The brand at a glance
Los Angeles is where That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup started out. What follows covers the basics in five answers. Brand pages and public records are what this rests on. Guesswork is kept out of it. Unconfirmed claims are flagged as unconfirmed. All twenty-five entries follow that rule.
What is the brand?
This is a streetwear label from Los Angeles. The catalogue covers tees, hoodies, sweatpants, shorts, denim and workwear. Roughly 154 products made up the catalogue. Prices fall in upper independent streetwear. Garments carry a yellow woven label. A great many shoppers look for awful lot of cough syrup.
Who founded it?
The rapper Desto Dubb is the founder, a rapper. He is from Watts in Los Angeles. The music www.awfullottacoughsyrup.com/product-category/shorts predates the clothing. Registration of the US trademark sits with Joshua Kashif Taylor. The brand’s blog is bylined with that name too. Other founder names do the rounds, but they stay unverified.
What year did it start?
Go with 2018 as the year. The trademark lists first use in November 2018. A five-year anniversary turned up in a 2023 feature. Those two records agree. A single interview points to a pandemic-era start instead. The 2018 evidence is stronger.
Where did the label start out?
It began on the street. Watts, Los Angeles, is where Desto Dubb comes from. Selling from a van turns up on the brand’s about page. The setting was a downtown Los Angeles parking lot. The company remains based in Los Angeles. Melrose Avenue is home to the flagship.
What is the company’s legal name?
The entity is styled THATS A AWFUL LOT OF LLC. It drops the apostrophe and adds an ellipsis. It appears in the footer and product records. The apostrophe is kept in the trading name. The brand’s own short form is ALOCS. Cough Syrup by Desto Dubb serves as another.
The name and how it is written
The name carries this label. That same name is also what people get wrong. Five questions cover spelling, meaning and origin. A clean answer is not available for one of them. Headings keep the brand’s spelling. Body text only carries the search variants.
Why is it A and not An?
A, not An, is the form the brand uses. Before a vowel sound, grammar would ask for An. A was picked and kept. The trademark is registered that way too. thats a awful lot of cough syrup is the right form. A habit among searchers is all the tidied version is.
What does the initialism ALOCS mean?
ALOCS stands for A Lot Of Cough Syrup. That initialism is the brand’s own. The brand uses it in press releases. Product names use it too. Searchers commonly type lowercase alocs. All forms point at one label.
What is the name referring to?
That phrase points at promethazine-codeine cough syrup, known as lean. It is stated once and left there. Clothing is what this article covers. The brand runs a banner reading PLEASE DO NOT SIP DRANK AND SHOOT FIREARMS. This is vernacular turned into a wordmark. Its garments print it large.
Is the origin story real?
A line from a police officer is what the story credits. A viral clip carries it. The claim in circulated material is that the clip was staged. That claim comes with no primary source. So the safe wording stays narrow. No documented arrest is asserted here.
How is it spelled in searches?
One of the common forms is awful lotta cough syrup. A second one is that’s an awful lot of cough syrup. Words get dropped by some: awful lot of cough syrup. Others type that a lot of cough syrup. Frequent too is lowercase alocs. Not one of them counts as a brand variant.
The products
What is on sale is the ground this section covers. Prices were checked in September 2026. Pricing moves, so take the figures as snapshots. Fabric weights come from published product copy. The drop model is why stock changes. Release by release, availability shifts.
What does the brand sell?
At the core sit tees, hoodies and sweatpants. Shorts, denim and puffer jackets then ring those. A Dickies workwear line sits alongside. The belts, socks, boxers and bags cover the accessories. Women’s and kids pieces exist too. Cough syrup shirts come with jumbo prints front and back.
What is the price of the core pieces?
The figures come from the brand’s store, September 2026. The core tee sat at about $150. About $150 to $200 covered hoodies and sweatpants. Shorts ran about $60 to $150. Jackets and workwear ran about $200 to $350. Check before buying, because prices change.
Which weights are stated on the fabric?
The classic tee’s cloth is 6.5 oz organic cotton. The classic hoodie is 16 oz organic cotton. 14 oz fleece is used for classic sweatpants. 80 percent cotton, 20 percent recycled polyester is the blend. The denim cargo shorts use 14 oz denim. Many products list no weight.
Where are they made?
Product copy reads Made in Los Angeles. The classic hoodie gets its hand-dyeing and printing there. Los Angeles is where the tees are screen-printed. Product copy also describes a Black-owned business. The company is headquartered there. Domestic production explains much of the pricing.
Does it make jorts?
The denim shorts are what jorts means in slang. Never does the brand use the word. Its denim collection held one style. The style is the Double Cup Cargo Shorts. The build is mid-rise 14 oz garment-dyed denim. Waist sizes run 28 to 44.
Sizing and the fit
The commonest worry before buying is fit. Guidance per product is published. Uniform across the range it is not. One chart for everything is not available. Each product page needs reading. Published guidance is all these answers report.
What sizes are offered?
Apparel runs XS to 3XL. Nearly every style carries Small through XL. XXL runs across most of the range. The 3XL option sat on around 48 products. Denim and workwear use waist sizes 28 to 44. Kids sizing runs 2/3, 4/5, 6 and 8.
Is there a proper size chart?
One brand-wide size chart is not published. You can find sizing-chart pages, but they render empty. So there is nothing brand-wide to measure against. Some product pages carry flat measurements. The only figures available are those. The product page is what to rely on instead.
Does it all fit true to size?
No, and it is worth knowing. Plenty of staples carry the description true to size. That includes the classic tee and hoodie. For a looser look, some suggest sizing up. The note that they run small sits on two lightweight tees. Those advise ordering one or two sizes bigger.
Are any measurements published?
On some of the products, yes. Two lightweight tees list flat width and length. The small measures 20 by 17.5 inches. For medium it is 21.5 by 19, large 23 by 20.5. The denim shorts start at a 29.5 inch waist. Across most products there are no measurements.
How do you wash them?
Care instructions for washing are not published anywhere. The product pages, the FAQ and the sizing pages carry none. That is unusual and worth saying plainly. Hand-dyed pieces would ordinarily warrant care. The brand says nothing of the sort. The garment’s sewn-in tag is what to check.
Buying it, and knowing it is real
On this label, counterfeits are a real problem. 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 together help. Set out in the last answer is what stayed unconfirmed.
Where does it sell?
The brand runs its own online store. On top of that, it trades from stores in Los Angeles and Houston. No department-store wholesale network sits behind it. New stock lands in batch drops. Routine across sizes are the sellouts. Buying direct is the simplest route.
What addresses do the stores have?
Three confirmed addresses are drawn from brand accounts. The flagship is 7669 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles. A second is 312 West 5th Street. Houston is 5410 Almeda Road. Nothing could be found for current opening hours. It is unconfirmed whether all three trade today.
How quickly does it ship?
Domestic delivery is up to five business days. On international orders it is up to fourteen. Free shipping covers large domestic orders only. It is not extended to international orders. Refunds are accepted within a month of purchase. The return shipping sits with the customer.
How do I check a piece?
Four checks do most of the work. To start, look for the yellow woven label. On tees it is at the hem. Second, weigh the price against about $150. Then, the product name should match the live catalogue. Fourth, the published fabric weight wants checking.
Which claims could not be confirmed?
Several popular claims failed verification. No celebrity wearer could be confirmed. The identity of the YSL capsule partner stayed unclear. No brand material backs the NFC-chip claim. Resale prices of any reliability could not be read. The hat collection returned zero products.
| The area covered | The published side | The missing side, what is not published |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | One list price on each product | No fixed rate card anywhere |
| Cloth weight | Weights on key pieces | No weight on every product |
| The sizing | Guidance on fit product by product | No global size chart |
| Care | Not a thing | No washing instructions |
| The physical stores | The addresses through its own accounts | No hours, and no store locator |
| Delivery and returns | Delivery and refund windows | No free international shipping |
| Where the goods are made | A published Made in Los Angeles | No factories listed |