UPSO Smoke Pull over sweater features or Brand Uplifted Society in a vapor graphic across the chest. As we all know vapor rises, and also includes our 161 logo in 3M reflective on the left sleeve. You can shine while running the city!
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November 23rd, 2013 UPSO as well as Pure Luck X set up shop at a dope BBoy/BGirl jam. It’s always a great time watching your crew rock and claim W’s in our city! S/O to Ground Illusionz! Here’s a short photo recap!
I found Milos instagram page @madvillan sometime last year and instantly became a fan. He was going around Toronto giving strangers cookies and sweets to brighten or actually Sweeten up their day. I saw he was doing it completely unselfishly for free and to who ever commented on his page that they wanted it. All he asked was a photo in return.
Milos started his giveaways in may 2012, that lead to him posting his giveaways on Instagram for the first time on July 1st, 2012 but this time it was his tasty goodies that he bakes himself, was given to Chris from Doin It Well, A Toronto Streetwear brand, as well as Bryan Espiritu from Legends League on September 8th 2012. Many people from all over the GTA have been blessed by his cookies.
After a year he decided to reach out for sponsors to spice things up. Instead of money he reached out brands for what ever products brands can add to his giveaways. So naturally we where excited to get involved, Milos literally represents what Uplifted Society is about. Our give away month was this month, and the request was plentiful and actually was able to be given away with just a couple days. The photos bellow are all the people that not only got his increasingly famous cookies but some UPSO gear.
Follow @madvillan for future goodies and much more! If you want to reach out to Milos email sweetenupmyday@gmail.com
Also follow UPSO on Instagram @upliftedsociety and on twitter @CLOUD9UPSO
We reached out to Montreal producer and designer of Montreal based clothing line Pure Luck X (PLX) Imaan Browne to bless us with his top 5 albums list of 2013. He’s got a great ear for music and because he’s a music producer himself, he’s got vested interest in listening to great music. Check out his page for Pure Luck X here.
Enjoy the list!
1. Childish Gambino – Because The Internet
2. J. Cole – Born Sinner
3. Kanye West – Yeezus
4. Shad – Flying Colours
5. Earl Sweatshirt – Doris
IT’S BEEN DONE! J. COLE HAS BEEN DETHRONED AS ALBUM OF THE YEAR! I’m not going to lie, I’m a big CG fan, having been listening to his music for some years now, but I NEVER EXPECTED THIS FROM HIM! This album puts the “yak” in “booyakasha”! Hahahah! I don’t think you’re going to hear an album more thought out and better put together than this project right here! I’m sure you’re going to hear the comparisons to Drake on being an “actor turned rapper”, even with the whole singing thing; just let it be known that he has said it more than once that he is NOT a rapper!
The list is primarily the same, with one album being taken off the list and another added, and that’s Shad’s “Flying Colors”. If you have not heard this album, you have surely missed out on a lyrical tyrant who abuses every beat he spits on! One standout track that is genius in its execution is “Progress (Part 1-American Pie, Part 2-The Future Is Here)”; take that track in and thank me later
Rounding off the list is my man Earl Sweatshirt with “Doris”. Seems Pusha T just couldn’t hang on with his album “My Name Is My Name”, though it was a tough battle indeed! Both him and Earl Sweatshirt came out with their debut albums, yet Earl came out completely different than what was expected of him. That project just knocks in so many ways, so I had to give the fifth and final spot to him
Well, that’s my final top 5 for 2013. It was a great year for music, with all of the giants in the game adding their piece of the pie.
Check out Imaan Browne’s music here.
The Cloud 9 hoody features our UPSO Badge on the left chest, 161 UPSO logo in 3M reflective on the corner of the right pocket and a stylized Cloud 9 on the back. All these elements represent something about the brand. The Badge was the very first piece designed, and also the first to go into production. The 161 logo is our first logo and it comes in reflective because we want our brand to shine. And the Cloud 9 on the back represents the blissful state the brand was built on.
Available Online.
On November 9th we had a table during Air Canada Center’s (ACC) first Kicks-Tix Sneaker event, presented by FootLocker. Shout out to Toronto Loves Kicks for the assist on getting a table fairly last minute. Although it was a buy, sell and trade sneaker driven night, part of being fly is completing the kit. Needless to say the event was really dope, and it was interesting to see how big the sneaker community has gotten, and sharing history and stories on the sneaker culture we all love, all in the NBA’s Toronto Raptors front door.
Photo recap shot by Angie S Photography.
Angelika is an amazing photographer and has been our photographer for everything from covering events and putting together our summer look book! She’s definitely one of the most vital parts of how UPSO is packaged and presented in media. Look out for much more awesome UPSO shots from Angie!
Check out her portfolio Here. Also to contact Angelika please email angelika.sambegova@gmail.com
Uplifted Society was invited by Akil Augustine to visit him shoot an episode of The Hangout. This is the start of a beautiful partnership and we are humbled by it. Plus Akil is really cool, energetic and humble. The team he has over at Raptors Tv are just as awesome. Thank you for hosting us. More to come!
Photo Recap Here.
Community 54 is one of the flyest spots ever! And they host a pop-up shop every last Friday of the month called Final Fridays, and we were invited to display UPSO. Here’s the quick recap!
For more photo recap click here.
http://beautifultoronto.ca/ invited UPSO to have a photo shoot to be featured on their website as well interviewed us to let us tell our story. We love what Beautiful Toronto is doing and are grateful that they reached out to us!
Here’s the BTS
Photo recap album Here.
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