BayArea Gabe here// 

I met with Interior Designer Lauren and contractor Alex yesterday to talk about construction and the creative process of bringing The Brooklyn Circus Sf shop to life… stay tuned for more on the process of building a shop from nothing to something.

Stay tuned for a quick recap and more pics of a conversation between The Bearded man, Melvin de Villiers and Lalit Maria of the UK brand “Money”. We caught up with them the sunday before Project NY and kicked it a bit about NY fashion vs. fashion in Europe. The brand has been buzzing in the streets of NY and we had to ask them what the hype was about. Yep! The Brooklyn Circus East coast, West coast and Worldwide . . .

Stay tuned for more.

BayArea Gabe here//

Eddie Cruz, the mastermind behind Undefeated – Union LA – Stussy LA & Supreme LA, was apparently cruzin’ around the Bay Area this weekend. I have a big respect for Eddie and what he as done and is continue doing for the Street Culture movement, Unfortunately I missed his visit, but he did stop by to check the Harputs fellas. Do I sense an Undefeated coming to SF? I guess we’ll see…

check out his blog on honeyee>> blog.honeyee.com/pointblank

myspace.com/thebrooklyncircussf

Stop by The Brooklyn Circus NY and say hello to Glenny, one of our new training recruits. Her and Tiffany are training to fill some big shoes. Vanessa our first lady, is preparing to sharpen her skills at the showroom doing domestic sales for the brand as we carefully open up distribution. To all our buyers and interested buyers who read our blog, The BKc will be at Magic at a private location. We opted not to be on the trade floor this or next season. Email us for more info: Please include a call back number,website and brand listing. email: Thebrooklyncircus@gmail.com
Yep! The Brooklyn Circus,East coast,West coast and Worldwide . . .

We respect and admire good work when we see it. In search of creativity and inspiration you have to know how to identify talent. Above is a list of artists that inspire us everytime we see their work.Yep! The Brooklyn Circus, East coast, West coast and worldwide . . .

David Chung Lee (Artist work pictured above)
www.davidchoonglee.com

Jose Parla (Artist work pictured above)
www.joseparla.com

Doze Green (Artist work pictured above)
www.dozegreen.com

Hiro Kurata (Artist work pictured above)
www.hirokurata.com

BayArea Gabe here//

Back from East Coast, but by the weather here in the Bay sure doesn’t feel like it! “BRICK CITY Sf!”

Anyhow, I was pleasantly pleased by my team that held me down at the shop while I was away. They did some nice re-merchandising and some styling on the mannequins. Having an eye for creative styling and merchandising is a sought after talent in this retail world; Do you have the talent? Let me know>> thebrooklyncircussf@gmail.com

For a jolt of inspiration,here is a list of some of the magazines and daily papers we browse. They keep us in tune with what’s next,what’s hot,what’s not and where we want to position ourselves in the global market. yep! More reading for inspiration.
(This post will be updated later today,complete with links and additional resources.)

Men’s
+GQ
+British GQ
+Nylon
+Antenna
+Esquire US & UK
+Meanswear
+DNR
+Men’s Vogue
+Sportswear International
+Fader
+Frank 151
+Complex

Japan
+Warp
+Ollie
+411
+UOMO
+Samurai

Art
+Beautiful Decay
+Juxtapoz

Women’s
+Harper’s Bazaar
+Lucky
+WWD

Sport
+Skateboard Mag
+transworld Snowboarding
+Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue

Here we go: In my experience I realized that dumb people don’t run successful companies. If they do, you better believe they surround themselves with well-read, intelligent people; even a dummy knows to do that.With that being said, we surveyed a circle of successful business owner’s and friends of The Bkc. We asked them, “What books have you read that you highly recommend”. “What should our library in the “BKc Book Club” be stocked with as a kick off?

Here’s what they sent:
Ouigi Theodore
The Brooklyn Circus NY & SF/ The BKc/Rich Yung LLC

+Rich Dad poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
+The E-Myth Revisited:Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and
What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber
+Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Laurenby Michael Gross
+The secret, Rhonda Byrne
+The Little Stuff Matters Most:50 Rules from 50 Years of Trying to Make a Living
by Bernie Brillstein
+Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating
and Get More Done in Less Time by Brian Tracy
+Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth
by T. Harv Eker
+Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way to Deal with Change
in Your Work and in Your Life by Spencer Johnson and Kenneth Blanchard

D- owner/partner Flight club/Vintagekicks.com
+Demian by Herman Hesse
+The end of poverty by Jeff Sachs
+Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Dev “Pan” Barret,writer Trace Magazine
+Graceland by Chris Abani
+City Of God the novel by Paulo Lins
+Dead Emcee Scrolls by Saul Williams
+A Time Before Crack by Jamel Shabazz (photography)
+Public Access by Ricky Powell (photography)
+Mysterious Stranger by David Blaine
+When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops by George Carlin
+Where’d You Get Those by Bobbito Garcia
+The Autobiography of Malcolm X :As Told to Alex Haley
by Attallah Shabazz, Alex Haley and Malcolm X
+Transculturalism: How The World is Coming Together by Claude Grunitzky
+Freight Train Graffiti by Roger Gastman, Darin Rowland, and Ian Sattler
+Shaolin Temple of Zen by Justin Guariglia (photography)
+A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

Autumn Denard Merritt owner/partner Solemates Chicago
+Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber
+Manchild in the promised land by Claude Brown Mckay
+All Mystery novels by Mary Higgins Clark

Brian Merritt Owner/partner
Solemates Chicago
+Accardo: The Genuine Godfatherby William F. Roemer Jr.
+Lies My Teacher Told Meby James Loewen+Guns,
Germs, and Steel: Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
+Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
+Misery by Stephen King
+Animal Farm by George Orwell

Marc Ecko, Owner/Partner of Marc Ecko Enterprises
Working with Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

Chef Roblei, chef to the stars
+The Bible By God
+The Art of the Deal By Donald Trump
+Seize The Time By Bobby Seale
+The Secret By Rhonda Byrne+Inc. & Grow Rich By C.W. Allen
+7 Habits of Highly Successful People By Stephen R. Covey
+The Autobiography of Malcolm X
+What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School By Mark H. McCormack
+Do You! By Russell Simmons
+The Alchemist By Paulo Coelho

Kevin web,artist manager/Real Estate investor
Starpower Management,Rich Yung LLC
+Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Empiresby Selwyn Raab+Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave and Essays (Wadsworth Classics) by Fredrick Douglass
+Sun Tzu and the Art of Business: Six Strategic Principles for Managersby Mark R. McNeilly
+The Supreme Wisdom, Vol. 2(Supreme Wisdom) by Elijah Muhammad
+Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealthby T. Harv Eker

Sham: Blogger,Stylist Lateboots.com Atlanta
+Basic Black by Cathie Black
+The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
+Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success by Russell Simmons
+The Andy Warhol Museum Collection: Andy Warhol 365 Takes by the Staff of The Andy Warhol Museum

Brock Graphic Designer owner of Vivid Braille
+The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman
+Misquoting Jesus by Bart D.Ehrman
+Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
+Mans Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
+The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
+Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goldeman
+The War of Art (not the art of war) by Steven

PressfieldRussell, Professional Photographer
+ “Uncle Tom’s Children” by, Richard Wright”Who moved my cheese?”
+ “The Miseducation of the Negro” by, Carter G. Woodson
+ “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by, Robert T. Kiyosaki
+”The Soul of Black Folk” by, W.E.B. Dubois
+”Nobody Knows My Name” by, James Baldwin
+ “Black Boy” by, Richard Wright
+”The Invisible Man” by, Ralph Ellison
+ “Native Son” by, James Baldwin+”This is Harlem, from 1900-1950″ by, Jervis Anderson
+”Manchild in the Promise Land” by, Claude Brown
+”The Autobiography of Malcolm X” by, Alex Haley

Phil Shung,owner/partner Professional Graphic artist, www.sundree.tv
+Bling By Erica Kennedy (Novel)
+Peoples history of America by Howard Zinn
+Mr. Untouchable: My Crimes and Punishmentsby Leroy “Nicky” Barnes and Tom Folsom
+All God’s Children: The Bosket Familyand the American Tradition of Violence (Vintage)by Fox Butterfield
+ Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World’s Greatest Outlawby Mark Bowden
+Chasing Cool: Standing Out in Today’s Cluttered Marketplaceby Noah Kerner and Gene

Datwon Thomas editor in chief
King Magazine,Rides Magazine
+Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown,
+Frank Sinatra’s How You Wear Your Hat by Bill Zemhe,

Brad Nelson
Proffessional Photographer
+The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel by Haruki Murakami
+Into thin air- Jon Krakauer+On the road- Jack Kerouac
+Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini

Kevin Tate senior editor,USA Networks, NBC
+Thinking for a change by John Maxwell

Mac Premo,carpenter/Visual artist
www.macpremo.com
www.lookatbook.com

Fiction:
+To have or have not – Ernest Hemingway
+Demons – Fyodor Dostoyevsky
+ivilwarland in bad decline George Saunders
+Mothernight – Kurt Vonnegut
+Where I’m calling from – Raymond Carver
+Seven plays – Sam Shepard
+Post office – Charles Bukowski
+Catch 22 – Joeseph Heller
+The moviegoer – Walker Percy

Somewhere in between fiction and non fiction:
+Hiroshima – Herman Hesse
+In cold blood – Truman Capote

Non-fiction:
+All the shahs men – Stephen Kinzer
+Homocide – David Simon
+Moneyball – Michael Lewis
+Ten men dead – David Beresford

All These books can be found new or used on www.Amazon.com We ask you our loyal readers the same question:”What books have you read that you highly recommend?” ”What should our library in the “BKc Book Club” be stocked with as a kick off?Post your comments and recommendations in our comments section.Yep! The Brooklyn Circus, East coast,West coast and Worldwide . . .

We are working on an over due post on “Inspiration, Creativity and Process”. Since we started building The Bkc line, we received I want to say about 200 emails/questions in relations to how we come up with the things we do. Anything from “What were you guys thinking of, when you came up with (blank), I wanna start a clothing line, or how do I become more creative?” and so on. Stay tuned . . .