ML @ Diesel U Music Night.
I was utterly out of place last night. Having just gotten out of class, I was rocking a giant black winter jacket and a backpack — and I don’t mean a custom Louis Vuitton type joint; I was rocking a JanSport. Everyone else at the Diesel Fifth Avenue Store opening was all hipster-ed up with their tight jeans and there I was dressed like a third grader waiting for the school bus.
For the opening of the new Diesel Planet on Fifth Avenue and 54th Street, Diesel had five dinners this week, the theme of last night’s being music. Sure enough, when I showed up there were at least twenty people crowded outside the display window because two members of Cobra Starship were inside.
The store is itself is a behemoth. It’s three stories high and has a giant Diesel logo on the outside. Inside it’s all wood and steel. It felt like a trendy log cabin full of jeans. (Bear with me folks, fashion is not my thing.)
The dinner was only for the “celebrities” in the building, namely, Gabe Saporta (Cobra Starship), Ryland Blackinton (Cobra Starship / Ivy League), Louis Epstein (Jump into the Gospel), Dan Keys (Young Love), Theophilus London and Prince Terrence (Spank Rock / Santogold drummer). No food whatsoever. Fashion events don’t really cater to starving college students.
I got to mingling and had some very random encounters. I met Donnie Scantz, a producer who has worked with Ludacris, Usher, Aaliyah, Chris Brown, Danity Kane and Rich Boy. He was taking full advantage of the open bar. I also talked to a jazz singer named Candace Jones right quick. Before I left, I said what’s up Theophilus London, whose name has been burning up my RSS reader as of late.
It was a fun, but very random night. I would have appreciated a few hundred dollars worth of free stuff, but what are you gonna do.
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