A Supreme Elliott Smith Collection? What the Hell, Sure

The streetwear brand is launching a capsule collection inspired by the late songwriterElliott Smith, 2003 (Getty Images)When it was My Bloody Valentine, we stood by. When it was Daniel Johnston, we bit our tongues. But Elliott Smith—that’s a bridge too far. Streetwear brand Supreme has a long history of collaborations with musicians both living and dead, to various degrees of bad taste. Their latest is a capsule collection inspired by the late songwriter, who took his own life in 2003. At least Supreme got the permission of Smith’s estate.The Supreme x Elliott Smith collection officially launches November 12; for now, you can check out a photo gallery of the clothes, which include t-shirts and sweatshirts emblazoned with the covers for Figure 8, Either/Or, and Elliott Smith. “None of the designs are that good either,” says Chris Panicker, Pitchfork’s in-house designer.Read more about Either/Or, Smith’s 1997 opus, at No. 4 in Pitchfork’s brand-new list of The 100 Best Indie Rock Albums of All Time.Walden Green is a music writer and cultural critic who joined Pitchfork in 2024. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, his work has appeared in Dirt, The Fader, and Philadelphia. He lives in New York. ... Read More