Akomplice’s Natural Dye Collection is now available to the world. See our Stockist Section to find an AK dealer near you, or shop at the Akomplice Webstore.
In the spirit of mischief, in the name of civil disobedience, Akomplice and X-Large come together to form the Monkey Wrench Gang.
Head to the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine and you will find the Original Store. Run by the homie, Jorgi, this shop has been kickin’ since 2008. Despite the economic difficulties of his home country Jorgi has continued to supply fly gear year after year. We sat down and spoke with him about fashion, the way the internet has changed the street-wear game and the notoriously beautiful Ukrainian women that walk his city’s streets. Check it, and more pictures after the jump.
Jorgi on the spin.
Original Store
The city of Kharkiv.
Patrick, Mike and myself were out in Asheville, NC this week. If you haven’t been, Asheville is a very interesting place. It’s like the Portland of the South, except much smaller. The city is full of Hipsters, Hippies, Hicks and Hickies (a term Mike coined for the hippie/hick combo) that love art and being unique. We enjoyed our time visiting the city, which is surrounded by the beautiful Smokey Mountains. It is very lush and green and the people are well in-tune with and love the environment they live in. Asheville is a hub of art and music and is well known for being the headquarters of the famous Moog Factory. Moog is very well respected in the music industry for producing some of the highest quality analog synthesizers, effect-processors and other musical gadgets. If you’re really interested you can watch a documentary about him free on Netflix. Many of the world’s top musicians, both current and classic, have used Moog instruments. Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and the Beastie Boys are just a few of Moog’s high-profile clients. Tours of the factory are typically only held on Fridays but we were fortunate to have a Moog employee by the name of Josh take us on a VIP tour around the facility to explain how each step of the process works. Each machine is hand built and tested by several people. Their operation and the level of detail that goes into creating one of their machines is truly amazing. Make sure to check out the rest of the photos after the jump.
-Blake P.
To celebrate Labor Day and push our mission of water protection and conservation, we are going to give a free stainless steel water bottle with every purchase of “The Blue Gold T-Shirt” for the next 24 hours. Ends September 4th 8am EST.
We chose to release this project on Labor Day because it shows one of our contributions to society and this is part of what Labor Day stands for. Akomplice is a labor of love. We cherish this world and all the exciting possibilities it offers. So what labor could be more important then protecting the element that makes this whole life experience possible – Water.
Without further ado we are proud to be officially releasing our philanthropic collaboration with the highly acclaimed “Blue Gold: World Water Wars” Documentary. The aim of partnering with Sam Bozzo’s film is to foster awareness and also raise money to protect and preserve our most precious resource, the foundation of life – Water.
Blue Gold is an award winning documentary film concerning the environmental and political implications of the world’s diminishing clean water supply. Akomplice has linked up with Blue Gold to offer a socially conscious line of t-shirts and water bottles both packaged with the full length DVD, in order to raise awareness for the impending world water crisis. The 2008 documentary film by Sam Bozzo paints a future in which wars are fought over water as investors and governments jockey for control of a diminishing water supply. We made use of the film’s provocative cover art , a water jug symbolically retro-fitted as a grenade on a range of three t-shirts. Akomplice will be donating 100% of our profits from the collaborative capsule collection to Food & Water Watch, an organization built to ensure the safe and sustainable production of our food and water. Akomplice is taking a stance with our Blue Gold collaboration to protect our most precious resource, and in doing so we hope to inspire people to join forces and come together to protect our children’s and grandchildren’s future. For us here at Akomplice this is a labor of love.
