I must say that Sneaker Con turned out a lot better than I thought. I had a lot of fun, it was great talking to so many people and selling shirts. What started as a nightmare turned into a great success.
I timed everything accordingly, so I could arrive at Sneaker Con and be able to set up without rushing. I somehow didn't realize it was on the west side and not the east side of lower Manhattan, plus it seemed like I took the longest way to get there. Plus, time was catching up to me and I remember reading the vendor's agreement saying that you have to be there by before 11:30 otherwise you won't be able to sell. Luckily I found a parking spot in time and headed to sign in. One thing I know is I never have to know the address, because I'll always see a line of people waiting for the event to start.
Setting up indoors was easy, so it was fine by me. I wasn't assigned a table with a wall in the background, so no Branded Baron banner was hung. Once I put out all the shirts and the promo cards, I waited for all the people to come in. I noticed that there were quite more clothing companies than usual at this sneaker event. I wanted to check out all the tables, but I had to wait for my boy Chi, who helps me from time to time, arrive from getting some Jordans that he wanted to sell. There were a ton of cool tables and people too.
Once the doors opened, the chaos came on through. It was packed, then briefly the crowd would be a little smaller, and then you'll get slapped in the face with more people. Sneaker Con definitely had a really good turn out. People loved the apparel that we had for sale, especially the "Don't Be A Hypebeast" t-shirt. All the sneakerheads really loved that one and I have to thank Chi for helping me when I was working on that design. Seriously, someone walked up to Chi when he was walking around and told him, "That's the best shirt in this place." Now that's an awesome compliment and makes me feel good that Branded Baron is doing something right. I really didn't expect to do really well, since it was a sneaker event, but you need something to match your kicks, right?
Overall, it was a fun experience and I can't wait to participate in the next Sneaker Con. Shout out to all the people at Sneaker Con that put it together, Adidas for sponsoring, and all the cool people I met or met up with again that day from Daniel Cruz, Bryan from Doctor Hazmat, Mello from Kick Game Dvd, Jen from Mix 206, Gerardo and company from Creative Ethics, and everyone who stopped by bought and chopped it up. Thanks Chi for the help. If you didn't pick up a "Don't be a hypebeast t-shirt"there will be some available in the online store soon. I like to have limited edition shirts, especially for events, so you have to grab them in your size when you can.
Check out the rest of the pictures below from the event.
Stay no less than stunningly fresh,
Joe
Shout out to Mark from Sole Sirius.com You can see the small video I did with him at his sneaker con recap post. Click here to view
Carpe Diem crewneck
Stunningly fresh
Jen from Mix206.com
Picking up both the "Astrohop tee" and "Don't be a hypebeast" tee
This tee caught his eye
Don't be a hypebeast!
Sugar Skull tee for the win
Chi & I at the end of the night wrapping things up.
Adidas sponsored the event.
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Of course I matched my tee by rockin the Jordan retro
Sneaker Con 2010
