Time to clear some things up. It's been interesting seeing the conversation evolve and how much misinformation is mixed in there with some legit truths. The opinion based parts of the discussion I'll leave be, each person is entitled to their own opinion such as liking or not liking the direction of the company. I say company here and not brand because as a brand we have not really been progressing. That is a deliberate business decision and not a creative one. Our failure as a company was the issue in the past, not failure as a brand (evident by the fact that years after it's death, we are still here talking about it). Triumvir remains 333% independent; so no, Karmaloop doesn't own any piece nor does anyone else. It is owned by a parent company which I setup and am majority owner. It took me and some friends almost 2 years after the original crew left to dig Triumvir out of it's financial hole then begin to reorganize the business itself. As most on here know, I work on a few brands currently (CKDOUT & Orisue) so I'm not as hands on in day to day activities like before; that being said, the current team and I meet weekly so I'm always involved with each decision we make (and I stand the fuck by it right or wrong). It is true that the founding creative force behind Triumvir have moved on and we still see each other at gatherings but that's life and we all get to choose for ourselves. I hear some of you on here complain about prices of goods, either they are new fans that didn't know how much our shit use to cost or they are old supporters that forgot. We specifically made the decision not to wholesale to shops and other retailers, this actually allowed us to bring down the price of our goods. Tees use to be $34 - $36 MSRP and now it's $28. Yes the prints are pricey but they were not cheap to make, we tested some cheaper places and would have been able to sell those at $100 - $150 but the quality sucked and for me that wasn't good enough. I hear some say they are now getting older and more into grown shit, well they must not be that grown if all they're looking for is another tee. I grew up and have my own place and office now so I want art that isn't from an Ikea and drinkware that doesn't look like something my 6th grade teacher had. I sure as hell don't want some Urban Outfitters' hipster cup either. We simply went and made shit we liked and wanted in our life. If you don't like it or can't afford it, don't buy it. We charge reasonable margins based on how much it costs us to make and what the general market price is, go do some comparison shopping and see for yourselves. Let's not forget that this has to be a business first guided by those principles and mechanics for it to be sustainable. Add the fact that we have no funding behind us so all we're able to do is continually make small investments based on performance. We have been talking more and more about new designs and starting to re-release some cut and sew to start, perhaps with minor tweaks in fabrication, etc. However these things take an extraordinary amount of resources to accomplish so we have to be on firm footing to be ready for it. Design wise I still continue to work closely with Vincent and Mikey so really it's the same group of people with a few new ones and a few old ones gone. It is a bit disappointing to hear that a few fans feel they are being milked but if there's one thing working on Triumvir for so many years has taught me is you can't please everybody nor should you try. We are who we are, that's how it's been and how it will be. Anyone got real brass balls feel free to make me an offer to purchase Triumvir and we'll see how well you can run it
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