Marcus Troy iPhone App

The big homie, Marcus Troy, just launched his very own iPhone app today, giving you the full MT blog experience on the go...



Same great content from Marcus Troy, with a few different ways to browse the material, which is especially nice considering the slow and bulky pages that most blogs offer on phone browsers. And most impressive to me was how smooth and seamless everything is, really good job on development.

Available now for free in the App Store.


-john-

Sebago Nexus Project - Marcus Troy X Ronnie Fieg Docksides

The 1st round of Sebago and Ronnie Feig's Nexus Project is set to release today (6/25 @ 10am), in the form of some amazing Docksides designed by Marcus Troy...





And here is Mr. Troy for a couple of words on his part of the Nexus Project...

The full grain brown leather pair with red soles are super smooth and would absolutely kill with the right khakis. Then the rough grey suede pair with blue soles are done perfectly with just the right hint of color to balance the dark and rugged upper.

Both pairs release today, June 25th, at 10am online at DavidZ.com and at the David Z flagship located at 556 Broadway in Manhattan. Limited to only 48 pairs each and retailing at only $110, these WILL be gone by the end of the day so act fast!


Oh and if you are unfamiliar with this whole Nexus Project, peep here. William Yan, Joshua Kissi of Street Etiquette, Greg Weinsten of Culture Shoq, and director Jake Davis all have their own Sebagos coming as well, lets see if they can match the bar set by Marcus Troy though.



-john-

1,000 Posts and Runnin'

It's been one year, six months, and thirty days since we started this blog, and damn have we come a long way. Been through 4 cameras, more countries than I would have imagined, and met some really amazing people. I used to get mad when Meezy would blog about his lunch, and now we're being sourced by the likes of Hypebeast and Honeyee, as well as actually making a difference for some of these brands. And even with all of that, I promise that this is just the beginning.
Some of you have been with us from day 1 and some of you might be reading this as your very 1st SwaggerDap visit, so here are just a handful of pictures to catch you up on the past year and a half...


We started in this little cubicle at Syracuse University with an idea and a ton of work to do...

Up at Syracuse we got into some shenanigans, which for some reason usually involved taking some traffic paraphernalia, or in this case shopping carts...

We also happened to move out to Hong Kong for a few months...

Visited South East Asia where, as you can see, we were treated like celebrities...

On our travels we hit up crazy releases everywhere from Juice in Hong Kong...

To Bodega in Boston...

And saw some amazing works like the Michael Lau Crazy Force One exhibit...

Also had the chance to build with tons of great people, like Marcus Troy in Montreal...

Got to meet NERD at the BBC/ Ice Cream store ...


And if you ever had the chance to hang out with us, you know we like to have fun and act like idiots all the time...

Like when we had the BBQ of fake Jordans and Bape...

And when Meezy met the mysterious girl in the white dress up in Toronto...



Overall I just want to thank everyone who visits the blog, the brands that we have built such great relationships with, anyone who has retweeted a blog post, and all of the people who have taken time to listen to our ideas and help us build what we have. Special thanks to Yom and Joan for your help, you're coming with us on this ride.

So keep it locked to SwaggerDap, and I feel like a broken record, but you won't be disappointed with what we have in store.

1,000 posts and running...


-john-

Faces in the Crowd: Marcus Troy in Montreal

As you may have read last week, we met up with the man Marcus Troy while on our trip to Montreal. He is just as passionate about fashion as anyone I've met so naturally we had to get him for a Faces in the Crowd.



Name: Marcus Troy
Reps: Montreal
Occupation: Influencer, Fashion Interpreter, Entrepreneur, Blogger (www.marcustroy.com)
Favorite Brands: Polo, Nike, Wings + Horns, Comme des Garcon
Wearing: Hat - Bape
Jacket - Canterbury of New Zeland
Jeans - Levis Eco Friendly
Boots - John Varvatos by Converse
Words from Marcus Troy: "You can't buy swag!!"



Thanks again to Marcus Troy for showing us around his city and being down for this segment, some northern hospitality there.

Make sure you check out his site, MarcusTroy.com
And follow him on Twitter, @marcustroy


-john-

More Adventures in Montreal

Here are some remaining pics from the last couple of days that we spent eating, shopping and exploring around Montreal.

We headed to Montreal's Chinatown for a very nice dim sum meal. I don't think I know anywhere in the world that there isn't a damn wait for dim sum.


As nice as it is to hear, French is still kinda hard to understand.

We were able to hit up 2 really good stores in Montreal, the first being Off the Hook. Off the Hook carries tons of lines including but not limited to The Hundreds, Twelve Bar, Stussy, Staple, Mishka, and their very own line Rated Rookies. They are conveniently located right in the downtown area of Montreal on Rue St Catherine.

A more upscale boutique in the SoHo area of Montreal, u&i also caught my eye as they carried the likes of Junya Wantanabe, Acne, Vivienne Westwood, and more. Also right around the corner from u&i was another upscale boutique by the name of Duo. Duo carries YSL, Raf Simmons, Y-3, Super, and many more.

Right across the street from Duo was this amazing bistro Marche 27, where the menus are written all over the walls. On top of the amazing food, I thought this was rather epic.

We were also fortunate enough to meet up with Marcus Troy and have him give us the ins and outs of the Montreal fashion scene. We even got in a verbal war with some store clerks over the meaning of Swagger, which for the record can not be bought!!
He is a really inspiring guy with great vision, definitely be on the look out for this man to make serious moves in the near future. Be sure to check out his site MarcusTroy.com.

After all of that it was back on the road to Syracuse.

Thanks to Marcus, French Canadians, science & art, the hookah lady, a horse statue, and a few ignorant store clerks for making this trip what it was. We'll be back soon Montreal.


Check out the entire album of Montreal pictures here


-john-