Ladies and gentlemen I present to you all:
Don James Batalla.
I first came across DJ by way of Coolness P, they attended the same school initially and P as a Bape head himself recognized DJ for his style. It's one thing if you just have a lot of Bathing Ape or BBC but its cool when you actually know how to wear your gear. When Teyana Taylor emerged out of Harlem with her Team Nerd movement in 06 DJ was a member; the entire crew was drenched in Bathing Ape, BBC and Ice Cream. Around that time Bathing Ape was something that you rarely saw on a SoHo Block and when you did you took notice to what exactly it was and who was wearing it. Seeing that was definitely a major thing because it made everyone pay more attention to DJ, the haters were doing their job and the fans were doing their part as well. Not long after DJ stepped back on the scene with a new vision, Ironic Extinction; which is a clothing line that DJ and his friends work on together. It has been around since 2006, originally including shirts and sweat shirts but recently they received a New Era fitted cap deal and it seems like the signature (Dinosaur riding a comet(hence the name)) is going to be everywhere by next summer. Aside from all of the accomplishments with the line lets not forget that this man is still fresh to death and has been that way for as long as I can remember. It's one thing if he was just wearing Bathing Ape but he mixed it with high fashion lines and at times he was wearing gear that I wasn't even hip to yet. He is definitely a pioneer in SoHo for a lot of reasons, it would be bias and selfish for me to proclaim SoHo B and not give DJ his props.
DJ seen above with his long time girlfriend Sweet Gem whom is also the graphic designer for the line.
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