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Nonsociety in the Hamptons and floral print Bonobos
andy — August 18, 2008 @ 8:48 am
This weekend was my maiden voyage to the Hamptons. Ok, ok. I get it.
Saturday night I attended a birthday party in Watermill. There, among other people, I met Julia Allison, who had nice thing to say about my floral print Bonobos. I had not met Julia before - though I had seen her column on dating in Time Out New York way back when there was a story on Bonobos in that magazine.
Imagine my surprise when, the following day, the below photo turns up on the iPhone of one of the girls I was staying with in the Hamptons. Julia put the picture up on her website - which is called NonSociety. Click here to check it out.
Julia is a self-made internet celebrity, on the cover of WIRED magazine this month. I admire what she’s doing - using the internet in a clever and creative way to build a business. At Bonobos, we are trying to do the same thing. Except we make great trousers.
I did introduce Julia to the research of John Gottman. I figured as one of New York’s premiere dating advisors and relationship specialists, she ought to know about things like the four horseman of a relationship and the 5:1 ratio praise to criticism. Brian and I talk about Gottman often. As single guys, we are experts on relationships.
If you don’t get to see Julia’s site, this is what she had to say about my Bonobos:
HOW AWESOME ARE HIS PANTS?? I’m a big fan of men who have the balls to wear outfits like that.
These pants were so loud I was a bit nervous about wearing them. But pairing them with a simple button down and a black tie silk belt calmed me down.
Should we make more floral print Bonobos? Would you buy them? We have a handful of samples at the Bonobos loft which we may be putting on our website before long.
Before I go, two more happy snaps from the Hamptons. Fantastic party. Fantastic weekend.
Now back to the Monday grind in Manhattan.
Love the pants. Sort of Lily Pulitzer meets Bob Marley - a clear example of an unlikely pairing that is so crazy it actually works. She dresses him up to fit in with the socialites, and he tells her to chill out b/c everything’s gonna be alright. (As “relationship experts,” I’m sure you and your partner have thoughts on the endless potential of this spicy pairing.)
Anyway, great pants. I’d dress my guy friends in them for sure. And then I’d undress them because they’d look so good…
Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Traci Schaefer, and I want a job in men’s pants.
Descubrí Bonobos hace tiempo y no dejo de sorprenderme del excelente producto que estan haciendo!, y con respecto al floreado… IMPECABLE!. Pls continue sharing your pasion!
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OK…Love those pants…I totally want a pair!!!
The pants are amazing. I would snag them in a heartbeat.