J3tlag: What does your city mean to you?
Dooker: New York. Filled with survivors. Tall, dark, handsome and humble. Has a gravity all its own. No matter how high you climb, there's still further to go. It remembers history and acknowledges destiny. Skyscraper images aglow in the dark.

Gravitas, yes. Superiority, after all, is a serious thing. This Dooker.com design by Doug Jaeger wants to prove something. It wants to show that New York stands alone in strong feeling, deep meaning, and bold design.

You can help by casting your VOTE.

So… want to see Doug in nylons?

Alas, we’re not sure if we can deliver that. (Sorry for anyone who’s really disappointed.) With your help, though, we can get him into NYLON. And that, we think, is just as sweet. Sweeter, actually. (Why would you want to see a grown man in pantyhose?) (…) (Don’t answer that.)

J3tlag.com (of I.Travel Footwear) is hosting a T-shirt competition that features 5 limited edition designs representing major cities across America. The five participating T-shirt companies were each asked to create a design based on an interpretation of their city. The winning design will be featured in NYLON Magazine.

In the effort to “get the fabric of these communities involved, what better way than to commission the best talent in the community to make cool fabric,” say the competition’s organizers. Indeed, say we. And so thehappycorp founder Doug Jaeger was invited, by way of Dooker.com to interpret and represent New York. His “Rat Race” design for NYC is up against those for LA, San Francisco, Chicago, and Miami.

Clearly, no contest.

Except, it actually is a contest, and we need your help to prove how much you love New York, Dooker, Doug, or all of the above. The voting period will be open until the end of November — so vote or die, as Diddy so eloquently put it. Click here now, before you forget!

For your viewing pleasure: “Rat Race” on model/special operative/events commandante Ben Nabors. (photos by doctorjaeger)