While I wanted my first blog back in a long while to be about Dressmonkey, this is the only creative outlet on the web I have so I felt like publicizing my frustrations on a generally shitty day. I promise more juicy entrepreneur fodder in my next post.

Every so often, the world smiles at you. Unfortunately, today wasn't one of those days. I had to book a flight back to the US and the cheapest one I could find was one for almost 1500 USD. I blame my brother for picking an obscure place like Tampa Bay Florida to get married. Apparently flights to Hartford, where I'm from, are about 300 dollars cheaper; strike one, Florida. I have never made this public before, but I have a profound hatred of Florida. I mean, I don't hate the people or the way of life, I just hate the weather. Really, how can anyone live in a place, especially seniors, where walking out of an air-conditioned house is 1 time out of 4 practically suicide? I think Florida and I fell off while I was waking up at 5am for early swim practice for 7 straight years of winter vacations devoted to improving my freestyle. While Florida can be indescribably hot at times, Florida in December, at 5 in the morning with an unheated pool is something comparable to what the passengers in the Titanic must have been through. Again, this has nothing to do with the people (the last thing I need to do is piss off potential customers from the FINE state of Florida), this is just a general rant about life being poopy for a day.

Well, in addition to getting angry at Florida, today I had to bicker with a supplier who, 2 months after we had bought our fabric from, decided that we hadn't paid her in full. After quite literally an hour on the phone with her, I convinced her to talk to our factory's accounting department and check directly with the source of the payment. An hour later, after hearing the typical whining at frequencies that only certain. Shanghainese women can produce, I got a subtle text message saying "I'm sorry, it was our mistake." Damn right, it was your mistake, now I want my hour back.

The third horseman of the apocalypse of my day today? The fact that my roommate decided that she couldn't afford the rent that she's paying now and that she wanted to live with a friend in the boondocks of Shanghai. This means that now I have to find another roommate, not go to Hong Kong this weekend so I can save money in the event that I have to pay rent myself for a while, and be generally ticked off for an indefinite period of time.

The only thing I could do after a day like today was go to the gym and work out for 2 ours. That really helped, I feel like a train hit me but at least I'm not thinking about how crappy today was. Well, I did just write about it.

I promise more entrepreneurial exploits in my next post. Sorry for the rant!

The boys at Degrees Of Connection posted their slide show...looks good! Read more >>>

DressMonkeys all across America are showing up to parties this weekend (just 5 days after the company's launch), giving new meaning to being "fashionably late."

There I was, flipping through these pictures and suddenly, images of a certain Tarantino flick popped into my mind. Its lack of relevance to the post is insignificant, they are just cool pictures, thanks Charlie!

We've had a good week at DressMonkey HQ, had a lot of inquiries, tons of traffic, and a few orders! I think we're planting the seeds for some eventual orders as well, as the fabric swatch books have been a hit thus far. We had some server trouble on Thursday, and if you visited the site on Thursday morning you might have been annoyed (as were we) that the site wasn't up. It was a technical thing says the hosting company, and they assured us that it would never happen again, so we hope...

I'm finally taking a "chill day", after a week of factory and website fun, I'm now being subjected to watching a masculinity-threatening show with ze German.

Please continue to send us feedback on the site, we appreciate what you've said thus far, and we're going to start making a round of improvements in a few weeks.

Thanks goes out to my friend Reid MacDonald for his mastery with the camera for this one! And to his beautiful sister Darcy (the "Measurer"), who reminds me (the "Monkey") that it's always a pleasure to measure.

Get ahead from the rest by checking out our sizing video in anticipation of our opening next week! Your lady won't be the only one smiling...

Just think of what DressMonkey can do for this guy...wonders...

We are collecting testimonials from willing customers to be featured on our retail website opening this Spring. Testimonials are a key component to any retail apparel company like ours that lacks a bricks-and-mortar storefront. Your honest and positive comments about our product, not to mention your killer bod gracing the pages on our website, will greatly help our cause here at DressMonkey. Who knows, it may even bolster your instant celebrity status.

Please attach the following to an email and send to customerservice@dressmonkey.com.

1. Picture of you wearing your DressMonkey blazer (note, we sponsor creativity, have fun with it)
2. First Name
3. City you live in
4. Age
5. A short blurb about why we're different from the rest (something positive please)

Thanks again for shopping with us!

Sincerely,

Team DM

I've been following this story for weeks, not so much out of my own interest as for feeling personally obligated to follow up on my earlier promises to DressMonkey readers.

While Esquire continues to say that the mystery woman will be revealed in their November issue, it appears someone let the secret slip. The wait's over. America has decided - siding with Coley no doubt - that blonds in fact do rule the universe, or man's desires at least.

Finally, I can stop caring about who's sexy and start caring about what's sexy...The Blazer from DressMonkey. Coming Soon!

This man recently turned down our offer (citing cultural differences) to be the official spokesman for DressMonkey.com

DressMonkey seems not the only one with something to prove to America. Be sure and look your best in DressMonkey at our friend Borat's movie premeire coming this November!

We’ve made some minor changes to our website this week. Things you may have noticed that weren’t there when we launched include:

- a clickable header
- category page links
- a featured guest section (currently titled “Adam’s World”) in the sidebar with style advice from DressMonkey fashion consultant Mr. Strokes
- other browser specific fixes that you probably wouldn't have noticed anyway

You will also find our author pages as links in the sidebar. Click on JEFF and COLEY for more mouth-watering photos and Q&A's about us. I manage to come across as a vague, uninterested prick with an inflated ego. There’s no excuse for that. I apologize. For a much better picture of what DressMonkey is all about (and what a sensible and passionate guy is all about), check out what Coley has to say.

DressMonkey marketing assault and expanding blog content just moments away!