Ketchum,
Idaho—June 1, 2005 SCOTTEVEST, INC. (SeV), the
industry leader in functional fashion, released a
web commercial parody of Apple’s iPod commercial.
Apple’s commercial shows a dancer in silhouette
with the iPod’s signature white wires flying
around. SeV’s parody humorously portrays the
inherent danger of dancing with wires dangling. The
dancer gets tangled in the wires and trips. He then
dons SeV’s patented Technology
Enabled Clothing® (TEC), which manages the
wires through hidden conduits, and then dances with
increased energy as the beat of the music intensifies.
The commercial ends with an endorsement from a surprising
source, Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple and SeV
customer.
Woz was
actually the inspiration for SeV’s commercial.
When Scott Jordan, SCOTTEVEST CEO and Founder, discovered
that Steve Wozniak was an online customer, he initiated
an email correspondence. Much to his surprise, Woz
replied within minutes. Scott asked how he had heard
about SeV, Woz said his son is fan of the clothing
line and added, “The SeV is the perfect accessory
for an iPod.”
Jordan,
a long-time iPod enthusiast and self-proclaimed gadget
junkie, kept flashing back to Woz’s words every
time he viewed the iPod commercial. “I kept
seeing this great commercial for a product I love
and all I could think of was that the dancer was going
to trip,” said Jordan. “Then, it occurred
to me to do a parody of the commercial. I explained
my idea to Woz and he loved it, even agreeing to play
the role of the dancer, if needed.
When asked
whether he was concerned about Apple’s response
to this commercial, Jordan replied, “Imitation
is the best form of flattery. We are not competing
with Apple, merely showing how our products work well
together. I think that the iPod is an awesome product—I
use mine everyday—and I wanted to show how our
line of Technology Enabled Clothing® makes using
an iPod even better.” Before commencing production,
Jordan, a lawyer in a past career, consulted with
his attorneys who assured him that parodies are not
violations of copyright law.
SCOTTEVEST
offers a full line of Technology Enabled Clothing®
including vests, jackets, pants, shorts and hats.
In conjunction with this commercial, SeV is introducing
a full product line targeted at the iPod demographic—which
is everyone, including one of SeV’s best known
customers, President
Bush. In addition to selling its own clothing
line, the company’s patented technology is available
for license to other clothing companies.
Consumers
can order SCOTTEVEST products at www.scottevest.com
or by calling 866.909.VEST (8378).
Media
Contact Information:
Scott Jordan, CEO and Founder
PO Box 2626
Ketchum, Idaho 83340
sjordan@scottevest.com
www.scottevest.com
www.technologyenabledclothing.com
cell
- 312-493-9438
About Technology Enabled Clothing, Inc. -
TEC®
Founded in 2001, Technology Enabled Clothing (TEC)
is the leader in the apparel industry as it relates
to incorporating electronic equipment into clothing.
TEC holds patent protection for the design and utility
of incorporating third-party electronic devices and
their wires into clothing. The company maintains strategic
partnerships with significant contributors to the
technology-driven garment industry including Xybernaut®,
Global Solar®, Foster-Miller® and others.
For more information regarding licensing TEC®
technology, please visit www.technologyenabledclothing.com.
Technology Enabled Clothing --TEC® and SCOTTEVEST®
are registered trademarks of SCOTTEVEST, Inc. Use
of other trademarks in this press release is made
in good faith for the purpose of describing the goods
or services to which the mark relates or to accurately
indicate compatibility with SCOTTEVEST Inc.’s
goods or services.
The
phrase “TEC Technology Enabled Clothing"
is a registered trademark of SCOTTEVEST, INC. and
should be used at all times with the federal trademark
symbol identifying it as such. Please refrain from
any further use of this phrase without this symbol
to avoid any dilution of the strength of this mark.
SCOTTEVEST, INC. will not hesitate to defend its intellectual
property rights, including its trademark rights, to
the full extent of the law upon finding any continued
use of their marks in this manner.