Tremaine Emory, founder of Denim Tears, has teamed up with Cynthia Lu’s Cactus Plant Flea Market on a collection of sweatshirts releasing to raise funds for the New York immigration coalition and aide undocumented workers that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The graphic used on this collection takes the CPFM puff print smiley face and gives it a USA flag bandana in the Pan-African colors of red, green, and black. Each piece is one of one and is printed on vintage Champion crewnecks and hoodies sourced from Please and Thank You Store in Los Angeles.
The Denim Tears x CPFM collection is set to release sometime next week. Check out some of the pieces that will be released below and stay tuned to Modern Notoriety for updates on this drop.
[…] The two streetwear brands have collaborated multiple times before, though this marks their first full collection together. A mash-up of design languages, the collection features Denim Tear’s famous “Cotton Wreath” sweatsuit in various colorways, remixed in CPFM’s signature puff print. Other motifs include silhouettes of the USA and Africa layered atop each other, the phrase “another country,” and the return of the CPFM smiley face wearing the Pan-African American durag, first debuted by Denim Tears and CPFM in 2020. […]