Sunday 16 December 2012

5 minutes with Patrick Liberty, the co-founder of Akomplice

Hi guys,

We had an interview session with Patrick Liberty, the co-founder of Akomplice last week.With stockists at every parts of the world, it's really interesting to have a look at how the founder look at the streetwear industry today in both Asia and The States. To him, true success is making clothing that they love, and that people love.We are really excited to share this with you all and hope you enjoy the interview below. Have a great week ahead.

Cheers,

Thirdround Clothing


 

Thirdround: What made you started Akomplice?

P.Liberty: My partner (and brother) Mike wanted to make clothing that had a meaning and substance, something more than just a logo. I didn't want to do it at first and even told Mike it was a bad idea, but I was around so I helped. Then, before I knew it I was fully in Akomplice. I was always the person that got people into things so it was a natural fit.

Thirdround: How do you define streetwear in general?

P.Liberty: That's a hard question. I think good streetwear pushes the boundaries of what's in-style and great streetwear pushes what's been done before and creates innovation.

Thirdround: How do you see the Asia streetwear industry so far?

P.Liberty: It has more niches and pays more attention to detail. Akomplice really pays close attention to a lot of details. Asia follows trends closely, which can be good for progression, but also bad for free and truly individualistic design. What I mean is if you follow trends to closely you aren't making up your own mind or thoughts. Often people in America are less informed. So both are good and not so good. Haha. Both have positive and negative aspects.

Thirdround: In your opinion, what are the main differences between Asia streetwear and the streetwear in the States?

P.Liberty: I think I answered that above.  I also think I would need to spend more time in Asia to answer the question in any more depth.

Thirdround: What do you look for in terms of choosing retailers?

P.Liberty:  First, location. Then, if they seem smart and are a quality business, the right brands that fit us. I like when retailers are truly unique and different. I love concept stores when they're done correctly. Stores need to know how to make my product look good too. Good People. Connections. Image. Store marketing. I always want to sell in the best store in every town and city. So many variables to look at. I believe when we decide to open a new retailer we are bringing them into our family and are making a partnership. I want it to be win-win situation and extremely positive for both parties. That is always the goal.

Thirdround: In your opinion, what are the hottest trends in the streetwear industry next year?

P.Liberty: That's a better question for my partner/creative director of the design team. For me, I am excited about our botanical plant series coming out in January 2013. Very cool and different but still current. Also, we have a cool philanthropic collaboration coming out with the Brazilian brand Aesthetic in which we are raising money with the collab sales to send African kids to college in Africa. Many scholarship programs send students abroad, but this program promotes local African education in hopes of motivating the students to stay and help their communities once they have been educated in a specialty field.

Thirdround: Do you think Singapore and Malaysia have got great market potential for streetwear to boom?

P.Liberty: For sure. I am already being emailed by cool shopping centers to open Akomplice flagship stores. Haha.

Thirdround, thanks for shining some light on what Akomplice does and thanks for being part of our movement! - Patrick Liberty
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Thirdround Clothing, the official retailer of Akomplice in Singapore and Malaysia. For the full product line up of Akomplice visit www.thirdroundclothing.com.

Thursday 13 December 2012

Where to drink this weekend in Singapore?

First of all, Thirdround would like to make a sincere apology to our Malaysia based readers as this post is more relevant to those staying in Singapore. #paiseh!

Yo! What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when deciding which pub/bar to go later? How do you define a great place to chill out and what makes you frequent a particular pub / bar? Have you ever finding it strange that there are some pubs / bars out there can even retain non-alcoholics as their regular patrons? Jam-packed even their beverages ain’t cheap at all? Regularly unoccupied even their beverages are crazily cheap? Of course there could be zillions of answers for this. It could be the food they served, the hot waitresses the hired, the location is central enough and et cetera. For me, everyone has their own particular prerequisite when it comes to deciding which pub / bar to go.

Fortunately, there are great variety of pubs out there these days, ranging from elegant, live performance, by the river, rooftop, jazzy, good food, self-brew beers and others operating in business to suck your money for you to choose from. Nonetheless, I’m not sure if you have the same feeling as me where I can hardly decide which pub to go very often or spending long time to make up my mind. One of the most likely reasons for this might be we are spoiled for choices nowadays! And now, let me spoil you further with another exceptional hang out spot - Beer Market.

The Singapore Beer Exchange | Beer Market @ Clarke Quay
A supporting partner of Thirdround Clothing
Experience shouting in front of the ‘beer’ price indicator board while whacking a bottle of your chilled beer after work or even after class, and feel the excitement whereby the price of the bottle of beer you have just bought become more expensive in the next 5 minutes, and you’ll probably see yourself as the smartest in the pub. But there could also be the case where you become the dumbest ass in the pub when the bottle of beer you have just bought become the cheapest among all the others even before you finished it half.



Beer Market, located within the Singapore River Planning Area, Clarke Quay - the historical riverside quay in Singapore, links the price of alcohol to the unpredictable rise and fall of the stock-market.

The concept which originated in Barcelona caught on like wildfire in Europe, and subsequently in other parts of the world. The bar area, covered with screens, displays the fluctuating cost of the various local and international beers available, and this enables patrons to “buy low” and “drink high”, based on the ‘market prices’. The more popular the brew, the higher the price! It’s exactly the same as a trading floor.

The founder and Managing Director of Beer Market, Jeffrey Wan impressed with the unique and highly interactive concept while travelling across Europe where the prices of beer was determined by its demand. The entrepreneur felt that the local scene needed something unique to spice it up, and that is how Beer Market came about - Buy low, drink high!



On top of having great varieties of beers, Beer Market has all the makings of a perfect hang-out location with their blend of both local and international cuisine, to live-music acts such as local pop/rock sensation Elusion featuring Melissa, Pennylane and iped etc, to live-sports coverage and pool/darts machines. Expect to closely follow the ‘Beer Market Exchange’, where the prices of their numerous brews are updated every half-hour and displayed on screens all around the bar.

Price changes are influenced by trend and consumer demand, providing a new, interactive experience while drinking. Look out for bull runs and market crashes! But it’s not just beer that makes the Beer Market so popular. Beer Market is renowned about the food they served too. And right now it’s good news for all chicken wings lovers! Beer Market has introduced their latest food promotion Happy Hungry Hour, every Monday to Thursday from 18:00 - 20:00 hrs serving their famous wings, crispy cheese nachos and grilled sausage at just $3 nett. Hit the ‘trading floor’ and enjoy these crispy bites.

Located conveniently at the Foundry in Clarke Quay on River Valley Road, the bar is a short walk away from Clarke Quay MRT station operating daily from 18:00hrs till late. Moreover, the venue is also available for private events and interested parties can contact the bar for more information.



For more information and updates on Beer Market’s latest promotions and events, join their fan page at www.facebook.com/beermarket or visit their official website at www.beermarket.com.sg.

Beer Market
Blk 3B, River Valley Road, #01-17/02-02 The Foundry @ Clarke Quay, Singapore 179021
Tel: +65 96618283
www.beermarket.com.sg | drinking@beermarket.com.sg

P.S.: As a supporting partner of Beer Market, Thirdround Clothing is giving away 15% discount to all Beer Market’s diners and patrons when shopping with Thirdround Clothing. Click here to see the full products line up of the store or email info@thirdroundclothing.com for more information - The official retailer of Subcrew, Akomplice and Outerspace.

Snapback Hat is back!

How many of you own a snapback hat? How frequent do you put on your snapback out of 10 outings? If you don’t own one, you might need to consider getting one as soon as possible, I mean seriously. We have seen the snapback hats have made a huge comeback in recent years, and the snapback hat seems to be as big thing at the moment in today’s fashion circles. Prince William has been spotted wearing one over the past month, music icons such as Kanye West, Dr Dre, Madonna and other hip-hop and rap musicians made snapback hats rise in popularity by wearing them in music videos, concerts, and movies.

Back in the old days, cap / hat is believed to be invented to serve some of the basic needs / practical uses of human, probably to seek protection from nature and weather, but nowadays it has spread so much wider to an extent where it protects and affects human mentally that it has become part of our life.

Snapback hats have always had a presence but not always in fashion industry until recent decades when it started to form its own characteristics. Snapback hats associates heavily with streetwear, which has become a trend which is really saturating the fashion industry across the board. On top of that, the time saved on doing hairstyling, the favour in concealing your poor hair quality, the characteristics, spirits as well as the attitude you carry with your snapback hat all make up the reasons why snapback hat has formed its forceful status on the street today.

There are so many different kinds of snapback hats in the marketplace today with different designs and styles which almost coming by simply daily. Along with its broad price range as well as its availability in almost everywhere, it explains what made it dominating the streetwear industry so critically.

There could be 300 reasons why do we want to wear a snapback hat on a specific day. To cover our messy hair after exercises, to make ourselves look sharper with our outfit, and et cetera. In recent years, snapback hats have even become community icons where different communities might have their symbolised style of snapback hats. And this has made the number of people wearing snapback hats dramatically increase where these people wanted to be seen as part of the aspired communities so badly.

There is no right or wrong to wear or not to wear a snapback hat, and there is no exact definition or answer to what makes a cool snapback hat. As long as you think you should, you believe or you feel like putting on one, please go ahead.

A hat, a real hat, is more than appropriate to add to your wardrobe today.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat - Henry David Thoreau

Cock your hat, angles are attitudes - Frank Sinatra














Thirdround Clothing is now on Whatsapp!

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We ourselves as regular online shoppers, we know exactly what your expectations are and what you can't tolerate. Feeling annoyed to wait for 2 days for a reply on simple queries? Fed up of writing in emails to find out more? No worries, we offer another easy way to be in touch with us. Thirdround Clothing is now on Whatsapp! Add us now at: 65 82318728!

Unlike other online stores, with Whatsapp, Thirdround Clothing offers an immediate response platform for online shoppers. We treat every customer as our friends, and treasure every relationship with our customers. We love to hear from you guys, and we encourage informal voices and communications. Share with us what's in your mind, what do you think we should improve on, what you like, what your passion is, or anything you wanted to share. Anything shared with us that we find interesting; we will share that on our facebook page too.

However, we appreciate genuine queries and voices, and we reserve the right not to entertain any dodgy / vulgar / inappropriate / senseless questions, feedbacks and comments. Please be in mind that, if you didn’t get a reply from us, don't doubt, you are one of them unfortunately. :)

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Thirdround Clothing

Wear the tees, not to be worn by the tees!


Tees have become so common nowadays where you can probably find any kinds of tees with different imprints, logos, slogans, strap lines, funny / vulgar messages and et cetera all surrounding you.

There are people out there who got themselves tees cost half of their monthly salary and there are dudes got themselves free tees distributed by charity organisations.What's the myth behind this little piece of cloth which makes such a huge difference in terms of perceptions depending on how you see it.

There is a saying indicates that how one wears represents how he / she looks at themselves but not how other look at them.From cutting, imprints, materials, message conveyed, brand’s characteristics, designs, sizes, colour to anything you want to tell others can all be summarised in a piece of tee, and that tee represents your soul.

Choose the tees to wear but not let the other decides what tees you are going to wear. Find yourself a reason why do you want to wear this tee, and tell others what do you want them to know more about you via this tee.

Get yourself a tee belongs to you.

Cheers.

















































Welcome to our store!

Hey y'all! Thirdround is officially launched today on 24th September 2012. We hope that you are as excited as we do! Providing you with the utmost customer service safisfaction and stress-free online shopping exeprience is our pledge to you. To keep things short, we hope that you will enjoy your every minute spent in our online store. Get updated news and allow us to keep you posted on the latest information of our online store by signing up our newsletters. Do let us know if you have any questions via info@thirdroundclothing.com. Check out the brands we carry below. Welcome on board!





SUBCREW, the streetwear clothing brand founded in Hong Kong by figureheads Sam Lee, Kobe Chen, Frankie, Fhai and KS. With their own flagship boutiques (entitled UNITY) in the main cities of Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, the brand is well known of its low profile yet unique designs. The brand has its own spirit in its root by representing Asia's street culture, expressing their own characteristics and individualities. No doubt, Subcrew has successfully become one of the street culture icons among skaters and urban youngsters in Asia.
www.subcrewreact.com



OUTERSPACE, founded by Leo (Circus) in Taiwan in 2007. The spirit from outer space!

A renowned streetwear apparel brand among celebrities in Taiwan and Hong Kong, the brand is all about rebellious and endless creativities. Ever since the brand established itself in 2007, the brand has done a number of successful collaborations with international designers, photographers, models, comics publishers and other streetwear clothings. The brand conveys its own spirits and attitudes through its tees.


Akomplice, originated from Colorado, The States. Founded by the Liberty brothers - Patrick Liberty and Mike Liberty. The streetwear apparel emphasises on its think out-of-the-box designs and 'clean but in-your-face' styles. The brand's designs and artworks often inspired by things happening around the world and the meaning behind their designs are often associated with nature, philosophies, hip-hop, cinema, art, politics, and music.

"The Akomplice line features “basic and clean” street fashion with button-downs and T-shirts that have “out-of-the-box” designs."

Liberty, Founder, Akomplice