Diamond Clothing

Diamond clothing is generally high-priced but quality skate-inspired clothing. The Diamond Supply Co. store deals primarily with skater’s needs such as hats, shirts, fleeces, jackets, socks, and specialized skate accessories. The shoes and styles of clothing that they offer reflect the clothing that most skaters like to wear, which can involve tight or straight-leg pants, loose-fitting T-shirts, warm and comfortable fleeces and hoodies, as well as jackets for keeping out some of the elements. There are also the popular beanie style hats, griptape for the skateboards, and footwear. Skater footwear is always flat-bottomed for a safer grip onto the skateboard and is generally some sort of sneaker.

What makes Diamond Supply clothing different from many other skate brands is their individual take on some of the popular skater items. Most skater clothing is a little loose-fitting on top but relatively close-fitting on the bottom. This is mostly for safety reasons. Skaters must have the freedom to move their upper body as needed for balance and must not have anything in their lower body that could cause them to trip or get caught. Quality skate clothing is also made with durable materials and construction. This is because if the skaters do fall, which most of them will do occasionally even as professionals, their clothing needs to be tough enough to withstand at least a few falls on hard ground. Skating happens on pavement and sidewalks and skate clothing that is strong enough to resist a tear or rip from a fall on pavement is more cost effective as well as safer for the user. If the clothing does not rip, the skater’s skin will not be exposed to the rough pavement and run the risk of injury. Diamond brand clothing, however, does not simply aim to recreate the same skater style as most other skate shops will offer. One of the most distinctive features of Diamond clothing is that it has almost a preppy style to it, where some of the jackets and hats are collegiate-style. This style trickles into their other clothing items. Having a different look for their items makes them recognizable and helps develop not just a sense of skater style but a sense of Diamond style for the wearers.

Diamond clothes have also teamed up with The Hundreds clothing shop to create some mixed styles. These clothing items take logos from both Diamond and The Hundreds and pit them against each other on the same clothing items. This creates new styles and looks for both brands and creates a friendly rivalry between the two. Both companies mutually benefit as buyers will be interested in purchasing both the crossover items as well as items from the individual stores. Because they are working together, they can publicize each other for free and this will only help them both. The Hundreds specializes in skate wear as well so their target groups will be the same.

Buying Diamond clothes and accessories from their retail locations and their online store can be expensive. Diamond t shirts and hats begin at $30.00, fleeces at $60.00, and jackets are all over $100.00. For most skaters who skate recreationally and are often younger people, these prices can be difficult or impossible to afford. However, there are some places where Diamond brand clothing can be found for slightly cheaper prices. The first location is eBay which is a great way to find used clothing online. Other used clothing options would include thrift stores and other used clothing retail locations, but they would be less likely to have a good selection than there will be online. Other online locations such as Amazon.com will have some used items available as well.

For new Diamond clothes at discount prices there are also clothing warehouses and similar stores. Most of these are accessible easily online. These stores will offer new items at slightly discounted rates. Sometimes the items for sale on these websites will be slightly out of date as one of the ways that the clothing can be sold for cheaper is because it is no longer the latest style. However these websites also receive items because of overstock and other reasons, so there will often be a good mix of the latest styles and slightly older styles. Diamond will also offer sales on their own items. Seasonal items will often be discounted during the off-season and items, for example. When an item is overstocked by Diamond or if it is going out of style that item will often be sold at a highly discounted price. It is important to make sure to check the Diamond online store for special online deals as well. There is a section of the Diamond clothing website titled “Online Exclusives” and this offers special deals that are not found in the retail stores. Also, each retail store will have different sale items based on their individual sales and the needs of their public. For those living near a Diamond clothing retail location, visiting that location first for special deals is a wise step. Checking the website for sales as well is also a great way to find cheaper Diamond clothing.