Our friend Nicholas Scimeca posted this on his blog. We wanted to pass it along. Looks very interesting. Head to their facebook and “like” it so you stay informed on it’s release this fall. Enjoy.

INFLUENCERS TRAILER from R+I creative on Vimeo.

Check out these incredible photos taken by the amazing Chuck Anderson. Every few days, I’ve seen another lighter photo show up and have been reblogging and showing them to everyone! We’ve been obsessed with his photos for a long time now. We personally have 5 of his photo poster prints framed and hanging all over the place. According to his twitter bio, he is “an Artist, designer, Chicago Bears fan, Larry David enthusiast.” Seems a lot like us!

Check out more of his amazing work at nopattern.com. A true inspiration to us all.

Today marked the last official day of summer. Summer is my favorite season and I’m bummed to see it end. We had the privilege to spend basically every weekend of the summer at a friend’s lake house. We fully took advantage of this and made every weekend better than the last.

Below are a selection of photos taken throughout the summer to give you a bit of insight to our world.
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Check out Charlie getting ready for some deep sea diving!

This shirt basically sums up our feelings throughout the summer.

This was the scene that started every trip. We’d open the car door and Charlie would high tail it to the boat to get out on the water.

Below is Captain Scooter. He maned the driver seat (and grill!) for most of the summer. Thanks Scooter!

Here I am doing my best impression of a professional. Took me a few times and popped my knee (which sidelined me for a few weeks) but came back stronger then ever! I can’t wait for some real surfing next summer!

Here’s Eric tearing up the lake in his sweet purple shorts.

This is our boy shit dog doing his best “grip it and rip it”! He was the one who suggested our Tie Die ampersand tank top we released last summer.

Scooter pretending he was in Blue Crush.

The exhaustion has set him from a long day out on the boat.

Ice cold beer in a frosty mason jar. Pure perfection for the summer!

The end of the night ended with some nice relaxation by the fire.

And the best view ever. This photo bums me out that I won’t see this exact site until next Spring! Until next time! (Sorry to everyone that attended the summer lake house with us that I didn’t get to include in the photo blog!)

BEST. SUMMER. EVER.

Last week, we went to visit some of our best friends in The Academy Is. They were personally asked by Kiss to open their current U.S. tour. It was very surreal to see the guys open such a massive show. They’ve worked very hard for it and have been killing it nightly. Here are some pictures from the Chicago show taken by the one and only Jack Edinger.

Our good friends in The Summer Set are embarking on their first U.S. headlining tour! They’re taking out Stereo Skyline and our other buddies in Mod Sun and Austin Gibbs. It’s going to be one hell of a show each night! Make sure you get there early and stay out late!

Oct 19 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
Oct 20 – Dallas, TX – The Door
Oct 22 – Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits
Oct 23 – West Palm Beach, FL – Ground Control
Oct 24 – Orlando, FL – The Backbooth
Oct 26 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Oct 27 – Nashville, TN – Rocketown
Oct 28 – Greensboro, NC – Greene Street
Oct 29 – Vienna, VA – Jammin Java
Oct 30 – Hartford, CT – Webster Underground
Oct 31 – Pawtucket, RI – The Met
Nov 02 – New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
Nov 03 – Cambridge, MA – Middle East Restaurant & Night Club
Nov 04 – South Hackensack, NJ – School Of Rock
Nov 05 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
Nov 06 – Buffalo, NY – Xtreme Wheels
Nov 07 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
Nov 09 – Toronto, ON – The Mod Club Theater
Nov 10 – Pontiac, MI – iLounge
Nov 11 – Indianapolis, IN – The Emerson Theater
Nov 12 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
Nov 13 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave Bar
Nov 14 – St. Paul, MN – Station 4
Nov 16 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
Nov 17 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
Nov 19 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
Nov 20 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon
Nov 22 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom Of The Hill
Nov 23 – Thousand Oaks, CA – Thousand Oaks Center
Nov 24 – Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction
Nov 26 – Tucson, AZ – The Rock
Nov 27 – Mesa, AZ – The Nile

Our friend Adam from Iamthetrend.com stopped by our tent at Warped Tour Chicago last week. He also interviews 2 other sweet clothing brands that are on the road with the tour to get some updates from the front lines! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to pick something up and/or said hello!

Interviews in order:
Arkaik: www.arkaikclothing.com
KKBB Apparel: www.kkbbapparel.com
Iamthetrend.com

The BEAT THE HEAT shirt is now availble! We are keeping our talents in Chicago unlike Lebron. Check out those Bulls horns! See you in the playoffs Heat! GO BULLS!

Web store

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Summer Sale! It was a huge success. The limited edition ampersand shirts for the orders over $50 look amazing! Hopefully you agree when you receive yours.

Also, Warped Tour was great as usual. Thank you for stopping by the booth to pick something up or just to say hello. The Beat The Heat shirts we were selling will be available online asap!

It’s back! Our annual summer sale. This time it’s bigger than ever and we’re offering 25% off everything! Also, the first 50 orders over $50 will receive an exclusive free shirt. We will never sell this shirt so if you want one, make sure you put your order in asap. Thank you all for your support and we can’t wait to show you what we have in store for you!

Click here to head to the web store!