FeedFish On Jason Kibbey, Fluevog Sale, Where To Get Plaid, Plaid For Spring
Written by NetBear on February 1, 2010 – 3:59 pm -Interview with Jason Kibbey of PACT — Part 2
This is part two of a two part interview with Jason Kibbey, CEO & Co-founder of Berekely-based PACT Apparel Inc. Read part 1 here.
KF - Do you have other products in mind for PACT? (I know I’d like to see some nice, soft shirts and maybe some jammy-pants. Just saying.)
JK - We want to really lead with great underwear and perfect our ability to make and sell great underwear and then we’ll think about making more products. We only will make products the world needs, and we won’t make crap it doesn’t need. As an environmentalist, one of the reasons we got into the underwear business is that it is something that everyone needs (some of my extremely crunchy friends disagree…) and if you are going to buy it, why not buy it sustainably in a way that allows you to wear your values?
Don’t forget about the “pactheartsfish” 25% DISCOUNT code!
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Fluevog Shoe Sale in the Haight
Just in case you were wondering, the nice folks at Fluevog Shoes are having a sale. This isn’t just any sale, mind you, this is a sale of Fluevogian proportions. What that means is John Fluevog shoes and bags are not only marked down once, they’ve been marked down multiple times which ensures maximum savings and maximum shoe buying joy.
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More Fish on where to get plaid for the spring…
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Fish On Brief Anniversary, Protection, RibbedTee.com, PACT Brief, Interview With Jason Kibbey, Promo Code
Written by NetBear on January 22, 2010 – 4:47 pm -Happy Birthday to the Brief
Anyone familiar with this column is likely familiar with my ever-growing and ever-evolving interest in/obsession with undergarments of all descriptions. You can take a peek at those articles here, here, here, here, and here.
Did you know that as of January 19, 2010, the undergarment commonly referred to as the tighty-whitey will have been in production for 75 years? Seventy-five years.
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Uncommon Protection
Last year the bounds of what is and is not an accessory for men got stretched a little as an ever-increasing number of us picked up and started carrying around various devices, gadgets and items of convenience. The way I see it is if you have something like a Flip video camera, mobile phone or e-reader on your person for part or all of your day, this thing, by default, is an accessory. As the market for accessories of this type grows, the market for accessories for your accessories grows, too.
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More Fish on RibbedTee.com and PACT…
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Fish On Papa’s Brand New Bag, New Fluevog Boots, New Underwear Print, Storm Watches
Written by NetBear on December 13, 2009 – 5:31 am -Papa’s Brand New Bag
Life is good sometimes. Every once in a while you find yourself with free tickets to the symphony, decent parking in Hayes Valley and enough time to not only go to the symphony but also to stop in to M.A.C. (Modern Appealing Clothing), at 387 Grove Street, for a visit with one of the proprietors, Ben Ospital. If you’re anything like me, this confluence of free symphony tickets, free time and an illuminating chat about fashion concepts and designer’s visions and theories, makes for a perfect night out.
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New Boots From Fluevog
Fluevog has done it again. This time, instead of mere shoes, we are treated to two new pairs of boots. With these two sets of clodhoppers, boot lovers AND Fluevog aficionados have reason to rejoice.
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More Fish on the new underwear from Pact…
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Out And About: Sexy Ads, Beautiful Sylvain, Biden Has Potomac Fever, Santa School, More Ben
Written by NetBear on December 11, 2009 – 11:20 am -
In the wrong hands a sexy ad can turn into the stuff nightmares are made of. Not even sexy nightmares, either. Can you say fashionable gay gang-rape?
That dark knight of fashion photography, Sylvain Norget, was featured in an article on BeautifulMag (NSFW). You might remember his other photo projects.
Potomac Fever, Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC’s 13-member select, pop, a cappella, close-harmony ensemble performed at the holiday party of Vice President and Mrs. Joe Biden.
Condom Claus helps raise awareness for birth control and condom use in preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS in Thailand. Umm… Ho, ho, ho?
Ever wonder where Santa gets his “Ho, ho, ho” from? Look no further. At the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School Santas and Mrs. Clauses from around the globe to prepare for the holiday season by taking forty hours of training packed into three days.
Your social life as content. Facebook is pushing people to go public so that everyone in the world can find out what you had for dinner last night.
One can never have enough photos of rugby stud Ben Cohen, right? More photos from Ben’s recent calendar photo shoot.
Virgin Mobile wants you to Hook Up Fearlessly.
Santa & Mr. International Daddy Bear 2009 (Joe Mannetti) with everyone happy holidays saying, “take care of each other, and remember to support the diversity that makes our communities shine!” Of course, you have voted Joe for Bear of the Year, right?
Got a thing for Victorian clothing? Check out these photos and look for the cowbears in their period gear.
Catch-fire has discovered that It’s a Bearded World (NSFW). You can also get some eyefuls of fuzz at the cubtastic Scruff Love (NSFW) where they’ve collected a “melange of men that represent the naturalism of masculinity and roughness.”
Say goodbye to As The World Turns. The show that has been on the air for 54 years was given 9 months to say goodbye.
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Walter Van Beirendonck WONDE® Collection Video
Written by NetBear on December 4, 2009 – 11:45 am -A few months back we did an espose on an all-bear fashion show given by the WONDE®FUL woofy Belgian designer, Walter Van Beirendonck.
While photos are fun, nothing beats watching the sexy Euro bears walking the runway. Mmm… Especially when they get to the underwear segment at the end. Now we can all get an eyeful. We’ve got a video of the show!
Watch the runway bears strut their stuff…
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Top Ten Reasons To Buy “I Heart Chris March”
Written by NetBear on December 1, 2009 – 4:50 pm -In a shameless act of self-promotion, we got a funny email from Chris March telling us the Top Ten Reasons to buy his new fabulous book, I HEART CHRIS MARCH:
10. Makes a better Christmas gift than fruitcake.
9. Full of embarrassing photos from my personal collection.
8. It’s “Drag-a-Licious”!
7. Unique, one-of-a-kind coffee table book by that loud laughing guy from “Project Runway”.
6. Special Foreword written by Tim Gunn.
5. 150 full color pages of non-stop outrageousness.
4. Available no where else but www.chrismarchdesign.com.
3. Guaranteed to make you laugh until you pee your pants.
2. The only place to see 25 years of crazy creations by Chris March.
1. It’s the best way I could think of to share my world with you.
Well, there you have it! The book is 8″x10″, full color, 150 pages, bound soft cover. It’s a perfect gift for fans of Project Runway and is available EXCLUSIVELY through ChrisMarchDesign.com — Not Available in stores.
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Fish On Beardhead, Utilikilt, REI Holiday Catalog, News From Rickshaw Bagworks And PAC
Written by NetBear on November 13, 2009 – 2:29 pm -It’s Beardhead Hat Time
So, you just set your clocks back. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and the next thing you know it’ll be Winter Solstice time. What better to arm yourself against the cold and damp of a brisk San Francisco evening than one of these hats?
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Bifurcated No More — The Utilikilt
By now, more than likely, you are familiar with the company known as Utilikilts. If not, please consider this a formal introduction.
Founded by Steven Villegas and Megan Haas, The Utilikilts Company has been around since the year 2000 and is based out of Seattle, Washington.
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More Fish on the REI Holiday Catalog and Rickshaw Bagworks…
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Lady Gaga Has A Bad Romance On Her Hands
Written by NetBear on November 10, 2009 – 4:05 pm -Today dance music diva Lady Gaga released her latest and greatest music video. This Bad Romance is gonna leave a mark!
Watch as alien dancers in white pleathor emerge from their cryopods at the “Bath Hous oF GaGa.” Wait… What’s that pod marked Monster all about?
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Fish On Vintage Halloween, PACT Underwear, Going Commando, Product Recap, Sweatpants
Written by NetBear on October 28, 2009 – 2:46 pm -Halloween Tip #3 — Vintage
Vintage clothing stores are usually a great place to find a costume for Halloween and San Francisco has a fantastic array of these shops from which to choose. From the Mission to NOPA, from Nob Hill to the Haight, if you can’t come up with a costume in San Francisco’s vintage clothing stores you’re not trying hard enough.
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PACT Underwear — A Product Review
A couple weeks ago you were introduced to PACT undergarments right here in this column. In that article you were treated to such tasty tidbits of information such as what their underwear is made from (95% Turkish organic cotton and 5% elastane) and why. You also may have learned that the people at PACT are dedicated to positive change in our world. The most important stuff in that article, though, at least as far as this column is concerned, is the underwear.
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Going commando? Better see what Fish says about it…
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I Heart Chris March Coffee Table Book
Written by NetBear on October 21, 2009 – 6:27 pm -I HEART CHRIS MARCH is photographic proof of the insane career and creativity of Project Runway’s Chris March. Giant wigs, skyscraping headpieces, outlandish costumes, and crazy couture come to life in this full color celebration of Chris’ creations of the last 25 years.
From childhood Halloween photos to Bryant Park, this book is chock full of never before seen images. Buy one for your friends and one for yourself — you can finally have Chris March on your coffee table!
Books will be shipped in mid-November, just in time for Xmas giving! — Book size: 8″x10″, full color, 150 pages, perfect bound soft cover — Full of never before seen photos from Chris’ personal collection — Special Foreword by Tim Gunn — Book Price: $45.00 plus shipping and handling — Available EXCLUSIVELY through ChrisMarchDesign.com — Not Available in stores!
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Fish On Superheroes At Bloomingdale’s, Nau For Change, Shoe Repair, Alex And Puma
Written by NetBear on October 21, 2009 – 5:59 pm -DC Superheroes At Bloomingdale’s
Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Bloomingdale’s, Captain Marvel, Green Arrow, the Justice League. Yes, you read correctly. No, it’s not a typo. To celebrate 75 years of comic book goodness Bloomingdale’s is selling a line of DC Comics tee shirts.
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News From Nau
As mentioned here, Nau “is a small group of people committed to positive change.” Their products are 100% sustainable, they use the labor watch dog group Verite to monitor all of their overseas factories, purchase carbon offsets for all their shipping actions, and every single item they produce is fully recyclable. As if further proof was needed Nau has just announced the winners of their first annual Grant for Change program.
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Got a flat? Get those shoes repaired…
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Return Of Fish: Halloween Tips, Shaun White 4 Target, Find And Dandy, eBay For Costumes
Written by NetBear on October 11, 2009 – 1:09 pm -Halloween Tip Number 1 — Spirit Halloween
It’s that time of the year again. Witches, ghosts, gremlins and all variety of creepy creatures will soon be infesting your neighborhood. Yes, it’s time to get your ghoul on. Halloween season is upon us.
If you are looking for an easy and fun way to lose the real you in some sort of costume there’s no better place to do it than at one of the many Spirit Halloween shops that spring up around the Bay area.
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Shaun White 4 Target — Menswear For The Younger Man
It’s time to branch out a little. Time to venture a little out of my comfort zone and pay some attention to menswear for the younger man. It’s a huge market segment filled with people looking to do something with their or their parent’s disposable income, so why not?
For this, the inaugural article of what should organically develop into a semi-regular feature, is going to be focused on Shaun White, specifically on Shaun White 4 Target.
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Got Dandy? From Average Joe to Mr. Handsome…
