Ok, so the title of this post might make you think that me and the boys in Ann Arbor were out here killing swag dragons (known to some people as swagons) this week. We weren't, they've been extinct in Ann Arbor for a long time as brave swag knights have been valiantly slaying them forever, but we were doing the next best thing. We hit Motivation, where swagons would be if they still existed, and copped some swag. Some of it was freeeeeee! So we'll start there, cus free swag is good swag.
Skullcandy representatives were in town to pass out free headphones and ear buds and one of the guys there actually worked at
Supra too so just about everybody there got to grab a free t shirt as well. If you've ever got a hold of any skullcandies you know how nice their sound is and I was also runnin through headphones like Donkey Kong in a jungle of banana trees, so in the words of Roscoe Dash, I upgraded to ham from bologna (sorry, I had to do that just once, but I promise to never paraphrase Roscoe again). The tee wasn't as badly needed as the ear buds (although laundry is getting low around here, anybody wanna help out with that? No? Oh well, it was worth a shot) but I'll take free Supra stuff anytime. Anyway, the free stuff tour is headed out further in the midwest, so if you live in Michigan you missed it but otherwise you can
peep this to see when they'll be in your area. Tell them I sent you, it won't get you anything other than strange looks, but it'll still be a good call on your part. Also, head back to skullcandy at some point in the near future and find their blog if you can (I can't, so hit me up if you find it) you may see some familiar faces in their pics and vids, ignore my beard though.
Anyway, on to the non-free swag...
Yea, that's the motivation wolverine again, this time on a crew-neck (normally I wouldn't buy a sweater at the end of March but this year winter is interminable and I've already discussed my laundry situation). I don't think I still have to discuss why the wolverine is swag again, but a wolverine rockin' a swag hat and a swag crew-neck, while posing on the front of a crew-neck, means that the swag level of this sweater is over 9000. To celebrate my new swag acquisition I'm gonna put you up on some more swag, call it a celebratory swag lesson.
The first thing we'll examine is another
motivation piece in the classic University of Michigan (woot woot!) color-way.
Yea that's the wolverine again, sorry to be so redundant but it really is swag on another level. Ignore the writing around the wolverine on there, normally I'm against defacing swag, but if I get this that's getting blacked out for sure. But overall the pennant with the motivation cursive script is a really good look. Another great aspect of the shirt I want to highlight right quick is the arm patch. You can sort of see it on the left arm in this picture but take a closer look:
That's a sort of motivation seal with the ornate M (SWAG) and the classic motivation catch phrase, "A dollar and a dream" (DOUBLE SWAG). That's the seal of a true swag knight right there so take notes, or a snapshot if you want.
The second recommendation is of the Mishka variety
You can get it
here. You may be giving me that skeptical look again for the pinkness, (please stop, I really don't like that look) but this shirt is on its a game as far as swag. The Mishka bear is one of my favorite brand characters anyway but this artistic combo of the Mishka bear's normally 2d head with the new body is just a solid concept overall. Again we have the swag animals motif, and this swag animal just so happens to be wearing a crown, so double the awesomeness. As an added bonus, they have this shirt as a tee, in case you aren't living in a perpetually frozen world, and they have it in different color-ways if you really aren't comfortable with the neon pink.
The third crew-neck is by booger kids, yea, just ignore the name and embrace the swag:
Again we've got a swag animal gettin down on this sweater and the duck has a hat! (If you couldn't already tell I'm particularly big on animals with hats). The duck is also drinking out of cup(s?). So yea, swag. But really I don't have to go into the finer points of this sweaters swag because this is a bit of a cop out recommendation, what I'm really advocating is that you head over to
karmaloop and check out their stuff because they have an excellent selection. That's right swag padawan, I'm giving you the keys to the swagmobile for a lil minute and, using the swag guidelines, I trust you'll make the right choice.
As an extra little bit of swag advice on crew-necks, I would warn you to get measurements of the sweaters as they can fit a little tight. The best thing to do is try them on, but if you order online make sure you know how big you are in comparison with the sweater and don't trust the sizes like S,M,L, etc as these sweaters can be a bit small if you order it in the same size you wear t shirts in.
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