SOLZ Features — travel

LALY DESTINATIONS, a Summer SOLZtice™ Celebration

James Carrick

Tags fashion, leisure, solz, travel

The summer solstice is the astronomical event when the sun reaches its highest position in the sky and we enjoy the longest day of the entire year. Literally meaning the time when the "sun stands still", the two solstices have been celebrated across cultures and throughout history and form the basis of many of our modern holidays.  Twice year, SOLZ carries on this pagan tradition with a SOLZtice™ celebration.  This time, SOLZ teamed up with LALY Designs and the Newport Beach Auto Gallery for an unforgettable evening of fashion, fun, and festivities.  We had an exclusive SOLZ fashion shoot with our...


SOLZ Revs its Engines

James Carrick

Tags backpack, bag, battery, fashion, leisure, photographer, shoes, smartphone, solar, solz, travel

SOLZ was proud to be a part of the recent DESTINATIONS event at the amazing Newport Beach Auto Gallery.  It was the Southern California launch for LALY Designs and SOLZ and the official launch of SOLZbag.  We will have articles covering the event and the runway coming soon.  Especially exciting for us, however, was being invited to do an exclusive SOLZ photo shoot featuring our runway models and the beautiful exotic cars in the gallery.  It was a great match, as we have been getting glowing feedback from our customers about how SOLZshoes make the perfect driving shoes.  The barefoot feel...


SOLZbag Unveiling at Apple Flagship in SF

SOLZ was proud to be invited to unveil our brand-new SOLZbag at the Apple flagship store in downtown San Francisco.  SOLZ founder Brad Carrick spoke as part of San Francisco Design Week and told the story of SOLZbag, from design to the campaign used to fund production to bringing the product to market.  SOLZ bag is a perfect compliment to Apple products and we were honored to be asked to launch our new product in such a great setting.  Thanks to Apple, SFFAMA, SF Design Week and everyone who came out for the opportunity!  Here are some pics from the...


SOLZbag Crowd-Funding Campaign

James Carrick

Tags backpack, bag, battery, electronics, fitness, ipad, iphone, leisure, smartphone, solar, solz, tablet, travel

We are proud to announce that we have completed our 2nd crowd-funding campaign on local SF site, IndieGoGo.  We exceeded 200% of our goal for the 2nd time in a row, this time for our brand-new SOLZbag.  Thanks to all of our supporters!  Here is the video.


SOLZ, Less is More!

James Carrick

Tags asia, cruise, shoes, solz, travel

Well Traveled, SOLZ! When packing for a trip we all know the wisdom is “Less is more”.  Pack your bags and then take half of it out.  But, I was going on a destination-packed, adventurous and elegant cruise to Asia.  Surely I needed a full battery of shoes for every occasion, right?  A pair to match every outfit.  Flip flops, sturdy trekking shoes and the strappy heels I can wear for almost a half hour.  I packed them all.  And then, I thought of schlepping this overstuffed bag halfway around the world; its contents in danger of spilling all over...