Pedro Winter, Michael Dupouy & So-Me: The Cool Cats | Hypebeast

How can I become a Cool Cat instead of just being Cool?

Pedro: Come on Luis, if you start like that it’s not good! Don’t ask, just be. Don’t wait for us to tell you.

Michael: Eating Whiskas and drinking milk is also a good beginning.

Aside from your current roster, will there be any more additions to the Cool Cats lineup?

Pedro: I keep telling So-Me that we need more girls in the crew! But So-Me is shy. Luckily we have Fafi, and she’s got some crazy hot friends.

How do you view the concept of blogging?

Pedro: It took us 15 years to prepare the blog, as you can see, everything was thought out and targeted to please the world. No, again, come on! We just opened the Blog section because we were thinking that we had to share our funny lives with people and it’s another way to communicate with our friends all around the world. I read Hypebeast like I read my newspaper you know, I hope kids will read the Cool Cats Blog like they used to watch MTV news or something like that.

Michael: Thanks to Sarah from colette, we started blogging on honeyee and even if it was strange at the beginning, I have to admit that you become addicted very quickly. I’m not on Facebook, I never had a MySpace account, so for me, having my own blog is the best way to share moments, vibes, and experiences with friends and people you will probably never meet.

Any favorite sites? or sites that catch your attention?

Pedro: I really like Yahoo.com.

Michael: I think I add bookmarks to Safari everyday! I have so many favorite websites, I can’t mention just a few. This week, the Cuchini caught my attention and I think I can’t live without reading Le Parisien and L’equipe Online everyday.

With the site already implementing your personal blogs, what sort of plans do you have for the recently launched retail store?

Pedro: Again, we have a team of 300 people working on it since 2001. The plan is a revolution, no one did it before. We are pioneers! Internet campaigns, press ads, yes yes you read it here first! We are going to launch it ONLINE, via internet, the web!

Will further brands be added into the mix?

Pedro: Hell yes, we have a “friends” section open to the brands we like. Revolver and ERS are the first ones to be invited. Our house is open.

What are some of your personal favorite brands?

Pedro: Supreme is the master in this game. I respect them very much. They manage to make kids like us feel like part of something. There is no way to compare but I hope we’ll federate a strong mob like that of Supreme’s one day.

Michael: I think we share the same respect for Supreme. But I still think Polo Ralph Lauren inspired the whole streetwear scene from the beginning. Now, a lot of brands are turning more and more “casual-fashion”, and for me the masters of this exercise are Comme des Garçons and Junya Watanabe.