I’m writing currently from Taipei, Taiwan. I’m on a lay over to Shanghai and finally found some time to update the blog. It’s been a crazy last 10 days at Five Four due to the big China trip we’re doing as we speak as long as finishing up our Fall/Holiday designs for next year as well as designing the womens line. Busy busy times.
Eman (FF Mens Design Director) and Stacey (FF Womens Design Director) joined me for this trip as well as my friend, Brian Toll. Layovers suck, so make the most of it. We also met up with our Hong Kong R & D guy, Ryan Takahashi. Definitely always a great time with that animal.
Here we have Brian making the most of things, charging his iPod, watching a DVD all on top of a recycling trash can.
We’ve been having a lot of guests lately at the Five Four office.
Sebastian Mago, new R & B artist on Columbia Records, stopped by to get geared up. Look out for him in 2007, this guy has amazing talent
Here we have our main man Tadao, this guy runs the streets of Hollywood. However, he should be really running in the streets of Hollywood.
Next we had super L.A. club promoter, Frankie Delgado, stop by our office along with friends James and Audra. Frankie and I were talking about the Jay-Z concert here a few weeks past, he decides to relive the moment and flash the ROC sign.
Miami man of the night James strikes a pose.
Audra was trying to stay away from all the flash.
Oli also stopped by with his friend Sean Maguire.
You may know Sean from The Class, and many many films and shows.
Richard (FF Assistant Designer) was up in Seattle for the weekend and took a picture of our new gear in "Zebra Club":http://www.zebraclub.com/. Check it out if you’re in the area.
Dee, J Dubb and I attended Gomez’ radio show this past Sunday night. He just started an Internet radio show, it’s pretty interesting…if you know Gomez it all makes sense.
He gave us a gracious tour of his house, first he had to come protected.
Next he took us to his shoe room. This guy is obsessed.
Even J Dubb was in mortified shock.
His closet was big, it even had its own Five Four section. Ballllinnnnnn!
Next we took us into the home studio where all the magic happens. We had Jamie and James on the mic as well. Jaime is like Robin, James is like Artie and Gomez, well you know…
Gomez beautiful daughter Galia also made an appearance.
I can go and on about the show, but you guys will have to listen to it for yourself. It'll be coming very soon on the web.
Gomez asked us for a rider for us, Dee requested M & M’s and J Dubb requested Grey Goose. YOUNG.
This week I also stopped by this ridiculous sandwich spot called Victor’s off of Franklin. This place is a wine shop / deli / liquor store. Turkey sandwich is the shit!
Speaking of Turkey, what a great holiday Thanksgiving is. You’re able to spend quality time with your family and friends. I haven’t seen part of my family for a few months now since I’ve been so busy, it’s always quite a treat to see them. Even though my whole family is in L.A., sometimes we get too caught up with our own lives and work too hard to make some quality time for the people we care about most. On a better note, the food at my family Thanksgiving meal was amazing.
I also went to see the new Bond movie, it was really good. The Aston Martin on it is ridiculous.
That’s all for now…next stop Shanghai!