The brand at a glance

These five answers deal with the basics. Los Angeles is where That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup began. Brand pages and public records are the sources. Not one line of it is a guess. Anything unconfirmed is marked as such. All twenty-five entries are held to that rule.

What is the brand?

Put plainly, this is a streetwear label out of Los Angeles. The line covers tees, hoodies, sweatpants, shorts, denim and workwear. Roughly 154 products filled the catalogue. Upper independent streetwear is the bracket the prices sit in. A yellow woven label is stitched into the garments. Plenty of shoppers type awful lot of cough syrup.

Who founded it?

The founder is Desto ALOCS brand Dubb, a rapper. He is from Watts in Los Angeles. The music was there before the clothing. The US trademark is registered to Joshua Kashif Taylor. The brand’s blog is bylined with that name too. Names beyond that one circulate, and all of them stay unverified.

What year did it start?

The year that stands is 2018. November 2018 is what the trademark lists as first use. A feature from 2023 marked a five-year anniversary. Those two records agree. A single interview suggests a pandemic-era start instead. The 2018 evidence is stronger.

Where did the label start out?

A street start is where the whole thing began. Desto Dubb grew up in Watts, Los Angeles. Selling from a van is described on the brand’s about page. A downtown Los Angeles parking lot was where that happened. Los Angeles remains the company’s base. Its flagship sits on Melrose Avenue.

What is the legal name?

On paper the entity reads THATS A AWFUL LOT OF LLC. That styling drops the apostrophe and adds an ellipsis. It appears in the footer and product records. The trading name keeps its apostrophe. ALOCS is the brand’s own short form. Cough Syrup by Desto Dubb is another.

The name and its spellings

Carrying the label is the name. That is also what people get wrong. Spelling, meaning and origin are covered by five questions. One of them has no clean answer. Headings carry the brand’s spelling. The search variants appear only in body text.

Why is it A and not An?

The brand writes A, not An. Grammar would want An before a vowel sound. The brand chose A and kept it. The trademark reads that way. thats a awful lot of cough syrup is correct as written. A searcher habit is all the tidied version is.

What does ALOCS stand for?

The phrase A Lot Of Cough Syrup is behind ALOCS. It is the brand’s own initialism. The brand uses it in press releases. Product names use it as well. Searchers often type lowercase alocs. One label sits behind all of them.

What is the name actually about?

The phrase refers to promethazine-codeine cough syrup, known as lean. That is stated once and left there. This article covers clothing. The brand runs a banner reading PLEASE DO NOT SIP DRANK AND SHOOT FIREARMS. It is vernacular turned into a wordmark. Garments print it large.

Is the origin story real?

The story credits a police officer’s line. 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. This article does not assert a documented arrest.

How do people spell it?

awful lotta cough syrup ranks among the common forms. Another is that’s an awful lot of cough syrup. Some drop words: awful lot of cough syrup. that a lot of cough syrup is what others enter. Lowercase alocs is frequent. Not one of them counts as a brand variant.

The products

This section handles what is for sale. A check of prices was run in September 2026. Since pricing moves, the figures are snapshots. Fabric weights come from published product copy. Since the brand sells in drops, stock changes. Availability shifts with every release.

What does it actually sell?

The core is tees, hoodies and sweatpants. Out from that come shorts, denim and puffer jackets. A Dickies workwear line sits alongside. On the accessories side there are belts, socks, boxers and bags. Women’s and kids pieces are in the range too. On front and back, cough syrup shirts carry jumbo prints.

How much are the core pieces?

These figures come from the brand’s store, September 2026. Roughly $150 was the price of a core tee. About $150 to $200 covered hoodies and sweatpants. About $60 to $150 was the shorts band. Jackets and workwear came in at about $200 to $350. Prices move, so check before buying.

What fabric weights exist?

On the classic tee it is 6.5 oz organic cotton. Cloth for the classic hoodie is 16 oz organic cotton. 14 oz fleece is what classic sweatpants are cut from. The blend runs 80 percent cotton, 20 percent recycled polyester. The denim cargo shorts use 14 oz denim. Not every product lists a weight.

Where is it all made?

The copy carries the words Made in Los Angeles. Hand-dyeing and the printing of the classic hoodie are done there. Tees are screen-printed in Los Angeles. The copy also calls it a Black-owned business. The company is headquartered there. Much of what the pricing reflects is domestic production.

Are there jorts?

In slang, jorts means denim shorts. At no point does the brand use the word. A single style made up its denim collection. The Double Cup Cargo Shorts is that style. It is mid-rise 14 oz garment-dyed denim. Waist sizes run 28 to 44.

How it sizes and how it fits

The most common pre-purchase worry is fit. Guidance per product gets published. It is not uniform across the range. There is no single chart to use. Each product page must be read. What is published is what these answers set out.

What sizes does it run?

Apparel runs XS to 3XL. Small through XL cover nearly every style. The greater part of the range carries XXL. 3XL was listed on around 48 products. Waist sizes 28 to 44 is used for denim and workwear. The kids sizes run 2/3, 4/5, 6 and 8.

Does it have a size chart?

One brand-wide size chart is not published. Sizing-chart pages exist but render empty. So nothing brand-wide can be measured against. Some product pages carry flat measurements. Those are the only numbers available. Instead, rely on the product page.

Does the whole range fit true to size?

No, and this matters. A good many staples are described as true to size. That includes the classic tee and hoodie. Some suggest sizing up for an oversized look. Both lightweight tees state that they run small. Their advice is to order one or two sizes bigger.

Are measurements published?

On some products, yes. Two lightweight tees carry flat width and length. Small is 20 by 17.5 inches. Medium is 21.5 by 19, large 23 by 20.5. A 29.5 inch waist is the smallest on the denim shorts. Nothing in the way of measurements appear on 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. Hand-dyed pieces would ordinarily warrant care. No such note comes from the brand. The sewn-in tag on the garment is what to read.

Buying it, and knowing it is real

Here, counterfeits are a real problem. The founder has posted publicly about fakes. Not one web address turns up in this article. The advice rests on garment signals instead. Price, product name, weight and label all help. Listed in the final answer is what stayed unconfirmed.

Where does the brand sell?

An online store of its own is up and running. Shops in Los Angeles and Houston also do trade. There is no department-store wholesale network behind it. Drops in batches are how stock arrives. Across sizes, sellouts are routine. The easiest route is buying direct.

Which store addresses are confirmed?

Brand accounts confirm three addresses. The flagship slot belongs to 7669 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles. 312 West 5th Street is the second. In Houston it is 5410 Almeda Road. The current opening hours could not be confirmed. Whether all three trade today is unconfirmed.

How long does shipping take?

Up to five business days covers domestic delivery. As many as fourteen is the international window. Free shipping covers large domestic orders only. It does not reach international orders. Inside a month of purchase, refunds are accepted. Return shipping is paid by the customer.

How can I check a piece?

A set of four checks does most of the work. Look for the yellow woven label first. On tees it sits at the hem. Then, compare the price against about $150. Then, the product name should match the live catalogue. Finally, the published fabric weight wants checking.

What could not be confirmed?

The verification defeated several popular claims. Any confirmation of a celebrity wearer could not be had. Who the YSL capsule partner is stayed unclear. The brand publishes nothing about NFC chips in tags. Resale prices of any reliability could not be read. A total of zero products came back from the hat collection.

The area covered	The published side	The missing side, what is not published
The pricing on the store	Every product shows one listed price	Not a fixed rate card anywhere
Cloth weight	Stated weights on the main pieces	No weight given on every product
Size guidance	Fit guidance on each product	Not one global size chart
Advice on care	No content of any kind	No washing instructions
The physical stores	Its own accounts post the addresses	No hours, and no store locator
Delivery	Published delivery and refund windows	Nothing free on international shipping
Where it is made	A published Made in Los Angeles	Not a factory list