Author: Bana Bongolan

Bana & Cait’s interview with VENUE

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“If you are into the game, you’ve probably read about or seen this tee from Crooks and Castles Fall/Winter 13 line making its rounds through blogs, fashion websites, and through the eyes of many haters and praisers alike. Personally, I think this design is fucking amazing, and no matter what you think of it, it worked. It got people talking and eyes locked in. Like it or not, its pretty big when a design for a tank and tee get publicity outside of being promoted by the brand itself. High Snobiety got on it, complex, style engine, and numerous other blogs and sites as well, its great. Crooks killed it, they always do. They are one of the most respected in the industry, and one of my personal favorites – but for this, I want to highlight the person who actually designed the tee – One of our very own …

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Bana’s Interview with SWGNT

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“Crooks & Castles is set to release some new tees and tanks for the 2013 Summer season. Making strong use of Rolexes, the latest gear features an all-over print of an assortment of luxurious watches. We recently caught up with the designer behind these items, Bana Bongolan, as we tried to gain insight on her inspirations and more about what drives her as a designer. Read our interview below, and look for Bana’s pieces to drop this Fall, as part of Crooks & Castle’s 2013 Fall/Winter Collection. The rolex design is fresh. What inspired you to come up with this idea? When I was working for Crooks I always tried to turn some of their themes and vector graphics into photo designs and they were running a lot of “Rolex” inspired type font……” READ THE REST HERE!

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WELCOME TO FOREVER MIXTAPE

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My favorite rapper these days …. Logic! Go download his free mixtape! It is so good!!!! DOWNLOAD…. HERE I just wanna spread love, they want me to bleed slow. I just wanna keep the peace, and help people. Give some of this money that I’m making to the people. So if you’re hating on me goddamn, you’re evil. And just don’t understand cause I’m flyer than knievel. Been through alot of shit, but I keep it on the D-low Never bustin in them streets but I keep it G, though. I ain’t into fairy tales, I’m just me, ho. Only thing I talk about is everything that we know. I heard you got a fucking problem bitch, I bet I beast. Ain’t no need to reach, I don’t need a peice. I just kill ‘em with Kindness, yeah we leave ‘em deceased.

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