River Up USA BLOG

2012-02-01T17:00:00.000-08:00

** TRADESHOWS **

It's a time again for the biggest apparel tradeshows in the world.

We will be showing our S/S2012 styles (Delivery: 2/15, 3/15, 4/15) in following shows;

POOL TRADESHOW BOOTH# 531 in Mandalay Bay Convention Center
WWIN SHOW BOOTH# 246~250 in Pavilion Ball Room at Rio Hotel & Casino

If you are interested in prebooking our F/W2012 styles or just curious to see what are the latest trends from Japan, please come to POOL TRADESHOW.

Please make a appointment (strongly recommended) with us for faster service and hope to see you all at the show.

THANX!

2011-02-03T17:55:00.000-08:00

SAMPLE SALE!!

We'll be blowing out our samples on this coming Saturday on 2/05 at California Market Center exhibition hall.

Come on out, it's going to be a very warm day to shop!

Beside who would complain if you could buy our quality hat for $5 bucks.

See you there,

THANX,

LAS VEGAS SHOW INFO.

2010-07-30T10:54:00.000-07:00

We have great annoucement to make!

We moved to POOL TRADESHOW this season to showcase our both "BASIQUENTI" & "ODDS" lines for Spring/Summer 2011, as well as "AT ONCE" styles for Fall/Winter 2010.
For designers collection, "CLVR - Tokyo", will be at usual PROJECT SHOW.

Please beware that both POOL & PROJECT will be held at Mandaray Bay Convention Center in 8/17~19 and for those of who need to go back and forth between LVCC & MBCC, be sure to schedule your trip wisely.

BASIQUENTI & ODDS : Booth# 1400 at POOL

CLVR - TOKYO : Booth# 4114 at PORJECT

Please make appointment (strongly recommended) with us since all our styles are in limited numbers for A/O styles.

THANX!

2010-06-24T11:19:00.000-07:00

"SPRING/SUMMER 2010 SAMPLE SALE"
SATURDAY, JUNE 26th

SATURDAY SALE

There will be sample sale of Spring/Summer styles at California Market Center Exhibitor hall and many of the styles are priced at $5.00 or more.

I apologize for the last minute notice, but if you are in the area, just stop by.

THANX!

THANK YOU!!

2010-02-26T18:02:00.000-08:00

I would like to thank all of whom made a effort to come to our booth at PROJECT/MAGIC, despite the fact that all shows were so spread out in Las Vegas.

Hope to see you all at next show!!

TRADE SHOW

2010-01-26T15:12:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

We will be at MAGIC & PROJECT showing our FALL/WINTER 2010 collections in Las Vegas.
At MAGIC which held in FEB 16~18, we'll be showcasing latest collections for "ODDS" & "BASIQUENTI" in Las Vegas Convention Center, Central Hall : booth#: 76214. There will be major change of location for MAGIC, so be sure to check their website.

"CLVR" will be co-currently shown in PROJECT which runs through FEB 16~18 at Mandalay Bay, booth#: 923.

If you would like to make an appointment (recommended) for either of the shows, please contact us.

THANX!

SHOW SCHEDULE

2009-08-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

Las Vegas's trade show season has come!

We will be at MAGIC & PROJECT showing our Spring/Summer 2010 collections in Las Vegas again.
At MAGIC which held in Aug 31~Sept 2, we'll be showcasing latest collections for "ODDS" & "BASIQUENTI" in Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall : booth#: AC12631.
"CLVR" will be co-currently shown in PROJECT which runs Sept 1~3 at The Sand's Expo, booth#: 9057.

If you would like to make an appointment (recommended) for either of the shows, please contact us.

THANX!

SHOWA JIDAI 3

2009-08-11T17:12:00.000-07:00

Here is another song from great performer called "Akiko Wada" in SHOWA era.
She was known for her superb voice over the years, but saddly she has lost her signature voice due to heavy drinking.
This song "Furui Nikki" was too early for Japanese crowd at that time, but I believe this is one of the best FUNK ever recorded in JAPAN.
Too bad, there isn't any video versions on Youtube.

（ﾟДﾟ）＜ッハ！

THANX!

Sample Sale - The last of Spring/Summer styles

2009-07-24T15:31:00.000-07:00

"LAST SPRING/SUMMER SAMPLE SALE"
SATURDAY, JULY 25th

This will be our last sample sale of Spring/Summer styles at California Market Center and many of the styles are priced at $5.00 or more.

I apologize for the last minute notice, but hope to see everyone tomorrow.

THANX!

R.I.P. MJ

2009-07-13T16:42:00.000-07:00

It's kinda late, but I found this rare high quality YouTube video of Michael Jackson's BAD TOUR in 1987/09/26 at Yokohama Stadium.

I thought this was the best quality MJ's video I could find on YouTube, so I had to share with you all.
Oh, I forgot one more thing. To get HQ video/sound version of YouTube, put "&fmt=18" at the end of URL.

THANX!!

2009-06-25T17:27:00.000-07:00

"Huge Blow Out Sample Sale" at SATURDAY SALE

We will be doing sample sales on this coming Saturday (06/27/09) at California Market Center in the heart of downtown garment district.
SATURDAY SALE has been a fixture to CMC for long time and known to attract LA fashionistas.
For more information on SATURDAY SALE, please click above link.

Hope to see you there,

THANX!!

2009-06-25T13:30:00.000-07:00

If you happened to be in Hollywood area tomorrow night (6/26/09), check out "AFTER MIDNIGHT PROJECT" at Key Club!!

They threw a hell of live performance and of course they ROCK!

THANX!

SHOWA JIDAI 2

2009-06-05T13:10:00.000-07:00

I found this clip from YouTube about another Showa Jidai performer "Katsuko Kanei".
This song was performed in 1973 and it was one of the best seller songs.
I don't know about the songs but she looks really cute with white based outfits. If you look closer, her vintage inspired cap got beading all over and huge diamond looking broach on back.

"Inspiration and genius - one and the same" by Victor Hugo

THANX!

Japanese styles

2009-05-29T17:06:00.000-07:00

Check these guys!

http://www.dropsnap.jp

This web site updates daily with great street pictures from Harajuku area.
You don't see people wearing a hat like these guys in the states.
Hats off to those Japanese fashionista!

THANX!

SHOWA JIDAI

2009-05-22T15:07:00.000-07:00

Aah, good old days of "SHOWA".
SHOWA is one of Japanese period lasted from 1926 through 1989.

Throughout 70's in Japan, Kenji Sawada was one of the greatest Japanese performer, also my favorites. Check out this great performance of his in 1979 which I found on YouTube, wearing skinny pants with black & white oxford shoes, white jacket and finishes with great summer fedora.

YouTube : Kenji Sawada - "Casablanca Dandy"

Thanx!

Japanese Lesson #1

2009-05-14T15:04:00.000-07:00

I have been in apparel business for almost 10 years, and almost everyone I met has either visited Japan or planning to visit Japan. So Today's post, I would like to give some Japanese lessons.

First of all, learning Japanese could be difficult for those of who speaks Latin/Greek originated languages such as English, Spanish, and French. But any GAIJIN who does speak proper Japanese can benefit a lot in Japan.

1st Lesson:
"SUMIMASEN" [soo-mi muh-sen]
Originally SUMIMASEN means "Excuse me" in English, but it can be used in several different situations.

-When you enter a store (especially restaurants),

-When you want to get some attention,

-When you apologize to someone,

"SUMIMASEN" is good word to use, once I overheard Paris Hilton saying the word when she visited some Japanese restaurant.

Thanx!