Our 2nd winner is…

Our very own rjxxl created the 2nd winning design — “To Plumb or Not to Plumb,” inspired by the childhood nostalgia of the 8-bit era.  The cap will be on sale, along with the 1st winning design, on 10/09/08 at both our launch party and our brand new online store.

Choosing 2nd winning design this Friday

So make sure to submit/rate designs by then!

The winner receives:

• $100 cash
• $100 store credit
• A free copy of their cap

This winning design, like the 1st winner, will be sold at the launch party on 10/09/08.

What is FITIZEN?

Right now, the site you see when you visit fitizen.com is our beta site.  We’re currently working on the official redesign that will be launching on the night of 10/09/08.  (We have a big launch party planned in LA that night and we hope you can attend, so stay close for more details.)  But because of how much time and energy we’ve invested in this community, to get things just right, it’s been easy for us to get wrapped up in the minutiae and forget the big picture.  We want to remind ourselves, and you, what FITIZEN is all about.

FITIZEN is a community of individuals.
Our chosen canvas is the fitted cap, but at the end of the day, FITIZEN is about people interacting with people.  When everyone is given a voice, good things happen: relationships are formed, information is shared, opinions are heard.  But a fitizen knows that as a member of the community, they have a responsibility to participate.  And as they participate, they contribute to the community.  And as they grow individually, their contributions improve.  And as their contributions improve, the community improves.  And so the strength of the community depends on the strength of its individuals.  How appropriate that the name of our community is the name of its individuals.

FITIZEN is committed to providing opportunity.
The world is full of opportunities, and our goal is to provide as much opportunity to our community as possible: the opportunity for unknown designers to gain exposure, the opportunity for consumers to have a voice in their fashion, the opportunity for designers and consumers to have a dialogue with each other, the opportunity to choose from the finest selection of fitted caps in the world, and the opportunity to directly support the artists behind them.

Honorary Fitizen: Michael Phelps

If you don’t know why, read a newspaper and check the bling…

Congratulations Michael, you’re the greatest Olympian alive.

Around your head in 80 seconds

First off, big ups to Strictly Fitteds and Carlo for inspiring this post.

I’ve noticed that when I wear my fitted, it doesn’t stay in the same position for more than 5 mins. It starts off in the front and slightly cocked to the side, but before long, I’ve got it on backwards. Then without warning it swoops to the side. Sometimes it sits on the back of my head with the bill pointing straight up (good thing we’ve got our logo there too ). Before you know it, my hat’s journeyed all the way round my head with a stop at every position along the way. I know one or two people who do this as well. I thought it was just a weird habit, but then I saw another site blog about it and knew it wasn’t that unusual. Are we that indecisive that we can figure out which placement looks best? Or do we just subconsciously wanna display our fitteds in all their glory? I don’t know.

Do you do this to? How do you wear your fitted? Do you always wear it forward? Or backward? Or inside out? Or hanging from your ear? Send us a picture (to inquiry@fitizen.com) of you rocking a fitted and let us know how you wear yours and we’ll post it. A few of you will win a litlle somethin’ somethin’ from us for your efforts.

The timer reset! What the f@#k!?!

Don’t be alarmed people. The world isn’t coming to an end. Because of some extraneous circumstances, we have to push the date of our launch back a month. That just gives us more to make everything right. More time to get our manufacturing process on point. to iron out the kinks in our site, and to plan…

THE BANGINGEST, FRESHEST, MOST DOPEST LAUNCH PARTY EVER PLANNED IN THE HiSTORY OF PLANNING BANGING, FRESH, AND DOPE LAUNCH PARTIES!!!! (shout out to 4one syndicate).

It’s gonna be crazy, yo. We’ve got alot in store, so keep your calendars marked. Our new launch date is 10/09/08. More will be announced as time draws nearer.

But now that we have more time to breathe, we also have more time to implement features that we couldn’t offer. Do you guys have any suggestions for anything you wanna see on the site? We wanna hear from you. So HOLLA AT US!

PREVIEW: HOMEPAGE REDESIGN

FTZN Stickers 2: Yay or Nay?