OUR ORIGIN STORY
IT BEGAN AS A T-SHIRT & BECAME A MOVEMENT
Spiritual Gangster is a community of like-minded people—rebellious, free-spirited, and alive. Hungry for knowledge and thirsty for new experience, we give before we take and plant seeds of abundance wherever life’s journeys take us. With gratitude and creativity, the Spiritual Gangster is an agent of radical inspiration, positivity, and purpose.
WHAT'S IN A NAME? EVERYTHING.
In 1999, recovering lawyer turned yoga teacher, Ian Lopatin, opened a studio in Arizona where he played hip hop music in his classes and attracted a great line-up of students and teachers. Years later, after one of his signature classes, a student came up to him and said, “You know what, you’re like a gangster—a spiritual gangster.” His wife, Vanessa, looked at Ian and said, “Let’s put that on a shirt."
From that moment, a brand—and more than that, a movement—was born. That's why the OG Shop is core to who we are at SG—our North Star, our constant. These namesake styles are where it all started.
OG OVER THE YEARS
“Spiritual Gangster implies a meeting of opposites, just like yoga means union, and a meeting of dualism. That really resonates with me”
CANDACE
Beyond a brand, when you wear the OGs you represent an unwavering commitment to the practice of high vibration living. Spiritual Gangster is a joining of ancient wisdom with contemporary culture for a generation that craves meaning without religiosity—for the surfer, skater, urban creative, and power athlete alike.
“It’s not spiritual in the sense of religion, it’s spiritual in the sense of a connection to Earth, and to yourself, and to other people. But with a cool attitude, like a rebel side. It is about really enjoying being yourself with others”
DAWN
“Spiritual Gangster is just a mind, body, soul connection…It means be proud of who you are in your own identity, in your own skin. I feel proud to wear it”
JENAYA
A NEW ERA OF OG
NEW! OG SHOP FOR MEN
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