Supreme x IRAK Arc Tee
Supreme vs. Original
Supreme version
Original — IRAK
Arc Tee (Supreme-exclusive)
About the original
The Supreme x IRAK Arc Tee is a short-sleeve cotton jersey tee with an arched IRAK wordmark printed across the chest, released as part of Supreme's Fall/Winter 2022 IRAK capsule. IRAK is a New York City graffiti crew founded in 1997 by writers including Earsnot, Semen, and Sace, whose name reads as an acronym for "I Represent a Kind" (and, read another way, the reverse of "Kari," a tagging handle). The crew has collaborated with Supreme across multiple seasons since the early 2000s. The tee released September 29, 2022 at $44 in six colorways (heather grey, purple, brown, white, black, and yellow) with the graphic and box-logo back hit produced exclusively for this drop. There is no standalone IRAK retail version.
About IRAK
IRAK is a New York City graffiti crew founded in the late 1990s on Manhattan's Lower East Side by Kunle Martins, who tagged as Earsnot. The name is shorthand for "I rack," a reference to shoplifting culture that ran alongside the crew's prolific tagging across SoHo and downtown. IRAK's roster has included Dash Snow (Sace), Dan Colen, Ryan McGinley, Joey Semz, and Mike IRAK, several of whom became fixtures of the 2000s downtown art scene. The crew operates as both a graffiti collective and a small apparel label run out of New York. Supreme collaborated with IRAK on box logo hoodies, arc tees, trucker hats, and stickers across multiple seasons.
