Since their inception in 2011, Japanese streetwear outfit Cav Empt have established an international following of cult-status fans, eager to consume their cybernetic, print-heavy commentary on contemporary existence.
Making pseudo-satirical reference to the scourges of our hyper-digital, bureaucratic societies, the streetwear stalwarts release bold collections imbued with a sense of dissidence and subversion. Tapping masterfully into youth culture's overwhelming sense of nihilistic irony, Cav Empt's garments are the graphic ideology of a dontcaredotcom generation.
Perhaps best demonstrated with their logos not-so-subtle appropriation of the Conformité Européene (translation: European Conformity) marking - a ubiquitous symbol present across products traded within the Europen Union - Cav Empt use their platform to take aim at unnecessary social systems and the establishments that built them.
With the trio behind the brand coming from backgrounds at A Bathing Ape and Billionaire Boys Club, the creation of market-ready streetwear product is in their DNA.
Cav Empt AW17 is now available at END.
