In 1873, Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss invented the jeans. Made from denim or dungaree cloth and named after the Italian city of Genoa, the jeans pants, now a fashion icon, were originally created as practical workwear in the Wild West, in the time pioneers conquering the Final Frontier in the nascent United States of America.
Fast forward nearly a full century and a half later, and AKINGS, a luxury streetwear brand founded by celebrity fashion designer Alan King in 2017 is pioneering a new fashion frontier- the web3, metaverse and NFT spheres, having gained international recognition and acclaim for his design cuts and stacked jeans.
With just a few weeks left until the highly anticipated AKINGS NFT release on May 15th, the ultra-exclusive NFT project featuring art from the AKINGS’ much-vaunted collection as a luxury streetwear fashion brand, has created quite a noticeable buzz in the fashion world. AKINGS’ designs have been worn by a number of high profile celebs including Lil Baby, Steve Aoki, Tyga and Trippie Redd.
The fusion of the different generation z spheres – Fashion and NFTs can be considered a natural evolution for AKINGS and Alan King, himself a vocal crypto enthusiast. The upcoming launch of the AKINGS NFT community-centred project comes at a time when the NFT (non-fungible token) concept of digital ownership has established a major foothold in global public conscience.
By the end of 2021, almost $41 billion was spent on NFTs with around 28.6 million wallets trading NFTs last year. Having gained widespread publicity through art and video sales, the Fashion world has slowly been turning their attention to opportunities that the new metaverse world offer. in AKINGS’ case, digital wearables backed with real world garments and much, much more.
Fashion designer Alan King, explains further on their website & Twitter: “Each NFT backed item is also able to be worn on your digital avatar for the metaverse and has different in-game perks for various platforms we are integrating to. We consider ourselves a wear to earn fashion brand, where we cans reward holders long term for wearing the brand.”alankingny.
The community-focused brand that AKINGS is creating has already proved a hit, with a big social media and Discord following in a very short space of time. Some of it no doubt due to the cult-like following that New York based designer Alan King has gathered with his cutting edge designs and attention to detail resulting in well-tailored pieces laden with futuristic punk rock flair.
For innovative brands and independent fashion designers such as AKINGS, NFTs in a Web 3.0 metaverse enabe people to fully immerse themselves in the artistic culture espoused by the fashion industry whilst enjoying true ownership of the fashion items they purchase.
On top of that, and in line with the rockstar image of Alan King and his clientele, holders will be able to enjoy network access to a private network of Artists, Celebrity Stylists, Hedge fund / VCs, Investors, Creatives and other high-level and eclectic networks that AKINGS has established and building rapidly on.
To check out the roadmap and for other details on the AKINGS NFT launch – visit here: https://www.akingsnft.com/
