Damaged Goods

The definition of damaged goods is products that are broke, cracked, scratched, etc. I recently found out that American exports to China could only be damaged goods. If the homies in China wanted a Jay-Z CD, it would have to be damaged. That’s crazy. But when I think about how I interacted with Chinese culture, it was damaged. Yao Ming, Rush Hour, and “Chinaman.” Nobody from the Chinese culture was protecting their culture to make sure it didn’t get lost in translation. That’s why I made this collection. Because I wanted to fill the gap between China and St. Louis. So they could get our culture undamaged in its purest form.