today a hypebeast article came out about goldlinks new tour merch, and right off the bat i see my tee at the top in the slideshow of pictures.i sent goldlink this tee back in february for free because i really fw him and his music. i didn’t ask for pictures, shoutouts, rt’s. nor did i want any. i simply sent it to him because it’d be cool knowing people i respected owned my clothing.a few months later, now, i find out that it is being resold for his merch. i understand it is just 1 of 1 but i believe the principle is still there. i wouldn’t have even cared if he didn’t wear it, threw it away, or even gave it to someone, but the fact that he took a shirt i sent him for free and resold it as his merch without my permission bothers me.some of my friends tried contacting the actual designers working under goldlink who “made” these shirts, heres some of their responses.http://ift.tt/2fY4vtD of them even trying to fight (lol):http://ift.tt/2xRW3WU main concern is that there are other brands who are also being recycled and sold. luckily my tee was posted on the gallery and i was able to see it, but who knows how many other brands are being used without them knowing.at the end of the day i’m a really small brand and i’m just trying to make it out there. i as well as many other startup brands put lots of work into our designs, so seeing someone making it on hypebeast because they used my design is discouraging. via /r/streetwear http://ift.tt/2kd2nmG
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