Mike Lopez

Bio

GUAPSKE is a brand that is rooted in the streets but sometimes the concrete and bricks just ain't enough. We are a brand with a global conscience and we got a creative means to obtain respect. It doesn't take much to get people talkin' nowadays and GUAPSKEand although every single respected figure gets enviously criticized, we've also been welcomed with open arms as a breath of fresh air to the street-wear community. Not everybody wants to look like a dirty, bearded hipster. We believe that the T-shirt, the button-up, the crewneck--any cut or form of clothing, is a powerful canvas for reflecting our innovation and inspirations. We take pride in what we do because we built everything from the ground up. It's only gonna get better from this point on--can't stop theguap.


If you think GUAPSKE is all about "guap over skes" then you already got it twisted. There are a lot of brands out there that want to represent the street culture as fake ass, tatted up, women-degrading, wannabe drug-lords as a marketing tactic to get rich, brainwashed teenagers to buy their shit. GUAPSKE, undoubtedly holds more depth than those cookie cutter brands so if you're into all that mainstream shit then you couldn't even relate. Truthfully, the founder and creative architect behind GUAPSKE, Mike Lopez grew up with a family full of females, so needless to say he got love for women, but skes on the other hand...well they don't deserve respect anyways.


After the passing of his mother at a young age he was handed over to the state and led an alternative childhood as a defiant but extraordinarily creative young man. It was during Mike's high school years when he found his passion in creative design. As he was going through an educational relapse, it became a positive release for his aggression and cluttered imagination. He liked the creative design program so much that he stole that shit and eventually mastered it to the point where he is now a freelancing creative designer who successfully turned his former frustrations into ingenuity.


Art and the most fervent inspiration comes from pain and throughout Mike's life, the repression by society's ideals has given him the hunger to express his creativity through more than just creative design, which birthed the brand GUAPSKE. It's about THE CHANCE. Some people go their whole lives waiting for one, well there's always the ones who wait or the ones who say "f**k it" and go for it. GUAPSKE was Mike's, his partner Jose Garcia, and also their associate's who courageously dive into a world of detrimental risks paired with fortunate possibilities. It's never been about profit or money, it's about showing people that our struggles are something to believe in and should motivate us to move forward. Can't stop the GUAP.