The Pool & Tennis Courts Collection by HMDC

“WE LIFEGUARDS USED TO HIDE A BASEBALL BAT IN THE WOODS OUT BACK BY THE DUMPSTERS. ON DAYS WHERE IT WAS CLOUDY ENOUGH AND WE WEREN’T FEELING IT, WE WOULD SEND SOMEONE TO GO OUT BACK AND GIVE THE DUMPSTER A SMACK. WE WOULD LOOK UP AT THE SKY, BLOW THE WHISTLE, AND CLEAR THE POOL FOR THUNDER WARNING. THAT WOULD GIVE ME AT LEAST 30 MINUTES TO GO TALK TO THE HOT CHICK THAT WORKED IN THE PRO-SHOP.”

2009: I FLUNKED OUT OF COLLEGE, AND FOUND MYSELF MOVING BACK TO BALTIMORE WHERE I WORKED AS A LIFEGUARD, SWIM INSTRUCTOR AND MAINTENANCE AT MY FAIR SHARE OF PUBLIC POOLS. EVERY STAFF SHIRT AND BATHING SUIT I OWNED WAS TARNISHED BY BLEACH STAINS. I WAS ALWAYS HUNGOVER, ROYAL FARMS COFFEE IN HAND, WORKING HEAVY MACHINERY IN FLIP FLOPS, FEROCIOUSLY GOOD AT SPINNING A WHISTLE, HILARIOUSLY UNDERPAID AND DRANK ENOUGH OFF-BRAND SPRITE TO FILL A TANK AT THE BALTIMORE AQUARIUM.

This line of apparel is inspired by those summer jobs, working harder than you should, having more fun than you should, and that moment where you look up and go “Oh Sh*t, it’s already the end of July?”