Chicago Makes the (wrong) Cut

As Eric & Atif stack their 6 thousandth mile in the city of both the shadiest man in America (R. Kelly) & the most admirable (Barack Obama), I felt it appropriate to drop a related news bulletin (slash editorial).

Honestly, Chicago's fashion and style has never reached a level enough to pique my interest. This year stands to do no better as Pete Wentz attempts to save the day by launching Chi-town's 4th Annual (only?) Fashion Week. Though the week is entitled "Fashion Focus Chicago" I really hope they don't focus on Pete's own Clandestine Industries clothing line which conveniently launches its Chicago store this week. A visit to their site (www.clandestineindustries.com) quickly uncovers Pete's models rocking logo tees and hoodies with outfits straight outta your local Urban Outfitters.

I can't hate on UO too much, I mean, it has its gems but c'mon. Unfortunately, as much as we kick and scream against more celebrity clothing lines, they are far from over. As long as we have a Nicky Hilton or a Spencer (from the Hills) bored and looking for something to do, there will always be a celebrity clothing line. Every once in a while, amidst everyone biting each other off, a celebrity line worth noting will arise. Nothing comes to mind... but I have faith we'll see a genuinely creative celebrity line soon enough, and it will be sold in one of the respectable Chicago boutiques (i.e. Solemates). Afterall, piracy leads innovation, right?

Want 2B Square Art Show NYC

Tommorrow Friday, April 6th for ONE NIGHT ONLY from 7pm-11pm, come to Skylight Studies and peep what promises to be a super ill show. Featuring original artwork by some of today's dopest contemporary artists that have putting out some of the most inspired and original works coming out of the street/contemporary scene, all works are for sale for collectors [and those who are slacking on the interior decoration game]. If that's not enough, there's free booze and good music. Peep below for the venue and all the details.

SKYLIGHT STUDIOS
275 HUDSON STREET
NEW YORK, NY. 10013
http://www.skylightnyc.com

WANT 2B SQUARE SHOW

AN INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT
OF BOX INSPIRED ART AND MEDIA

featuring orginal works by:

DALEK
SAGE VAUGHN
MAYA HAYUK
MATZU MTP
KELSEY BROOKES
FREDDI C
UPSO

music by:
THE RUB DJS
COSMO BAKER
DJ ELEVEN

APRIL 6, 2007
7:00-11:00PM
ONE NIGHT ONLY

OPEN BAR. MEET THE ARTISTS. ALL ARTWORK IS FOR SALE.

The Homie Sale

So everyone has that one homie who has looked out for you, probably more times than he should have. You know, the homie who carried your blacked out ass back from the bar, let you crash his spot much longer than you should have, or loaned you some loot that you still need to pay back.

So here's an opportunity to show some love, no homo. For a limited time, Vane is offering any tee/tank from the Alpha Collection for you and your homie, both for only for 25 bucks. The stipulation is that you have to send us your homie's contact info, be it an e-mail, a phone number, or a mailing address, so your greedy ass cant have both the items. Vane will holler at your homie and hook em up with a tee/tank of their choice.

As Vane gears up to enter retail for the Spring 07, we want to extend our Family, and make this Vane Movement official.

Dont forget to put your homies info in the additional comments section during check out.

The following tees are available:

Manhattan Project Tee

Vane Caliber Tee

Janus Crest Tee


Manhattan Project TankTop

Fuck Stars Hoodie

We’re almost ready to drop the Spring ‘07 line, expect it to be out in a couple of weeks. But for now we’re gonna drop the Fuck Stars hoodie for you to check out what’s sitting in sealed boxed at the Vane Crib.
Again untill the whole line drops the hoodie is exclusively available to the Vane Family. So make that move ‘cause we only produced a limited number of these.

Vane Bling

Over the weekend, we shot our Spring 07 Lookbook. Big ups to Nastassia Davis, our incredibly talented photographer [peep her work at http://aarika.deviantart.com/], and our boys Mo, Baltra and Poo for beasting the coldest day of the year, rocking Vane Tees in the frigid ass weather. Man, I was cold for you guys, and believe that I thank yall from the bottom of my heart. Respect.

We also got our jewelry sample which we made with jeweler Gregg Wolff, and the final production piece will be dropping with the rest of our Spring gear. It's a mixed religion piece, fusing the Islamic Moon, the Jewish Star, and the Christian Cross in one pendant, with "WE ARE ALL VANE" engraved on the side.

Believe me kids, this is not a game. Expect all kinds of fire as we keep things rolling, and we will take all yall along for the ride.

Finally the King is a Woman!

Ite ladies, the De La Vega*Vane King tee is finally on the site. Enjoy

For those of you who missed the interview. Check it out.



The Vane Family wishes everyone a Happy New Year.

Spring 07 Preview Tees

Though the full spring 07 line drops in a couple of weeks we decided to throw up 2 tees just to give you a taste of what’s coming. The shirts are only available through the Vane Family section. People who have bought tees from us will receive the new password via email. Everyone else ask around and someone might just tell ya. Click on the images below.

WE*ARE*VANE section added.

We just added a new section called WE*ARE*VANE under “Life” (listed in the menu on the right). It is a collection of individuals that have either worked with us or embody the Vane Lifestyle. James De La Vega was the first to go up there check it out. If you have any comments or questions about it click on the comments link below.



Dont forget that the female De La Vega*Vane Lifestyle collabo tee is availible at De La Vega’s Galleria, located at 102 St. Mark's Place in the East Village, 8th Street between 1st Avenue and Avenue A

De La Vega Callabo Tee

The De La Vega collabo Tee is now available only at De La Vegas Store at 102 St. Marks (8th street) between 1st Ave and Ave. A.







This is that new shit..should be in real soon.
This is the shirt sittin at De La Vegas shore. Be sure to check out the rest of the stuff there.
Thats the new sticker, soon to be everywhere. Hit us up if you wants some.

ASHA at Mo's Caribbean

This coming Thursday, September 14th, Vane will be out at Mo's Caribbean showing our support for ASHA, an organization whose main objective is to provide education to underprivileged children in India. Our friend, Therese Minehan, is running the New York City Marathon to raise money for this organization, and will be hosting the event on Thursday.

Come and join us from 8pm onwards for food, one hour of free open bar (top shelf liquors, draft beer, over 50 flavors of frozen margarita, wine, soda, juice, bottled beer, shots), Vane giveaways, and if you’re lucky, a fashion show containing some of our new gear.

There will be a small entry charge min. $20, with all proceeds going to the kids in India. So, come bring your colleagues, friends, family, enemies to:

Mo's Caribbean
1454 2nd Ave at 76th St
New York
212-228-4200

Sneak Peak Fall 06'

All new fall 06 shit is in and will be up on the site soon. Here are some pix of the lucky girls who got to rock it out.

So how did Roxy go?

So the “back to school bash” at Roxy was definitely an entirely new party experience for us. The crowd and the ambiance were different from any other event we've participated in but we had a fun time catching up with all you kids going back to school – our high school years feels like they were ages away, even though it really has not been that long. Pictures from the event can be found in our Life section (thanks to our photographers, Nas & Inna).

We put together a sexy looking booth, complete with posters, sexy VANEladies, and our standard showcase of covering any available wall space with our merchandise.

The reason we chose to be involved with this event was to show support for Folk & Stress, two brothers from Long Island, who put on a hell of a show at Roxy. We met DJ Folk, aka Justin Nealis, through a separate Vane project a few months ago. He was feeling us from the start and told us of his musical endeavor and played some clips for us, but obviously nothing compares to a live show. They were rocking our tees on stage, much love here. Folk & Stress will soon be featured in our WE ARE VANE section, where we will profile emerging artists, musicians, and overall cool cats. For now, listen to their beats here, and don't forget to drop by and say what’s up to us.

We chilled with DJ Green Lantern and his entourage, The Invasion Group, while he was spinning. We've liked his work ever since he got down with Immortal Technique. One of his boys put on a Teal Manhattan Project and walked off in it after the show. Wonder where the night took him…

Everyone’s looking forward to next Friday, Sept 8, when we throw a birthday bash for Megalicious, our PR superstar. Stay tuned for details.

Photo Gallery Update

VANEspace

Check out and join the Vane Myspace Fam.

Also dont forget about the GreenLantern Folk&Stress event at Roxy tonight. (look at post below for details).

GreenLantern*Folk&Stress*Roxy*VANE

On August 31st, the Vane Family and Guerilla Man Promotions bring you the one and only DJ Green Lantern, aka the Evil Genius, at Roxy nightclub. Our own DJ Folk will be opening and it should be a jolly good time for all. Pre-sale tickets are $30-$40 (our apologies, but superstar DJs like to get paid) and doors open at 9pm.