ANTHONY JAMES IS A PASSIONATE DESIGNER, RESIDING IN THE HEART OF NEW YORK CITY. IN LATE 2016, HE STARTED DESIGNING CLOTHES BY TAKING OLD THRIFT JACKETS AND PANTS, IN HOPES TO STUDY HOW CLOTHING WAS TRADITIONALLY CONSTRUCTED. WHICH LED HIM TO CREATING PATTERN SLOPERS TO REPLICATE FOR CUSTOM WORK HE WOULD MAKE FOR HIMSELF. EVENTUALLY LEADING TO THE CREATION OF HIS FIRST ATTEMPT OF A BRAND, ABSTRACTDyouth, IN 2019. WHICH WAS LATER CHANGED TO SELF TITLED ANTHONY JAMES™, IN 2023.
SINCE REBRANDING, HE HAS COMMITTED HIMSELF TO FOCUSING ON THEMATIC CLOTHING AND THE DETAILS OF EVERY PIECE HE MAKES. SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPING CONCEPTS FOR CLOTHING, JEWELRY AND ACCESSORIES, AND EVENTUALLY FOOTWEAR. HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN SOCIETAL “MEN’S AND WOMENS” CLOTHING, AND LABELING THINGS AS “UNISEX” HAS BECOME CLICHE TO HIM. CLOTHING CREATED BY ANTHONY JAMES IS MEANT FOR WHOM EVER HAS THE DESIRE TO WEAR IT. HE BELIEVES IT'S THE MINDSET OF THE PERSON THAT FILLS THE CLOTHING, THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
MOST OF THE FABRICS, AND OTHER MATERIALS USED THAT CONTINUE THE WORLD BUILDING OF THE BRAND ARE ALL LOCALLY SOURCED IN NEW YORK CITY.