Taboo X Jump Zeto makes appearance at BEP Performance on X Factor UK

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!

Taboo in NYC

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.

TABOOXJUMP Collabo reported in Footwear News

Stylesight reports TABOOXJUMP collabo

Sportswear International Reports TABOOXJUMP collaboration

Coincidentally I went to Atrium’s 15th anniversary party thrown in part by Sportswear International.  It was cool – congrats to Atrium!

TABOOXJUMP

The TABOOXJUMP shoes just reached American shores.  Here’s a sneak peak.

Jump and Taboo of The Black Eyed Peas Launch Luxury Sneaker Collection Exclusively for Saks

NEW YORK, NY – Sep. 22 – In an innovative partnership bridging fashion and music, NY based, lifestyle footwear brand, Jump, has teamed up with Taboo of three time Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum recording group, The Black Eyed Peas, to design a limited collection of luxury sneakers. While the performer had already worn several of Jump’s characteristic sneakers on tour, it was a meeting at the Jump SoHo boutique that spawned a full on creative collaboration between the artist and the brand. Soon after, the idea was presented to Saks Fifth Avenue, whereupon the product was embraced and an exclusive launch for the TABOOXJUMP collection was born.

The collection consists of four models adapted from one of Jump’s key styles, the Zeto high top. The sneakers will feature unique branding highlighting the collaboration and will be packaged in limited edition satin bags and drawer boxes. They will retail for $298 a pair.

“It is such an amazing opportunity to align with Taboo, whose design sensibility so perfectly coincides with ours, particularly during what I believe to be the height of his and The Black Eyed Peas’ success”, said Jump Chief Propagandist, Victor Hsu. Through this collaboration, we hope Taboo’s dreams as a shoe fanatic can come to fruition and he can use the experience as a foundation to build his own line of footwear in the future”, said Jump Captain, Lawrence Chen.

“The moment I wore my first pair of Jump shoes I knew there was something extra fresh and unique about them”, said Taboo. “It went perfectly with my style and it had such a great fit while I performed on stage. I’m so honored to have the opportunity to collaborate with such a great company and an amazing group of people to create the perfect union between Jump and myself.”

Saks buyer, Shawn Pean describes the collaboration as “the perfect synergy of Brand and Lifestyle. Taboo has a great sense of style that has become iconic for many, and Jump is a footwear brand that encompasses this lifestyle dressing through a footwear perspective. The brand collaboration has tremendous upside and we are pleased to get in on a ground level and help take this to new heights.”

The collection will be sold exclusively at select Saks locations nationwide for Fall 09 and will launch officially on October 14^th.

About Jump

Jump is a lifestyle footwear brand dedicated to providing the discerning individual with inspiring design and directional fashion. Since its beginnings as an athletic sneaker brand in 1975 Taiwan, Jump has globalized, stocking top retailers in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the US and Canada. Today, Jump pays homage to its sneaker heritage with Jump Deluxe, the definitive convergence of high-end street and daring luxury.

About Taboo

The multi-talented and exceptionally stylish Jaime Gomez, also known to his band mates and fans as Taboo is not just a member of the global chart topping sensations, The Black Eyed Peas, but also a philanthropist and actor, quickly becoming a Latin action movie star. Drawing from cultures and styles from his travels all over the world, Taboo has been a driving force within The Black Eyed Peas and is internationally known for his creative and unique approach to fashion and music.

About Saks

Saks Fifth Avenue, one of the world’s preeminent specialty retailers, is renowned for its superlative American and international designer collections, its expertly edited assortment of handbags, shoes, jewelry, cosmetics and gifts, and the first-rate fashion expertise and exemplary client service of its Associates. Today, Saks operates 53 full-line stores in 25 states, 5 licensed stores in the Middle East and 1 licensed store in Mexico City, 52 Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH stores and saks.com, the company’s online store.

Tab also shot me this pic of Apl.de.ap wearing JUMP.

A preview of today’s Oprah

Taboo sent me these pics of him rocking the Red/Gold Zeto combo from the TABOOXJUMP collection while performing in Chicago for the Oprah Winfrey show.

Be sure to check out the show today to see the performance and also watch the NFL opening kickoff to see more of the TABOOXJUMP collabo!

Braku Eido Pisu

That’s the Japanese pronunciation of Black Eyed Peas.  Chinese is Hei Yin Dou Dou.  Anyway, check out this promo they did for MTV Japan.  They are jumping in JUMPs!

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The Zeto makes it to Paris Fashion Week via Taboo

The new Zeto makes an appearance at the Louis Vuitton show during Paris Fashion Week on the heels of Taboo and in the company of the Peas.  I spoke to him yesterday and he assured me that fortunately, everything was cool regarding the debacle with Perez Hilton in Toronto.  These guys and gal, always look so damn fresh!

JUMP on BEP in OK! Magazine

Again, ubiquitously omnipresent.

BEP on The View X JUMP

The Peas are literally everywhere.  When I get in a cab, turn on the radio, watch TV and even when I’m just walking around.  They are truly ubiquitously omnipresent and they are doing it in style wearing JUMP!  I have to thank them and Taboo in particular for all the support.  But it’s just the beginning.  Look at how dope that Zeto looks on Taboo!!!!!  It’s an exclusive one-off.  I need those for myself.

And then he whips out the signature JSD satin shoe bags!

They did another few killer performances.  Listen at the very end for the GO GO JUMP JUMP!!  I’m totally McLovin the LOVE!!

See more of them on Dipdive.

BEP Performing Boom Boom Pow on The Today Show in JUMP.

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Love the shoutout to JUMP JUMP!  Listen for it at 2:19.

BEP on The David Letterman Show in JUMP

Tab’s wearing the Vanquish in Grey Ivis Patent performing their new song, “I Gotta Feeling”, on The David Letterman Show.

It’s been the most exciting FFANY show ever.

FFANY  stands for Fashion Footwear Association of New York.  It’s like the mini fashion week for shoes.  Honestly, it’s not usually very exciting though I hear in the old days it was something else.  However, this season’s has been something special.  It started when I received some shoes I’d been waiting for night and day for weeks.  We’ve had and continue to have amazing success with the Vanquish in all the beautiful materials.  A while back when I’d met Taboo and The Black Eyed Peas, he mentioned we should do a collabo.  Light bulbs flickering and Boom Boom Pow, I kindly asked Larry to put some of our best materials on our newest and soon to be hottest style, the Zeto for Tab.  And boy did he deliver.  Here are the results.

And Captain Lawrence outdoes himself again.  So after what turned out to be a really productive afternoon (read wine and cheese consumption) at the showroom with Zappos, I had to meet Taboo at the store to present him with these shoes for our project and on the way I saw Shawn Pean, my buyer from Saks waiting for a cab with two of his colleagues so Marco, Chris and I scooped him and his crew up in the Jumpmobile (an old school Benz ML).  Mind you, I had only seen these the day before and so they were truly making their debut but of course I had to show Shawn and of course, he loved them!  More light bulbs and we we decided we’d have to do an event with BEP at Saks and introduce these looks there.  Brilliance.

When we got the store, Taboo showed up and we showed him the new illness.  He literally said, “OH FUHSCHNIZZLES.”  Just kidding.  He said something else and was totally floored.  I told him about introducing our collab at Saks and he was all over it.

There he is in the throne wearing the Zeto in Grey Ivis Patent and Nappa.

Here he is with the Green Purple Reflex Patent and something dope combo I don’t even know what to call yet.

And of course, here’s the whole team.

This is going to be a long post.  Afterwards we had our company dinner at Antique Garage down the road and as you can see here, had a great time as usual.

Harry, our CEO is crazy.  Gotta love him.

And then the shots happened.

After that we hit up Richie Rich’s party for Chris Coffee at Garden in the Sky at the Cooper Square Hotel.  Great party, open bar and the weather was perfect for it.  I’d been wondering what the building was.  It’s got a really interesting design.

So last night we hit up the Black Eyed Peas album release party at Griffin (old PM) in Meatpacking which was another dope party.  Taboo was kind of enough to put me on the list to an otherwise completely exclusive event.  Top shelf open bar and we saw just about every celebrity in the world there and I got to introduce Shawn and the Saks crew to the Peas.  Great karma.

Kanye rolled thru.

Rihanna came too and later performed with them onstage.

Tab introduced me to Fergie who was a sweetheart.

Wilmer Valderrama had come to the store earlier that day and wore our boots!

It was an interesting couple of days.  Now I need some rest!

The Vanquish as worn by BEP at the MTV Video Music Awards in Japan

Taboo, Fergie, Apl and Will on the red carpet in Saitama, Japan for the MTV Video Music Awards.  Taboo’s got on the Vanquish once again!  Check out their new video for “I Gotta Feeling”.

Taboo wearing JUMP all over the world.

At Zootopia.  He’s wearing the Vanquish Reflex Patent in Green Purple.

In London.  He’s wearing the Vanquish in Ivis Patent Grey.

Boom Boom Pow at the American Idol Finale

Ever since JUMP started making cameos on the show, I had become an avid viewer of the show and, wow, what an amazing upset on the finale.  Congratulations to Kris!  It certainly was quite a season and I was so certain that Adam was going to take it but I guess it’s a testament to the preferences of America at large.  Nonetheless, the Peas were definitely rocking JUMP during their performance of Boom Boom Pow last night!

It’s such a strange coincidence.  They start wearing JUMP on Idol all the time.  Then the Peas start wearing the shoes everywhere.  Now Black Eyed Peas wear them on American Idol.  I guess it all makes sense – the #1 show on TV, the #1 band on the charts and the #1 shoe brand!  Hahahaha.

That is one hell of an outfit on Fergie.

The Vanquish in Black Silver Kid Crystal is available at eModa and Bloomingdale’s.

Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas

The world just gets smaller every day. I was just speaking to the Peas’ stylist Lor-E yesterday and today I’m at Bloomingdale’s SoHo delivering the Vanquish Green Purple Reflex when I saw Taboo and his crew looking at the shoes. I took them to our store and chilled out for a bit. They all flipped when they saw the shoes.

Those are the Vanquish Green/Purple Reflex Patent.

There’s the Vigor in Burgundy.

Really cool guy! That’s the fun part of the business. He invited me to kick it with them at Kiss & Fly that night where I got to meet Will.I.Am, Apl and DJ Poet. They all love the shoes and told me they had already worn it in Entertainment Weekly. It was a good time.  Check out the video for their new track Boom Boom Pow.

Apl from Black Eyed Peas

We’ve been getting considerable love from Hollywood and the media these days.  Here’s Apl from the Black Eyed Peas wearing the Volume in Taupe Patent.  I like how he wears it unzipped.

They’re coming out with a new album.  Check it out.