This is the CLOCKWORK CREW, everybody loves a nice soft vintage style heather sweatshirt! It features a half tone style four-color print of Beethoven’s headstone as it’s digitally mashed up with the hand and sicle from “A Clockwork Orange”…the colors are really cool but the feel and softness of this crew sweat is amazing!. It’s a salt & pepper tri-blend fleece that goes with anything from khaki’s to jeans to shorts and flip-flops. Perfect for the cool summer nights! This style runs true to size to make sure you order your real size! (that means it runs a bit slim, so to be safe order a size up!) Due to the limited quantities left and to make room for NEW Ludwig Van Summer 2012, this one is now on SALE for a mere $25.00 – go get yours now!

LUDWIG VAN Summer ’12 – For your summer island pleasure, wear this indigo printed woven button down on the way to the Luau with your lady, or to the city market while picking up grapes, prosciutto and ham.

A limited run series of LUDWIG VAN prints designed by Mike Dytri will soon be coming to the shop. Check back soon for more details.

I don’t normally post up photos of heads sporting LUDWIG VAN product, but in this case I’m personally a fan of Bun B’s records but more importantly his personality. From what I gather and read, he seems to exemplify good character, and to me that’s what counts. Bun sent me this photo wearing the LUDWIG VAN x Quintin Co. “Scout Series” Cap. This was a special project with Quintin Co. and it was on point – sorry if you missed it, but don’t worry there’s more where that came from.  Big ups to Bun B for sending me this photo!

This one’s on the way to Marty. Check them out here.

For you folks who may have missed out on the “Barnes” button-down, here’s your chance to come up on the Indigo chambray version of this gem. It’s fabricated with real Indigo-dyed chambray and features really nice tortoise buttons…as well as the legitimate vintage trims like, Viet-Era Mitchell Camo lining and the Talon zip on the MA-1 style chest pocket…you get the idea. All the special features you’ve come to expect from LUDWIG VAN and can only find here…who else is doing this kind of stuff? LUDWIG VAN subscribers will get first look at this when it drops so Sign Up now and don’t get caught with your pants down.

This one’s for all my BIG GREEN Brethren and is dedicated to Ivy League and fine vintage style fleece. It’s fabricated from real 3-end fleece from deadstock 90′s rolls and finished with vintage style “double V” at the neck (front & back). The colors are vintage cream with a tonal white print and ‘Dartmouth‘ green with white print. It also features a nice subtle “LV” embroidery in Levi’s gold at the left side…Get them before they are gone. OK, everybody has done their version of ‘UNI’, but what separates this one from the rest is not only the quality, (your hands know the difference) but the typography as well. “Beethoven” — nuff said.

I was lucky enough (although didn’t know it at the time) to meet Keith Haring in 1984. I was a young B-Boy at the time and we (Justice Crew) were performing at the NYC Swatch Watch Festival along with several other crews. A friend from Hip-Hop Int’l introduced us to Keith and said “he’s the most interesting writer I  know”. Since that day I’ve grown up and am a giant fan of his. Even though he seemed quite shy, he still felt like “one of us”.  My personal love and history of being part of the B-Boy era as well as the MMA & Grappling world led me to this conclusion: why not honor Kieth with a true tongue and cheek concept. I’m the first one to speak against ‘biting’ or ‘knocking’ something off – But this is one of the few exceptions I’ll make.  Somehow, I feel that if he were with us today he would get a kick out of this, if not already have done something to this effect, seeing how MMA and the UFC have penetrated pop-culture. “GABLE GRIP” is the first in the series – I have four or five more up my sleeve (wait til’ you see Rear Naked). Hope you enjoy them as much as I do. They’ll be on sale soon at the LUDWIG VAN shop, and 50% of all proceeds will be going to the RED HOT Organization to benefit AIDS research and treatment. – Peace.