Yesterday marked an incredible moment, made possible by the amazing community we've built together over the years. For the second time, yesterday, I spotted our Pick-Pocket Proof Pants® walking in the wild!!

Interestingly, we weren't meant to be in this part of town, but as any good day out in the city goes, we decided to take a detour. We parked the car and started walking toward our new stop when I was stopped dead in my tracks. As we were crossing the street on 23rd and 10th Avenue, I look toward the next crosswalk, and the telltale button closure on the front pocket of the pants speaks to me. Immediately, I know what I'm looking at. I tell my family to walk back with me to the corner we had just come from, and I stop Jeffrey as he made his way by us with a friend.

"Has anyone ever told you how awesome your pants are?" This caught his attention, and we got a few moments to chat about his experience wearing them. I introduced myself as the designer of the pants and expressed my wonder at meeting the second pair in the wild. With 400,000+ pants now walking the world, the odds of running into one increase with each passing day, but those odds are still astronomical. Below is a quick photo we took of the encounter with both of us wearing the pants (shorts in my case) here in NYC. Jeffery mentioned how these were his Rome pants; he wore them for weeks when he lived there. He said he still wears them at home in NYC because they are so good!

I mentioned above that this was the second time I spotted a pair walking the world. The first time happened a few years ago in Taipei, Taiwan. Similarly, I was crossing the street when a pair of pants caught my eye on the opposite side. This time it was the square cargo pockets (to go with our original P^cubed theme) that caught my eye. The traveler then didn't want to have his photo taken, and life moved on, as it tends to do, and I don't believe we ever shared the story before.

To everyone reading this, thank you for making this incredible journey possible. Here's to seeing more travelers walking the world wearing these pants in the years to come!
 
Safe Travels,
Adam Rapp
owner/designer
ClothingArts.com
 
PS: If you've met a fellow traveler in the wild wearing the pants, email info@clothingarts.com and we will share your story with the community.

Our friend Angel zooms in from​ Punta Mita, Mexico, with travel musts from our neighbor to the south. Labor Day is right around the corner, and Mexico is a top destination for quick transit times and under-the-radar hot spots. Angel highlights his favorite vacation spots while sporting our Tudor Blue Business Travel Shirt.

Check out why Angel chooses our travel shirts for his vacations in his Live TV segment on Good Day Goes Global: Mexico!!

Today, the Clothing Arts Team is proud to bring you another stopped pick-pocket testimonial from France. This makes two stops in the last 2 weeks for the country!! Incredibly, this is your 35th confirmed stopped pick-pocket in the city of lights... that we know about.

As travel restarts, the number of confirmed stops you send in will grow quickly with pick-pockets out of work for as long as we have limited our world travel. As our founder said, "You never think it's going to happen to you until it does!"

Today, more than ever before, it will pay to be prepared and RVJ was "by packing extra security" for Paris' notoriously sticky fingers on his recent trip to Eiffel Tower.

We received his testimonial via a ***** Review on our Business Traveler Pants and RVJ is from Jacksonville, FL.

Click over to read how it happened here:

FIVE Cubed®️ Travel Jackets, ONE $1200 Travel Voucher Anywhere in the 🌎

Time Remaining To Enter:

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”

- Augustine of Hippo, 415 AD (give or take a few years)

We all need a healthy dose of [travel] inspiration these days. So, starting today we will be accepting entries for a new collection of Cubed®️ Travel Journals. Five new journals will be selected for publication from travelers, just like yourself! There have been a number of Cubed®️ Travel Journals submitted by newsletter readers over the years. Their journal entries include Iceland, Kilimanjaro, Morocco/Sahara Desert, Trans-Siberian Railway, and The Inca Trail.

Submissions will be open for one week (through 4/28/20 @ Midnight PST) and then our team will select our 5 favorite entry ideas that will then get turned into their own Cubed®️ Travel Journal page. PLUS, each selected entry will win their very own Cubed®️ Travel Jacket!

Once we have published all 5 stories, we will open up voting for The Grand Prize. A REAL Travel Stimulus ✅ valued at $1200 in airfare anywhere in the world. General disclaimer stuff: one entry per person, no purchase necessary, not open to anyone affiliated with Clothing Arts.

Please email your entry to info@clothingarts.com. Keep it short, a preview of the full journal with say 100 words, and one or two photos to go along with it. Once we have selected the 5 finalists, we will contact you directly to draft the full Cubed Journal!

The Clothing Arts Team looks forward to reading everyone's submissions & good luck!

Check out two of your previous Cubed®️ Travel Journals:

Journey with us to the crossroads of the world, Istanbul. One of our favorite cities where Europe and Asia meet in this cultural and cosmopolitan capital of Turkey. Clothing Arts has a lot of history here as the first pairs of our Pick-Pocket Proof Pants®️ were made here nearly a decade ago!

We start with a visit to the historic Sultanahmet district where we witness a magnificent sunset on the eve of Eid Mubarak over the Blue Mosque. Then we cross the Bosphorus and make our way up to Taksim Square. Istiklal Caddesi, the city's vibrant shopping street has come to life at night. As we explore the area vibrant atmosphere, stumble upon an impromptu dance performance and enjoy famous Turkish mussels served cold on the half shell at one of the city's popular al fresco fast-food dining spots.

Come with us and experience Istanbul Nights!

Watch the segment & then check out the Pick-Pocket Proof®️ Travel Shirt Collection!

Today, we are proud to announce the release of your most requested new Pick-Pocket Proof ® design! Our team keeps track of the most asked about items each year and more emails and calls come in for an accompanying line of shirts to pair with our Business Traveler Pants than any other item.

We have developed a new Cotton rich fabric to take you from the office right into the outdoors! Incredibly soft, completely wrinkle-resistant, with superior moisture-management, and quick-dry properties, our new Business Travel Shirts will have you looking your best at the big meeting in Paris right through dinner at one of its famous brasseries!

The Clothing Arts Team is excited to release 6 new patterned shirts representing a range of business casual looks in the inaugural line. Made from our new 55% Cotton, 45% Poly Blend, woven in a classic 2x1 Twill, the Business Traveler Shirts will be LIVE on ClothingArts.com starting right now! Enjoy your new travel shirt on your upcoming vacation.

Which patterns will find their way into your new travel wardrobe...

2018 Business Travel Shirt Collection

Founder/Desginer, Adam Rapp, was interviewed by Chuck Scarborough of Fox News back in 2014. Clothing Arts had just turned two and sold our 8,000th pair. Chuck asked, "Why not 100,000 pairs? What is the limiting factor to get these things made?" Well Chuck, we just crossed that number and we have our eyes set on 1 million! Watch the whole interview below:

The Clothing Arts Team is incredibly proud to announce that 100,000 Pick-Pocket Proof® Pants now walk the world! Earlier this month, our team shipped out the special pair. We started with a simple idea, to add security to a great pair of pants in 2007. The idea did not turn into a design right away (there was more traveling to do!) and our pants made their debut in 2010 at Outdoor Retailer in Salt Lake City Utah, and the first pair was created in early 2011.

We would like to thank you for your support along the way!

Our designs have evolved over the years and we can't wait for our 3rd Generation Nature-Like Nylon™ fabric to debut in early 2018. Read about this major fabric upgrade, two years in the making here.