Gear up earlier than you smoke up. Los Angeles and Pittsburgh-based Khalifa Kush, the hashish and way of life model we all know and love, based by the one and solely Wiz Khalifa, introduced a collaboration with Camp High, purveyors of domestically made “small batch” clothes merchandise. The hashish and trend model with a smoky twist launched final Friday.
Wiz Khalifa began donning Camp Excessive clothes throughout exercises in Los Angeles and through his near-constant international excursions, explaining the reference to the model to Excessive Occasions when the model collaboration dropped.
Hashish and a wholesome way of life go collectively like bread and butter: Final month, Wiz Khalifa informed Men’s Health that when he works out, he weight-trains for an hour, does combined martial arts for an hour, stretches, after which downs a protein shake and smokes a “fat-ass joint.” He additionally informed GQ final February that the consequences of hashish appear to assist him breathe higher throughout a exercise. The model options designs that align with a excessive however bold stoner mentality. He shares the model’s concentrate on creativity, self-expression, and a love for pushing boundaries.
The collaboration debuted on the LA Vogue Week (LAFW) that happened final week. LAFW showcased 12 runway reveals and displays together with showings by feminine designers Sami Miro, Tara Subkoff, and Claude Kameni. Excessive Occasions alumni together with Jon Cappetta and Jimi Devine attended Khalifa Kush x Camp Excessive’s rooftop launch occasion dinner in Los Angeles, on the desk with Wiz on Oct. 19. Wiz was noticed toking out of a Hemper Co. Lantern Bowlman XL bong, and blowing out milky clouds, which was captured and posted on Instagram.
Camp Excessive’s small batch merchandise are made domestically in California. Camp Excessive Founder Greg Dacyshyn stated that he’s labored with Wiz to design smoker-friendly appears to be like together with a “smoke Camo” artisanal method that they’ve been just lately engaged on.
“I’ve been carrying Camp Excessive for the previous few years and love their high quality and designs,” Wiz Khalifa tells Excessive Occasions. “Greg is the person and our groups have the same vibe on our method to working. It was a pure match.”
Up to now, the model affords hoodies, sweatshorts, T-shirts, hats, and full suits that includes smoker-friendly designs. Exercise clothes aligns with the runner’s excessive, a pure impact maybe similar to hashish due to endocannabinoids, which is the results of about 20 minutes or extra of brisk train. The smokey sweats designs match the aesthetic.
That’s a part of the rationale Wiz selected Camp Excessive to work with Khalifa Kush. Wiz Khalifa’s hashish line Khalifa Kush options strains like his Kush reduce, the unique KK, uplifting Khalifa Mints (KK x The Menthol), and the enjoyable Violet Sky (GastroPop x Khalifa Mints). One of many new T-shirts incorporates a Khalifa Kush Violet Sky pressure design.
However what’s Wiz Khalifa’s go-to pressure when he needs to smoke?
“Khalifa Kush all day, every single day,” Wiz Khalifa says. “We’ve been engaged on increasing the menu to hit extra folks’s style and impact profiles, so I’m at all times attempting one thing new.”
Wiz began working with Tryke to supply the flower and merchandise in 2016, up till adjustments have been made final yr. “Tryke was acquired by Curaleaf in 2022,” Khalifa says.
So the place can you discover Khalifa Kush hashish proper now? “Arizona, California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, with just a few extra dropping subsequent yr, and a few international growth we’ll be asserting quickly,” Khalifa says.
Camp Excessive management stands by their determination to work with Khalifa Kush. “Wiz has been such an incredible supporter of Camp Excessive since day one..we consider him as one in every of our ‘OC’s’ Unique Counselors,” Dacyshyn stated within the announcement. “To work on this on this primary challenge with the KK group has been such a chill but euphoric expertise. Precisely like the sensation you get from the Kush itself.”
Final yr, Camp Excessive posted a video on Instagram of Wiz Khalifa repping the model. A part of that course of is knowing what people who smoke really wish to put on.
“I’ve been carrying Camp Excessive for years and I’m excited we have been in a position to carry the manufacturers collectively to make one thing tremendous cool like these smokey sweats,” Wiz Khalifa stated within the announcement.
Most of us know Khalifa’s climb to fame, which didn’t come instantly. Since then he’s topped the Billboard 100 a number of instances, been nominated for a Grammy Award 10 instances, and offered thousands and thousands of albums.
Khalifa Kush is a hashish, clothes, and equipment model based by Wiz Khalifa. Khalifa Kush merchandise have been first offered commercially within the U.S. in 2015. The Khalifa Kush model affords flower, pre-rolls, vapes, edibles, and concentrates—now out there in choose markets together with Arizona, California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.
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