A nice short video from hypebeast on my friend Joshy, who I worked with in the last two years to make the DICKIES X REBEL8 stuff happen! He is a great guy:

We worked hard in the last 12 months to get this going. The guys from Stussy are amazing and we worked on a few nice pieces together. All inspired by true american workwear.

The line was shown first time ever on Bright. It is on pre order for selected stores now and will hit the street globally early 2011…

We gave hypebeast a little heads up…

Stay tuned.

Once again in Bottrop! June 4th and 5th … last year was a lot of fun!

For updates, keep an eye on their facebook page!

Last year we shot at Mark Mahoneys Tatoo studio on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles…

Mark Mahoney is one of the leading tattoo artists of our time. He is currently the proprietor and premier artist of Shamrock Social Club located in the heart of Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard. His career spans over three decades and with each wave of influence that tattoo culture has had on mainstream America, Mark has been there. From the underground punk scene of the 1970’s to the black and grey movement of East L.A. in the 1980’s to the mainstream popularity of tattoo art in the Hollywood scene of the present. Mark has been a pivotal influence. The theme of Mark’s shop has always been “where the elite and the underground meet.”

Dickies affiliates Heath & Dave of Lowbrowfilms spent an evening at the Shamrock Social Club with Mark Mahoney and his infamous friends. Mark reveals fascinating stories from his past when tattooing was actually banned in some states, participating in a shootout against rival tattoo artists and times spent with Sid & Nancy. This is a rare document from one of the most talked about and respected tattoo parlors to date. Period.

You can get this special Tee over at Dickies.

On my visit to San Francisco I had the chance too meet Joshy and Mike from REBEL8 again. We met each other more than two years ago for the first time in Los Angeles. Last year they came and visited me at Dickies HQ in Hamburg. Now it was my turn.

We finalized the last things on the REBEL8 X DICKIES collab. It will be awesome and will launch very soon… (this summer to be precise). Globally.

Here are some pictures of the REBEL8 HQ and the great evening we had together… If you ever make it to SF, check out Weird Fish! The food and the people were great!

Guys, thanks for taking me there!

Got a nice package today from my friend Tami (she is a great artist, check out her blog here).

Right now it is cherry blossom time in Japan. So she send me over a package of finest cherry blossom tea. It comes “wrapped” with salt, so it stays fresh.

You wash the salt out, take 3-4 cherry blossoms and pour hot water on it. Ready is your cherry blossom tea.

The taste is … um… special. Totally different than expected…

I am in San Francisco right now! The city is amazing, the weather is great… Had a few good meetings here with the guys from Deluxe Skateboarding and from REBEL8. And some fun in the evenings …

I took a few photos, check them out below and even more in this flickr set.

I spent the last days in Fort Worth, Texas. Had a few good meetings in the Dickies HQ.

Some impressions below:

Some more pictures on my flickr page…

Spent the weekend in Cologne and visited Sneakerness. Nice little show. Fair entrance price. Nike, Onitsuka Tiger, Reebok (with the worst stand ever) and adidas have been there. But also stores like The Good Will Out, Grand, A Cut Above attended.

Some impressions below and even more on flickr.

I just launched this website and I kick it off with some fun stuff! You can win one of four super rare ALIFE X DICKIES jackets. They were launched end of 2009 in just 8 stores globally.

If you win, you can choose your size and color (khaki or navy).

All you need to do is to follow me on Twitter or become a friend on facebook!

Out of all new followers and friends I will select four winners. Will ship anywhere in the world. Contest ends April, 21st April, 30th! So please follow and retweet to spread the word!

Thx!

PS: if you want to read some more stuff about the ALIFE X DICKIES collab, check this post.