We can do this better than you, actually.”And getting Antwuan Dixon back on the board is a big step towards doing that better. That same year, FTP clothing is only stocked and available via drops on For the best experience possible, we and our partners collect usage information and use cookies to show you relevant advertising. Aurora James, a New York-based creative director, started the Los Angeles designers and influencers talk about how Black Lives Matter protests and this year’s Pride Month have reshaped their thoughts on the fashion industry.“We just need to not look for the fashion industry, as it’s been very oppressive for the last 30 years, to be the end-all, be-all for our opportunities,” she said, “but to create our own.” Among streetwear companies, the effort to fight systemic racism in the country and the fashion industry has been on an individual basis, with brand owners of all races deciding how much they’re willing to give back and how comfortable they are using their platforms to discuss and condemn racism.For some, that means speaking up in solidarity with the Black community. “You can imagine somebody with 16 felony charges will be facing a decent amount of time.” Still, Clark explains, “that’s, like, my main stressor right now,” as if to emphasize the scale of the trouble he’s facing. Several designers also questioned the sincerity of corporations promising to invest in Black communities. “Now the consumer is saying, ‘You can’t fool us anymore,’” she said. He says the sneaker, a collaboration with Converse, will drop in October and that marketing for the shoe will encourage voting in the November election.Streetwear designers are continuing to raise their voices to fight racism and discrimination. COMPLEX participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means COMPLEX gets paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. “It’s pretty much 16 weapons-related charges,” he says.
In those discussions, Emory said the company acknowledged it hasn’t done everything it could in terms of creating a diverse corporate structure and laid out its hiring plan, especially in its executive suite. Early FTP. First, Clark is producing new FTP pieces that are both sophisticated and defiant. And hard work alone might not be enough to make them go away. To Clark, making FTP skateboards is almost a troll.
The inaugural Mamba Week, which kicks off Aug. 23, will feature five new versions of the Kobe V Protro.Thinking about changing careers? When FTP became too popular at Clark’s own high school shortly after he created it, district authorities banned it, an occurrence that he calls “sick.” You can see that in FTP’s provocative lookbook models, too, a rebel’s gallery of Clark’s buddies ranging from Travis Barker to Project Pat and the deceased Fredo Santana, an artist he calls “one of my better friends in life.” That confrontational authenticity is one of the reasons that FTP is often compared to classic streetwear labels like Fuct and Huf. In anecdotal comments, Black streetwear designers from L.A. to New York told The Times that their subset of the fashion industry is no different.“You can’t ignore the fact that there aren’t many Black brand owners in the streetwear space,” said Scott Sasso, who founded Streetwear brands such as Denim Tears and 10.Deep offer casual clothing, primarily for men, that blend the styles of various subcultures, including hip-hop (as popularized in the 1990s by brands such as FUBU, Walker Wear and Phat Farm) as well as surf and skate motifs. Officers threw Clark won’t say much more. But Clark, soft-spoken, humble, and intelligent, also has an explanation.He’s a gun enthusiast and hobbyist who enjoys cleaning his collection and going to the shooting range. Given that Clark was interning with Hufnagel in 2012, and staying with the label until 2016A collaboration with Fuct in 2017 and 2018 would serve as a proper passing of the torch, with FTP and Fuct meeting up through mutual friend Jordan Hartigan of Burma Mfg. In January 2015, FTP tapped Keith Hufnagel—the founder and brains behind Huf—to appear in the brand’s Holiday lookbook. “I think that translates to the end user, where they’re like, man, for 10 years, this guy has stuck to his word.” And true to that combination of progression and awareness, Clark is taking FTP in fresh directions without sacrificing its core values.
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