Today the Rudes embarked on yet another great adventure to downtown San Francisco on another beautiful day where we made stops at some of our favorite boutiques to visit: INVS and Black Scale! It seems every time we make a visit to these shops we are never disappointed! We always leave with more information about how to start up a clothing brand, and overall just a great experience! 
We stepped into the INVS shop and were greeted by Joelle (whom we are aquainted with from our last visit), Tom, and their adorable puppy Kitty! Tom was a great help giving us advice about finding cheaper places to print, label making, how to start our online shop, amongst other great tips! The way in which INVS are progressing as a brand is incredible and highly motivating. They are so much more than just t-shirts and graphics; with their clean aesthetic, they have produced a great leather jacket and an awesome varsity jacket (which I missed out on getting :( ) with great products including henley t-shirts and beanies on the way. Their cut & sew products are what we at Rude Etiquette hope to achieve one day.
We then made what we thought would be a quick stop at Black Scale to see if either Alex or Alfred (whom we met during our last visit) were working; but, we ended up meeting the man behind Black Scale himself: Mega. When I meet people who I follow rather religiously online, I tend to see them as mini-celebrities. So, when I say that it was an honor to finally meet Mega, I mean that it was an honor. The things Mega has done to grow the Black Scale brand is incredible and the product that Black Scale churn out season after season just seems to become better and better. Walking into the store this time, I got a chance to see their new button ups and their new denim, and believe me, it's all amazing! Talking to Mega was truly inspiring; he gave us tips on trends across the world, the pros and cons of using US made products, and just great conversation. It's always great to discover that one of your inspirations is down to earth the way Mega is. I hope that we encounter Mega again and have another great conversation.
We also had the pleasure of meeting Gitamba and Matt of The Retrospective. They did an awesome video with Mega that kind of dissected the essence behind Black Scale. Gitamba was gracious enough to give us his card, an interest in our brand, and the hopes of a future collaboration.We would love to thank Tom & Joelle of INVS, Mega, and Gitamba and Matt for your time and words of wisdom! We hope that our relationships can continue beyond today. We'll see you guys soon!
KITTY!!!! <3>(she's teething so she kept chewing on my laces :])
(bye bye)
Get Gooder
-D_Rude
PS: please check out the projects that all of these great people we met today are apart of at...
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