Abba! Doesn't he look like the French Jew version of Mel Gibson? With a mullet? We all know Mel loves the Jews...

J Dubb playing bartender, AS USUAL

After a few hours, seeing the drunken debauchery he helped to create, he ponders "what did I do?"

Bernard (European distributor) checking out his blackberry while Steven tries to get a peek

After this wild party, it was only 11pm. We headed over to Tao for the Hudson / Creative Recreation party which was off the hook. We had our own little section and just kept popping bottles after bottles, I think everyone was TKO'd after this night.
The next night we headed over to the BPM / Triple Five Soul party at Tryst which was a wild time as well. Davey Detail showed up thinking he was going to the VMAs.

After a much crazed 6 days in Vegas, we headed off home. Alan (Midwest Sales) along w/his show assistant, Kate Miss Kentucky, were in the cab line behind us.

Bernard, gives us his final goodbyes as he heads back to Munich.















