The label
The beginning of That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup is rooted in Los Angeles. This first block covers the basics in five answers. Everything rests on brand pages and public records. Not a line of it is guessed. Any claim that could not be confirmed is flagged as such. The same rule holds across all twenty-five entries.
What is this brand?
At bottom it is a Los Angeles streetwear label. It offers tees, hoodies, sweatpants, shorts, denim and workwear. Counted up, the catalogue came to roughly 154 products. Upper independent streetwear is the bracket the prices sit in. Garments carry a yellow woven label. Shoppers often search awful lot of cough syrup.
Who is behind it?
Credit for founding it goes to Desto Dubb, a LA streetwear label rapper. He grew up in Watts in Los Angeles. The music predates the clothing. Registration of the US trademark runs to Joshua Kashif Taylor. The brand’s blog runs under that name too. Other founder names do the rounds, but they stay unverified.
When did it begin?
Use 2018 as the year. The trademark’s first-use date is listed as November 2018. A 2023 feature described a five-year anniversary. The two records together agree. Instead of that, one interview suggests a pandemic-era start. Weight of evidence sits with 2018.
Where did the label start out?
A street start is where it began. Desto Dubb hails from Watts, Los Angeles. The brand’s about page tells of selling from a van. That was a downtown Los Angeles parking lot. Los Angeles remains the company’s base. Melrose Avenue is home to the flagship.
What is the legal name?
The entity is styled THATS A AWFUL LOT OF LLC. The apostrophe goes and an ellipsis comes in. The footer and product records carry it. The apostrophe stays in the trading name. ALOCS is the brand’s own short form. A further one is Cough Syrup by Desto Dubb.
The name itself
What carries the label is the name. That is also what people get wrong. What follows covers spelling, meaning and origin in five questions. A clean answer is not available for one of them. Headings carry the brand’s spelling. The search variants appear only in body text.
Why is it A and not An?
The brand prints A, not An. Grammar would want An before a vowel sound. A was picked and kept. The trademark is registered that way too. Which means thats a awful lot of cough syrup is right. A habit among searchers is all the tidied version is.
What does ALOCS stand for?
The phrase A Lot Of Cough Syrup is what ALOCS stands for. That initialism is the brand’s own. The brand uses it in press releases. It appears in product names too. Searchers commonly type lowercase alocs. Whatever the form, one label is behind it.
What does the name refer to?
The phrase refers to promethazine-codeine cough syrup, known as lean. It is stated once and left there. The 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. Garments print it large.
Does the origin story hold up?
A police officer’s line is what the story rests on. It is carried by a viral clip. Circulated material alleges the clip was staged. That claim rests on no primary source. So the safe wording stays narrow. No wording here asserts a documented arrest.
What spellings do people use?
Among the common forms is awful lotta cough syrup. that’s an awful lot of cough syrup is a further one. Some drop words: awful lot of cough syrup. that a lot of cough syrup is another one that gets typed. Lowercase alocs is frequent. None is a brand variant.
The products
What is for sale is the subject of this section. The prices were checked in September 2026. Pricing moves, so treat figures as snapshots. Published product copy is where the fabric weights come from. Stock changes because the brand sells in drops. Each release changes availability.
What does it sell?
The core is tees, hoodies and sweatpants. Around that core come shorts, denim and puffer jackets. Beside that runs a Dickies workwear line. 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?
Figures are from the brand’s store, September 2026. The core tee sat at about $150. Hoodies and sweatpants ran about $150 to $200. The shorts came in at about $60 to $150. Roughly $200 to $350 covered jackets and workwear. Look again before buying, because prices change.
What fabric weights are listed?
6.5 oz organic cotton is the classic tee’s cloth. On the classic hoodie it is 16 oz organic cotton. On classic sweatpants the cloth is 14 oz fleece. 80 percent cotton, 20 percent recycled polyester is the blend. Denim at 14 oz is what the denim cargo shorts are cut from. No weight is given on every product.
Where are they made?
Made in Los Angeles is what the copy says. Hand-dyeing and the printing of the classic hoodie are done there. Screen printing of the tees happens in Los Angeles. Copy also describes a Black-owned business. The company is headquartered there. A good deal of the pricing is explained by domestic production.
Does the brand make jorts?
As slang, jorts means denim shorts. At no point does the brand use the word. The denim collection ran to one style. That is the Double Cup Cargo Shorts. It is mid-rise 14 oz garment-dyed denim. Waist sizes run 28 to 44.
Fit and sizing
Little worries buyers more than fit. The label publishes guidance per product. Consistent across the range it is not. One chart for everything is not available. Each product page has to be read. These answers report what is published.
What is the size range?
Across apparel the run is XS to 3XL. Nearly every style is covered by Small through XL. XXL covers most of the range. A 3XL option sat on around 48 products. Waist sizing of 28 to 44 covers denim and workwear. The kids sizes come in 2/3, 4/5, 6 and 8.
Is there a proper size chart?
A global size chart is not published. There are sizing-chart pages, but they render empty. So nothing brand-wide can be measured against. A handful of product pages list flat measurements. The only numbers available are those. Rely on the product page instead.
Does the whole range fit true to size?
No, and that is worth knowing. The description true to size covers many staples. Among them sit the classic tee and hoodie. Some suggest sizing up for an oversized look. Two lightweight tees state that they run small. Those advise ordering one or two sizes bigger.
Are measurements published?
On a few products, yes. Two lightweight tees list flat width and length. 20 by 17.5 inches covers small. Medium runs 21.5 by 19, and 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?
Not one washing instruction is published anywhere. None appear on product pages, the FAQ or sizing pages. It is worth saying plainly that this is unusual. Hand-dyed pieces would ordinarily warrant care. The label says nothing of the sort. The garment’s own sewn-in tag is what to read.
Buying and authenticity
Counterfeits are a real problem here. He has posted about fakes in public. No web address turns up in this article. The advice rests on garment signals instead. Every one of price, product name, weight and label helps. The last answer lists what stayed unconfirmed.
Where does it sell?
The brand runs its own online store. Shops in Los Angeles and Houston also do trade. It has no department-store wholesale network behind it. Stock lands in batch drops. Sellouts are routine across sizes. The simplest way to buy is direct.
Which store addresses are confirmed?
Three addresses are confirmed from brand accounts. The Melrose address, 7669 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles is the flagship. A second is 312 West 5th Street. Houston is 5410 Almeda Road. Current opening hours could not be confirmed. Whether the three all trade today stays unconfirmed.
How fast is shipping?
Domestic delivery is up to five business days. As many as fourteen is the international window. Only large domestic orders get free shipping. International orders do not receive it. The window for refunds is a month from purchase. The return shipping comes out of the customer’s pocket.
How do I tell if a piece is real?
The bulk of it falls to four checks. First, look for the yellow woven label. It sits at the hem on tees. Second, weigh the price against about $150. Third, match the product name to the live catalogue. Fourth, check the published fabric weight.
Which claims could not be confirmed?
Several popular claims failed verification. No celebrity wearer could be confirmed. It remained unclear who the YSL capsule partner is. No brand material supports NFC chips in tags. Reliable resale prices could not be read. On the hat collection, the count came back at zero products.
| Topic | What is put out | Whatever the label does not make public |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | One list price on each product | No rate card that stays fixed |
| Fabric weight | Stated weights on the key pieces | No stated weight on every product |
| Sizing | Every product has fit guidance | No global size chart |
| Garment care | Nothing on it at all | Not one washing instruction |
| Stores | Its own accounts give addresses | No hours, and no store locator |
| Shipping | Given delivery and refund windows | No free carriage on international shipping |
| Where it is made | Made in Los Angeles | No named factory list |