Photo: Courtesy of Gus Tanaka / @yungspliff1/11“My mom scored this Pepsi rugby for me at an estate sale in Denver. We were on opposite sides of a waterbed digging through a mountain of retro clothes, and she would throw random cool pieces to me across the mountain of clothes on it. This was one of those gems, and it makes me smile and happy whenever I wear it.”
Photo: Courtesy of Gus Tanaka / @yungspliff2/11“Mixing textures and patterns in a haphazard way and not giving thought to it is what I do best. I colored in the khaki areas of the camo with red and yellow on each side, and on the back, I mixed both the yellow and red for a weird, blended look. I like how they turned out, though.”
Photo: Courtesy of Gus Tanaka / @yungspliff3/11“I got the overalls for $2 at a garage sale. The Dale Earnhardt T-shirt is an ode to my aunt and cousin from Corpus Christi, Texas. They were huge NASCAR fans, and when I would see them at Christmas in Iowa, they would be wearing these oversize Dale Earnhardt jackets and smoking Marlboro Reds. I was half afraid of them as a kid. This look was inspired by their redneck greatness.”
Photo: Courtesy of Gus Tanaka / @yungspliff4/11“Need I say more than my mom loves Crown Royal, and I got this hat for her? She is a doll.”
Photo: Courtesy of Gus Tanaka / @yungspliff5/11“Mickey is classic and pure. Mickey is my conscience. I got this from 1980somethingco—shout out the homie. I love Mickey items because they remind me of my childhood and how much fun I used to have even doing the simplest things, and they always remind me to never lose my imagination because it goes such a long way when you want to express yourself the way you want.”
Photo: Courtesy of Gus Tanaka / @yungspliff6/11“Only one pair of these were made and a pair of shorts that were given to my friend Cyril (@watchyoudie). I love wearing pajama pants because they remind me of luxury and laziness. . . . add the LV touch for extra decadence. Kurt Cobain in a hospital gown, that’s the ultimate. I always get crazy looks of disbelief when I wear these.”
Photo: Courtesy of Gus Tanaka / @yungspliff7/11“Designer overkill. I believe I copped this one at a Goodwill and later found out it was a $150 shirt. Everyone always comes up to me when I wear this shirt to tell me that it’s fake, and I tell them, sarcastically, ‘No, they all collabed on a shirt,’ and it always upsets them deeply.”
Photo: Courtesy of Gus Tanaka / @yungspliff8/11“Classic Tommy plus white Adidas equals the great equalizer, plus a nice OG Schwinn block cruiser.”
Photo: Courtesy of Gus Tanaka / @yungspliff9/11“A heapin’ helping of Tommy logo with Chanel scarf and Winston Racing green cap. Throw on a side of hand-painted gold heart thrift store Dickies, plus my cloud-marked Sharpie Stan Smiths.”
Photo: Courtesy of Gus Tanaka / @yungspliff10/11“Vintage Hobie T-shirt—shout-out to moms. Made those Gnarcotics humble; they are very bold, so I had to simmer it down a bit. Gnarcotic is interesting to me because he does what I do all the time, adapt a fad or a trend. He took it to a new level of camo. I call these the indecisive camos.”
Photo: Courtesy of Gus Tanaka / @yungspliff11/11“Mosaic Monster. Art creates life. My good friend Ade (@adeallday) helped me with these.”
