The Hill is coming

If you’ve been following me, first a big thanks. Second, you know I’ve been working for Style on the Hill on some 9-5 hustle, without the salary. We’ve been working to provide online content, but we’re branching out with our first published edition set to drop May 1. Below you can see a slight smattering of the type of work we've been up to.

That said, we’re currently in the hunt for some advertisers. I'm no marketing whiz, but what I can tell you is that this opportunity affords any advertiser a chance to directly reach a huge market. KU averages nearly 30,000 students a year; our demographic includes college students and young adults on the Lawrence campus, and our alumni network across the country. For more information, check out some of the pictorials above. Did you know we have half a million Facebook users? Shit, even I didn't know that. 

This isn't just a straight struggle plea for money. We're looking to build long-term relationships with brands to foster mutual growth. Our current partnerships include Lawrence and Kansas City-based stores, but we're always looking for more. If this opportunity speaks to your company/brand/dot-com startup, contact me or any other member of the Style on the Hill team. We'd love to show you how we can help your company meet its goals.

-NL

StyleSeek Review Series - Herschel Supply Little America

Missed posting about this last week, but I wrote a product review of Herschel Supply’s Little America backpack as a part of StyleSeek's Review Series (which I've partnered with). It was pretty dope, for the time I had it. Read more at Style on the Hill.

Valentine’s Day has come and gone, and while no girl is interested in giving me love, it so happens that some people out there are picking up what I’m putting down. As a part of the ongoing StyleSeek Review Series, I will be reviewing items that SOTH received for free. Ball so hard, muthafuckas wanna wine and dine me with menswear swag. For the first installment, I was sent for review the Herschel Supply Little America backpack. I used the backpack for a week on campus, putting it through a multitude of stress tests to determine its quality and durability...Read on here

Also if you've never checked out StyleSeek, you should. In a world where we're constantly bombarded by information (even in the microcosm of #menswear), StleSeek looks to nail it all down in one place. Determine your "StyleDNA" by taking a test to start out, then the site provides you with like-minded blog posts, product reviews, etc. (they even link to sites where you can buy said pieces, which is primo). 

-Nick 

The new place to find me is on the Hill

I’m not sure I’ve alerted my readership the people who read this blog to this change in my life, so I figured I’d make a formal post on it. In the past semester, a style blog was started at the University of Kansas called “Style on the Hill.” It began similar to most streetstyle Tumblrs, but has since exploded in both readership and content. There are pictures, videos, editorial pieces, downloadable music, brand partnerships and collabs with local businesses in Lawrence, KS. 

I’ve had the opportunity and the pleasure to write for Style on the Hill, and since then it has become the new place to find my writing. However, I will still post here at Midwest-Dressed, mostly more personal stuff or things that just don’t jive well with Style on the Hill. That being said, I highly recommend checking out Style on the Hill. It’s really cool, and I’m constantly being blown away by the knowledge, creativity, and talent of my co-workers. Some of our impressive stuff below:

Peace out and goodwill towards men,

MD

Everlane Backpack Review & Style on the Hill

I’m feeling hungover and prophetic (probably because the hangover is silencing all my non-egotistical brain cells), so I thought I’d write today. If you can call this writing.

Some things: First, a review of Everlane’s backpack. Ok, so awhile ago I bought one of Everlane’s backpacks. I was impressed with the look/styling of them when they first came out, but I just wasn’t ready. They sold like hotcakes (which is a dumb as fuck saying, because nobody sells hotcakes, which are actually pancakes), so I missed out on the first round. Then I think they had a second round, which I actually went as far as to “add to my cart” (which is like 3rd base in the shopping realm). But again, they sold out really, really fast, so I missed my chance. (If they didn’t have a second release of the backpacks, then this story applies to the first round and I just can’t remember right. Point being, I missed out). 

Finally, they were back again in August. I, like a true nerd, woke up early just so I could get one. In retrospect, waking up early to shop online is probably the lamest thing I’ve ever done and I want to kick myself in the nuts for doing it. BUT, I got this sweet backpack out of the whole deal.

The site says Khaki Green, but it's definitely more of a slate gray.

These are pictures from Everlane. I’m using them, as opposed to my own, because I neither own a camera nor an iPhone. In fact, the camera on my cell phone barely works, and it takes pictures with quality worse than the JFK assassination video. Seriously, it’s shit. But I’m poor. 

On first receiving the backpack, I was very happy. I like the styling, the stitching, the fabrics, and especially the leather components (drawstring, zipper closure things, etc.). It’s been well suited to my lifestyle trekking to and from campus, and from that end, it’s held up well. Law school requires a lot of books, big books, and schlepping them around all day hasn’t seemed to take a toll on this backpack. Time will tell on that I guess, but so far it’s held up. I was even walking home the other night when it started raining, and not only did my stuff inside stay dry (nod to the nylon interior lining), the outside seemed unaffected as well (nod to the waxed canvas exterior). So hats off to Everlane. Good backpack, good quality, good price. So far I’m very impressed with this brand, and personally I’ll keep hitting them up. If you haven’t checked them out, I recommend doing so. 

In other news, a fellow student at KU has started a blog called “Style on the Hill.” Its mission “aims to reflect the student body’s style and attitude at the University of Kansas through street style shots on campus.” I love when my alma mater can rep hard, but I also love when the fashionable people of the Midwest can shine. We have to flex people. This isn’t NY, where I imagine street style photos abound, and even the Italian butcher on the corner wears Luciano Barbera or some ridiculous shit. I don’t even know a butcher. THAT’S HOW BACKWARDS THE MIDWEST IS. 

Photos from Style on the Hill

This guy has so much swag, I want to kill myself for not having that much swag.

Button the top button though, not the bottom one. C'mon son.

-MD

P.S. - Everlane doesn’t pay me to write this stuff or anything. This is how I actually feel. Belie dat.