# Supreme

**URL:** https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298
**Category:** General
**Created:** [April 3, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298 "2019-04-03T11:31:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![anonymity](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/anonymity/32/65_2.png) [@anonymity](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/anonymity)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/698 "2023-08-15T06:53:19Z")

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Might be more but I like this

 ![IMG_1790](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/2/b/2b67b717d0d46ebe6308533a5ae007f389e44d1b.jpeg)

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### Author: ![nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nav/32/30170_2.png) [@nav](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nav)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/699 "2023-08-15T07:05:11Z")

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Me too.

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### Author: ![Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mark/32/11_2.png) [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2023, 8:27am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/700 "2023-08-15T08:27:34Z")

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Some nice stuff in there

But going through it all (seems to be getting bigger and bigger) takes forever

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### Author: ![judithpriest](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/judithpriest/32/37_2.png) [@judithpriest](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/judithpriest)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2023, 8:44am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/701 "2023-08-15T08:44:35Z")

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That’s part of the fun!

There’s also a blender cap.

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### Author: ![buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/buildafire/32/34_2.png) [@buildafire](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/buildafire)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/702 "2023-08-15T12:07:39Z")

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> [@judithpriest](#):
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> There’s also a blender cap.

No cap.

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### Author: ![voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/voodoo/32/24279_2.png) [@voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/voodoo)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/703 "2023-08-15T12:24:08Z")

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> [@Mark](#):
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> But going through it all (seems to be getting bigger and bigger) takes forever

Plus all the drops they’re not showing us yet. Like the Rammellzee Dunk (which should be dropping this season).

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### Author: ![Load](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/load/32/49_2.png) [@Load](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Load)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/704 "2023-08-16T02:38:30Z")

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oof the Pyrex tubs are back.

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### Author: ![Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/mark/32/11_2.png) [@Mark](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/705 "2023-09-01T01:00:14Z")

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[https://twitter.com/ComplexStyle/status/1697260194705850853?t=3uLM1TPqqBBUVgD7i1mKDA&s=19](https://twitter.com/ComplexStyle/status/1697260194705850853?t=3uLM1TPqqBBUVgD7i1mKDA&s=19)

First I’ve heard of this

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### Author: ![nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/nedertron/32/28914_2.png) [@nedertron](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/nedertron)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/706 "2023-09-01T08:07:41Z")

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I still don’t understand Supreme, I like their videos but don’t get anything else.

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### Author: ![TerryTibbs](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/terrytibbs/32/30437_2.png) [@TerryTibbs](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/TerryTibbs)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 8:11am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/707 "2023-09-01T08:11:34Z")

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[https://www.instagram.com/p/CwmLG2SI5JG/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CwmLG2SI5JG/)

More info in the Caption 👆🏼

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### Author: ![Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/dent_face/32/38_2.png) [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/708 "2023-09-01T08:29:39Z")

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It sounds like they wanted to put the below image on some clothing (CW: very graphic image of whipping scarring):

 ![image](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/a/d/ad666e50e3f621d9ebf3d3973b90112b01cc3736.jpeg)

But a black employee said this was a bad idea, understandably. Then the creative director resigned as a result, maybe because of the way Supreme handled it as they didn’t let him know or because the decision scuppered this collab with Arthur Jafa? Not sure.

Edit: they also wanted to put an image of a hanging of enslaved people on clothing.

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### Author: ![Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/dent_face/32/38_2.png) [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/711 "2023-09-01T09:14:58Z")

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> [@Barf](#):
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> You’re making things up.

Am I? The above picture is one Jafa uses in his art a lot and is the one referenced in articles on the piece. It’s a pretty important historical one ([more info here](https://npg.si.edu/learn/classroom-resource/gordon-lifedates-unknown)), thought people would be interested to see what was going to end up on Supreme clothing.

My other assertions were just reiterating what Emory said in his Instagram statement.

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### Author: ![Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/dent_face/32/38_2.png) [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/714 "2023-09-01T09:29:46Z")

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> [@Barf](#):
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> No one knows what was or wasn’t used or who wanted to use them or who didn’t.

From Emory’s statement:

> because of the depiction of black men being hung and the freed slave gordon pictured with his whip lashes on his back.

The reference to ‘the freed slave gordon’ is clearly a reference to the image I posted as the man in the photo has been identified as Gordon for a number of years, although the Smithsonian renamed it ‘Peter’ more recently. It’s an image Jafa has used in his artwork before.

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### Author: ![Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/dent_face/32/38_2.png) [@Dent\_Face](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/Dent_Face)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/717 "2023-09-01T10:17:28Z")

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> [@Barf](#):
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> It just annoys me when people take a tiny smidgeon of information and then make assumptions into facts because they’re bored. Which is 1000% what you did here.

Guilty to an extent. Although the Emory Instagram post is pretty revealing.

> [@Barf](#):
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> So you’re expressing outrage at something that didn’t happen? On behalf of black people?

Plenty of black people think this was a bad idea. See the comments on Emory’s Insta post and [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/flyrebel/status/1697264147598098638?s=20) (if you can be arsed, understandable if you can’t).

For what it’s worth, Supreme were in a difficult position here with two black employees having very opposing views on this issue. But I think they dodged a bullet on this one. An image like the above needs a lot of contextualising, so apologies for throwing it on to the forum (did give you a content warning, as well as blurring it).

I’m just interested in this story and the issues it touches on - how contentious history is used and where the boundaries of doing so sensitively lie. Speaks a lot to the current moment.

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#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/719 "2023-12-19T14:19:14Z")

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Oooh I like those

> **[Supreme®/Timberland® – Gallery – Supreme](https://supreme.com/news/948/images#5)**
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> Supreme. The official website of Supreme. EST 1994. NYC.

 ![image](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/5/a/5ad9dd340a91003e8653f9a85cdb6bdd2851a58c.jpeg)

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#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/720 "2024-02-12T15:49:50Z")

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> **[All Products – Spring/Summer 2024 Preview – Supreme](https://supreme.com/previews/springsummer2024/all)**
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> Supreme. The official website of Supreme. EST 1994. NYC.

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#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/722 "2024-02-12T20:30:27Z")

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Someone forgot to remind Supreme it wasn’t 2009 anymore.

 ![IMG_2092](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/7/e/7e826e4ed1d63e116aefc8fb6c397f22f7e5188e.webp)

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### Author: ![voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/user_avatar/ukskateforum.co.uk/voodoo/32/24279_2.png) [@voodoo](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/u/voodoo)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/723 "2024-02-12T20:46:27Z")

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Or you can pretend that you’re cool Dill from 2000 in Photosynthesis!

 ![IMG_7934](https://uksf-media.lon1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/1/5/15e9796de701e9b31df199a7de78b26f9ba8d712.jpeg)

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#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/724 "2024-02-13T01:00:30Z")

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It’s clothes and hats no stress, probs a brick ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 9:16am UTC](https://ukskateforum.co.uk/t/supreme/298/725 "2024-02-13T09:16:23Z")

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Cute

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