Screen Shot: VICES & SACRIFICES
Website: Vicesandsacrifices.com
City Based: Weatherford, TX
Instagram: @vicesandsacrifices
What inspired the brand name?
Making sacrifices in order to fuel vices. In the context/philosophy of my label a vice can be anything good or bad. What are you willing to give up to get what you want? Are you blindly chasing what you want or are you searching for what you actually need.Therefore simultaneously Vices & Sacrifices is about finding the right balance between debauchery and morality.
At what moment did you realize you wanted to start a brand?
Honestly I don’t remember how or when I decided. I always knew I was on a different type of time than 99% of the people i went to school with, whether it was the music i listened to, the clothes i wore, or the fact that you couldn’t categorize me into a certain stereotype. I had always thought about making clothes but i didn’t put much thought into it because before i started, my focus was always on other things.
What helps you get over creative blocks?
If i’m working on a design and i get stuck sometimes i’ll just take a 20 minute or so break and go do something else then the right ideas will start coming to me. Although i do look at clothes and moodboards a lot for inspiration, a lot of my ideas just come from closing my eyes and letting my imagination do all the work. I’ll have a vision that i try to translate into a design and if it doesn’t look as good as i thought it would i’ll just have to keep tweaking slight bits of it until i’m satisfied.
What is the biggest mistake you have made?
Starting my label as late as i did.
What is the biggest success you have had?
I haven’t really seen big success yet
A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION PEOPLE MAY FIND WEIRD?
Darth Vader
Favorite color to use?
Various shades of red
ARE THERE ANY RETAIL SHOPS YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU BRAND IN?
Maxfield Los Angeles for sure. Definitely the go to online stores like farfetch, ssense, etc.
ANOTHER BRAND THAT INSPIRES YOU AND WHY?
Hedi Slimane and Raf Simons. Hedi because the way he styles clothes to me looks like a good mix between hair metal rockstar and 80s miami. What i mean by that is the way he can make tailoring look so casual and kind of rebellious. Raf for many reasons but mostly because his graphics looks like they were made for me.
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF AND THE BRAND IN 1 YEAR AND 5 YEARS?
In 1 year i see myself getting my feet wet with cut and sew. I’m planning on taking a fashion design class sometime in the next year. In 5, i see myself living on my own either in a 2 bedroom house/apartment with the other room being my studio, or maybe even having an actually studio somewhere down the road from where i live. I think by that point i’ll have learned mostly everything i need to learn about the game. God willing by that point i’ll be working on my label full time and will be making enough money to the point where i’m comfortable and positive about the future.
IN 5 WORDS OR LESS DESCRIBE YOUR BRAND?
Glam band dressed like Scarface