Dicks Cottons

This style of new Dicks Cottons is in production and will be ready soon.

Hi-
Thanks for checking out our new website! We hope it will enhance the shopping experience for you and its where we are unveiling are brand new line of shades called the 20elevens!

Some benefits you'll experience:

1) All shipments within the US & Canada will now be shipped by the next day, via FEDEX, and with tracking #'s...you should get your orders much more quickly now. And if you spend over $200, we'll throw in free ground shipping in the US and Canada!

2) The shopping cart is more sophisticated and efficient. We are still adding additonal features to the shopping cart, addt'l shipping features, gift cards, and more.

3) Customer accounts that will allow you to track your package, check past orders, and will make return visits to our site much easier for you!

We are still updating some content and adding blogs/photos/press so please stay tuned for more updates.

Despite how much testing we've done, there will inevitably be issues depending on your browser and what version you are running. If you notice anything at all that looks off, can you please email rich@dickscottons.com right away? Please also provide the browser you are running, as well as a screenshot (if possible).

Thanks as always for your support and feedback!
be happy. live comfortably.
-Rich

The September Style issue of Stuff Boston magazine features several "Stylish Bostonians." Dicks Cottons founder Rich Amundson was lucky enough to be included in the article. Here it is below. As you'll see, dreams do come true!

RICH AMUNDSON
Most of us only fantasize about taking a permanent vacation from the big, bad, corporate world - but two years ago, Rich Amundson actually did it. For years, he split his time between Boston, where he worked 80-hour weeks in finance and real estate, and Cape Cod, where he spent weekends partying on the beach and living it up with friends. "But Sunday night, everyone would be in the pits because you have to go back to work," he says. So in the summer of '09, he escaped the rat race to launch Dicks Cottons, a brand purveying a bright, rainbow assortment of sunglasses under the motto "Be happy. Live comfortably." "They mimic the lifestyle I want: soft and easy," says Amundson, who plans to debut T-shirt and hoodie designs soon. Though he takes business seriously, having studied at NYC's Fashion Institute of Technology, his work-life balance allows for party-hopping in sunny spots like Vegas and Puerto Rico, where he sponsored a celeb-laden W Hotel bash over Labor Day weekend. Yet his biggest celebrity coup came from another beach locale, when a friend in Miami doled out sunglasses to the Jersey Shore cast during a party appearance. Within two weeks, Snooki was flaunting them in tabloids and on the Grammys' red carpet, touting them on Twitter and snatching up pairs for her cast mates. (The result: ka-ching!) Preppy Amundson didn't expect his wares would appeal to the fist-pumping crowd, but his finance-to-fashion journey has been one big, pleasant surprise. "Five years ago, I couldn't imagine this in my wildest dreams," he says. "But my friends have a philosophy to live every day like it's the last and make the most of it. Five years from now, I could be surfing in Australia." At least he'll have the perfect shades.

Full article here:

http://stuffboston.com/stuffboston/archive/2010/09/20/style-stories.aspx

Photo: CHRISTOPHER PADGETT

Jersey Shore 2 sunglasses in Dicks Cottons sunglasses

In case you missed the premiere episode of the Jersey Shore 2 in Miami, the Dicks Cottons sunglasses were all over it! Catch the re-runs if you missed it. Ronnie is wearing them in the club, then Sammi steals them and wears a different pair to bed. Stay tuned to more episodes to see the rest of the cast wearing them in Season 2!

Angelina "Jolie" Pivarnick
Jenni "JWoww" Farley
Michael "The Situation" Sorrentino
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi[
Paul "DJ Pauly D" DelVecchio
Ronnie Ortiz-Magro
Sammi "Sweetheart" Giancola
Vinny Guadagnino

We're excited to announce Dicks Cottons was featured on Thrillist Boston today!  Thrillist is easily one of the best sites out there so we're proud to be featured.  We suggest everyone to sign up and receive their local edition of Thrillist.com to stay up to date with the latest happenings in your area.

Check out the amazing video below! We did this same trip to Croatia in the Summer of 2009 and it literally changed our lives. It's where we came up with our slogan "be happy. live comfortably." It's where we finalized the original sunglasses design because everyone we met loved it. It's when we fully realized we need to be pursuing our passions and dreams full-time. And it's where we made a million unforgettable stories with amazing friends. This video will definitely pump you up for summer.

And our future goal is to now own this ridiculous yacht!
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http://www.strand-craft.com/