86% matchMishka
Same era of punk/horror illustration-led tees
What changes: Brooklyn eyeball-mascot lineage rather than tattoo-flash art
Brand profile
Rebel8
Los Angeles-based streetwear label founded in San Francisco in 2003, known for hand-drawn tattoo, graffiti and skate graphics on tees and fleece.
San FranciscoOrigin
MenswearFocus
StreetwearStyle
$$Price
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What to know about Rebel8
Tattoo and graffiti art drives it
Co-founder Mike Giant's hand-drawn skulls, script lettering and tattoo flash set the visual language, and his artwork still appears on releases after he stepped back mid-2010s.
Graphics on basics, not tailoring
The range stays close to printed tees, hoodies, fleece, jackets, headwear and accessories, so the artwork rather than the cut is what you are buying.
Started with $500 in an apartment
Joshy D began printing shirts in a small San Francisco studio flat in 2003; the label now runs from Los Angeles and sells limited skate decks through its own site.
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Brand facts
REBEL8 is a Californian streetwear label started in 2003 by Joshy D, who began printing graphic t-shirts with $500 in a small San Francisco studio apartment, using original artwork by tattoo artist and graffiti writer Mike Giant. The brand later based itself in Los Angeles and now sells tees, hoodies, fleece, jackets, headwear and accessories covered in hand-drawn skulls, script lettering, tattoo flash and graffiti motifs. Giant stepped back from daily involvement in the mid-2010s, but his art still appears on releases including limited skateboard decks sold through rebel8.com.
- Founded
- 2003
- Origin
- San Francisco, United States
- Made in
- USA
- Price
- $$
- Focus
- Menswear
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Streetwear, Skatewear, Punk / Grunge / Goth