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The Blu Leaf Clothing Brand was established in 2003 when a young street artist teamed up with a handful of friends to create a line of clothing and accessories that spoke to the younger driven streetwear market which had grown tired of watered down commerical designs.

History
The street wear clothing line was officially announced in 2003 after testing the designs in the market through the later half of 2002. As per direction of its founder, Blu Leaf was launched with the noteable mission to reinvest 8% of all their profits back into inner city programs. The company also went as far as to make it mandatory that all employees donate at least their time in helping educate children in after school programs and also to helping feed the homeless. These practices are still in place today and the brand has stated that it has plans of starting up its own foundation to help give children from lower income areas the motivation and courage to pursue their instrest in the arts and entertainment industry.

In 2005, the brand expanded their international foothold into Japan, Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia.

By 2006 the streetwear market had embraced the bold and heavily street influenced designs which gained the brand a large cult like following amongst a wide age range of fashion forward consumers. The company helped gain a more noticeable mainstream prescence by working with various rappers over the years and their items have been seen in the hands and on the backs of the likes of Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Glasses Malone, Dave Chappelle and many other celebrities.

Late 2011 saw the relaunch of the seasonal limited edition releases from the brand with an ever evolving array of bold and daring designs.