Tremaine Emory doesn’t get sufficient credit score for Stüssy’s resurgence. His contributions throughout his time because the model’s marketing consultant and later artwork director helped carry again the attract that the OG streetwear model had misplaced in the course of the 2000s and early 2010s.
The historical past between Tremaine Emory and Stüssy runs deep, with one other chapter now being written with the launch of a brand new Stüssy x Denim Tears “Stüssy Tears” assortment. The 17-piece providing attracts inspiration from Emory’s expertise attending college in Jamaica, Queens, the place enjoying spades was a well-liked pastime. The cardboard recreation and its significance in African American tradition is highlighted all through the gathering, reminiscent of with the enjoying card fits on the buttons of the knit cardigan, in addition to with the graphic tee that options the portray ‘Six No Uptown’ by civil rights advocate Annie Lee.
Whereas some colleges ban enjoying playing cards to stop playing, the brand new “Stüssy Tears” assortment imagines a world the place the varsity system embraces college students’ love of spades. Types synonymous with college uniforms, reminiscent of blazers and khakis, are reimagined with with iconography from each manufacturers, together with a Cotton Wreath model of Stüssy’s Double S emblem, the notorious 8-ball, and the Pan-African American flag.
Stüssy x Denim Tears Spring 2025 drops Friday, February 14th at 11am EST on the Denim Tears web site and in-store at African Diaspora Items in NYC. Try the lookbook pictures under.
Stüssy x Denim Tears “Stüssy Tears”
Launch Date: February 14, 2025
