Stay Real designs clothing, vinyl figures, and other items with a punk and streetwear aesthetic. After the brand was launched in 2007, Stay Real quickly found a following in Taiwan, then began expanding to other areas of Asia including Hong Kong, mainland China, and now Japan. In the futur...
“If it wasn't for that store, a lot of that culture probably wouldn't have happened,” says Grant Lau a professional artist who was formerly a graphic designer for Behind The Post Office. “We all had clothing brands making streetwear and we were all friends, so we all gathered togethe...
Sure, there's a romance and a charm to staying really true to our principles and not selling our clothing to more people, but the secret was too good to keep. Karmaloop was the one who capitalized on it. They had the infrastructure to scale it properly. They were the ones who knew, ...
“Making clothing in New York is super expensive, it’s super difficult to know who to talk to, and it’s super limited,” says Dillane. “I remember [in the early days] going to a factory in the Garment District and they were showing me all this super high-end stuff they were prod...