CLOTHING • CULTURE • COMMUNITY

 

GYPSY SPORT IS AN INDEPENDENT AND INCLUSIVE BRAND BASED IN NEW YORK CITY.

GYPSY SPORT IS A WORLD-WIDE REVOLUTION OF UNITY THROUGH INDIVIDUALITY.

 

 

WE'RE ALL ABOUT BRINGING NEW AND DIFFERENT VOICES INTO THE FASHION CONVERSATION.

FROM RUNWAY SHOWS TO AD CAMPAIGNS, WE ALWAYS FEATURE PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS, GENDERS, SIZES, SEXUALITIES, ETC.

IF YOU WANT TO AUDITION AT OUR NEXT CASTING, CLICK ON THE PIC.

 

THE LOGO

HATURN / Hætərn/  (N.) 

2 HATS BECOME 1 PLANET • A SYMBOL OF UNITY & BALANCE

 

THE FOUNDER 

RIO URIBE (B.1988 LOS ANGELES, CA)

"SINCE I WAS A KID I'VE BEEN MAKING CLOTHES FOR MY LIL BROTHERS. AFTER HIGH-SCHOOL IN 2005 I MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY WITH GOALS OF BEING A FASHION DESIGNER. I TOOK EVERY CRAPPY JOB I COULD FIND UNTIL LANDING A GIG AS STOCK GUY AT THE BALENCIAGA STORE. IT WAS A SHITTY JOB AT FIRST BUT I LOVED FASHION AND OVER 6 YEARS I WORKED MY ASS OFF TO BE NAMED THE DIRECTOR OF MERCHANDISING. FINALLY I HAD MY DREAM JOB AND I WAS TRAVELING THE WORLD FOR WORK, BUT SOMETHING WAS MISSING."

 

  

" IN 2012 I WAS BORED WITH WORK SO I STARTED TO POST PICS OF MY TRAVELS AND OTHER THINGS I LIKED ON A TUMBLR PAGE. I CALLED IT GYPSY SPORT, GYPSY FOR THE GLOBAL VIBES AND SPORT FOR A 90'S THROWBACK. EVERYDAY AFTER WORK I WENT HOME TO CURATE PHOTOS OF STREET STYLE, FIERCE ANIMALS, AND CUTE BOYS. MY PAGE QUICKLY GREW A BIG WORLD-WIDE FOLLOWING. SO I TOOK THE NEXT STEP AND STARTED MAKING GYPSY SPORT HATS AND T-SHIRTS IN MY LIL HARLEM STUDIO APARTMENT."

 

    

"MY FIRST COLLECTION WAS MADE ENTIRELY OF RECYCLED STUFF. THE HATS WERE MADE OF KUFIS AND YARMULKES. THE TEES WERE MADE WITH SODA-TABS, BELLY-RINGS AND COWRIE SHELLS. ON THE WEEKENDS I STARTED DOING PHOTO-SHOOTS WITH FRIENDS AND POSTED THE PICS ON MY PAGE. PEOPLE STARTED HITTING ME UP TO BUY MY DESIGNS ONLINE AND I DID POP-UP SHOPS AT PUBLIC PARKS AND NIGHT CLUBS. THEN ONE DAY SOMEONE FROM DKNY REACHED OUT TO ME!"

 

 

"THE STYLE DIRECTOR AT DKNY ASKED ME TO DESIGN SOME HATS FOR THEIR SS13 RUNWAY SHOW. I WAS SHOOK! HOW THE HELL DID AN ESTABLISHED CORPORATE STYLIST FROM AN ICONIC SPORTSWEAR BRAND EVEN FIND A YOUNG AMATEUR DESIGNER LIKE ME? ANYWAY, I COULD'NT SLEEP THAT WHOLE WEEK UNTIL I CAME UP WITH THE KARATE-BELT HAT. SEPTEMBER 2012 I'M SITTING FRONT ROW AT MY FIRST NYFW SHOW AND WATCHING MY DESIGNS ON THE RUNWAY. IT WAS ALL SO SURREAL , A TURNING POINT IN MY LIFE FOR SURE."

 

"AFTER THAT DAY I FELT DIFFERENT. MY CHANCE TO BE A DESIGNER WAS LOOKING REAL AND I STARTED FEELING MYSELF. I QUIT MY AMAZING JOB AND USED ALL MY SAVINGS TO PURSUE MY DREAMS. I REGISTERED MY LOGO AND STARTED A REAL WEBSITE. I KEPT SELLING HATS AND TEES TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. IT WAS THE BIRTH OF A LIL UNDERGROUND BRAND AND THANKS TO MY TUMBLR PAGE AND DKNY, WE HAD A LIL CULT FOLLOWING."

 

  

"IN 2013 I WON AN INTERNET CONTEST CALLED VFILES RUNWAY. HUNDREDS OF DESIGNERS AROUND THE WORLD ENTERED FOR A CHANCE TO PRESENT THEIR COLLECTION WITH AN OFFICIAL RUNWAY SHOW AT NYFW. I WANTED IT SO BAD, THIS WAS MY CHANCE TO SHOW MORE THAN JUST HATS AND T-SHIRTS. IN SEPT 2013 I PRESENTED A COLLECTION TITLED BABY BOY. IT WAS A MASH UP OF EASTERN WARDROBE REFERENCES MIXED WITH STREET-STYLE SAGGY PANTS AND DURAGS."

 

   

"MY COLLECTION CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF JAPANESE IT-GIRL KIKO MIZUHARA. SHE TAPPED ME TO HELP HER DESIGN A MINI-COLLECTION FOR OPENING CEREMONY. WE MADE SOME REALLY KAWAII STUFF TOGETHER, LIKE FAUX-FUR HEADBANDS AND PIZZA PRINT TRACK PANTS. I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT DESIGNING FOR GIRLS. THAT'S WHEN I DECIDED TO STOP DESIGNING WITH A SPECIFIC GENDER IN MIND. FROM THEN ON, EVERY COLLECTION BECAME AN EXPRESSION OF UNISEX STYLE. GENDERLESS/GENDERFUL FASHION.

   

"ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2014 I PRESENTED MY SS15 COLLECTION AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK, AND NOTHING WAS THE SAME.