The show aims to offer a raw look at the label, a story filled with betrayal, attempted murder, sabotage, and backstabbing.
—a new three-part Hulu docuseries premiering today—Paris Hilton examines a Von Dutch trucker hat. She wore the accessory many times during the early 2000s, skyrocketing the label to worldwide popularity. As she holds it today, Hilton looks at it with a tinge of disgust. Asked if she’d ever wear it again, she scoffs, “Probably as a joke.”
The series, directed by Andrew Renzi, takes a deep-dive look into the meteoric rise and fall of the cult 2000s brand. It went from being a hot celebrity item to being called “Von Douche”—a self-explanatory moniker. But it turns out, its downfall had a lot more behind it than just the ebb and flow of trends. The show aims to offer a raw look into all of the drama that happened behind the scenes with the label, a story filled with betrayal, attempted murder, sabotage, and backstabbing.
Back in the ’90s, art collector Ed Boswell was selling Von Dutch patches at an L.A. trade show . There, Michael Cassel—a former drug dealer—and his prodigy Bobby Vaughn—a man charged with first-degree murder—meet Boswell, and all three of them decided to enter business together to create the Von Dutch brand. They wanted to design an apparel line of jeans and workwear, which would nod to Howard’s garage-themed work.
The line had a strong point of view, but it was making zero money at the start. By 2001, the brand was more than $600,000 in debt. But when Sorensen came on board as an investor, things began to turn around. He hired French designer Christian Audigier to design the womenswear, and that’s when Von Dutch’s popularity started to climb. Audigier began experimenting with the low-rise, flared jeans that were trending at the time, and those started to sell.
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