Music and lifestyle: Coalition Clothing Co. [Interview]
Ottawa, ON – Far from his native abode of Pickering, ON., Tyler Kotsopoulos, graphic designer and co-founder of Coalition Clothing Co, sits down with HipHopCanada to share how his self-made brand went as far as infiltrating the hip-hop culture locally and beyond.
Collaborations with the likes of Yelawolf, Machine Gun Kelly and Classified are only a few milestones the 21-year-old designer and his cooperatives pushing the envelope in 2013 with the release of a Spring collection.
Check out the interview and video after the jump.
Tyler display’s brand’s popular coach jacket
“My long time childhood friends, Derek Wells, Garrett McGuire and I all play our own roles and work together to come up with original ideas and concepts… The more creative minds involved in a project, the better it is.”- Tyler Kotsopoulos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEEwP46UFWI
Photo taken by @ZackNoureddine for HipHopCanada
Interview conducted by @ZackNoureddine for HipHopCanada
Be sure to visit coalitionlifestyle.com
Twitter: @CoalitionCo
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Tags: 6th Letter, Classified, Derek Wells, Garrett McGuire, KO, Machine Gun Kelly, Raz Fresco, Tyler Kotsopoulos, Wesley James, Yelawolf
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