Street Stealth LA = Hitler’s Personal Army ?

Street Stealth LA clothing

I will keep this to the point and let historical facts speak for themselves. Anyone who has a smidgen of intelligence has heard of Hitler, the Third Reich and the infamous SS. Their logo is one of the most poignant  images ever created by man, and connotes unspeakable horrors and the genocide of millions.

Taken from wikipedia:

The  Schutzstaffel (help·info) (German for “Protection Squadron”), abbreviated SS—or  (Runic)—was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The SS grew from a small paramilitary unit to a powerful force that served as the Führer’s “Praetorian Guard,” the Nazi Party’s “Shield Squadron” and a force that, fielding almost a million men (both on the front lines and as political police), managed to exert as much political influence in the Third Reich as the Wehrmacht, Germany’s regular armed forces. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS, under Heinrich Himmler’s command, was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Nazis during World War II, and most of the particularly egregious ones. READ MORE

Here is a clear image of their “logo”:

Here are t-shirt “designs” by the clothing company Street Stealth LA:

As if the intended usage of one of the worst images you could think of is not enough, there is an added elements of drips, which just happen to be red and highly reminiscent of blood (on the white tee). Are they joking ? What kind of perverse and sick person would ever dare to put that on a shirt ? They claim they are almost sold out, so it is even worse that people are buying this. It is beyond disgusting and so hugely offensive, that i call upon all you people with a common sense to not only boycott this company but to send them a stern email on their more than serious “misstep”, granted it is one, and this is not some undercover white power movement. Take a stand and make it clear that we, the people, refuse to accept this sort of fascist propaganda on garments, whether or not it was intentional. This is not a joke!!! MILLIONS of people died at the hands of the SS! It is not any sort of statement besides a symbol of hate and thus completely inexcusable. We are all one people and we have to fight hard to keep tolerance and respect for all creeds, sexualities, religions etc. in our society in order to create a positive world. Do not let people and “companies” step on this vision and misuse images of horrors that actually took place a mere 65 years ago  for a FUCKING T-SHIRT!

Street Stealth Website: http://streetstealthla.com/?page_id=38

Street Stealth Contact: info@ streetstealthla.com

I recently visited this shop in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn and left with mixed feelings. I have heard about this shop and a friend had told me about their gear, so i was curious to see what they have to offer as well as check out their line. The shop is pretty nice, small but neatly put together. Some brooklyn focused artwork on the walls, a decent sneaker selection and…it kind of ends right there. There are a limited amount of t-shirts available, and out of 4 shelves one featured exclusively Rogue Status, which i would consider somewhat played out. It is a skate company owned by Rob Dyrdek, and even though i appreciate DC, Rob and his business ventures, the design with the guns going diagonally across the shirt has been rocked to death. On the other hand i must say that that the tees and hats by premium goods, with the word “brooklyn” across in a simple font but with each letter in a different color and on a neutral background is fresh as hell. It’s a very simple way to make a clean, impressive shirt / hat and since a garment with simply “brooklyn” on it has been done a million times, they managed to make an interesting and clean version of it. I really liked it and might go back to cop one of each.

Now let me discuss what left a sour taste in my mouth: first of all, the selection was very limited. A few tees, even less hoodies / jackets, and one style of hat (their own) in 4 colorways. Though the sneaker selection was not bad at all, the rest is really slim pickins. “Why have a shop ?” is the eternal question with nyc streetwear stores. There is a reason why only the shops with great selection stay in business, and even a lot of them are struggling. But the coup de grace for me was really the complete and absolute lack of any service whatsoever. The owners (as i came to find out), chilled outside the store chatting with each other. No one even entered the store while i was in there. No “hey check this out” or “let me know if you like something” or “hey we just got these dope sneakers in”. There used to be such a thing as a hustle, but these days it seems like everyone is too cool to even budge. Or scared to. Now i understand that you’re the king of the universe for owning a shop, but you’re just being rude, pathetic and downright an asshole, for ignoring your clientele. It’s just tiring. No wonder these shops are folding one after another. To be honest: Good Riddance! Shove that attitude where the sun don’t shine, and make room for people who are genuinely interested in the hustle, in providing quality gear to their clients and who are interested in meeting people and creating a streetwear community. I felt like i was not even allowed to step foot in that place. What a pathetic bunch.

If you feel like copping some of their gear, i say go ahead, it’s pretty cool. But if you expect to be treated like a human being, yeah…not gonna happen. All in all, don’t waste your time on this shop. There are much better ones where the staff actually cares about you and spends time helping you select cool gear as well as introduce you to lines you might have never heard of.

The hustle is officially dead. It’s just a bunch of posers. Next!

Ice Cream and Billionaire Boys Club Clothing

This is going to be a really short post!!!!!

Ice Cream and Billionaire Boys Club Clothing please stop ripping kids off your shit suck and you should die for making such crappy gear. So this is how I really feel. It’s people like you that make other kids feel like crap you make this idea that they need you stuff to be cool. 80.00 t-shirts really does the rest of the money go up your nose. I am going to put it out there BOYCOTT  Ice Cream and Billionaire Boys Club Clothing. Don’t fall into the trap and don’t give in to the bullshit hype!!!!!

I remember the days of t-shirts costing me no more the $15.00 and that was for the crazy name brand tee. When will this trend of the over $30.00 tee end. Really!!!! are we that dumb to pay that for a t-shirt. Do you not know that at the most the shirt cost them $6.00 to make. And $6.00 is for a really high end tee with a shit load of colors. I still think the best is the dumb ass kids that are paying the $80.00  for a Billionaire boys club tee. I mean really give it up it will not make you cool.