It’s going to be a big week.  My homeboy Tab’s coming back to NY and we’re going to get a few things cracking.  KEEP YOUR THURSDAY OPEN!

The Model Lounge is a place for models to hang out in between castings and shoots.  It’s at Delicatessen on Lafayette, not too far from our store.  We introduced them to the women’s Vanquish and they love it.  Look how cute.

Check out Chris Brown wearing JUMP in the music video for his new song, Crawl.

Friedman’s is a store in Atlanta that has been around forever.  They cater to men and women with large feet.  If you need sizes 14 & up you can check out Friedman’s.

Here’s JaVale McGee and Andray Blatche from the Wizards with one large Vanquish Violet Patent Croco.

The Black Eyed Peas was in town last week to induct U2 into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.  Kind of a big deal when they’re rubbing shoulders with Mick Jagger and the like.  He had a chance to pop into the SoHo store with Apl.

Later on we stopped into Saks to check out the shoes.

Shawn and Louis, Buyer and DMM at Saks met us on the floor.

It got kind of crazy.  Kids were offering free dental work from their father’s practice in Brooklyn.  Tourists from Italy were asking for autographs.  One woman inadvertently asked for mine thinking I was famous.  That was exciting.

They’ll be back next week to perform on SNL and at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion show and also for one mega event with us on November 12th.  Keep you posted.

Did anyone catch Shwayze wearing JUMP on Good Morning America?

The LA group Far East Movement stopped into the store today to get laced in JUMP sneakers.  Check them out at Tenjune tomorrow night.

When Taboo had his son Jalen a  little while back we thought it’d be cool to make our collaborative shoes for the newborn.  They’re pretty damn cute.

Check out some of the newness that’s just hitting stores now.

The Zanatos in Black Nappa/Patent.  Available at Akira.

The Viceroy in Brown patent/suede lined with shearling.  Amazing comfort.  Available at Kitson’s.

The Volume 2 is the update to one of our original styles done here with a Grey Nappa Leather/Tweed combination.  Also Available at Kitson’s.

We introduce a new low top called the Venture in a patent/suede combo.  Available at Bloomingdale’s.

The Viceroy in Copper patent/suede.  Also available at Bloomingdale’s.

Amber swung by JUMP SOHO today.  Here’s Donnell coppin’ a pic with her in the throne.

Last night my buddy Dusty invited me to stop by Opera Gallery (down the street from the store) where I had the pleasure of meeting Ron English along with Larry and Brandon from Greedy Genius.  Ron’s work is among the most, if not THE most, relevant and fascinating of any artist out there.  We got to talking and there might be some opportunities for us to collaborate.  It would be absolutely amazing to align with one of our generation’s seminal artists.  Check out his work.

Check out Tha Heights wearing JUMP in their new video.

While out here in Chicago, we’ve had the pleasure of visiting most of Akira’s nine stores.  The owners, Erikka and Jon were quite hospitable.  It’s really quite spectacular as they essentially run Chicago’ fashion scene through a slew of events hosted by some very well known celebrities.  Check out some images from their last fashion show sponsored by JUMP.

Here’s Zo wearing the Cosmics.

And Atom wearing the Vanquish.  She is both adorable and insane on the drums!

This was a rather special event.  These bands were amazing and it’s exciting to see this sort of talent coming from China.  We were quite happy to be a part of it and so was the lucky winner of the raffle.  Ed, Dusty and I definitely have some cool ideas brewing for these guys.

Revolver Magazine features the Venture low top from our Fall collection.