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WHAT IS OC?

Original Crackage designs combine inspirations of modern technology with organic influences, creating exclusive collections of uniquely exclusive designs. The founder and designer, Wes Woods, has always been attracted to stark lines, stripes, & high contrast colors. The iconic Original Crackage style features complex geometric patterns on clothing and accessories, giving an innovative twist to the meaning of modern, while at times mixing simple with complex. Each design is manufactured in limited quantities, & once it’s made, that same design is never made again, so OC customers can be sure they’re getting something exclusive, original, & unique.

 

HOW DID OC START?

First conceptualized fall 2012 in Bowie, Maryland, Wes Woods, the designer and owner, was constantly drawing sketches of T-shirts with bold lines and stripes. Several sketches turned into several manufactured shirts for custom orders for Wes & his closest friends. Those several custom shirts soon turned into a growing demand and a viral buzz for OC apparel that spread through the DMV all the way to New York & even North Carolina, where Wes studied Textiles and Apparel at North Carolina Central University. Through word-of-mouth, appearances in fashion shows locally & out-of-state, events like New York’s Sneaker Con, DC’s Sneak Attack, OC was on the rise.

People sought out be a part of the OC movement that was taking the DMV by storm & spreading quickly. Wes sold shirts through the OC Instagram account & shipped them off one-by-one, as fast as he could. As demand grew at such a rapid speed, the need for a website and organized e-commerce grew just as quickly. OriginalCrackage.com was finally launched in 2014.

 

WHY ORIGINAL CRACKAGE?

At the core of every work of art, your favorite pairs of shoes, and every design, there are lines, shapes, and angels. Most designers use stripes in moderation and obey a repetition that won’t stray from your average horizontally striped shirt. OC designs feature lines, shapes, & angles that go any direction they want to go, take up as much space as they want to take, & are any color they want to be, as if the design elements have minds of their own. This is where the word original comes in. In the DMV, people at times use the word crack to describe something as appealing or stylish. Lines are the original crackage of design; so it’s only right to chose an original word to describe this unique take on fashion.