Shawn Stussy

About

American fashion designer who created the Stussy streetwear brand. His surname written in a graffiti-influenced hand style is the company logo. He left the brand in 1996, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family in Hawaii. In 2010, he launched S/Double streetwear brand.

Before Fame

He picked up his first surfboard at the age of 13. 

Trivia

He started making surfboards and in 1979 or 1980, he began scrawling his name on his surfboards. He began screening t-shirts and shorts to sell along with the surfboards as a form of promotion. 

Family Life

In 1995, he married Paula Stussy.

Associated With

In 2019, the brand he founded under his name collaborated with fashion designer Matthew Williams.