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It’s here finally, summer, the long awaited season. Jason and I recently finished our exams. As a celebratory event we decided to meet once again in Montreal. This time, a good mutual friend of ours, Jon, came along.

We took our friend to Tate + Yoko, where his raw denim virginity was taken by a pair of Naked and Famous Left-hand Twill Weird guys. I took my LHTs to Tate + Yoko as well to get it hemmed and signed by Brandon Svarc, the owner and creator of Naked and Famous.

All kinds of fade gainz were achieved this weekend due to longboarding through China town and Old Port, and biking throughout Montreal with our rented Bixis. 

After multiple Montreal meat sandwiches, all you can eat sushi, dim sum, couple of beers on Mont Royal, and loads of McDonalds $1 smoothies, I think we can say we had a pretty chill weekend in Montreal.

As I always say, come visit Montreal, Canada, you will not regret it. Gotta catch my bus back to Toronto now. Till next time,

Keep it Raw. Stay Naked and Nude.

Fade February ‘13

Over this reading week, on Feb 23rd, I had the pleasure of being part of the Fade February Raw Denim Contest hosted by Dutil in downtown Toronto.

We went together last year but this year, I had to fly solo without Jason due to different reading weeks. It was great seeing fellow denim enthusiasts sharing their passion for raw denim. The atmosphere is incredibly chill with everyone happy to be there to share their interest in denim.

I actually entered the contest just for fun, what’s there to lose right? but some of the pairs that were entered were absolutely disgusting (good). My pair was immature compared to some of the other pairs. Absolutely incredible. Shoutout to Bernard, a fellow denimhead and a SUFU veteran. I met him at the event and his PBJs were incredible with more than 2 years of wear, very chill dude with great insight on denim.

All in all, it was a great event and a great experience for me. Raw denim, incredible fades, and FREE BEER, what more can you want?

I have officially retired my 15month old N&F BTSG (though they might be immature) to get started on my Nudie GTDDO. Stay posted for updates!

Till then, Keep it raw. Stay Naked and Nude.

-Paul

Montreal 2013

Coldest weekend in Montreal in a long while. It’s been almost -40 every night. This is the weekend I, Paul went to visit Jason in Montreal. Goddam.. It is frikken cold. Despite the frost bitin weather, we ventured out to the streets of Montreal.

The urban streetwear scene is dope here, surprisingly more hype than good ol’ Toronto. We RSVPd to VIP sale at Off The Hook, a great boutique on St. Catherine and Peel for both hypebeasts, so-called hipsters, and everything in between. We made next level purchases, sales on sales, deals on deals. Rangin from Stussy to Canada Goose.

After a great haul, we treated ourselves to some all you can eat sushi on Crescent and made our way to the grand finale. The Mecca of the denim world, where the denim bleeds in Canada, the great source of our beloved Naked and Famous Denim: Tate + Yoko on St. Laurent.

Tate + Yoko is a personally owned denim store founded by the owner and creator of Naked and Famous denim, Brandon Svarc. There we met Alex, the online/on site store manager, one of 9 employees to ever work at Naked and Famous Denim. He was a great dude, very informed about denim. He was also very patient and understanding of our denim craze. There, Jason bought his first ever HEAVYWEIGHT denim. 24oz of pure Japanese goodness created in Canada. YES. 24 FRIKKEN OUNCES. It hurts to bend your legs, and it hurts to do/undo the buttons. Jason will get it personally hemmed and tapered AND SIGNED by Brandon Svarc. He will be signing up for a HEAVYWEIGHT DENIM CONTEST so stay tuned.

Montreal is definitely one of the coolest cities in Canada and maybe the world. If you’ve never been, I highly recommend it. The denim scene, the streetwear, and the vintage yet modern lifestyle is a great thing to experience.

Us posing with Brandon Svarc’s very own N&F LHT

Jason, N&F LHT

Paul, N&F BTSG