Fashion: Buffalo Style
Saturday, April 23, 2011 at 8:41PM 
BUFFALO STYLE
Buffalo artists are turning their love of Buffalo and cool fashionable t-shirts into a trendy local business.
When Buffalo Princess founder Marinette Kozlow went shopping for baby clothes that represented Buffalo she came out short of satisfied. “I was disappointed at my lack of options. Most, if not all, of the Buffalo art was masculine. Last fall, I started designing greeting cards in a feminine, juvenile style. A local store owner suggested I make a Buffalo in that same style. It all clicked. I immediately jumped on it and Buffalo Princess (and Prince) was born,” explained Kozlow who now offers her clothing at numerous shops around the area including
The clothing line has since grown from girl designs to boys to men and women’s designs.
Born in Buffalo T-Shirt Company is all Buffalo. Inspired by the lake, the food, the people, our collective sense of humor as well as our Buffalo-born legacy of futile attempts to redefine ourselves constantly...oh, and who can forget the smell of Cheerios in the morning...smells like...winning.
When asked why they produce their line, owner Dave Hassett responded, “Because although the St. Lawrence Seaway seriously maimed us (Buffalo) in 1959 it could not kill us. Because the British burned us to the ground in 1813 and yet here we are, nearly 200 years later, talking about pro-Buffalo t-shirt companies. When is the last time you heard anyone mention a pro-Britain t-shirt company? Exactly. Because in 1999, NHL Commissioner Gary "The Knob" Bettman changed the "no skate in the cease" rule mid-season without telling anyone outside of the league. Because our lake-effect-snow driven winter has a funny way of annually obliterating good ideas in its icy, cold tracks. But then we get to start all over again each spring when it comes to almost everything in Buffalo. Because when you lower you're expectations in this town, it seems that progress happens a lot faster. Because more school kids need to know that although President McKinley was tragically shot in Buffalo, his assailant was born and raised in Michigan.”
The CityLove Clothing Company was founded in July 2007 by Tony Maggiotto, Jr while in graduate school as a way to promote Buffalo and become more involved in the community. Since then, CityLove Buffalo has worked with over fifteen artists to create over twenty-five original designs in over one hundred styles and colors. They have also created over fifty custom projects for groups, small businesses, and non-profit organizations throughout Western New York.