The brand itself
The story of That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup belongs in Los Angeles. What follows handles the basics in five answers. Brand pages and public records are what this rests on. Nothing in it is guessed. Anything unconfirmed is flagged as such. The same rule runs through all twenty-five entries.
What is the brand?
The short answer is a Los Angeles streetwear label. It stocks tees, hoodies, sweatpants, shorts, denim and workwear. Roughly 154 products made up the https://awfullottacoughsyrup.com/product-category/hoodie/ catalogue. Prices land in upper independent streetwear. Garments carry a yellow woven label. Much of the search traffic often arrives as awful lot of cough syrup.
Who is behind it?
Credit for founding it belongs to Desto Dubb, a rapper. Watts in Los Angeles is where he is from. His music career predates the clothing. The US trademark is registered to Joshua Kashif Taylor. The brand’s blog runs under that name too. Other names get repeated, but they stay unverified.
What year did the label begin?
The year to use is 2018. November 2018 is the first use listed on the trademark. A feature from 2023 described a five-year anniversary. The two records together point to the same year. One interview suggests a pandemic-era start instead. Weighed up, 2018 is the stronger case.
Where did it start out?
It got going on the street. Desto Dubb hails from Watts, Los Angeles. The brand’s about page recounts selling from a van. A downtown Los Angeles parking lot was where that happened. The company stays based in Los Angeles. The flagship address is on Melrose Avenue.
What is the registered legal name?
The entity is styled THATS A AWFUL LOT OF LLC. That styling drops the apostrophe and adds an ellipsis. Footer and product records show it. The trading name keeps its apostrophe. The brand’s own short form is ALOCS. One more is Cough Syrup by Desto Dubb.
The name and its spellings
This label rides on the name. That same name is also what people get wrong. What follows takes in spelling, meaning and origin in five questions. One has no clean answer. The brand’s spelling is used in headings. Body text only shows the search variants.
Why is it A and not An?
The brand writes A, not An. Grammar would put An before a vowel sound. The brand chose A and kept it. The trademark is registered that way too. thats a awful lot of cough syrup is therefore right. A searcher habit is all the tidied version is.
What is ALOCS short for?
ALOCS stands for A Lot Of Cough Syrup. It is the brand’s own initialism. The brand uses it in press releases. Product names use it as well. Searchers commonly type lowercase alocs. Whichever form, one label sits behind it.
What is the name a reference to?
The reference is promethazine-codeine cough syrup, known as lean. That is stated once and left there. The subject here is clothing. A banner reads PLEASE DO NOT SIP DRANK AND SHOOT FIREARMS. It is vernacular turned into a wordmark. Large across the chest is how it lands on the garments.
Can the origin story be verified?
A police officer’s line is the source the story credits. A viral clip carries it. Circulated material claims the clip was staged. No primary sourcing backs that claim. The safe wording stays narrow. Nothing on this page asserts a documented arrest.
How is it spelled in searches?
Common forms include awful lotta cough syrup. Another is that’s an awful lot of cough syrup. Some drop words: awful lot of cough syrup. Others search that a lot of cough syrup. Lowercase alocs turns up often. Not one of them counts as a brand variant.
What is actually on sale
This section covers what is for sale. A check of prices was made in September 2026. Prices move, so take the figures as snapshots. The fabric weights are taken from published product copy. Stock changes because the brand sells in drops. Availability shifts with every release.
What does it actually sell?
The heart of the range is tees, hoodies and sweatpants. Shorts, denim and puffer jackets ring those. A Dickies workwear line runs in parallel. For accessories there are belts, socks, boxers and bags. Women’s and kids pieces exist too. Cough syrup shirts carry jumbo prints front and back.
What is the price of the core pieces?
They are taken from the brand’s store, September 2026. A core tee ran about $150. Roughly $150 to $200 covered hoodies and sweatpants. Shorts ran about $60 to $150. Jackets and workwear ran about $200 to $350. Prices move, so look again before buying.
Which fabric weights are published?
The classic tee’s cloth is 6.5 oz organic cotton. The classic hoodie’s cloth is 16 oz organic cotton. Fleece at 14 oz goes into classic sweatpants. The make-up of that blend is 80 percent cotton, 20 percent recycled polyester. 14 oz denim is what the denim cargo shorts are cut from. Not every product lists a weight.
Where is it all made?
Product copy says Made in Los Angeles. Hand-dyeing and printing of the classic hoodie are done there. Tees are screen-printed in Los Angeles. A Black-owned business is what the copy also describes. The headquarters are there. Producing domestically explains much of the pricing.
Does the brand do denim shorts?
As slang, jorts means denim shorts. The brand never uses the word. A single style filled its denim collection. The style is the Double Cup Cargo Shorts. The make-up is mid-rise 14 oz garment-dyed denim. The waists go 28 to 44.
Fit and sizing
Little worries buyers more than fit. Per-product guidance is published. Consistent across the range it is not. There is no single chart to use. Each product page has to be read. What is published is what these answers set out.
What sizes does it run?
Apparel goes XS to 3XL. Small through XL cover nearly every style. XXL reaches most of the range. Roughly 48 products showed 3XL. Denim and workwear use waist sizes 28 to 44. Kids sizes run 2/3, 4/5, 6 and 8.
Is a size chart published?
The label publishes no global size chart. Sizing-chart pages exist but render empty. As a result there is nothing brand-wide to measure against. Some product pages list flat measurements. Apart from those, no numbers are available. Rely on the product page instead.
Is every piece true to size?
No, and that matters. Plenty of staples carry the description true to size. In that group sit the classic tee and hoodie. Going up a size is suggested on some for an oversized look. The note that they run small appears on two lightweight tees. Ordering one or two sizes bigger is the advice on those.
Are any measurements published?
On some of the products, yes. The flat width and length appear on two lightweight tees. Small measures 20 by 17.5 inches. On medium it is 21.5 by 19, large 23 by 20.5. The 29.5 inch waist is where the denim shorts start. Measurements are absent from most products.
How should the pieces be washed?
No washing instruction is published anywhere. Not one appears on product pages, the FAQ or sizing pages. That is unusual, and worth saying plainly. Care would ordinarily be warranted on hand-dyed pieces. The brand says nothing of the sort. The sewn-in tag on the garment is what to read.
Buying it and checking it
Fakes are a genuine problem here. He has posted about fakes in public. No web address appears in this article. The advice rests on garment signals instead. Price, product name, weight and label all help. Whatever stayed unconfirmed is listed in the last answer.
Where does the label sell its clothes?
Its own online store is what the brand runs. Beyond that, it trades from stores in Los Angeles and Houston. It has no department-store wholesale network behind it. Batch drops are the way stock arrives. Sellouts are routine across sizes. Buying direct is the simplest route.
What addresses do the stores have?
Out of brand accounts, three addresses are confirmed. Flagship duty belongs to 7669 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles. The second is 312 West 5th Street. Houston is 5410 Almeda Road. Opening hours as they stand could not be confirmed. Whether all three are trading today stays unconfirmed.
What are the shipping times?
On domestic orders, delivery is up to five business days. As much as fourteen covers international. Only large domestic orders receive free shipping. International orders are not covered. Refunds are accepted within a month of purchase. Covering return shipping is the customer’s job.
How can I check a piece?
The bulk of the work comes from four checks. The yellow woven label is the first thing to look for. The hem is where it sits. Second, compare the price against about $150. After that, match the product name against the live catalogue. Last of all, read the published fabric weight.
Which claims did not hold up?
A number of popular claims failed verification. No celebrity wearer could be confirmed. Who the YSL capsule partner is stayed unclear. No brand material backs the NFC-chip claim. No reliable resale prices could be read. In the hat collection, the count came back at zero products.
| Subject | Whatever the label does publish | What the label does not put out |
|---|---|---|
| The prices on the store | A listed price per product | Not a fixed rate card anywhere |
| Fabric | Weights on the key pieces | No weight given on every product |
| Sizes | Every product has fit guidance | No single size chart for everything |
| Advice on care | Nothing whatever | No washing instructions |
| Shops | The addresses from its own accounts | No hours, and no store locator |
| Delivery terms | Published delivery and refund windows | Not free international shipping |
| Where it is made | A published Made in Los Angeles | No factories identified |
