..'heres the new place to chill with a lot
of hard work done by the tribe'
.....the masterpiece (the land) when we were just getting started.
The Big Chill
New York Times Magazine Men's Fashions of the Times Spring 2004
By Lisa Eisner
In the tiny village of Los Osos, Calif., surrounded by towering sand dunes, eucalyptus forests and giant waves that crash along the rugged California coastline, lives a tribe of skateboarder-surfers whose leader is Jalian
If Gus Van Sant had directed ''The Lord of the Rings,'' 24-year-old Jalian would be his Frodo. Finding him, however, is as arduous as the search for the mythical ring. One day, though, we discovered a shrine of abalone shell necklaces, patchwork visors, encrusted sweatshirts and shorts hung on...............Read entire article.
Jalian's Television Debut Tsunami Auction December 15
Sustainable Designer/Surfer Jalian Gives It Up At The Hollywood Trading Co For Katrina Relief
By Lawrence Davis
Sept 20th 2005, Designer Jalian’s mission was to raise much-needed funds for Katrina Relief. Set in one of his favorite retailers, Hollywood Trading Company located in Hollywood. Fashionistas, Jailan followers and trendsetters were treated to an evening of organic and sustainable items from the food to the libations to the auctioned garments by Jalian.Jalian, a designer on the rise is not only fashion forward and trend setting but is truly planet friendly. From traveling the world he picks up things everywhere he goes and only uses recycled and reclaimed items for his line. Jalian constantly shakes up the status quo.The sponsors for the evening included- Vegan Glory, The Mint, Taste of the Goddess Café, Buddha’s Belly, Café Tartine, POM Wonderful along with Stockholm Kristall Vodka, Stella Artois, Fiji Water & Spa /Hair packages by ona spa/Prive
Jalian and his tribe, just back from Japan and their trip to Indonesia, were so blown away by the overwhelming LA response. “I never knew people cared as much as I do”, stated JALIAN.
Jalian donated his clothing line, which was then auctioned off and raised over $4000 for the Devastation of Katrina. He is currently being filmed for a documentary on the TRAVEL CHANNEL.
Winter 2006
......just had a recent adventure in peru with a friend lauren where we hunted for uncrouded waves, andvisited ancient ruins in andean cloud forests.It was a good time,peru is a differnt sort of place in many different ways, geograpically to culturaly we broke stagnancy once agian by being opend to a new landscape of amazon lowlands to towering mountian peaks that act as a wall for moisture from the desert coast and as diverse as the landscape are the people inhabiting these reigons,but all commenly living simply with whatever resourses are present......we enjoyed,we learned,we lived......
Summer 2005
Living mostly in Hawaii, working on the masterpiece - the land. All thebros and sisters pouring blood, sweat, and tears into a piece of land, aspace that we call home.
Living there at first was a little rough. Sleeping under tarps. All thetrails turned to mud after constant walking. Catching the rain to drink,but mostly have to bring up water in a container. Building our kitchen on pallets, all uneven. Dishes start to pile up because we run out of rain
water. Soon, after a few months of hard work, we cindered our trails, got a four-burner stove and oven, and more trash cans to store rain in. Built my own deck from recycled pallets and wood with a screened in guava pole dome
and running my sewing machine off my truck. Finding lots of inspiration from doing my creations in a rain forest.
To the summer mission called the '05 odyssey involving the Discovery Channel network, going to Indonesia to surf and bring relief, but in a unique Jali way. Gathering scrap and earth off the beaches and tsunami-ravaged villages and weaving them into my clothing creations to auction off in Japan and Hollywood and donating a portion of the proceeds to a needy village. Then when we were in Japan, hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, making us feel we
should donate some proceeds there as well.
The trip was fun. Some good friends of mine got to join courtesy of the Discovery network. Look for the show airing around November-December '05 or stay tuned to jalian.net.
So for the most part enjoying and loving life, learning to be open to where my adventures take me, constantly learning about life's dualities,especially construction and creation in this time where Earth seems to be going through some cleansing.
