Bay Area native and hip hop artist, Goapele, was out showing support for the environment and SF’s youth by performing her new hit “Milk & Honey” at the FREE 2nd Annual SF Youth Unity Eco Fest at Dolores Park on May 22nd. The event was great. It was put together by youth for youth, so it drew a real city crowd and good vibes, without any big business or corporate sponsorship. We were also stoked to see Goapele rockin one of our favorite hoodiepeople brands, Zio Ziegler. Based out of Mill Valley CA, Zio Ziegler takes his original artwork and screen prints it onto apparel by hand. So, each hoodie is an original 1 of 1 piece of art that you can wear without worrying about anybody else wearing the same thing. Yeah…Goapele rockin Zio at a Free eco festival by youth for youth, the epitome of Bay Area hip hop culture.  For more information about the Eco Fest please visit www.eslisf.org.

Also, get 20% off your next hoodie at hoodiepeople.com by entering the Eco Fest coupon code: eco20.

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We are out to win a great contest for e-commerce shops from the good folks at BigCommerce.  BigCommerce is looking for merchants with the potential to make it Big, and we are working hard on making it big and see limitless potential ahead.  One grand prize winner gets a bunch of killer services worth about $22,000, including a $5000 visual design makeover, 2 years subscription to BigCommerce software and hosting, and a bunch of great marketing tools from MailChimp, ROI Revolution, FannAppz and more.

We would be really stoked to win and make hoodiepeople.com an ever better place to get fresh hoodies.  Please show your  support with great comments and “likes” on the youtube page.

Check out the contest page here and the press release here.

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Calling all hoodiepeople of the Bay Area, come out and party with the whole crew down at Sloan in San Francisco tomorrow night. Last November we had a great event at the same spot and are looking forward to turning it up a notch this time around. Selecta Dans One from Broken Silence Sound System will be rocking the tables with the freshest reggae, dancehall and hip hop beats.

Get all the details and RSVP on the event page at facebook

We have teamed up again with St. Anthony Foundation, a social services agency that provides emergency food and clothing to San Francisco’s poor, for a Spring Clothing Drive. Please bring “new or gently used clothing” to donate.

Location: Sloan 1525 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA  – map

Look forward to seeing you there!

Tags: hoodie party, hoodiepeople, party, spring groove session

Hot off the press (internet style) check out the fresh new hoodie style from legendary SF street skate fashion icons Huff SF. Huff’s Spring 2010 look book just dropped, chec out more cool pics from the full collection here: http://blog.hufsf.com/?p=951

Be on the lookout for more dope Huff hoodies hittin hoodiepeople.com in Fall 2010.

Tags: Huff Hoodies, Huff SF, Spring 2010 look book

Mothers Day is coming up fast and you want to get Mom something cool, right.  There are lots of choices and a cool new hoodie may not be the first thing that comes to mind.  If your mom is the June Cleaver type you might be better of with the flowers and chocolates but if your mom is a bit more hip, check out our top choices of fresh new hoodies she is sure to love.

Show your Mom a little love and grab her a fresh hoodies at hoodiepeople.com today.  Let us know what you think, does your Mom like cool hoodies?

Tags: cool moms, hoodies for mom, mothers day

hoodiepeople.com Presents:

New Music from DJ D Sharp

Free download for hoodiepeople.com fans

DJ D-Sharp has just dropped his very first single, “Definition of a Star”. The track is a west-coast-influenced banger which features Bay Area MCs, Kev Choice and Tony Vic.

It was only inevitable for D-Sharp, a long time producer, to put out his own music after producing songs for artists such as Lyrics Born, Lateef the Truthspeaker, Shock G (Digital Underground), The Grouch and Flipsyde.

(Click Image for Free Track Download)

D-Sharp began his music career at the age of 15, performing at venues all over the Bay Area. He later became the resident DJ at Maritime Hall in San Francisco and then at Justice League, where he opened for acts like Jurassic 5, Dilated Peoples, Living Legends, Blackalicious and Latyrx. His years of hard work paid off when Chief Xcel of Blackalicious recommended him to Quannum Projects MC, Lateef the Truthspeaker (Latyrx, The Mighty Underdogs, Fatboy Slim) who asked him to go on tour. D-Sharp quit his day job and from there, began touring the world with Quannum artists such as Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, Lifesavas, Latyrx, The Gift of Gab; and joined the infamous Quannum World tour DJing alongside DJ Shadow. It wasn’t long before his talents caught the ear of other prominent artists including Lauryn Hill, Clyde Carson, Mike Patton (Peeping Tom), Slum Village, Planet Asia and Goapele — all of whom he has DJ’d for. On tour, he has shared stages with high profile acts such as Jay Z, Kanye West, Outkast, Common, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Pharrell and The Wu Tang Clan.

Check out DJ D Sharp at www.therealdjdsharp.com

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Twice a year the fashion/apparel world converges on Las Vegas for the Magic Tradeshow.  This was our 4th trip and each year we come away with a ton of strong contacts, new brands, and a bit of sleep deprivation from running around to meetings all day and partying it up all night.  This trip  started off a bit rough, we missed our morning flight so didn’t arrive until 1pm instead of 10am, and everything was taking forever, but we got out to the show and were able to catch up with the reps we had appointments with and didn’t leave the show till after 7.  Of the brands we met up with on Tues, Original Penguin looked really strong, Jedidiah was solid for fall and WeSC had a fresh fall collection. I was not blown away by Rocawear, but Artful Dodger (owned by Rocawear) had some dope stuff, and a new style direction with the brand. 555 Soul had a back to basics collection with 3-4 really classic 555 hoodies. Zoo York had a smaller collection from years past but lots of cool stuff, they look strong for Fall.  After the show we went to a suite that a bunch of small brands from LA setup to meetup with the guys from AKRA Clothing, they are a small t-shirt company that we met at both the SF Thread Show and Agenda.  Over the past month or so I have been talking with them about doing some hoodies and they are def into it.  We are hoping to get a limited exclusive on the hoodies to premier them to the world.  They have some cool designs and are super focused on great quality so I have no doubt the hoodies will be really fresh.

The 2nd day was much smoother, we met up with Tokidoki (picture to the right is Simone Legno, Founder of Tokidoki on right), they are growing like crazy and the brand is doing amazing stuff across all their product lines (toys, skate decks, clothing, bags, shoes, sunglasses and loads more).  Famous Stars had a huge presence with all their different brands (Rogue Status, Wild Ones, DTA), the meeting was rushed but Fall line looks dope on both mens and womens side.  We also met up with a small t-shirt brand that is similar to Tokidoki called The Public Zoo, they are launching their first hoodies in Fall and we might get to premier them, but either way they have dope stuff and solid price points.  Really cool people at the company as well. .

Saving the best for last we had great initial meetings with both Puma and Adidias, both were stoked on hp and look good for a fal 2010 launch.  Adidas is doing some great stuff and the sales rep we met with was brand new but came from the marketing team so he was super dialed into whats going on at the company and seemed like he could def get things done.  Overall it was really successful trip, maybe a bit too short but we got a ton of shit done and def good to just show up and network around.

Tags: hoodiepeople.com, magic tradeshow, pool, project, slate, street

Mavaricks 2010

check out the official Mavaricks Gear Shop (some awesome hoodies)

good luck and happy returns to all the brave surfers riding the big waves today.

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Nothing says I love you like a fresh hoodie and nothing sets the intimate mood better then a valentines day gift that your sweet heart actually wants.  Skip the cheesy heart boxer shorts and candy this year and get your lover something they will really love….a fresh hoodie

Save 20% All Hoodies at hoodiepeople.com

At checkout enter coupon code: ihearthoodies

Need some ideas: Checkout the 100% Recycled Hoodies from Playback Clothing, amazing quality and design in lots of fresh colors for guys and girls.  If your sweetie loves Star Wars, they are going to flip out for the new Star Wars hoody collection featuring Darth Vader, Storm Trooper, and Clone Trooper Hoodies.  Looking for something to keep your babe warm and cozy all winter long?  Check out the Jack Frost Hoodie and the Hammer Smith (guys) and Hannah smith (womens) jackets from Sitka.

Sale end 2/14/2010. Order by 2/10/2010 for guaranteed Valentines Day Delivery with standard $5 flat rate shipping

Love,

hoodiepeople.com

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Haiti Earthquake Relief T Shirts from Jedidiah

50% of the proceeds go directly to Compassion International and their efforts to provide assistance to families and children devastated by the earthquake.

Order yours today, help people in need and get a fresh t-shirt too. order at hoodiepeople.com

In 2004, Jedidiah created the Hope Collection line of apparel to help raise awareness and money for various social  and humanitarian and has raised over $328,963 as of September 30, 2009. 

Many thanks to Jedidiah for stepping up and producing these amazing t-shirts and setting everything up. You guys are true to the cause and wave the flag of compassion and hope high!