Showing Posts From "June 2011"

It used to be that I’d take research trips to Japan before flying into Hong Kong to design and produce our line. But these days, Hong Kong’s been making it more and more convenient to make it a 1-s... Read more

This episode of The Hundreds HOMEYS features the residents of NRML AVE: Alexander Spit, Bago, Brick Stowell, Jen, and DJ Skeet Skeet. Special guest appearances by Trash Talk, Natalia Brutalia, Jav ... Read more

Our brand story stems from California Culture, and who better to tell it than Katin, the surf apparel company responsible for inventing the boardshort. But the similarities don’t stop there. Probab... Read more

When I was growing up, kids would say “We in the house.” Now they say “We out here.” They don’t want to be stuck in the house anymore. I understand. Hong Kong. We out here. We used to come out an... Read more

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(The following is an excerpt from The Hundreds Magazine Issue 4) Words: Maurice Pendarvis Pictures: Bobby Hundreds Sometime amidst the Rockwell utopia of America’s 1950’s, at a little surfside sho... Read more

The Hundreds by Katin debuts this Thursday at The Hundreds flagship locations in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. Read more

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If there’s anything Hong Kong is known for, besides the tempestuous weather and seedy sex industry and wafts of stinky tofu filling the alleys and bad guy haircuts, is the shopping. “Shopping” sou... Read more

We’re back in Hong Kong, and it’s humid beyond all repair. Our first stop was to check out the new Visvim shop that opened a few months back. It’s over in Wan Chai on a very Japanese-minded retail ... Read more

I had lunch with my friend Kevin Poon from CLOT today. We went to Soda Pop’s, which is appropriately named, although it’s pretty suspect they don’t stock Mr. Q’s Cucumber Soda. Had one of the bette... Read more

Alright, this is the last of it. No more. After this, I will not publicly address Complex’s “The 50 Greatest Streetwear Brands” list, and the surrounding noise, again. That doesn’t mean I’m not gon... Read more

Yesterday was Go Skateboarding Day, and to celebrate, the annual Wild in the Streets ride tore through Los Angeles. Too bad I was being very not skateboarding and was stuck in meetings all day, or ... Read more

So… how do I defend without sounding defensive? You could say I had a pretty interesting day. It started off with Complex publishing my “50 Greatest Streetwear Brands” list, eating gluten-free Chex... Read more

We’re about to lose a lot of friends and make a lot more enemies. Hope you appreciate it. Complex’s 50 Greatest Streetwear Brands of All Time. Written by me. Read the article HERE. by bobbyhundreds Read more

One of my favorite blogs on the web belongs to The Chrome Ball Incident, which regularly posts hi-res scans from skate magazines of yesteryear – primarily the ’90s. Such a great reference, and a no... Read more

Some final thoughts from New York. Since I last blogged about SATURDAYS surf shop in ’09, the brand has exploded in the cool world, to the point where I’m even hearing about it all the time here i... Read more

One thing people tend to forget (and I can’t really blame them) is that although The Hundreds is its own brand, we are unique in the apparel sector because we also act as the media through this blo... Read more

At the turn of the millenium I was still working for a now-defunct print magazine called Transworld STANCE, when my Editor-in-Chief Kevin Imamura told me he was leaving to help Nike start a skatebo... Read more

The Hundreds HOMEYS is back!!! This episode features the homey Jon Halperin. For your consideration: Read more