Ecko to make SW clothes
Jul. 2nd, 2007 08:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lazypadawanMarc Ecko of Ecko fame (a line of clothes popular with the hip-hop crowd) has been licensed to make SW wear. Too bad it's too warm in SoCal for the repro of Han's Hoth parka, because they're making one. The line also includes hoodies, t-shirts, and other jackets:
http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/news20070702.html
I love the hooded jacket with all of the characters on it! The Boba Fett hoodie is cool too.
Look for these at the end of the year.
Updated: There's an interview with Marc Ecko on starwars.com posted 7/3. Despite looking forward to the line, the stuff about "graffiti rights" grated on me. Having helped prosecute a lot of graffiti cases, I have no sympathy for the "rights" of knuckleheads to deface anyone's property. For every kid who thinks he's "gangsta" and living out some fantasy by spray painting or tagging an apartment building or fence, there's a property owner who's got to spend the money and time cleaning it off. If some kid tags public property, guess who pays to get it taken care of (whenever they get to it)? You do, Mr. and Ms. Taxpayer. Graffiti is still associated with gang behavior and let's be honest, it makes neighborhoods look trashy.
Of course, there are no uncool people like me who judge such things at Lucasfilm. Think they'll mind if I spray paint "Respect the PT?" all over those beautiful buildings at the Presidio since they're all for "street art?"
http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/misc/news20070702.html
I love the hooded jacket with all of the characters on it! The Boba Fett hoodie is cool too.
Look for these at the end of the year.
Updated: There's an interview with Marc Ecko on starwars.com posted 7/3. Despite looking forward to the line, the stuff about "graffiti rights" grated on me. Having helped prosecute a lot of graffiti cases, I have no sympathy for the "rights" of knuckleheads to deface anyone's property. For every kid who thinks he's "gangsta" and living out some fantasy by spray painting or tagging an apartment building or fence, there's a property owner who's got to spend the money and time cleaning it off. If some kid tags public property, guess who pays to get it taken care of (whenever they get to it)? You do, Mr. and Ms. Taxpayer. Graffiti is still associated with gang behavior and let's be honest, it makes neighborhoods look trashy.
Of course, there are no uncool people like me who judge such things at Lucasfilm. Think they'll mind if I spray paint "Respect the PT?" all over those beautiful buildings at the Presidio since they're all for "street art?"
