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.

Sneaker Con D.C. July 28-This WEEKEND

Sneaker Con D.C. is this weekend and I'll be down there again. Sneaker Con D.C. was cool last year and I thought it would be great to do it again, so I will be there this weekend.

EVENT DATE
July 28th, 2012 – 12pm to 7pm
EVENT LOCATION
2427 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE
Washington, DC 20020
ADVANCE TICKETS
http://sneakercondc.eventbrite.com/


From Sneaker Con:
 "The Summer sneaker season won’t be complete without hitting up Sneaker Con, so those in the Nation’s Capitol are in for a treat as Sneaker Con makes its second stop in Washington DC this July 28th. After a massively successful showing last August, Sneaker Con returns to the realm of Foamposites, Trainers, and anything 90′s basketball-influenced to celebrate the world’s greatest sneaker buy/sell/trade event of its kind. Expect a repeat of last year’s Sneaker Con DC greatness, so circle your calendars for July 28th and don’t miss out on the greatest sneaker event of the year by buying your Sneaker Con tickets ahead of time right now! For full Sneaker Con DC event info, check out the flyer."

I hope to see you there.

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
     Joe

Sneaker Con NYC Video Recap

Sneaker Con NYC December 10th

Sneaker Con is back and you know what that means...You don't? Well, there will be a Branded Baron table at Sneaker Con. For all you sneakerheads that like to trade, buy, or sell your kicks and need some apparel to match what you're wearing, stop on by the table. If you just want to buy some fresh gear, that's absolutely fine. It is the holiday season and you may want to get some Christmas shopping done.  I hope to see you this coming Saturday at Sneaker Con.

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
     Joe

Sneaker Con D.C. 2011 Recap

Hey Everyone! Been busy busting my ass trying to promote the Pop Up Shop, so sorry for the late recap. I'm going to try and keep it brief. First, it was fun and I was told D.C. has a better sneaker culture than New York and it seemed to be true. I tried to plan accordingly and arrive early, but that didn't happen. The GPS didn't recognize the address and I ended up in a residential area in some suburb outside of D.C., which totally made us miss a good table. I'm glad I got the table we did, because hopefully you should see some Branded Baron in a Maryland sneaker boutique store in the future. Yea, I just said that. Brand expansion is a reason why I wanted to bring Branded Baron apparel over to Washington D.C. Since, our table was the first table, then second table at the event I felt we were going to get brushed off and at first we did. I will admit that I was quite upset, but I stuck through it and eventually people came by and bought some of the tees. We did quite well and the lesson to learn is never give up. I was thrilled when some sneakerheads came to match their kicks with Branded Baron tees. The Baron Crown in Black went well with a couple people who decided to get that tee to match their Space Jam SB's. One new Branded Baron supporter came by with his sneakers, saw the tee, asked for the size, and made his purchase.

Overall, I had fun even though I was upset and nervous about the outcome. Branded Baron was very well received from the D.C. crowd, especially since our style is New York based such as the Statue of Liberty Gangsta tee and tank. It was good be in D.C., because I got to check out the monuments and it made me feel like a true American. I'm a fan of history and I happen to know a decent amount of U.S. history, so it was cool. I've been to the capitol 14 years ago when I was in eight grade, so it was cool to be there again when I'm older. Plus, Tiff never went to Washington D.C., so I was happy to take her there. I wanted to show her the Lincoln memorial, since I remembered that was a great deal when I was young and it was still cool. I never went to the White House, but I finally saw it in person. Of course there was someone protesting, but I expected more people rather than one person. Actually there was a bold Muslim, who decided to pray towards Mecca in front of the White House. I understand that fanatic Muslims are to blame and not all Muslims are crazy or bad, but that's a pretty bold move right there. The whole time was really cool from Sneaker Con to just visiting all the monuments, I enjoyed it. I definitely look forward to participating in Sneaker Con D.C. again.

Below are some pictures and don't forget to see the quick recap of Sneaker Con D.C.

Stay no less than Stunningly Fresh,
     Joe

Protecting his kicks from the rain.

Tiff in front of the Capitol Building.

Myself in front of the White House. WHAT UP OBAMA?!

Protestor speaking to people. I think he was protesting about Nuclear weapons. Is it me or is it hard to take someone serious with a crazy beard like that?

What is that pilot on the right doing?

Lincoln Memorial

Korean War Memorial

Freedom is Not Free....It's funny as I wear my Statue of Liberty Gangsta tanktop.