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With the help of Mike Ternosky and Erin Wignall, Obey Clothing continues to spread Shepard Fairey's message through Men's and Women's fashion and one-of-a-kind accessories including these great cushions, which we have just taken stock of at Fat Buddha Store . Every Obey Clothing designed piece is cleverly thought out, attracting people of all genres and ages, reminding them of the days when "style" was a one syllable word. Men's and Women's Obey T's, sweats, knits, Obey denim, belts, wallets and military inspired jackets and caps are all examples of what the brand are known for. You can check out the other design below. We also stock in store and online a massive range of Obey clothing and accessories, which you can check out here . It,s good to see that Season after season, Obey Clothing has progressed into a brand that holds a huge amount of content and depth.

Yesterday we updated all our Obey sizes and put a few sold out gems back online ! You must be quick though - as a few lines have gone since then. Heres some of my favourites below: Pirate T-Shirt Beanie Skull Your Eyes Here And the ever popular Icon T-shirt Fraser

As a special Easter treat, customers from the London area will be able to get up to 50% off at the Obey sample sale in Brick Lane They will be fully stocked up with lots of new Mens and Womens Obey pieces and everything will be half price or less. Lovely Fraser

Not content with just sorting you guys out with headwear and t-shirts , Shephard Fairey of Obey fame has gone and done some lovely homewares in the form of these two lovely 20" by 20" 'psychadelic-style' cushions The Lotus Pillow in Navy £39.95 The Psych Pillow in Red £39.95 Fraser

Sold exclusively online . Don't forget theres still sizes of all your favourite Obey tees and hats ! While stocks last we will even stick in a jumbo Andre The Giant sticker too! Fraser

We're very excited here at Fat Buddha with the recent arrival of one of the hottest streetwear brands available...Obey Clothing! The tees, which will be available online only, feature classic Obey logos/icons and others with his more recent intricate design work...prepare to be suitably impressed! For those who have been asleep for the past decade or so and are not aware of the Obey brand or Shephard Fairey (the brains behind it) here's a quick run down of what it's all about... Shephard Fairey is an artist, designer, deejay, activist and skateboarder. While studying at Rhode Island School of Design in 1989, Shephard was explaining to a friend how to produce a stencil, and to show how easy it was, he opened a newspaper and happened across an image of the wrestler Andre the Giant - Shephard thought it was cool, his friend thought it was stupid, he proceeded to turn it into a small vinyl sticker, which he reproduced many times over. As a skateboarder, him and his friend...

For all those who have never heard of him, Blek le Rat is the godfather of stencil graffiti. He has been painting stencils on the street almost as long as guys like Banksy and Shephard Fairey have been alive! Even Banksy acknowledges the influence that Blek has had on his work, (in)famously quoted as saying  "every time I think I've painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well, only twenty years earlier." Here's a little vid of the man talking about the more famous version of himself... Here's some work from the early eighties right up to 2009. If you want to read more about this guy, get hold  of a copy of his book. We've got a copy in our shop on Bath Street, Glasgow. While your in the shop, you can pick up all the art materials you need to become the next Blek le Rat, Banksy , Shephard Fairey or why not put your come up with a style of your own and maybe somebody will be influenced by you twen...