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SIMPLYCLO

2023 – 2024

A clothing line. One Palestine collection, made in Bangladesh, then wound down properly.

What I say about it now, and what I was actually posting at the time.

Eight years earlier I had worked as a graphic designer at a textile factory outside Dhaka. I went back to the same team to make a hoodie.

sakib @mertesakib ·

FIRST SAMPLE CREATED WE ARE COOKING palestine liberation hoodie mark 1: think we’re close, need to make some tweaks on the sleeves and some small touches

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The Liberation Hoodie. All profits to Gaza, sold out in three hours, and the best boycott is having somewhere else to go.

sakib @mertesakib ·

THE LIBERATION HOODIE 21.12.23

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Then I closed it. Bootstrapping clothing meant production delays at every single step and I would rather end something cleanly than let it rot. Killing a venture well is underrated.

Sakib Ahmed Co-founder of Draper Β· Own your distribution ·

Fear of God's Essentials hoodie retails at Β£180. I built one that beat their fabric specs for Β£60. It sold out in 3 hours. The product isn't why it sold out though. The storytelling is. So here's how that even happened. I went to Bangladesh and spent time studying how the supply chains behind…

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Lately

sakib @mertesakib ·

my fashion designer wants to pull me back into @SIMPLYCLO after we sold out our first drop in 3 hours but I just dont have the time maybe one day ill come back iA

sakib @mertesakib ·

ive grabbed like 6 blank @simplyclo tees for myself idc if we got limited stock building things you would use yourself>>

sakib @mertesakib ·

im shipping the toffee apple milkshake the week after the simplyclo t shirt too idc, there's no rules

sakib @mertesakib ·

we really made a gorgeous tee man Allahummabarik, almost sad that this is our last drop, if I had the time I really would've cooked with @SIMPLYCLO

sakib @mertesakib ·

@DeenDevelopers oh btw the t shirt im wearing is the simple tee from @SIMPLYCLO's last drop will be releasing soon iA

sakib @mertesakib ·

Chat we’re so back The final @SIMPLYCLO drop Simple Tees will be available in September with limited stock Will get a launch date very soon iA

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