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DrJays.com Exclusive: Triple 5 Soul and Ocean Star Apparel Merger

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:19 AM | 15 comments
By Kiki

DrJays.com will soon be carrying the recently revamped Triple 5 Soul clothing brand.


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Industry pioneer, Ocean Star Apparel, has just announced the merger of Triple 5 Soul into its family of brands.


 

"We're extremely pleased to announce that our new brand partnership with Triple 5 Soul is complete and is being launched for Fall 09 August on the selling floors", said Clement Leung, OSA COO. "The integration of this heritage street wear brand is perfectly timed with current market trend opportunities and a natural fit to our core manufacturing competencies".


 


"We are confident that integrating the design and marketing skill sets of Triple 5 Soul into our vertical supply chain will quickly make the brand a powerful asset to our U.S. and International distribution base".


 


By staying true to the core essence of the brand's DNA and past history in the market, OSA plans to extend Triple 5 Soul’s existing industry reach by exploring new retail and license opportunity's in the USA and abroad.


 


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Daymon Green, Triple 5 Soul Brand Development


 

OSA, based in NYC, is a comprehensive vertically integrated supply chain, a proprietary and national brand marketer with vertical in house product development from yarn to finished garment.

Born in 1989, Triple Five Soul originated as a humble storefront in New York City’s Lower East Side.

 


Originally entitled with a tongue-in-cheek reference to one of the then-popular telephone party lines, T5S quickly became a focal point for a multi-faceted, quickly emerging cultural movement.


 


In 1997, only months after opening its NYC flagship store on fashionable Lafayette Street, T5S began expanding international wholesale business.


 


Increasing coverage in a wide range of fashion magazines, a genuine popularity amongst this generation’s cultural heroes and the unorthodox establishment of a base of operations in Brooklyn’s then upcoming Williamsburg neighborhood all contributed to Triple Five Soul’s broad and fashion-forward visibility as a leader in the streetwear industry.



DrJays.com Content Coordinator, Kiki and buyersEricka Mitton and Aaron Jones paid Triple 5 Soul a visit to write the line.

Check out a few highlights from the appointment.



We previewed great wovens, fleece sets, rugby shirts and more.


 

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Are you excited about the T5S's comeback?


Comments

 

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May 20, 2009 11:34 AM
 

wutangfan said:

Not many lines can stay around with all the trends that come and go so I'm glad they are making a strong comeback. As long as they lay off the skinny jeans I will check for a few joints.
May 20, 2009 11:35 AM
 

Tupacfan said:

I think its great that their making a comeback! This is needed a whole new line for TS5! So I'm sure theirs gone be some fly ass threads for the winter! Hence its coming thru the fall!
May 20, 2009 12:01 PM
 

RIOTLIFE said:

Always loved their stuff. Im glad they believe in the brands potential
May 20, 2009 12:46 PM
 

poe said:

I can't rock any of the apparel I've seen in this article. big ups for staying in the game though.
May 20, 2009 1:26 PM
 

jmbeyond7 said:

Been faithful since the beginning. They just need more jeans. Most of the other lines have stuff that is just way too big. Good line overall for grown folks.
May 20, 2009 1:51 PM
 

EST said:

Good look, I have some T5S stuff so I'll def keep an eye out for the new line.
May 20, 2009 1:55 PM
 

Mr.GoodBrother said:

Corny...
May 20, 2009 2:47 PM
 

tippydickumdown said:

let me tell you a little story: [and I will keep posting it on other blogs until I feel it has been caught by the ahh regulars & I'm interested in your opinions]

I worked as a label rep for music label back in the gap.my boss upon hiring me told me she'd send me out on my 1st promo tour soon,but she definitely wouldn't be sending me out with 1 particular group..next thing I know,I get a call saying she needed me to meet this group,[the one who she said she didn't want me to go out 1st with] & accompany them on their 1st promo tour.a 1st for both of us.so without having any apprehensions,I agreed in proceeded to me them somewhere in ohio,if I remember correctly.I got there & met the the group & my boss @ the airport.then we began the promo tour.as a label rep,my job was essentially road management for the label..this group was unique in that the majority where open to what they needed to do,none really were professional.like any other group of nigga,they did what they had to do,in between getting their per diem & smoking weed.the group I'm speaking of is the wu tang clan.@ this time everyone was there except ol dirty bastard & raekwon.[cappadonna hadn't joined the group yet].during this leg of the promo tour [several parts of ohio & michigan]I had an opportunity to deal with these individuals up close..they had just put c.r.e.a.m. out there as a single & were still riding high on "protect ya neck" & "m.e.t.h.o.d.m.a.n." but were essentially fresh off the block.I was shocked to discover in this time period that 1-they all didn't really get along with each other like that [I personally witnessed meth & ugod get into a physical altercation].2-being straight off the block,several had smoked CRACK on the regular..[I won't name names but I will say I heard it straight from 1 of them's mouth,and as he told me,the others heard him telling me & didn't dispute it].and 3-this soon to be major force in eastcoast rap was TURNED OUT on r kelly's "12 play" & the babyface cd with soon as I get home & whip appeal,constantly playing these shits over & over & over.anyway,getting them to do shit was sometimes difficult..they just wanted their per diem & to smoke..then raekwon joins the tour..anyway we had spent the WHOLE day doing in stores,ect,nonstop.without really getting a chance to eat.we were all a little tired & grumpy but it needed to et done..and around evening time,we were in the backstage area of this club,and they had brought like 4 or 5 pizzas,so naturally we all dug into them..starving I had like 2 slices.after this performance,we are loaded back into the vans,planning out next movement,when all of the sudden,the door open on the van I'm driving & raekwon,masta killa & I THINK ghostface began hitting me in the face & body,WHILE I'M SEATBELTED IN THIS VAN-FOR EATING SOME MUFUCKING PIZZA! [I KNOW raekwon was throwing punches,as was masta killa.ghostface was close by his side but I don't know if he threw any or not,].when I had the slices,I saw raekwon mugging me out of the corner of his eye,but I wasn't tripping..[he had just came that day & unlike the others I had built with,I didn't know anything about corey woods.needless to say seatbelted in this econoline van,I got beat pretty bad.[to this day I have marks on my eye & lip from this incident].after they stopped,I was sitting there,engine running,bleeding..thinking to myself rza,inspector deck & meth,whom I'd become cool with,particularly meth,didn't say shit..didn't even attempt to stop it.I would've thought the rza would've done something,or his brother divine,who was their road mgr..when we got our next destination,I'm bloodied up & jason staten [who I found out later was listed as their a&r coordinator or something,on their 1st cd-wtf] was outside tellingme what they did was wrong & press charges right now while their doing this promo @ wherever we are @]he said he would be a witness..ME being affiliated with & acknowledging the "code of the streets",declined to do this & continued this promo tour for another day & a half,after which,suddenly I was given my last check & a plane tix..apparently my boss feared for my safety & decided to let me go.as we all parted company @ the airport,a couple gave me dap but the majority didn't speak to me & that was it.I thought that was the end of me on that tour..but I had been fired completely..I later found out that my boss was afraid of the damage as well as the negative publicity  on this group prior to their debut cd being relased,would cause..needless to say,I had no idea they would blow up to the extent they did..and ever since,I've hoped to catch raekwon in a one on one situation.back then,as it is now,I'd stomp the shit outta that little dude,but that's kind of hard to do when the coward sets it off on someone seatbelted in a fucking van.I got dudes social security # & could've easily did some shit with that,once he began blowing up..that was years ago..and I have never shared this story with anyone [outside of a few of my homies],save the 1 time I sent it to this very site & illseed chose to disregard it.I recently heard meth on shade 45 & called the artist shotline to try & get on the air & share it,but couldn't.how would any of you readers feel about being the vic on some shit like this? nevermind the fact that this person is an entertainer,just period? so hearing about how mufuckaz wanna gang up on budden for his comments or about this ob4cl2 cd just brings back old wounds for me,literally as well as figuratively..to hear "wu tang aint nuthin to fuck with" & hear over the years about all the stories of them gangbanging mufuckin individuals,makes me wish for the day I can see corey woods again.if he's performing somewhere chances are he will have niggaz with him,but if he's performing somewhere,I can know & have a few niggaz with me,that really don't give a fuck.dude is a bitch for what he did,and a subpar rapper @ best.a short disgruntled wanna be tough guy,hoping to recapture adulation with a waterdown version of his [and arguably,ghostface's opus]..retaliation is a must  & in the end,I believe corey woods will pay for what he did to me..I only hope I get the opportunity to be the debit collector..

now..if you think I'm lying,illseed,ask him to respond..
May 20, 2009 2:56 PM
 

Kev_Paris said:

http://www.myspace.com/kevparis check out some calm n smooth music
May 20, 2009 8:14 PM
 

SouljaSweep said:

triple five soul that skater/varsity clothing tip

get some a karmaloop.com use code AE31753 save 20%
May 20, 2009 10:01 PM
 

BoBo49 said:

 tippydickumdown let it go that was over 15 years ago if it happened. If you was for real you would have dealt with that shit by now. BOOOOOO! 2 U.
May 21, 2009 12:51 AM
 

tippydickumdown said:

BoBo49 said:
tippydickumdown let it go that was over 15 years ago if it happened. If you was for real you would have dealt with that shit by now. BOOOOOO! 2 U.
May 21, 2009 12:51 AM


if I was for real huh? hahahahaha..ok.
May 21, 2009 5:31 AM
 

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May 25, 2009 1:00 PM
 

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May 30, 2009 4:47 PM
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