28 February 2008, 23.33 | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »
Our main man Rieske is working hard on the new website…this guy doesn’t sleep, he’s animating our UFO-Burgers right now. Start counting, cause the S.O.S. site will launch very soon…Well, if Rieske doesn’t go to bed, in fact.
Let’s give this guy some credits:
http://www.riestijl.nl
26 February 2008, 23.22 | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »
Yes..this week our S.O.S. Ontour collection will drop in the Dutch stores and will be shipped worldwide! Next week we’ll celebrate the launch of this collection in our own store, so when you’re in the area on thursday 6 March drop by for a drink from 17.00 hours till 22.00 hours.
The guy who made this S.O.S. font for us is Eric de Haas. A very talented graphic designer, who also created the concept and graphics for our newspaper that supports our new collection. Our new site will launch soon and you’ll find more of his work on there. For now check out what time it is: www.thebrokenheadlines.org
25 February 2008, 21.18 | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »
The latest issue of Blend magazine just came out and for the second time we collaborated with them on a campaign:
When you subscribe to the mag, you’ll receive one of the tees from our upcoming collection for free! Check out this extra thick fashion issue and subscribe on:
www.blend.nl
20 February 2008, 22.31 | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »
This is the first time we actually have a showroom ourselves in our home country. What a pleasure this is…Last seasons we were always ‘ontour’ for a couple of weeks, visiting all our stockists, driving from A to B and back to A again, looking like a fool carrying all the bags around…things have changed and now we welcome our clients in our fresh and clean showroom and Wouter is doing a hell of a job. Still in the middle of the season, here some happy customers:
16 February 2008, 16.24 | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »
Last weeked it was tradeshow time again…before going to London, Cosmic Crack and I headed for Dusseldorf where we showed our new collection at the Weare tradeshow.
CrackRock brought his paint, charcoal, posca’s and brushes…so then you know white walls won’t stay white.
Work in progress…pretty soon we got into heavy conversations with The Germans about Illuminati, cabalistic secret societies, the new world order, Zeitgeist, Egypt priests, pagan sun gods, hidden knowledge and conspiracy theories…so our plan worked out very well.
Stefan Golz von Wemoto joined and together with Crackrock he created some dark gates and highways into the fifth dimension:
You can’t find Wemoto Gregor anywhere on the picts, because the only thing he was doing was being a couch potatoe and screaming ‘We Tour On Moto’ instead of ‘verkopen verkopen verkopen’.
The end result was good and we had a good day with our German colleagues. Too bad we couldn’t go to The Clash party that night…next time we’ll be there! Thanks everybody for having us. The only limitation is your imagination.
05 February 2008, 14.54 | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »
Finally..time to drop the BBB picts…
From the entrance straight to the Untitled area:
Selim from Toygiants showed some of his collector pieces in a funny ‘kaws funeral-like’ setup:
In fact, the situation for Ontour was a little bit fucked up, cause the plan was to go all 3 of us and have some good old Barca fun. But in the end it was so hectic and busy at our headquarters that I was the only one who had to volunteer to go…Etienne and Wouter had to stay in Eindhoven and do some serious firefighting:(
But all good, there were lots of our friends and family in Barca, so I didnt have to go to the MacDonalds by myself every night.
First night I had diner with Jesse and Sebas from the Freshcotton, our belgium friends Anton from Hurray/Wesc and Raf and the German connection Gregor and Stephan from Wemoto. Quite an experimental cuisine in restaurant Santa Maria at Carrer Comerc; when you go there, order a Dracula as desert!
Jesse and Gregor hustling…Buying cheap beers on the streets.
Brothers from different mothers: Fresh x Wemoto.
Nike Be True window at 24 Kilates.
Next day at the fairground: while I just arrived these guys already fixed a deal. new partners in crime Sebas, Scotty from The Hundreds and Jesse ‘faster then light’.
It didn’t take long before the other Dutch tourists joined us for some beers: Alain Lijfstijl and Gio Re-Issue ‘doing business’ and discussing the scene and all streetwear gossip.
Nos amis de Sixpack! Lionel wasn’t feeling too well at this point after a solo performance the night before at the WAD party..
That evening The English joined and we went to Mama cafe in the Raval area with Will and Rufus from Second Son (
Back on the Rambla streets…towards the Untitled party…
At the party in club Mondo…well what can I say? have a look at the picts. As you can see we did our best! Tuna vs Jesse vs Gio.
Travelled all the way to Barcelona and who’s behind the decks?? The Dutch represent…Wix and Mo…you can’t escape from these guys!
Sebaske found his soulmates…Timothy and Freeman from CTRL. You can’t tear them apart anymore.
More Dutchies! Pim Nike, Giovanni and Walid Patta say cheese.
Ofcourse…Romeo aka Roams checked in.
Box! Niklas Untitled!
Anton after a couple of hours in the Cava bar…Hurray! ‘Da ga toch nie gaan!’
Juse ‘I have Pop’ talking about a concrete Pointer shoe with Gareth;)
Jim and Tilburg Snapte!
Roffa Roffa with the Gorilli Clique…
Okay, nightvision.
Up yours…Handjob from CTRL.
Party went on and on…last pict of the evening:
The day after Gio and I checked out some stores and visited the opening of the new “Chikashitsu” store by Slam Jam and Limited Editions. Very impressive…Great minimalistic dark interior and a great brand selection like Goodenough, Head Porter, Medicom, Original Fake, Resonate, Undercover and Visvim…
The boss behind this store, Limiteditions and a new space called Black is Beauty that he showed us. On a first floor appartment this is a Nike Tier0 sneaker walhalla…Gio got a bit dizzy here.
Walking into the basement of Chikashitsu…
Super dope interior and vibe and products.
When Gio saw all the white boxes he kind of lost it…and I had to carry him outside;)
At bar Lobo we woke Gio up again with some water and had some good food.
Went to the Patta x 24Kts x Addict party afterwards somewhere up a hill in a super fancy crib from the owner of Amnesia:
Lots of familiar faces here…
Second Sons Rufus and Will..
Ryouki…
Remco Asics Onitsuka and Ry…
Posse in full effect…waiting on the bus haha
Back in the touringcar…how stylish.
Thanks to my fellow photographer for some of the best picts above and below. Public Enemy number one: Big C who’s also rollin his own blog nowadays. Check it out:
http://fresh-cotton.blogspot.com/
C’est Ca! Dusseldorf and London here we come.
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Ontour was set up in 2005 as a platform for creativity and a space to play with ideas that were in our heads for years. Since then we're steadily building up the clothing label and the world around it, including parties, expo's, publications and design projects. A look behind the scenes of our brand, our lifes, what's happening in The Netherlands and the people, objects and events that inspire us.
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