Interview with MRBLD

We talked with the man behind MRBLD, one of the most appreciated and followed accounts for Supreme previews and leaked news, about the current situation of Supreme, its new audience, and what he thinks of the Supreme x Louis Vuitton collection.  

#1 Let’s talk a bit about you: who are you and what do you do? How has your business started?

I'm MRBLD (marbled). I'd call myself a blogger who talks & posts about Supreme. I've started with sharing information on Instagram in 2014, not many people did that back then. Most accounts had like 500-1000 followers but there was "the big guy" in the “business", Supreme Sheriff, that had like 8.000 followers.

#2 Have you experienced competition at the beginning? How is the environment of the leaked news now?

In the beginning, not really, not many people did this back then. Now there definitely is competition but I don't worry about that. I'm cool with everyone.

#3 During the time you’ve become an institution on what regards unreleased supreme updates: how does this work? How do you get your information?

I have several contacts that know people that are part of Supreme. I have also gotten information from a COMME des GARÇONS contact that gave me some leaks about this year's Supreme x COMME des GARÇONS collab. Which was a big thing because everyone was saying that I was making things up but at the end, it dropped.

#4 Is there a network connecting the various sites of leaked news?

My friend started the page supremecommunity.com where we have all the info about leaks and drops. There are a lot of news and exciting stuff coming very soon.

#5 As an insider, what do you think of Supreme now? Do you think there has been a change in its core style and target?

I don't really like to wear Supreme anymore because it doesn't have a very good name nowadays, but that's because of the customers. Supreme didn't change much. The stock increased but you can't feel it because there are so many new customers that buy anything instantly. Also, most of the new customers don't care about what the brand represents, they just buy it because it's hyped.

#6 What do you think about the Supreme x Louis Vuitton capsule collection?

I personally don't like it at all, it represents Supreme very badly.
It represents these new customers that I mentioned above.

#7 How did the secondary market grow during the time? 

It's crazy these days. Anything resells, literally anything. Box Logo Hoodies went for circa $180 when I was collecting them. The most expensive one was going for circa $500, the teal on red one which Tyler, The Creator wore... now this one goes for like 2k.

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