The brand itself
That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup started out in Los Angeles. What follows sets out the basics in five answers. Sources are brand pages and public records. Nothing here is guessed. Any claim that could not be confirmed is flagged as unconfirmed. The same rule governs all twenty-five entries.
What is this brand?
The short answer is a Los Angeles streetwear urban shorts label. The catalogue runs to tees, hoodies, sweatpants, shorts, denim and workwear. Roughly 154 products filled the catalogue. Upper independent streetwear is where the prices sit. Look for a yellow woven label on the garments. Shoppers often search awful lot of cough syrup.
Who is behind it?
Desto Dubb founded it, a rapper. He is from Watts in Los Angeles. The music came first. Registration of the US trademark sits with Joshua Kashif Taylor. The brand’s blog carries that name too. Other names circulate, but they stay unverified.
What year did the label begin?
The safe year is 2018. The trademark lists first use in November 2018. A 2023 feature described a five-year anniversary. Those two records agree. One interview suggests a pandemic-era start instead. The 2018 evidence is stronger.
Where did it start out?
The start was on the street. Desto Dubb is out of Watts, Los Angeles. The brand’s about page describes selling from a van. A downtown Los Angeles parking lot is where that happened. Los Angeles remains the company’s base. Its flagship address is on Melrose Avenue.
What is the legal name?
The registered entity goes by THATS A AWFUL LOT OF LLC. The apostrophe goes and an ellipsis is added. You will find it in the footer and product records. By contrast, the trading name keeps its apostrophe. The brand’s own shorthand is ALOCS. A further form is Cough Syrup by Desto Dubb.
The name and how it is written
The name carries this label. The same name is also what people get wrong. Five questions cover spelling, meaning and origin. One has no clean answer. In headings, the brand’s spelling is the one used. Body text only shows the search variants.
Why A rather than An?
A, not An, is the brand’s own wording. Before a vowel sound, grammar would want An. The brand chose A and kept it. The trademark carries it that way. thats a awful lot of cough syrup is therefore right. A searcher habit is all the tidied version is.
What does ALOCS mean?
Written out, ALOCS is A Lot Of Cough Syrup. It is the brand’s own initialism. It turns up in the brand’s press releases. Product names use it too. A common search form is lowercase alocs. Whatever the form, one label is behind it.
What is the name referring to?
The reference is promethazine-codeine cough syrup, known as lean. Stating it once is as far as this goes. The clothing is what this article covers. The brand’s banner reads PLEASE DO NOT SIP DRANK AND SHOOT FIREARMS. Street vernacular made into a wordmark is what it is. Its garments print it large.
Is the origin story real?
The story credits a police officer’s line. It travels on a viral clip. Circulated material claims the clip was staged. That claim comes with no primary source. The safe wording therefore stays narrow. No documented arrest is asserted here.
How do people spell the name?
One that comes up often is awful lotta cough syrup. that’s an awful lot of cough syrup is another. Words get dropped by some: awful lot of cough syrup. that a lot of cough syrup is what others type. Lowercase alocs is frequent. Not one of them counts as a brand variant.
The range on sale
Whatever is on sale is the subject of the section below. Pricing were checked in September 2026. Pricing moves, so treat figures as snapshots. The fabric weights are taken from published product copy. Because the brand sells in drops, stock changes. Availability shifts with every release.
What does it sell?
The heart of the range is tees, hoodies and sweatpants. Around that core come shorts, denim and puffer jackets. A Dickies workwear line runs in parallel. Accessories include belts, socks, boxers and bags. Women’s and kids pieces are there as well. Cough syrup shirts carry jumbo prints front and back.
What do the core pieces cost?
These figures come from the brand’s store, September 2026. About $150 was what a core tee ran. About $150 to $200 covered hoodies and sweatpants. Shorts occupied about $60 to $150. Jackets and workwear ran about $200 to $350. Pricing changes, so look again before buying.
What fabric weights are listed?
For the classic tee it is 6.5 oz organic cotton. Organic cotton at 16 oz is the classic hoodie. Classic sweatpants use 14 oz fleece. 80 percent cotton, 20 percent recycled polyester is how that blend reads. Denim at 14 oz goes into the denim cargo shorts. Not every product lists a weight.
Where are they made?
The copy carries the words Made in Los Angeles. Hand-dyeing and printing of the classic hoodie are done there. Los Angeles is where the tees are screen-printed. The copy also describes a Black-owned business. Headquarters are there. Domestic production explains much of the pricing.
Does the brand make jorts?
In slang, jorts means denim shorts. The brand never uses the word. Its denim collection held one style. That is the Double Cup Cargo Shorts. It is mid-rise 14 oz garment-dyed denim. 28 to 44 is the span of waist sizes.
How it sizes and how it fits
Before buying, fit is the most common worry. The brand publishes guidance per product. Over the range it is not uniform. There is no single chart to use. Each product page needs reading. These answers state what is published.
What is the size range?
XS to 3XL is the span on apparel. Nearly every style carries Small through XL. The greater part of the range carries XXL. Around 48 products showed 3XL. Denim and workwear use waist sizes 28 to 44. Kids sizes run 2/3, 4/5, 6 and 8.
Is there a size chart?
No global size chart is published. The sizing-chart pages do exist, but they render empty. So nothing brand-wide can be measured against. Flat measurements sit on some product pages. Those are the only numbers available. The product page is the thing to go by instead.
Does everything fit true to size?
No, and that is worth knowing. A good many staples are called true to size. That includes the classic tee and hoodie. Going up a size gets suggested on some for an oversized look. The note that they run small sits on two lightweight tees. The advice on those is to order one or two sizes bigger.
Are flat measurements given?
Yes, on some products. Two lightweight tees list flat width and length. Small is 20 by 17.5 inches. Medium is 21.5 by 19, large 23 by 20.5. The starting point on the denim shorts is a 29.5 inch waist. Nothing in the way of measurements sits on most products.
How do you wash them?
Washing instructions appear nowhere. Product pages, the FAQ and sizing pages carry none. Unusual, and worth saying plainly. Normally, hand-dyed pieces would warrant care. The brand does not say so. The garment’s sewn-in tag is what to check.
Buying it, and knowing it is real
Fakes are a real problem here. The founder has posted publicly about fakes. No web address appears in this article. Instead, the advice rests on garment signals. All of price, product name, weight and label help. What stayed unconfirmed is listed in the last answer.
Where does it sell?
Its own online store is what the brand runs. It also trades from stores in Los Angeles and Houston. It has no department-store wholesale network behind it. Drops in batches are how stock arrives. Across sizes, sellouts are routine. Buying direct is the simplest route.
Which store addresses are confirmed?
The brand’s own accounts confirm three addresses. The flagship is 7669 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles. A second is 312 West 5th Street. 5410 Almeda Road covers Houston. Current opening hours could not be confirmed. Whether the three all trade today stays unconfirmed.
What are the shipping times?
On domestic orders, delivery is up to five business days. As many as fourteen is the international window. Free shipping covers large domestic orders only. International orders are not covered. Refunds are accepted within a month of purchase. Paying return shipping is the customer’s job.
How do I check a piece?
The bulk of it falls to four checks. The yellow woven label is the first thing to look for. On the tees it is at the hem. Second, weigh the price against about $150. Third, match the product name against the live catalogue. Last of all, look up the published fabric weight.
What could not be confirmed?
Several popular claims failed verification. Any confirmation of a celebrity wearer could not be had. It remained unclear who the YSL capsule partner is. Nothing from the brand supports NFC chips in tags. No reliable resale price could be read. In the hat collection, the count came back at zero products.
| Topic | Whatever the label publishes | The gap, what never gets published |
|---|---|---|
| The pricing as published | One listed price against each product | No fixed rate card anywhere |
| The fabric weight | Ounce weights on the main pieces | No weight given on every product |
| Sizing | Fit notes product by product | No brand-wide size chart |
| Garment care | No content on it at all | No washing instructions |
| Shop locations | Addresses from its own accounts | No hours, and no store locator |
| Delivery | Delivery and refund windows | Not free international shipping |
| Source | The words Made in Los Angeles | No factory list |