Ladies and gentlemen, it's that time of year once again. Summer is nigh, and it's time you exchanged that winter parka for a slick t-shirt. "But Eric, I'm sick of my old ratty clothes! Where can I get something awesome?!" Well my friend, luckily, we exist. And even luckyier (Yeah, you read that.) we're going to be at the Toronto Clothing Show again this year. We'll be selling our apparel on the cheap, dishing out the high fives, and hanging out with all of you all weekend long!
And get THIS, everyone who shows up gets a FREE Clothing Show tote bag, designed by us, Pause Designs. The bag also comes chock full of weird freebies like laundry detergent and... bug spray or something...I don't know, but what's important is you can take your free totebag and use it to carry all your new Pause loot, or fill it with stolen merchandise from other booths, or use it to build a fort for your hamster, or get us to sign it and sell it on ebay! Cool!
And if all that wasn't enough, we'll be releasing a ton of new limited edition products on opening night! So you'll have first dibs on everything. Your friends are going to be green with envy!
Oh man, it's going to be an awesome weekend. We can't wait to see you there!
THE LAST CARDIGAN YOU WILL EVER OWN
If you own any of our apparel already, then you know there's a whole lot of love in every shirt we make. From the hand drawn designs, that are hand screened, to the hand sewn-in tags, to the hand made tags themselves. Er...okay, maybe there's more "hand" than anything, but you can bet the love is there too. With each piece of apparel we release we try and outdo the last. And how do we outdo the last you might ask?
That's right, more "hand".
"What has more hand in it than a cut and sew piece?! It'll be great! We'll have tons of different coloured fabrics and patches hand cut and sewn onto cardigans! Not by some kid in China either. We'll do it ourselves! The founders of the brand! Can you imagine?! The amount of work that is going to be out into each one! Oh man, it's going to be the most epic cardigan ever created!"
As it turns out, cutting and sewing is A LOT harder than it seems. Have you ever spent 9 hours sewing eleven different patches onto ONE cardigan? I have, and I no longer fear death. But luckily for us, and you, putting in an obscene amount of practice a day makes for a couple ruined cardigans, but many many more beautiful ones, that far surpass our expectations.
STRAIGHT SHOOTIN': DO OLD PEOPLE WAKE UP EARLY TO MAKE SURE THEY AREN'T DEAD?
"Do Old People really wake up early to make sure they aren't dead?
-Ben S."
My friend,
You misunderstand. Anyone who has a grandmother knows this can't be true. Anyone with the sense to catch seniors in their natural habitat as a young sprite staying over in the guest bedroom knows this simply isn't the case.
They're writing lists. To-dos, to-buys, to-write-a-card-tos, et cetera, et cetera. They're scanning the pantry for how many cans of peaches to buy on their daily trip to the grocery store. God knows they've already got seven, but most old folks like to keep supplies at a steady eight. Sure, the oldest can on that shelf has long since been considered eatable because it's from 1994, but they wake up earlier than most small birds in order to make sure they remember to buy a new one.
They're also writing five dollar cheques for their grandchildren. They're filing important anecdotes in their extremely large brains that they're going to tell you over your grilled cheese sandwich lunch so that you don't keep walking around the house without slippers on, or crossing your eyes.
Though this may not sit nicely, I strongly feel you should check yourself before you riggidy WRECK yourself, because old people get more shit done in the small hours of the morning than we accomplish in an entire day. You'll note that it probably took you about 10 whole minutes to write and send your Straight Shootin' question, and it's taken me approximately 45 minutes to get this answer written. An elderly person has already hung 55 ugly Easter decorations on the outside of their bungalow in that combined time.
