OUR STORY

TOPMOST WAS BORN OUT OF A DEEP LOVE AND PASSION FOR  PEOPLE, COFFEE, SNEAKERS, HIP-HOP, AND STREETWEAR. IT WAS ALL A DREAM LONG BEFORE ANYTHING BECAME MATERIAL. I STARTED WORKING ON THE BRAND IN MY EARLY 30S AND WAS MET WITH ADVERSITY AND MULTIPLE ROADBLOCKS BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. IT WAS THROUGH THESE HARDSHIPS THAT TOPMOST WAS FORGED, AND THE ONLY THING THAT GOT ME THROUGH THESE CHALLENGES WAS MY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.

AS YOU CAN SEE, TOPMOST IS VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT MESSAGES BEING SENT AND WHERE HOMAGE IS MADE.  IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY PATH TO SAY THE LEAST. CREATING IS ONE THING BUT TRADEMARKING AND OWNING ALL ASSETS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRAND IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT BEAST. WE HAD TO RE-BRAND AND RETAINED MORE ATTORNEYS THAN I WOULD LIKE TO ADMIT. DURING THE RE-BRAND I FULLY SURRENDERED THE BRAND TO THE LORD, AND IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO SEE WHAT HE HAS DONE AND THE SITUATIONS HE HAS PLACED US IN.

AT FIRST GLANCE, ONE MIGHT ASSUME THAT WE ARE MAKING A BOLD STATEMENT THAT TOPMOST IS THE SUPREME BRAND. AS WE CERTAINLY AIM TO BE A BRAND KNOWN FOR QUALITY AND CREATIVE PURSUITS, THIS IS NOT THE MESSAGE WE ARE SENDING. TOPMOST IS INSPIRED BY A DEUTERONOMY 32 AND PSALM 82 WORLDVIEW. IT IS A STATEMENT THAT YHWH, THE GREAT I AM IS THE TOPMOST ELOHIM, AND IS THE ONLY GOD DESERVING GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE. EVERY ICON, AND BRAND SLOGAN DRAWS INSPIRATION FROM THE SCRIPTURES AND CARRIES WEIGHT AND MEANING.

TOPMOST IS ON MISSION TO BE A LIGHT IN A DARK WORLD AND BE A BEACON FOR THE LOST. WE ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE BELIEVER TO BE BOLD IN THEIR FAITH BY DAWNING CLOTHING THAT EVOKES THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD. THAT WE ARE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF THE MOST HIGH AND THAT WE WHO WERE ONCE FAR OFF HAVE BEEN MADE NIGH BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.

PEACE, PEACE.

FOUNDER

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