Another year is coming to an end and I cant believe how fast it went. This is the end of our second serious year and I cant help but reflect back to 2003 when we were just spray painting on blank tees in our garage. This is what I mean by TRUE Streetwear. Check out some old pics I found from 2003 when Tripp Apparel was just a sketch. Its refreshing to see where we were and where we are today. Bring it on 2012!

Our slogan used to be “Custom made shirts for custom made people” Pretty good slogan but the time and effort to custom print a shirt (production cost) wasn’t worth the price of a $10 tee. I really hope the first few customers saved these shirts. Who knows, it might be a collectors some day. I can only imagine there’s someone out there who has the FIRST Fox Racing, or Stussy shirt ever made. Antique Roadshow will be very different in 50 years.

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