• Look for the Star

    Look for the Star

    I suffer from nostalgia for things I never experienced. I day dream it’s 1990- I’m opening a present, a large pillowy shaped object wrapped in paper. Behold, a puffy, shiny, satin (insert team here) Starter jacket. Its billowy sleeves and rotund body shape envelop you like some kind of life jacket or a suit of…

  • A love for Salem Sportswear

    A love for Salem Sportswear

    Loud, fun, exaggerated graphics that stood above the rest — Salem Sportswear, in my opinion, made the greatest licensed sports merchandise to this day, and I don’t think that will ever change. Born in the 80s in New Hampshire at a small print house (a backyard) quickly exploded into a multi million dollar brand, and…