A love Supreme: a chance to buy into one collector's magnificent obsession

In 1994, Ross Wilson, visiting New York from the UK, walked into the newly opened Supreme store. After chatting with the staff, and taking in an atmosphere that combined his beloved skateboards with a preppy take on clothes, he bought a T-shirt, a white one with the now-infamous red Supreme “box” logo, for $19, “as a souvenir”. It turned out to be the start of something much bigger.

Fast forward 23 years, and Wilson has a huge Supreme archive. He is selling 1,000 Supreme items this week and yet still has about 20% of his collection intact. The rest of the pieces will be online at The Idle Man from Thursday, with a corresponding exhibition of classic T-shirts and cult items taking place in the retailer’s London store over the weekend. Included in the sale are many limited-edition T-shirts, a North Face jacket “that everyone wants”, as well as a pair of Supreme-branded boxing gloves and a basketball.

Source: theguardian