Customer of the week!!!

This week we have a CoW that I'm very proud to present. More streetwear than the suburban white kid, richer then a trustifarian and better at basketball than Matt Bonner.


Customer of the week: Baron Davis!!!















Yes, Barry Hundreds himself dropped by. Unfortunately, I wasn't there to capture it, but my source (coworker) says he dropped 400+ on "tees, bandanas and shemaghs." Not everybody's a winner. Aside from that, he was a generally down to earth guy and was in town "just scouting out the city". Baron's a Reebok kinda guy, so it probably wasn't Nike related...but might I remind you that, unless he's resigned, his contract with GS is up at the end of the month...

Imagine if Portland could come into next season with Oden, Fernandez, Baron and (most of, sign and trade prob) the core from last season...

--Ira

Customer of the Week!!!

At 5'7, a bicycle enthusiast from Portland, Oregon. Ladies and gentlemen youuuuur cuuuuuuustomer of the week!!!

Customer of the week: Bike riding Portlander with well supported ankles!



















Not only has the Air Max 95's original colorway been retroed nearly as much as the white on white AF1, but last year Nike added a dimension they had only used previously on Air Force Ones: Whoring it out beyond belief.

With so many eyelets they'd bring a tear to David Robinson eyes, these are the perfect gift for the calcium deficient woman in your life(get it?! 'Cause the shoe will support her weak ankles! Ahahaha--ZING!). Face it everyone needs ankle support once in a while.

First off, she bugged me because she rode her bike here. WHY WOULD YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE WHEN YOU HAVE THE PLUSH RIDE OF THE AIR MAX 95'S COMBINED WITH NO POSSIBILITY OF AN ANKLE SPRAIN? And second, how does the top of her socks still stick out every so slightly? These are the kind of question I don't want to have to answer...

--Ira

Customer of the Week!!!

Yes, there's been a drought (da drought?) in CoW's in the past month or so, but fear not. The sun is beginning to peak out in Portland and with it comes a cadre of awful, awful human beings.

Customer of the week: X-mas Wigger!!!



Add one part green tall tee, one part 503 fitted hat and a pinch of red du-rag and you've got yourself a recipe for CoW.

X-mas wigger is a little bit more of a discerning customer than you might realize. At first, you'd think his outfit is just thrown together, but really it's his machismo and forthright bravado that allow this outfit to work. You see, the green of his shirt matches with the Portland theme of his hat. But what of the red, you wonder? The red represents the anger of the minorities and the struggles that they face. Which, of course, is why he awkwardly stops and tries to befriend minorities on the street, a gesture that truly unifies his Portland based theme.

--Ira

Customer of the Week!!!

It's that time of the week again! CoW entrants are chosen at 6:00 pacific time every sunday and this one came down to the wire! A BapestaxBatman wearer with a black/yellow checkered Orisue hoodie couldn't take it home, nor could dude draped from head to toe in Tommy (remember Tommy? Yeah Tommy, I'm still on first name basis. Fuck Hilfiger...and get this... HE WAS WEARING THEIR CURRENT LINE!) First, the all over hoodie catches you off guard, but then...BAM! The dry denim (with camo back pockets) comes at you like a punch to the gut...

Anyways, without further ado, your CoW champion: Rastafarian streetwear mess!































There's just too much going on here and I don't care to talk about it. The dreads. The Gino Green Global hat (it has nines!). The gigantic bead necklace. The jeans with 6-inch embroidered strippers across the crotch, sorry guys no crotch shots for ya. Yeah, stripper silhouettes. About six of'em, too.

BONUS: bag of the week















You wish you had a bag like this. I once had a tee shirt like this; I was the fucking man. I wanted the shoes that matched them. Half red, half blue, white midsole. They had zippers. Never got'em. Fuck.

-Ira

Customer of the week!!!

Generally customer of the week honors are not something to be proud of. It usually means that you've somehow managed to spark fashion related ire from the Compound staff and walk through life totally oblivious to your(at best) horrendous sense of style. I mean, if streetwear people think you look laughable imagine what real people think. To put it succinctly, a CoW winner is a fashion juggernaut destroying all societal norms and values that lay in its path.

But not this week.

CoW winner: Little English girl wearing new love AJ1's!!!
















Yeah, I know she probably didn't buy them herself(just like streetwear kids!) or pick them out(come on..just like streetwear kids. Think about it), but she gets a pass for wearing one of the best recent retro+ colors. Unlike her sister. Who was wearing white/cement Spiz'ikes. Ugh. Sorry no pics. I know, I know, once it became blatantly obvious that I was repeatedly trying to take pictures of his preschool aged daughters their father started straight-eyeing me and I had to back off. Awkward-ness ensued.


BONUS: quote of the week!!!

I'm not really sure who Rob Heppler is and and I'm definitely not clear on what it is he does, but I read his blog and I stumbled onto this gem, courtesy of one of his boys:

"Walking through Portland at night, is like walking thought 1930's Cleveland and you are Robocop!"

Kid has one of the most retardedly funny blogs on all of the internets.

Customer of the week!!!

Do you shop/loiter at Compound in Portland? Do you single-handedly bastardize the word fashion? If you answered yes to either of these questions you very well could be our NEXT CUSTOMER OF THE WEEK!!!

This weeks honor goes to: 16 year old kid wearing a bullet proof vest!

















Yes, he's sixteen and yes he's got a bullet proof vest on. You could probably say, "well maybe he needs it".

No.

You can't.

He also had a Spider-man backpack(sorry no pics). When you wear a Spider-man backpack any credence you have effectively goes out the window. I should also point out that it was seventy degrees and sunny and he's wearing a hoodie WITH the hood on. And stunna shades. But I won't, because they don't even measure up to that.

If you shop at Compound and dress terrible, hell even if you don't shop there, and would like to submit yourself(or a friend!) for consideration of customer of the week please send all submissions to thebop6@gmail.com

- Ira