Addicted 2 Sneakers this Saturday

Don't forget this Saturday is the Addicted 2 Sneakers event. You have a chance to win a pair of Bred 11's, grab some new stuff in time for Christmas, and participate in the sneaker battle. $5 for presale tickets and it's $10 at the door. It's pretty cool that Jay Wise will be performing there as well.

     Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
           Joe

Addicted 2 Sneakers 12/22/12

On Saturday December 22, there's an event that is sure to be interesting, Addicted 2 Sneakers Sneaker Expo. As some of you may know, I participated in their first event this past June which was cool, but now it should definitely be much larger. First, it's now at the Palisades Mall in Rockland County, which  is supposedly the 10th biggest mall on the East Coast. Even if it's not, it's a big mall and you can get more of your last minute Christmas shopping after the event. The event is located on the 4th floor inside the comedy club, Levity Live. I was shocked they had it there, but it's a nice place and hopefully after a good day I'll kick back and watch the headliner for that evening tell some jokes. This event should attract a much larger amount of people this time around and I'm looking forward to this event. Who knows who'll stop by and what will be there, but it's going to be an awesome event. I hope to see you there.

If you're on instagram follow them at A2S_us.

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
      Joe

Astrohop tee matches Jordan Gold Pack

Sneakerheads around the globe, I want to let you know that the Astrohop tees and tank match very well with the Air Jordan "Gold Pack". 

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,

      Joe

P.S. Also, if you're on Instagram follow me at @brandedbaron as I try to post pictures that will not be seen on the website.

Sneaker Con D.C. Recap

What's going on?! Since you can't respond back, I'll assume your day is going smooth. It's a late recap, but here it is and with pictures! Sneaker Con D.C. came around and it was time to continue expanding Branded Baron in different locations. I decided to head down to D.C. with Anderson of Bluu Dreams, whom I've known for a couple years and bounced design and business ideas off of. All I know is I was excited for Sneaker Con D.C. to happen, because leading up to it there was nothing but issues that started with me checking in at the hotel with a very bitchy front desk worker to not having 1 piece for my clothing rack where I could not use it.


I requested that the Branded Baron and Bluu Dreams tables were next to each other, because we may have to help each other during the event and it turned out we did. Alan of Sneaker Con always hooks me up at a nice location at the events and big THANK YOU goes out to him. Sneaker Con always gets packed and D.C. was huge. I was very happy that it was at a larger location this year than it was last year. I was so busy during the day that I did not have the chance walk around and scope out the other vendors. It was a success overall and I'm very thankful for everyone that came by chatted up with me and supported Branded Baron. I did have fun, which is very important to me and it didn't hurt that people picked up some shirts.

Enjoy the pictures below.


Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
      Joe

This is me taking picture of Anderson as hes taking a picture of me taking a picture of Anderson.(Yea, I stole his line from his recap, but took out my name and replaced it with his.)

The mural that was across the street from Sneaker Con

One of the other vendors came by and picked up the button pack. Supporting each other is a positive indeed.

She picked up a tank top

Rocking the Jordan jersey and soon will be rocking that Branded Baron

A glimpse of the crowd at one point.

FRSHR Than Your AVRGE Sneaker Battle RECAP 2

Hello ALL,
    I hope all is well. I know I have not posted lately and my apologies, but the workload and stress of running a company can become overwhelming at times. So, let me tell you the FRSHR Than Your AVRGE event was a cool experience. It was the first time that it was held, so my expectations for it was to have a good time and try to gain more fans from Boston. Then again, having a good time and gaining more fans is always the goal. Ward of Bloodline Fresh Clothing hosted this and I was honored when he told me that he wanted my brand to be a part of this event. So, I'd like to thank him for that opportunity.

   After a week of ugly weather, it was refreshing to see sunny skies, which made this event to be very promising. It seemed like a cool event to be at and honestly how many sneaker battles to see? Maybe I've missed them, but I know this was my first one. The main purpose of the event was the sneaker battle, but it did contain other vendors and allowed for trading/selling sneakers. I met a couple cool people and even saw a familiar face like Paulie Hussle from Real Deal Radio.(Here's the video from when I appeared on it) He was participating in the sneaker battle.

I know I've been talking about the battle and you're probably thinking, "What are the rules?" Well the rules were the crowd would be judging the contestants on the condition of their kicks, the history behind the sneaker, and how well they rock them. It was interesting when the participants were given a chance to stump their opponent on their knowledge of the sneaker they were wearing, which showed who really knew the info on what they were wearing. It was definitely interesting to see and some people had some nice kicks. The finals was female vs female, which I don't think anyone expected. No such thing as female sneakerheads, guess again. The winner won rocking the "Ewings", which I expected her to go all the way to the finals. It was also funny that the semi finals did not consist of any Nikes. My only issue with the crowd deciding on the battles were, yes, the crowd were correct most of the time, but if you had a large group of people supporting you or you had a section that screamed louder, you could've moved to the next round. I think judges until maybe the finals would have been nice.

The turnout was okay, but I expected that from it being a first time event, but I heard that Rock the Bells was in Boston that weekend, so I figured people went to the concert instead of this. It made me think that if that didn't happen, there could have been more people. I thought the people that came by and showed love were cool. I even liked those who bought some tees. The event was definitely cool and I look forward to the next one and expect that shall be bigger. Check out some more pictures from FRSHR Than Your AVRGE.

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
     Joe

Vinnie has his own sneaker blog(which he reviewed the tee he picked up) and you can follow him on twitter here . Thanks for the support

He kept coming back to the table so many times and finally decided that he had to have this t-shirt. Hey I appreciate the support.

The "no sock" sock or the "I need a bigger sock" sock. lol

Oh and his Lebrons to the Jordans he was competing in, which PROVES AGAIN that Lebron is not better than Jordan.

Yes, a bottle of Hennessy was part of the winning prize.

Bloodline Fresh's tee, cap, and posters.

Tiff holding the Branded Baron table down while I run around and take pictures.

Cool peeps from the Boston brand Inov8

Just had to take a picture of the Yankees & Giants caps.

 Yep, they wearing the Branded Baron buttons and they also rap.

 There was a dance group that performed before the semi-finals.

Can't decide which pair to wear? Wear one of each. Problem solved.

The winner with the organizers. Congrats!