Born x Raised cofounder Chris “Spanto” Printup has died.
The streetwear label issued a press release on Wednesday confirming Printup’s passing, stating the designer, 42, was involved in a automobile accident on Sunday in Albuquerque, Latest Mexico.
The statement read partially: “[Printup] leaves behind his wife Anna and three children, Marilyn, Carter and David, a sister, three brothers, his mother, stepmother and stepfather, his beloved grandparents, his family at Born x Raised, his prolonged native family, the town of Los Angeles that he loved and championed and an intensive network of true friends.”
Printup was best known for launching and operating his popular Los Angeles-based streetwear brand, Born x Raised, since 2013 with cofounder Alex “2Tone” Erdmann. The brand takes inspiration from the...
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