About

HeadHoods is an idea that spawned from the brain of Clinton Van Gemert back in 2005. Shortly after graduating from Penn State University, Clinton, who is originally from outside of Pittsburgh made the voyage to New York City in hopes of putting his hard earned skills to use. He did just that and had the privilege of working under Seymour Chwast at Pushpin Studios for a couple of years and then off to Mucca Design for a few years. It was while he worked at these jobs when he came up with the idea of HeadHoods and began experimenting after work in his pseudo silkscreen lab back in his tiny Brooklyn apartment.

After many cups of coffee and curse words, Clinton came up with a variety of faces that quickly grabbed the attention of the internet community. After a short while he realized that there was quite a bit of interest for his handmade hoods and had to choose between his full-time job or his HeadHoods. The decision was simple. Since then, Clinton has quit his job and has been working even harder at perfecting his HeadHoods. He now resides in a live work spot in the heart of Brooklyn New York making his HeadHoods and experimenting with music. He has big plans for the upcoming year and will be introducing other fine silkscreened goods amongst other things.