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1. A must for every B-Boy-Girl! - Custom Lettering
2. It's cold out there! - you need a doublegoose-jacket!
3. How to make a backpiece - An instruction.
4. Time for a new haircut - a flattop is a challenge.

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Doublegoose-Jacket


All New York BBoys wore them back in the days.
Why? - Because Goozdown is the warmest jacket ever and you feel as strong as a bodybuilder.

Now you can buy them again? - There are people they produce BRANDNEW DOUBLEGOOSES!

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INTERVIEW: TEAM DOUBLE GOOSE - PARIS
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1. Please, introduce yourself!

Team Double Goose : Manu, Julien & Thomas. We're from Paris, actually from the same neighborhood (North East). So we have the same background and love for street cultures. As we're are in our mid-30's, we saw the hip hop movement emerge in Paris in the early 80's and even if we weren't all of famers, we all tried to spin on our heads, wrote bad rap lines or painted the walls with more or less success... But we were part of it 100% and were surrounded by fucking great writers, MC's or dancers.

 2. where and when did you see first goose jacket?

As fashion was always a big part of hip hop culture, we followed the trends and got immediately shocked by the beauty of the Double Goose jacket that we saw around 84-85 on Rakim (Eric B. & Rakim "Move the Crowd") or Run DMC ("Raising Hell" album cover, Glen E. Friedman pictures, "Tougher than Leather" movie by Rick Rubin, written by Spike Lee!). We saw the firt jackets in Paris as  people were coming back from New York to sell them here and we could buy some in 91. It was hype at the time and NTM, the french leading rap group, was wearin' them on their first album cover "Authentik".

 3. what makes the goose jacket look so good?

What makes the Double Goose Jacket look so good is the "secret formula", the technical complexity of the jacket itself, the goose down that gives the puffa effect and "muscle"! When you're wearing it, you feel strong and protectedas if you were wearing a bulletproof vest.

4. how a goose jacket has to be worn?

In our opinion, the jacket should be worn quite "tight", embrace the body. But some people want to wear them a little oversized. It really depends on how YOU like to wear it. Nowadays, we sell some to people who are 60 years old and who consider our products as classy winter jacket with a fur collar. And they actually look good!

5. what makes a pose dope?

 Style and attitude !

6. what is your favorite pose?

 The "finger in the air" pose, know what i mean?

7. what do you (doublegoose) offer?

For now, we have 5 models :
- the V shaped short jacket
- the V shaped long jacket
- the "Classic" short jacket
- the "Classic" long jacket
- the sleeveless jacket

We're developping other model for next winter (some of them actually existed back in the days) :
- Triple Fat Goose with hoodie
- Flight Jacket
- a women version of the long jacket
- a sleeveless goose down jacket

The prize is more or less 500 euros for a short one, 550 euros for the long one and 190 euros for the sleeveless jacket we also make tailor made jacket with crazy colors on demand, but it could be long and it's more expensive (50 Cent's goose : croco goose with chinchilla fur!!! (just kiddin' but we could do it)

 if you want some info, check: http://www.doublegoose.net


How to make a backpiece - An instruction:

First of all you need a nice jeansjacket. (There are classical ones from Lee or Lewis.)

There ar two different ways to make a backpiece. Either you paint the piece first on a canvase and sew it on the jacket, or you paint it directly on the jacket. The advantage of the canvases-way is that you can try several times and choose the backpiece you like... and if you dont like it anymore, you can take it off! The classical way is to paint only the square on the back. (see the pictures)

1. cut the tissue in the right shape, leave 2cm on each site to bend over.
2. do your first lines directly on the jacket / canvase with a pen. Write your name as big as possible in the center of the canvase, Complete it with characters and crewnames.

3. you need acrylic-colour (glossy or matt-finished) and paint with a brush. Spraycolour is a bit too imprecise, maybe you can use stencils.

4. with the airbrush you can do some nice shadows, fill-ins, highlights and stars.
5. use a water-proof pencil for highlights and outlines.
6. use just a little clear varnish at the end to fix it.
7. sew the tissue on the jacket, or use double faced adhesive tape to fix it on the jacket.

Ready!!!? - Send us the photo!

Above: Shoe, ?, Shoe, Amsterdam http://www.nielsshoemeulman.com


Time for a new haircut!

Remember the good times: In the 80's, early 90's...
A flattop was a big challenge, unhappy if you had straight hair.
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