To be honest, I never thought I’d have the honor to work and collaborate with a company as knows as them. When they confirmed me as me of the influencers to help launch and expand their brand into the then untapped, Men Market, I was beyond happy. After all, they’re only one of the biggest brands and they keep popping everywhere you look, they’re totally killing it all over social media.
Their prices? Unbeatable — Their looks? Fly –Their fits? Exactly how you want them.
Here I’ll show you a quick way to style some of my favorite pieces from their site just in time for fall! (And I’ll link the pieces to their site)
Rich Cargo Pants – original price $44.99
Robby Short Sleeve Tee – original price $14.99
I wanted to keep the shoes and the shirt plain so that the focal point of the outfit becomes the pants.
These pants are sick, they are slim, they fit right but the coolest part about them for me, are the pockets. They are a different spin on slim.. This cargo-slim combination really caught my eye and to be honest, it looks great on.
I’m sure you can look around and find a promo code for their site, but in case you don’t, use Ozzy20 when you’re checking out! (I don’t get a cut, don’t worry).
All pictures taken by my boy Biggs, check his page out!
Every year, I try going to a different country, somewhere I’ve never been before and this year wasn’t an exception. After much deliberation and careful assessment, South America was appointed as my next destination (a 35 min phone call with an old friend saying I could stay with him) more specifically Chile. Oh boy, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.
It turns out September 18th is Chile’s independence celebration, just like the 4th of July, we would rent a beach house, pack up the meat for the grill, buy lots of beverages and gather the troops, a 4 day weekend was in the near future and the time couldn’t come fast enough.
I flew into Santiago Chile the night of September 14th and instantly was greeted with a Parrillada (barbeque) at my friends house. We ate, drank, got ready, went out, came back home and slept.
Early the next morning we left the city, on route to what was supposed to be a 2 to 3 hour drive out to the coast, south of the capitol. Pichilemu, this was our destination.. It wasn’t only us leaving though, when all was said and done, it took us around 6 or 7 hours to get there, the traffic was horrific, but it was all worth it.
Once on this beautiful beach town, we met up with our friends, fired up the grill and began our celebrations.
If you don’t have a high tolerance for alcohol, I do not recommend you group up with 7 crazy Chileans for “el 18”, they don’t take these dates lightly, these are some serious party animals.
It wasn’t all party though.. Chile’s coast is magnificent and a surfer’s paradise. My friends took me around and showed me some of the coast’s best places, one of them was Punta Lobo.
Hoodie: New Look Men
Jacket : G by Guess
Jeans : Express
They told me they were taking me to the beach, but they never said it would be way too cold to go in… what a shame.
The one great thing about South America is that, somewhat like Europe, EVERYTHING is super close by.. Once down there, any other country is just a matter of an hour to two hour flights away, you spend more time in the airport than you do actually flying.
With this in mind, I packed my bags and headed to Argentina.
Hoodie : Express
Argentina.. what a place, how much culture, how much food, how much everything! (Don’t tell the Chileans, but this may be one of my favorite all-time places)
I arrived the 20th of September, hungover as hell, after a less than a 2 hour flight, I was 45 minutes from the city, at a small airport on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. I am lucky enough to have my cousin living there while studying medicine! (Who doesn’t love traveling like this) She offered I could stay with her and I took her offer before she could take it back.. oh man, this is where the blast started.
Here are some pictures and videos of the few places I visited:
Palermo is a very hip, young and cool neighborhood in Buenos Aires.. live streets filled with young vibrant people, lots of bars and restaurants.. this is where the night starts and usually, where it ends too.
Hat & Sweatpants: Adidas
Hoodie & Jacket : New Look Men
Sneaker: Yeezys by Adidas
This video and photo were taking in Caminito de La Boca, Buenos Aires. A super fun, live, cultural neighborhood right outside the home to one of Argentina’s biggest soccer clubs, Boca Juniors.
Shirt : G by Guess
Caminito and La Bombonera, are MUST DO’s! The atmosphere is incredible and if you’re lucky enough, maybe just for a minute, you’ll feel local too.
Another place you have to visit is Puerto Madero, the sunsets there with a cup of coffee are to die for.
“Hey Ozzy, where should we eat?”
Well.. haha, let me just say I know just the place.
EL OBRERO. One of those “hole in the wall” type of places that from the outside may not seem out of the ordinary, but once you’re inside, you feel like you’re in a place where Maradona would come and have a steak after his games with Boca.
Let me just warn you guys, there will pretty much always be a wait, its one of the most popular places to eat in Buenos Aires and “foodies” travel from all over the world just to have the right to say they ate here, not exaggerating (and please don’t tell my Chilean friends) this may have been the best piece of meat I’ve ever tasted.
This lunch for two which included a shareable piece of steak, housemade ravioli, wine and some bottles of water was around 800 pesos.. around $50 usd. That’s a deal..
Culture was great, food was great… you know the party was also going to be great.. These boludos know how to f-cking party too.
I was able to find a promoter and struck a deal with him.. listen do this, $160 for a vip table for me, my cousin and all of our friends, 10 beers, 2 bottles of champagne and 1 of vodka.. let’s just leave it at that.. you have to party in Buenos Aires. We had so much alcohol, everyone started calling me St. Ozzy of ROSEBAR, because I was handing out shots and drinks like it was a charity case.. we had a freaking blast.
Chile and Argentina.. Not a lot of people would put those two countries together, but hey it wasn’t such a bad outcome for me. All and all, I spent around $1000 (remember that other than the beach house, I didn’t have to pay for hotels) and this was partying, eating day in and day out and buying some souvenirs.
I came back to the US with a lot of new friends, closer to my best friend, closer to my cousin… with a lot of great memories and funny stories.. not only that, but also some money left.. this trip, in my books, was a success.
Here are some of the people that made this trip unforgettable.
Esteban “El Papa” Zaror, his humor, grill skills and dad poses every time a camera points at him got him nicknamed “el papa”.
“Russell”.. this fucking kid weighs like 100 pounds and literally outdrank everyone by a landslide.
“Patrick” the kid I thought hated me for the first 2 nights. Actually one of the funniest human beings I’ve ever met.
“Nico Silva” the kid with the fastest Volkswagen Golf in Chile.. great with cars, great with girls… so he says.. all I can say is that he’s the friend that you want to have when shit hits the fan, he’s got you.
“Luca” my best friend, the kid with the infectious smile that makes friends with a light pole.
“La Katt” the mom of the crew, who could also turn around and outdrink you on command.
“Vania” everyone loves Vania, let’s leave it at that .
“Vero” my lovely cousin living in Argentina.
“Pire” my Argentina blogger friend who always knew exactly where to eat.
Stylish, comfortable and LITERALLY designed as well as made by an actual Podiatrist (foot doctor). WORLDboot is here to revolutionize the shoe game.
WORLDboots was the first brand I ever collaborated with on Instagram. Not only did I not just want to take any offers that came my way, I wanted to start my partnerships with brands I actually loved and believed in and so I did. I began my influencing path with a bang.
These shoes are cool, light and give your foot the comfort needed for anything the day has to throw at you. Literally the perfect combination between style and support.
I have had the pleasure to meet WORLDboot's owner and designer Ben, what a guy. As soon as you this guy you'll understand what I mean, he's got that California look to him that just makes you wanna say "Yo, this Bro is Hella Bro" but as soon as you start talking to him, you get to meet a super humble, down to earth dude, who really just wants to make incredibly nice shoes. Not to only will he go above and beyond to make the people around him comfortable and happy, his company helps foundations such as Soles4Souls.
With all that being said, take a peek at their LOOKBOOK Here!
With the launch of the NEW LARRIES! I want to give you all the opportunity to get 30% off in all orders with CODE: OZZY30 (guys that's over $100 worth of savings) and ALSO! don't forget I'm doing a giveaway of a pair of LEES (valued at $260) on my Instagram, this giveaway is going to be live until Friday 8/4/2017 so go participate!
When it comes to wearing them, I like to pair them up with a cool t-shirt and skinny jeans so that people can actually see the shoe. Every time I wear them, someone has something to say and every time they're saying good things. I'm sure you'll find a way to make them work with your wardrobe no matter what your style is!
My partnership with EXPRESS means a lot to me.. Simply because to me, it’s a story of success.
Many of you probably don’t know this, but back in 2014 I was an employee at the EXPRESS store at the Cherry Hill Mall in South Jersey.
One day while I was folding pants a lady came up to me and asked me if I was the guy in the ad hanging on the wall. I literally cracked up and told her “No, I’m just a regular employee.” She walked away and I just kept folding pants.. I guess that idea just sat with me for the next 3 years, and as many of you know, a lot has changed for me in these past couple of years.
I never thought the opportunity to actually work hand in hand with EXPRESS would rise up, but it did and I couldn’t be happier.
MY TOP 3 EXPRESS ITEMS
JEANS: EXPRESS introduced me to SKINNY/SLIM JEANS.. Since then it’s one of my favorite brands for pants. They have anything from Light, Dark, Black & Ripped Jeans. This is one of my favorite pairs.
SUITS: What can I say, I pretty much have every color suit EXPRESS has to offer. Their SKINNY FIT (Innovator) and FITTED (Photographer) styles are 2 favorite
I found about these sunglasses through one of my buddies at a pool party in LA, I thought the fact that they were made out of Bamboo was pretty cool, also they’re very light. Who doesn’t like light sunglasses?
I decided to give them a try and after getting in touch with the brand and the owner (who surprinsgly was also born in Costa Rica) I decided to ask them for a discount for you guys to give them a try too!
They have very cool polarized lenses and different color frames.
If you decide to check them out use the code “OZZY15” for a discount.
so on the 4th of July my cousin Diego called me and said he was going to be flying into California from Costa Rica on Monday the 10th at 10 pm and leaving Wednesday the 12th at 2 am.. “just for a quick business trip”
Like the amazing cousin I am, I invited him to stay with me and promised to take him to as many places as I could in 24 hours.
This trip was so quick we couldn’t really take but a few good pictures.
Here are some of the places we visited.
My Apartment’s Balcony
Linbrook Bowling Alley
Venice Beach
My Pool
In N Out
Huntington Beach
And Then He Left
I guess it doesn’t matter how much time you have.. I guess it’s more about actually wanting to give someone a good time.
Love you couz
H&M is definitely a must when it comes to swimwear, they have a lot of cool, colorful designs which I personally like a lot and the price is almost unbeatable for the quality you’re getting.
Another place you have to visit is Puerto Madero, the sunsets there with a cup of coffee are to die for.
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