We just keep on “swinging”… ha… ha… ha…
But really, we have continued to shine in the tennis community with another featured tee in the most recent issue of Tennis Magazine, the #1 magazine in the United States for the sport of tennis. This time they zoned in on the “All The Racket” t-shirt in soft yellow with a contrasting blue screenprint. This shirt works great for both guys and girls… and we haven’t been able to keep them in stock since the magazine hit shelves. This press stuff is great – thanks to whoever tipped them off.
Hozell in Tennis Magazine
Hozell was featured in the Spring 2010 edition of Smash Magazine, a great periodical that has a real pulse on professional and junior tennis players throughout the United States and internationally. Their most recent issue featured the “Tennis P.I.” tee, a handsome t-shirt that depicts a lovable, mustached tennis stud readying for a volley.
Hozell tennis t-shirt in Smash Magazine
It’s been really busy over here at the Hozell Headquarters – we’ve been finishing up the Spring 2010 collection and getting ready to show it off at all the trade shows. We just got back from Las Vegas and the ENK Show at the Wynn Hotel. It was an awesome show in general and was particularly great for us.
The colors for the coming line are so clean and pop… and the styles we redesigned, along with the new ones we introduced, got incredible responses from all our current stores and a bunch of new ones. Our favorite trusted LA and NYC partner stores like Fred Segal and Parke & Ronen were so stoked on the expanded basic t-shirt and polo styles, as well as the graphic art in the new line… and some amazing new stores from the Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and Canada loved the line and have come on board. You see, we’re trying to get Hozell out there to all of you who aren’t fortunate enough to live in the metropolitan areas where our retail efforts have reached first. Looks like we may be doing that pretty soon. We’ll keep you posted.
Every now and then life comes along and hands you some 20-footers to sit back and enjoy with good friends. We decided to capture some of that good time at local spot The Wedge as a tropical storm in Tahiti delivered some beautiful south swells. Thanks, Tahiti. 
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Hi, I’m Eric the Intern, and I’m happy to post the first actual blog that isn’t news-related. For anyone who doesn’t already know how I came about clinching the prestigious Intern title, let me enlighten you. I’m probably the biggest fan ever of the bands Something Corporate and Jack’s Mannequin, which many of you know Jeff and Chad are great friends with. One day I was Myspacing and came across Something Corporate drummer Brian Ireland’s page and a picture of him from a Hozell “photo shoot.” So from there I checked out the website and noticed they had taken on interns in the past, and the rest is history.
A little about myself –
I hail from a place most West Coasters know little about, Ohio. If you want to learn a thing or two about leisure, ask a Buckeye. Most of us have spent many a day cheering on the best college football team in the nation, playing corn-hole, lots of drinking games (if you have not heard of Leagueeee, I feel sorry for you), and lots of trips to the movies and the pool. Hanging with friends and family is the most important thing in my life, followed closely by my love of music. I really started getting into fashion when I spent a month in Australia and New Zealand, where I fell in love with beach culture. I like to ride the line between completely wild and totally conservative when it comes to my style, as well as my life I’d say; it makes for a good combination. I’d really like to start my own label someday or run my own store, so I feel very lucky to get the chance to work at Hozell. Anyway that’s enough for now, here’s a list of some favorite things of mine.
Favorite Movie: Lords of Dogtown
Favorite Song: “Watch the Sky” by Something Corporate
Favorite Bands: Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin, Hit the Lights, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Beach Boys, Angels & Airwaves
Favorite Food: FISH TACOS, the right fish taco diet will get you absolutely ripped…so they say.
Favorite Hozell Products: Rushmore polo, Left Coast v-neck, 9 Stars tee, Bronzing tee, Sea Birds polo, Fore Change polo, Red Crescent hoodie, Orange 7 O’Clock raglan.
O-H!…
we’ve gotten a little press in the past couple months:
in the orange county register:
and on thrillist.com
click here to read the thrillist LA article
click here to read the thrillist chicago article
also, it’s been brought to our attention that Dean McDermott wears a Hozell hat when he plays golf on the Oxygen TV show Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood. it has to be said that the man has good taste.
Hozell sponsored a party at the Hollywood Standard on Sunset Blvd this Spring with DB3 Productions and Dry Soda. It was held in the posh Purple Lounge. There were fabulously delicious dry soda cocktail specials named after our own “dry Chad” and “dry Jeff” as well as our friend “dry William” who provided us with performance of a few of his sweet melodies. A delightful time was had by all, despite the fact some people tried to sneak out some clothing from our Fall line preview! Why do that when you could have gotten a super sweet tank sporting the phrase “hozell makes me happy” for free?! Hozell AND free? nothing makes me happier than that!
click here to see more photos of the event
may 2nd was a special day…. we now have the official Hozell sign up on our office building. to celebrate, we threw a warehouse warming party. we opened the doors to the new office for a good ol’ house warming extravaganza. a sick musical performance by will crum, ping-pong, and a late night mint chip ice cream suprise provided by the fabulous intern lily were some of the highlights. it was good, it was fun, it was good fun. we enjoyed having you if you made it, and if you didn’t, we hope to see you next time.
the invite
outside party people
will crum and the scene
lily serving up some ice cream
click here for all the photos of the evening
Maybe it’s been awhile since our last post, but it’s not like we’re sitting on our hands. You’ve seen us come out with a bunch of new styles…. hopefully you got your hands on one of the elbow patch hoodies with printed front pockets. They were done in a very limited release, so you’re lucky if you snagged one. I don’t even have one, damnit!
Since hozell prides itself on leisure and free time, i thought i’d throw up a picture of us NOT working. We cruised down to Encinitas to hang out with some friends and have a little fire on the beach – may not be work, but it’s pretty ‘leisure with dignity’.
If you’re a diligent Orange County Register Newspaper reader, you may already know this but they did a little story on us in their Style Scoop section. It was rad not to know about it and hear through other people that we were featured.
They had nice things to say about us. You can check it out here: OCRegisterStyleScoop
