meet apliiq model: justin

Here’s a little interview with one of our new models, Justin. He is an actor, comedian, and model! He also hosts awesome parties up in the bay area. Get to know who this guy is.

justin goofing around in the california cuddle tank

justin goofing around in the california cuddle tank

How would you describe your style?
Thrifty, vintage, skinny jeans, hipster.

What do you like to do for fun?
Other than acting? Cooking, I’ve always liked to cook.

Where would you like to travel?
London.

Like to eat?
Chinese food.

What else are you good at?
Drumming! I learned from church. My mom plays the organ there. I’m from a musically talented family.

What’s your favorite song right now?
It’s a gospel song called “Good Day” by J. Moss. The song tells you to have a smile on your face and to think in a positive way.

When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a basketball player but I was too short then. Shortly after I wanted to be an actor.

reppin tees, tanks, sweaters

reppin tees, tanks, sweaters

Which female celebrities do you think is cool?
Scarlett Johansson and Oprah.

Which are you attracted to?
Zoe Saldana, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Ariana Grande, Megan Fox.

Do you have any plans for the summer?
Probably camping at Yosemite with my friends.

What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?
I got drunk with my friends and we decided to climb a ladder. It was a tall building. I’m scared of heights so that was pretty crazy for me when I looked down.

Which city are you from?
San Francisco.

Who is your role model?
Idris Elba, he was in Prometheus and a lot of other films. Funny actor.

What’s one thing you want people to know about you?
I’m the king of improv. I love improv! Comedy is natural for me.

What makes you smile?
Sunny days because it’s the perfect day to go to the beach with friends, shoot films (I shoot films also), do projects during the day, cook and bake cakes, and it just makes me more productive.

What current project are you working on?
I finished up a horror film called Victoria’s Exorcism.

Check out Justin Hall’s work!

flashback friday: amish country fabric

Strong family relationships, simple lifestyle, valuing manual labor—they are some traits from the Amish community. If you set foot in this community, it’ll take you back just like how we’re taking you back to the amish country print fabric. This one has some easygoing shapes and colors.

amish country fabric

amish country fabric

Here’s a peek of some of the Amish playing baseball.

Photo credit: Scott R. Galvin/AP

Photo credit: Scott R. Galvin/AP

Photo credit: Scott R. Galvin/AP

Photo credit: Scott R. Galvin/AP

To complement their style, we designed some smaller patches onto a polo shirt and a dress—although the dress may be too short for their taste.

pocket oxford polo shirt

pocket oxford polo shirt

t-dress

t-dress

Can you tame your style? Design your own clothes with the amish country fabric!

wearing chris duncan art–sort of

Chris Duncan is an artist you need to know about if you love colors, shapes, and patterns. In an interview with IN THE MAKE blog, he says that one of his inspirations is looking at quilts and what his daughter thinks of them. That means fabric!

art by Chris Duncan, photo from In the Make

art by Chris Duncan, photo from In the Make

We aren’t his daughter, but we are his fans. In terms of our fabric collection, this is what we see from his art work. Lots of dots in the image above that could look as tiny as atoms. You could easily lose yourself inside this piece of art. They look like sprinkles too! Below are some of our dot fabrics.

urban dotty fabric

urban dotty fabric

dottix fabric

dottix fabric

firehouse fabric

firehouse fabric

If you look at the one below in a wide point of view, rather than focusing on each shape and color and direction, it can look like a geometrical multicolor rose. It’s pointy and stiff like origami. However, this shape and the range of colors is somewhat similar to the confett fabric.

art by Chris Duncan, photo from In the Make

art by Chris Duncan, photo from In the Make

confett fabric

confett fabric

Like these fabric patterns? Design a shirt with the most trippy and abstract fabric.

what to wear for national maritime day

In honor of National Maritime Day, we have coordinated a few products that show appreciation for those in the maritime industry. Some of our fabrics may not have ever made it to LA without the hard work of America’s Merchant Marine. They make a lot of sacrifices and contributions for us. After all, there are still pirates cruising on the ocean waves.

We’ve got a sailboat print fabric and an anchor print fabric for this day.

el capitan jeans

el capitan jeans

sunset voyage tee

sunset voyage tee

You can wear these two products together or you can wear them separately. If you know someone who works in the maritime industry, this may be a thoughtful gift.

Customize your maritime clothing!

custom denim + matching shoes = dope style

Apliiq just upped the ante in customizable streetwear fashion.

Yesterday was the 140th anniversary of blue jeans! In celebration, Apliiq launched a revolutionary way to customize traditional denim with dope fabrics patches. Did you get that? Let us spell it out for ya… CUSTOM DENIM JEANS AT APLIIQ. Yuuuup. Now you have the option to pick your favorite fabric prints and apply them to the cuffs and/or backpockets of your new favorite pants!

You can even customize your pants to match your kicks.  Here are a couple of suggestions.. and only a couple because we’d like to see what you can come up with as well. Remember, you have the power of design!

Here’s combo #1:

mountaineer jeans

mountaineer jeans

Supra S1W "Summertime"

Supra S1W “Summertime”

The solid tangerine color correlates with the ranchero fabric backpocket. The shoes may be loud by themselves but when you have something soft like the mountaineer jeans, the whole presence of this combo is in natural harmony.

Combo #2

galacticity jeans

galacticity jeans

 

Supra Skytop “Polka Dot”

Supra Skytop “Polka Dot”

For this second combination, we’ve paired Supra’s Skytops with our grey slim cut denim pants with space print fabric pocket and cuffs. The polka dots on these shoes almost look like the itsy bitsy stars on the galacticity jeans. The red accents at the top of the kicks match the color of Saturn’s ring on the pants. Cuffed jeans like this pair look extra siiiick with high tops. Ya feel it?

Apliiq fan and promoter, Jacob from Always Fresh Apparel, matched his design of the elvira fabric on denim jeans with the bright yellow Hypebeast x Puma “Dim Sum Project” kicks.

photo courtesy of @alwaysfreshafa on instagram: Hypebeast x Puma "Dim Sum Project"

photo courtesy of @alwaysfreshafa on instagram: Hypebeast x Puma “Dim Sum Project”

Apliiq has a lot more options for the colors of the pants and of course, the fabric print on the cuffs and pockets.

custom denim jeans

custom denim jeans

You know what you gotta do. Customize your own denim jeans!

Blue Ivy is gonna be a big sister! Jay-Z and Beyonce expecting baby No. 2.

Just a few days ago we covered how Solange Knowles is such a fashion forward icon, but as of today it has been confirmed that she is having another nephew/niece! Reported on E! News Jay-Z and Beyonce will be having their second child. Rumors have been running rampant in the past few days and with the recent cancellation of one of Beyonce’s shows because of “dehydration and exhaustion” the rumor mill has been churning.

Hova & Beyonce

Be happy for the Hip Hop power couple as they continue to live it up. Cause if Blue Ivy is any indication, their next kid is gonna be stunnin’. In the meantime, pick up some threads for the munchkins in your life and get them fitted with the best down below.

baby p

euro

matching apparel for supra vaider red/snake print – white

The exciting summer is just around the corner with plans of music festivals, art shows, the county fair, skating at the park, surfing the waves, and showing off your newly designed style from head to toe. Starting off the summer with new clothes is the best start. The right start.

Just three days ago, the Supra Vaider Red/Snake Print – White kicks became available on the Supra website and its retailers. As usual, apliiq’s GYB (got your back) with clothes to match these slithering shoes. CAUTION: a challenge for those with ophidiophobia.

Supra Vaider – Red / Snake Print – White

Supra Vaider – Red / Snake Print – White

 So what can go with these shoes? Snakey sneaks have to be paired up with our snakey denim jacket

snakey denim jacket

snakey denim jacket

snakey denim jacket (back)

snakey denim jacket (back)

You can’t find something as dope as this combination. You can design tees and tank tops with this snake print fabric as well. Give in to the venom.

flashback friday: strawberry fabric

Strawberry fields, strawberry smoothies, chocolate-covered strawberries, juicy strawberries, everything strawberries. Stumbled upon this fabric print in the apliiq food fabric collection.

strawberry fabric

strawberry fabric

Here are some suggestions on how you can customize with this fabric into three different garments:

strawberry pocket tank

strawberry pocket tank

strawberry sanders jacket

strawberry sanders jacket

strawberry swing tee

strawberry swing tee

Like what you see? Craving for that strawberry? Design your clothes with this fabric!

 

wearing andy warhol inspired clothing

If you don’t have floral prints in your closet, Andy Warhol would be disappointed. We weren’t joking about how HOT florals are. Check this out on Phillips, one of the most popular online auctions for art and holding private collections.

tweet from @ArtObserved

tweet from @ArtObserved

$2.5 million!? Wheeeew! That’s a nice price. One of these days, you’ll be on that website probably bidding on Warhol’s art pieces. TODAY, however, you can have your own collection of floral clothes. You don’t have to wait five years to get to that level. We’ve got two suggestions for you especially with summer coming up.

did it on black tank

did it on black tank

clarity tank

clarity tank

You don’t have to stop with just those two tank tops. You can customize clothes with different fabric patches. Express the artist within you. Bet you have a Warhol-like alter ego.

You can even sell your designed apparel with apliiq. So not only are you an artist, you’re also an entrepreneur.

how to dress like solange knowles, a fashion icon

Solange Knowles is singer, a songwriter, and recently she announced her own record label Saint Records. The world has waited long enough to hear her soulful voice once again. Buuuut this post is more about her as a fashion icon— unafraid to take on loud colors or bold patterns. You should add a bit of “solange” flavor to your style. Learn from the urban fashion goddess.

Original:

photo courtesy of US magazine

photo courtesy of US magazine

Alternative: Go for similar shapes and pattern size, but just change up the colors.

leaf it alone dress

leaf it alone dress

Original:

photo courtesy of Seventeen magazine

photo courtesy of Seventeen magazine

Alternative: Go for the vivid, eye popping, candy-like colors like Solange’s jacket above. The dark color of this denim jacket is a sweet balance between the colors.

oaxacanette denim jacket

oaxacanette denim jacket

Original:

photo courtesy of candybarbie.com

photo courtesy of candybarbie.com

Alternative: Instead of your whole dress in lemon print, try having only parts of your dress with refreshing sweet & sour lemon patches.

lemony fresh racerback dress

lemony fresh racerback dress

Do you have other alternative suggestions on how to dress like Solange Knowles? Design your own clothes!