Obey Clothing
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Obey Clothing is a streetwear brand known for its bold graphic designs and politically charged aesthetic, created by artist Shepard Fairey.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Obey Clothing canonical | 3 |
| OBEY Clothing | 1 |
| OBEY brand | 1 |
| OBEY clothing brand | 1 |
| Obey clothing brand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2620443 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Obey Clothing Context triple: [Shepard Fairey, founded, Obey Clothing]
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A.
Rocawear
Rocawear is a hip-hop-inspired urban clothing brand known for its streetwear fashion and cultural influence, originally launched as part of Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella business empire.
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B.
Vlone
Vlone is a track by Chicago rapper Valee known for its minimalist production and laid-back, off-kilter flow.
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C.
Sasson Jeans
Sasson Jeans was a popular American denim and sportswear brand that gained prominence in the late 1970s and 1980s for its fashion-forward jeans and memorable advertising campaigns.
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D.
Red Robbins
Red Robbins was a professional basketball player best known as a standout center in the American Basketball Association, including for his contributions to the Utah Stars.
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E.
Authentic Brands Group
Authentic Brands Group is a brand management company that acquires, develops, and licenses a portfolio of well-known consumer and lifestyle brands.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Obey Clothing Target entity description: Obey Clothing is a streetwear brand known for its bold graphic designs and politically charged aesthetic, created by artist Shepard Fairey.
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A.
Rocawear
Rocawear is a hip-hop-inspired urban clothing brand known for its streetwear fashion and cultural influence, originally launched as part of Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella business empire.
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B.
Vlone
Vlone is a track by Chicago rapper Valee known for its minimalist production and laid-back, off-kilter flow.
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C.
Sasson Jeans
Sasson Jeans was a popular American denim and sportswear brand that gained prominence in the late 1970s and 1980s for its fashion-forward jeans and memorable advertising campaigns.
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D.
Red Robbins
Red Robbins was a professional basketball player best known as a standout center in the American Basketball Association, including for his contributions to the Utah Stars.
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E.
Authentic Brands Group
Authentic Brands Group is a brand management company that acquires, develops, and licenses a portfolio of well-known consumer and lifestyle brands.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artist
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clothing company ⓘ fashion label ⓘ street artist ⓘ streetwear brand ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Obey Giant
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hip hop culture ⓘ punk culture ⓘ skate culture ⓘ |
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| brandNameDerivedFrom | Obey Giant ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
artists
ⓘ
musicians ⓘ other brands ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedBy | Shepard Fairey ⓘ |
| genre | streetwear ⓘ |
| hasBrandIdentity |
counterculture
ⓘ
political awareness ⓘ rebellion ⓘ |
| hasDesignStyle |
bold graphic designs
ⓘ
politically charged aesthetic ⓘ |
| hasDistributionChannel |
boutiques
ⓘ
online store ⓘ retail stores ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson | Shepard Fairey ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anti-authoritarian messages
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political commentary ⓘ social commentary ⓘ |
| industry |
apparel industry
ⓘ
fashion industry ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Shepard Fairey’s Obey Giant art campaign
ⓘ
linked to:
Shepard Fairey
|
| knownFor | Obey Clothing ⓘ |
| logoFeature | the word "OBEY" in bold type ⓘ |
| marketedAs | lifestyle brand ⓘ |
| productType |
T-shirts
ⓘ
accessories ⓘ hats ⓘ hoodies ⓘ jackets ⓘ |
| style | streetwear ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
streetwear consumers
ⓘ
youth culture ⓘ |
| usesColorPalette | red, black, and white ⓘ |
| usesMotif |
bold typography
ⓘ
political iconography ⓘ propaganda-inspired graphics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Obey Clothing Description of subject: Obey Clothing is a streetwear brand known for its bold graphic designs and politically charged aesthetic, created by artist Shepard Fairey.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Obey Clothing
linked to: Obey Clothing
linked to: Obey Clothing
subject linked to:
Obey Clothing