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Archie is one of the founders of PLAYLAB, INC., one of the many amazing people behind Plus Pool, put together the ‘Figures of Speech’ book by Virgil Abloh, installations such as Grown Up Flowers, and Fantasy Landscapes. PLAYLAB, INC. designed with Virgil Abloh for 𝓛𝓸𝓾𝓲𝓼 𝓥𝓾𝓲𝓽𝓽𝓸𝓷 Men’s FW21 Runway Show, “Ebonics / Snake Oil / The Black Box / Mirror, Mirror” aka show 6.

His team consists of good friends and the team shout out to Jeff Franklin, Dillion Kogle, Ana Thompson, Peter and Gabe.

He’s a painter, DJ, designer, creative director, drippin with ideas, drippin in Flat Earth on this Round Earth.

He’s not a comic, he’s the real deal.

Please welcome Archie Lee Coates IV of PLAYLAB, INC. to Wear Many Hats.

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Thad DeBrock is a guitarist that you’ve probably heard his riffs in. Such as for acts Chromeo, St. Vincent, David Byrne, Graham Nash and wait are my notes right, Nelly?

He’s also done broadway shows such as American Psycho and The Cher Show.

Me and Thad met in Williamsburg and we used to chat about the music industry, jokes, and dating. He would come in with Graham Nash and I thought it was dad. He has performed at CBGBs and rips with PLM his new quarantine pandemic back of a truck show.

Please welcome Thad DeBrock to Wear Many Hats.

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Dino Sanchez is a designer working in objects, furniture, and spaces. He designs and builds out of his studio in Pennsylvania.

But really Dino does design beautiful pieces of furniture. The summit collection he recently put out he says expresses a direct visual language and a shared vocabulary of components.

Which is the most beautiful sentence I’ve ever read in regards to someone making furniture in this day and age.

I met Dino for the first time at the Commercial Type Dahsar party for commercial classics. He knows how to run a bar. Drinks were flowing, he basically ran the party with us which was amazing.

Dino loves our new collection with Commercial Type and to have his stamp of approval means a whale lot because Dino is an absolute legend.

Dino is a designer from a senior designer, creative director, former executive design director at Droga5 and partner over at Commercial Type.

Please welcome Dino Sanchez to Wear Many Hats.

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Slowkey could sound like an animal. It could sound like a sloth going at a slow pace or it could be an animal that surprisingly can go really fast and surprise you with it’s unknown traits and characteristics that make you not know what to expect.

My next guest is a friend from, you guessed it, Philadelphia where we used to party all the time and also get things done. My only fond memory is her going to all of Zak and Stoops parties called the ILL Society and let me tell you she’s the life of the party.

Dani also moved up to New York. I knew she would because Slowkey was moving fast. Last time we met up she was working at Conde Nast and we had a meeting honestly just touch base instead of work.

Slowkey became High-key and definitely the same animal she was in Philly.

She is the Founder of Prophets Over Profits that honestly do the good work. I wish Dahsar sponsored one of her events

She’s the director of partnerships at House of Yes where we shot our latest lookbook for the Commercial Type collaboration for Commercial Classics.

Please welcome Dani Slocki to Wear Many Hats.

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Lizzy Jo is for the community and she's all about giving back. She uses her design skills for good and a tool to make sure your art is not black and white. She is “multidisciplinary” which she says is a (typical millennial terminology WHICH IT IS!) designer who ties together color and culture in all her personal projects.

Lizzy has worked for Art 21, Loud Community, DBN, Hot Mic Media, Business as Usual.

She’s a teacher, appreciates the arts, is sex positive, loves color.

Please welcome Lizzy Jo to Wear Many Hats.

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Robert Perry the heart of Tattooed Moms, my favorite bar in Philadelphia where I basically grew up in. Handsome man that basically looks like he’s been in all of your favorite bands. He’s been running Tattooed Mom’s for 23 years! Located at 530 South Street. Basically everyone’s favorite street in Philadelphia, Robert is the kind soul that you would always love running into. The endless conversations we would have of what shows would be on at Tattooed Moms? Craft shows, skate video releases, stand up comedy, the food specials, the bar is definitely a second home that is welcomed to all, every living life on every planet. If you’re an artist, you’re able to create whatever you’d like to wheatpaste your poster or sticker upstairs, anything you’d want to do. It’s basically a museum and it’s a spot I tell everyone who’s visiting Philly to go check out Tattooed Mom’s.

We’ve done a collaboration with Tattooed Mom’s and we released a couple tees and 5panel hats that were a Dahsar classic.

Robert has the most soothing voice that comfort anyone including a time like this. He should have section on the mindfulness app of just talking about art.

Robert has given back to the community and the artists are the soul of TMOMS.

Please welcome Robert Perry of Tattooed Mom to Wear Many Hats.

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Homeboy Sandman and I have a relationship like no other. Organic as ever. How I heard about him for the first time was when I met my friend James, spinning me his record “First of a Living Breed” in his apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. James told me what he knew about Sandman and from there on I was hooked. The love language of music in the room having all these special people listening to Homeboy Sandman’s record made me one day hope to see him at a show.

Surely enough, I saw him at the Hard Rock Cafe in Philadelphia with another favorite, Oddisee with my friend Amanda and before he got on stage I met up with him, had a conversation about his music and my brand Dahsar and I slipped him the ‘Hail Mary’ hat a Dahsar original, one of our first hats ever, which has an all over Virgin Mary print on the inside and right when he got on stage he wore it and he was the first person to wear my gear on stage.

Fast forward, we collaborated on tour merch, released a couple 5-panels and t-shirts together and I went to a few shows in the states. Always a pleasure to see Homeboy Sandman anywhere on the streets. One of my favorite musicians in the game please welcome Homeboy Sandman.

Please welcome Homeboy Sandman to Wear Many Hats.

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Justin Esposito aka FREEJBOOSIE aka the man of many talents basically a modern day renaissance man in the streetwear world that we currently live in.

I was roommates with his brother Chris back in Philly, and when he came thru, I laced him with Dahsar, and we were homies ever since.

Music is his specialty, his background, his everything but what he’s also known for is his contribution to the streetwear world.

His knowledge on vintage grails and the music he produces, we need to protect this man at all costs for the brilliant knowledge that he has on music and streetwear and all around great guy to be around with.

Please welcome Justin Esposito to Wear Many Hats.

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Sean Ben-Zvi is a Barista but not any Barista she is known for her swans, she goes by Seans Swans (@seansswans). She has coined herself as a creative coffee director, cafe consultant, and a freelance barista, so she’s basically under the whole coffee umbrella. I met Sean at her place of work in Boerum Hill as she is the head barista at this amazing venue and restaurant called Public Records. Public Records is one of my favorite places to go to for coffee, a drink, food, and all of the DJ events that were held there.

Please welcome Sean Ben-Zvi to Wear Many Hats.

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Gabby Basyuk is a copywriter and slings vintage. She has an eye for great finds, a photographer, she has released a couple pieces of published work such as Act of Tenderness and Gaze Vol 1. Gabby is also an event planner, one of her first markets she put on was the Monstera Art & Zine fair up in North Philly featuring 8 Ball Zines, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Space 1026, and High Tide Collective. Gabby runs a market in Philly called 8 Fields Market and a vintage shop called Soft label Vintage.

Please welcome Gabby Basyuk to Wear Many Hats.

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