Fact: Ragamuffin Clothing, a progressive, revolutionary line founded at Berkeley recently collaborated with the Esface team this year for the Jazz and Reggae Festival, hosted at UCLA every Memorial Day. The collabo has been waiting to happen and finally was officially sparked weeks ago after both President’s, Oladele (esface) and Leandrew (Ragamuffin) had a sit down and met at the Esfac’e Lab on the Peninsula to discuss the opportunities for the strategic alliance. Both companies represent the more progressive, socially conscious side of the urban fashion spectrum with missions that seem nothing short of compatible so we can expect to see a lot more of this synergy in the future.

Fact: The mobile phone world is going crazy over the release of Palm’s new Web OS launched on the new Palm Pre set to release in 16 days from now. Some are expecting this to really compete with the iphone and blackberry’s but I’m not sold until I hold one and experience it. Peep the following links for more information and you be the judge, being offered by Sprint may be their first mistake…how many of your friends are on Sprint? Exactly.

CLICK HERE for PALM PRE ON now.sprint.com
CLICK HERE for PALM PRE DEMO VIDEOS from the unveiling

For those of you in the Southern California area, come out this Memorial Day Weekend, May 24-25 for the annual UCLA JazzReggae Festival.  Enjoy two days of great music, food and more.  Performaces by Erykah Badu and De La Soul, to name a few.  Esfac’e will be represented there along with Ragamuffin, another progressive bay area clothing line out of Berkeley. For more info about the festival, please click here.

A talented  group of teens from Venice, CA have created a brilliant software program called Fast Fit 360.  Seeing as the new American trend is to manufacture clothing oversesas, this interactive program allows the client and vendor to have “virtual” fit sessions without having to travel to the factory itself.  “Fast Fit 260″ has been called the “MySpace of Fashion,” by   By reducing the costs of travel and time consuming meetings, businesses can can not only expidite their work flow, but also add more money to their bottom line.  For more info click here to read the entire article from the California Apparel News.

Obama has impressed us with his ability to write, think; now he shows us some serious comedy.  In this quasi-standup comedy show, he clowns Cheney, Clintons and of course, himself.  What a president!  FACT: Obama earned nearly $2.5 million in book royalties in 2008 alone!

Fact: After a couple year absence, Esfac’e comes back to host the Blackfest 3 on 3 tournament this year, getting a strong 7 teams involved, with Team Esface losing by 1 in the Championship (next year is Redemption year). And of course, we had the Esface booth showcasing our latest Nu Face shirt along with the Black on Black Series released in March.