As L.A.’s streetwear scene picks up the pieces after local stores were robbed, many store owners reflect on the bigger picture: standing in solidarity with protesters.
As coronavirus restrictions lift, firms are getting back to business and hoping for your support. Here’s a list.Apt. 4B was just one of the many stores burglarized in the Fairfax District during the last weekend in May on the heels of peaceful protests following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on Memorial Day.
Now, shop owners, many of whom are people of color, are dealing with the aftermath of the break-ins and grappling with their own feelings about racism in this country.Bobby Kim, co-founder of the Hundreds on Fairfax Avenueclothes featuring an animated bomb logo, still sits mostly unharmed at the corner of Fairfax and Rosewood avenues.
“That’s really how a lot of streetwear business is conducted,” Kim, 40, said. “It’s marketing and convincing young people that they need something that they really don’t need. ... We are at the same time teaching and training these young people to believe that they are of lesser value if they don’t have this brand — if they don’t have this pair of shoes — that they are not as worthy. They are not as full without wearing this hat on their heads.
In a lengthy caption on Instagram, Kim took a strong stance in solidarity with protesters, writing, “Even if you bring the fire to my doorstep, I will stand in it with you.” A
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