Well, that went fast. - Owen

It's birthday time at Owen & Fred -- our first birthday, to be precise. I feel like we went from pablum to walking in 12 months! 

Owen & Fred launched on February 18, 2012 amid exactly zero fanfare. We built the fans and fanfare throughout 2012, and we were pretty stoked to see it all come together.

We started with a great series of products at launch, including W.M. J. Mills, Defy Bags, Portland General Store, Ursa Major, and Imperial Barbershop, Maxx & Unicorn, Blunt Umbrellas, Jacob Bromwell, Blue Bottle Coffee, and Culinarium. Our signature product - custom leather luggage tags - were named by GQ Magazine as part of it's "Best Stuff of 2012" which certainly made our mothers proud. In addition, we were featured in the GQ blog, on Esquire.com (for our fabulous collaboration with Hudson Suttler, The Owen & Fred Gym Bag and Weekend Bag), the New York Times, a Cup of Jo, NY Mag, Daily Candy, and Refinery 29. Neato-Freato!

We've got some great things up our sleeves in 2013.

- We're going to keep finding you awesome, USA-made gear, gadgets and gifts for guys.

- We're going to build and create some great men's accessories, one product at a time, at an increasing rate in 2013. Our newest product are our accessories trays. 

P.S. This week, there are some great deals for our regular customers and readers of the blog. Here goes!

Our World Famous Custom Leather Luggage Tag As seen in GQ Magazine, The New York Times, New York Magazine and The Chicago Tribune.  This week, any purchase over $275 comes with one free, fully customizable leather luggage tag.

Cool, comfy socks California's Richer-Poorer creates great socks. We'll include a pair for free with your purchase over $150 this week. Your feet will love them!

Free and Fresh Smelling You'll receive one of Archer's great smelling air fresheners with your purchase over $100. Spray your man cave with the essence of a deluxe sports car, hunting lodge or distillery. (Yes, really.) Each scent is housed in a seriously swanky spray can.

Rocket Fuel from Blue Bottle Coffee Blue Bottle Coffee is our favorite. Roasted in Brooklyn, regular customers will be familiar with opening an Owen & Fred package and receiving whole bean coffee. (Surprise!) Get a free bag of coffee with your $50+ purchase.

Your best shave ever Ursa Major's Stellar Shave Cream was named the 'Best Shave Cream' by Esquire Magazine. Have you tried their all-natural products yet? Every purchase this week comes with a sample of their products that we use daily.

We'll send you all of the above. Get a custom leather luggage tag, pair of Richer-Poorer socks, Archer air freshener, a bag of Blue Bottle coffee, and Ursa Major's grooming product sample with your purchase over $375 this week.