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A Supreme Elliott Smith Collection? What the Hell, Sure
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A Supreme Elliott Smith Collection? What the Hell, Sure

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The streetwear brand is launching a capsule collection inspired by the late songwriter

Elliott Smith, 2003 (Getty Images)

When it was My Bloody Valentine , we stood by. When it was Daniel Johnston , we bit our tongues. But Elliott Smith —that’s a bridge too far. Streetwear brand Supreme has a long history of collaborations with musicians both living and dead, to various degrees of bad taste. Their latest is a capsule collection inspired by the late songwriter, who took his own life in 2003. At least Supreme got the permission of Smith’s estate.

The Supreme x Elliott Smith collection officially launches November 12; for now, you can check out a photo gallery of the clothes, which include t-shirts and sweatshirts emblazoned with the covers for Figure 8 , Either/Or , and Elliott Smith . “None of the designs are that good either,” says Chris Panicker, Pitchfork’s in-house designer.

Read more about Either/Or , Smith’s 1997 opus, at No.…

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