
It is a baby but it’s... got big balls already, but we’ll get to that. The experience you had with those two labels must have been a really good grounding before Supra. You know, I’m having a hard time hearing you because the damn dog over here is barking. Sorry. What was that again?
OK, I was thinking Supra is widely known, but most people out there wouldn’t be aware of the origins of the label.
Well to be honest, I was actually going to do KR3W footwear and then I kind of sat back and thought about it, and it would have been a big conflict of interest with people that we work with. So I re-thought it one more time and then I had to explain it to my partners because I had already dumped like 100 grand on sampling and they just looked at me like I was crazy. But as far as the concept and where it came from... I don’t know. I’ve been around shoes all my life and I just felt I wanted to do something to complement the clothing we make, plus the shoes out there were a little chunky for me.
At first, people looked at us like we’re fucking nuts for making these fucking Skytops and people laughed... But you know what? I’m laughing all the way to the you know what, you know what I’m saying?
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