The sun is dipping lower in the sky and the nights grow just a bit cooler…do I see the hint of color in the leaves? Fall is in the air! With the fall season fast approaching there is excitement brewing here at le•top! It’s Back to School! Well, we do get excited about Fall fashions, but there is something else that stirs the senses – FOOTBALL RIVALRIES! Yes, this cute and cuddly children’s clothing company is home to some serious fans – so while we are busy shipping our FABULOUS Varsity Blues collection to waiting retailers our football fanatics are ‘showing their colors!’ Since le•top is available in retailers across the United States we thought we would ask a few ‘fans’ here in the office where their loyalties lie.
Sarah and Diana in Their Team Jerseys
Sarah, our le•top assistant designer loves her team! Sarah, growing up in Montana, really had the freedom to choose any team in the country – they are not ‘next’ to anything! She relates that her mom, a native of North Dakota has always favored their ‘neighbor’ – The Minnesota Vikings. Her Dad went with the Chicago Bears – but Sarah had to break with the family and choose the Indianapolis Colts. Why??? Peyton! She fell in love with football when Peyton Manning hooked her with his ‘Hail Mary!’ Now she is here in the San Francisco Bay Area…Niners? Raiders? She maintains “I’m a Colts fan for life!’
Diana, our customer service specialist extraordinaire, took at little different path to loyalty…She grew up in Los Angeles – a ‘city girl.’ The Raiders, based in LA during her childhood, gained Diana’s loyalty as she watched football with her older brother. She followed football just because she idolized her brother, and football was the common bond. When Diana, a ‘Navy Brat’ moved to the Bay Area (her father was stationed at Treasure Island) found out that the Raiders were moving back to the Bay Area there was celebrating in her family! She can’t wait until September…Go Raiders!
If you are “READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!” check out the le•top Varsity Blues collection – you fans and dads will love it! And as for me…NINERS RULE!
I’ve finally realized how I came by my love and appreciation of professional sports of all kinds. As a little girl, my first love was hoops and hockey, but these days, it’s most definitely baseball (OK, in the fall, of course it’ll be football!). I have lots of memories of going to see games or watching it on TV…seated next to my father…who patiently explained the games and the rules to me. What I thought was my own natural tendency for sports and athleticism as the chief source for my understanding and love for sports, was in fact seeded and nurtured by my dad. My father passed away a few years ago, and I miss him in ways that I never imagined possible, but he handed down to me a love that I share in common with my brother. My brother gets downright giddy when we talk baseball…and it’s like we’re little kids again…
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