Wu - Tang Wheels "WU-160" Alloy Prototype
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style 25th Anniversary Varsity Jacket — Raekwon 'Chef' Edition (2024)
Wu-Tang Hard Good Co. 'Spotlight' Skateboard Deck (1997)
Masta Killa 'Visionz' Portrait Skateboard Deck
Wu Wear 'Fashion Avenue' Varsity Jacket — First Corporate Staff Issue (1995)
Inspectah Deck 'Visionz' Portrait Skateboard Deck
Intox 'Triumph' Hand-Painted Hoodie — Method Man Variant
Wu Wear 'Cartoon Hands' Crewneck — Pop-Art Parody Graphic
Wu Wear 'Killer Bees' Herald Square Button-Down Shirt
Raekwon 'Chef' Illustration T-Shirt (1 of 1)
'Wu Massacre' Backpack (DAÖMEY Collaboration)
'Wu Massacre' Bomber Jacket (DAÖMEY Collaboration)
Rezin x Wu World Handmade Wooden Glasses (circa 2013/2014)
"Nobody really believed that it would work... They thought my cousin was a little crazy for putting money into it. But he took a gamble and it worked out beautifully."
- Duane Grant
AN UNMISTAKABLE IDENTITY
Duane Grant was eighteen years old when his cousin, the late Oliver “Power” Grant, enlisted him to design hoodies for a nascent Wu-Tang Clan, as a collaborative effort between the two. The plan was to give them away in their Park Hill, Staten Island neighborhood for free. That project developed into Wu Wear, the pioneering apparel brand and retail store that opened the floodgates for hip-hop brand extensions when it launched amidst the Wu’s empire-cementing solo project wave of 1995.
"We were the first hip-hop brand in Macy's on 34th Street. When that happened, people started to open their eyes, because we got the whole first floor [window display] of Macy's flagship store. This was around ’98 or ’99, we had just got the office on Fashion Avenue. They gave us real estate on that whole first floor. All of the window displays were Wu Wear."
- DUANE GRANT
Wu Wear stood as the first artist-run brand hip hop had ever seen, changing the way we interact with artists and their branding forever.
THE RIM - WU WEAR APPAREL- SKATEBOARDS
FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF DUANE GRANT
1989 Eazy-E & N.W.A. 'Eazy Duz It' Backstage Staff Pass (Mint 9)
1989 Eazy-E & N.W.A. 'Eazy Duz It' Backstage Staff Pass (Mint 8)
1987 Run-D.M.C. & Beastie Boys 'Together Forever' Tour Photo Pass
Oasis – Signed “Columbia” Promotional Pressing
David Bowie – Framed Signed Aladdin Sane Print
The Stone Roses – Signed 2012 Reunion Tour Barcelona Poster