Blue Gold Documentary x Akomplice

September 3rd, 2012

To celebrate Labor Day and push our mission of water protection and conservation, we are going to give a free stainless steel water bottle with every purchase of “The Blue Gold T-Shirt” for the next 24 hours. Ends September 4th 8am EST.

We chose to release this project on Labor Day because it shows one of our contributions to society and this is part of what Labor Day stands for. Akomplice is a labor of love. We cherish this world and all the exciting possibilities it offers. So what labor could be more important then protecting the element that makes this whole life experience possible – Water.

Without further ado we are proud to be officially releasing our philanthropic collaboration with the highly acclaimed “Blue Gold: World Water Wars” Documentary. The aim of partnering with Sam Bozzo’s film is to foster awareness and also raise money to protect and preserve our most precious resource, the foundation of life – Water.

Blue Gold is an award winning documentary film concerning the environmental and political implications of the world’s diminishing clean water supply. Akomplice has linked up with Blue Gold to offer a socially conscious line of t-shirts and water bottles both packaged with the full length DVD, in order to raise awareness for the impending world water crisis. The 2008 documentary film by Sam Bozzo paints a future in which wars are fought over water as investors and governments jockey for control of a diminishing water supply. We made use of the film’s provocative cover art , a water jug symbolically retro-fitted as a grenade on a range of three t-shirts. Akomplice will be donating 100% of our profits from the collaborative capsule collection to Food & Water Watch, an organization built to ensure the safe and sustainable production of our food and water. Akomplice is taking a stance with our Blue Gold collaboration to protect our most precious resource, and in doing so we hope to inspire people to join forces and come together to protect our children’s and grandchildren’s future. For us here at Akomplice this is a labor of love.

Spotted (on MTV2): Charlamagne

August 31st, 2012

Comedian, Charlamagne Tha God, rockin’ the Cross Stripe Tee on MTV2’s Guy Code.

Akomplice at S.L.A.T.E / Magic, Las Vegas

August 30th, 2012

Last week the AK crew headed down to S.L.A.T.E. / Magic, the largest clothing trade show in the world, occurring twice annually in Las Vegas. S.L.A.T.E., the street-wear section, was massive enough to get lost in, and there were several other components going on throughout the different levels of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Lil Wayne showed up to show off his line, as did Soulja Boy (one of our guys got 50 bones when the rapper made it rain from his two story booth). Akomplice did well, even attracting the attention of Houston’s own Bun B, who sat down and gave feedback on the coming lines. Thanks to the homie, Kadoma of H-Town Sneaker Summit for bringin’ Bun by the booth.

Knyew Las Vegas

August 30th, 2012

“In Las Vegas, spending your hard-earned cash at the Spearmint Rhino never gets old. That is, unless you’re DJ Crooked, who partnered up with fellow New Yorker, DJ Neva, to open the Knyew (pronounced “new”) earlier this year. “People were telling me to invest in a house,” says Crooked, “But I’m from New York. Who needs a house?”.. (click for more bio).

We were in Las Vegas for the Magic Tradeshow last week (more on that to come), and had the good fortune of stopping by our homie’s spot Knyew. Knyew is a hot street-wear shop, west of the strip on Spring Mountain Road, right next to one of the best and cheapest sandwich shops I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating at. They have impeccable taste and stock the store with the season’s finest. We here at Akomplice are proud to be amongst the brands that they carry.