11/29/2023 0 Comments Austin vs bryce time![]() Tokyo is the mecca for streetwear so we wanted to start there. Tell us about your international partnerships. ![]() So for us to create that and for it to come out so high quality is like, damn. Most people just put pictures of a gun on a pillow but we actually shaped the whole pillow and added in the details we have a trigger, the extended clip, we have the grip where you hold it. These pillows took us such a long time to create because no one has ever done a pillow like this, where we sculpted up an uzi and brought it to life, you know. ![]() It’s not even out yet so I can’t say, but I really like the new gun pillows that we just dropped. We were playing along with names and Retrovert just came across and we thought, “That’s cool we can play with that Introvert, extrovert, retrovert.” What is your favorite product that you sell? Retro futuristic is big in the creative community and we realized we can be a brand for creatives. Embracing nostalgia while moving in the future. Retrofuturistic means going back to look forward. To be a Retrovert means to embrace nostalgia and futuristic concepts through a creative lens. How did you come up with the name Retrovert? Their products started in footwear with interchangeable slides, but now they have a variety of items, including their top-selling apparel: the smiley hoodie, which is a hoodie with smiley faces made of rhinestones all over it. Retrovert has been in business for about two years. There are many different things like that. I remember the first razor phone or the sidekick we want to make a cool t-shirt about that because before you knew it the iPhone came out. So there’s a lot of nostalgic things we want to bring back. Everything happened so fast that we didn’t have time as a young generation to embrace what was happening. For example, when I went outside to play as a kid I had to go and knock on my friends' door like, “Hey, is Lenny home?” But then my brother, only 3 years younger, was just texting like, “Hey, come outside.” All within three years. The story behind Retrovert is that we grew up in an era where technology moved so fast that we didn’t have enough time to embrace what was going on. They are brothers who made it really big and I was like, “Okay we can do the same thing.” I think I was a senior in college and my brother was a freshman, and he had creative ideas and I was like, “Yo, we can do this for real.” I’ve always been into business and running businesses: My first business was selling snow cones at the pool when I was like five or six.Īustin is 3 years older than Bryce, which may not seem like much comparatively, but it’s enough to have a significant impact on their childhood experiences. How did you and your brother get started? We caught up with Austin to find out what it’s like to have an international business, to work with your sibling, and what kind of mindset it takes to make it all happen. Founders Austin and Bryce Morris are brothers in their early twenties and are already making waves in fashion.
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