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DC Culture Apparel Youth-Designed Made By Youth

Shop DC culture made wearable.

Shop Native apparel, hoodies, tees, accessories, seasonal boxes, and DC culture products designed by youth and rooted in Washington, DC.

Product availability may change based on youth production schedule, inventory, seasonal drops, and limited releases.

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Native / YEI DC culture. Youth-made.

Every purchase supports youth entrepreneurs.

Native products help young creatives gain real experience in design, production, branding, customer service, vending, inventory, pricing, and entrepreneurship.

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Native Hoodies

Community care you can wear.

Hoodie drops are designed around place, pride, responsibility, and messages that speak directly to DC communities.

Don't Walk By Hoodie
Community Care

Don’t Walk By Hoodie

Front: “Don’t Walk By.” Back message focused on community care, showing up, and lifting up.

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Ward 8 Is Not Trash Hoodie
Ward 8 Pride

Ward 8 Is Not Trash Hoodie

A bold hoodie about dignity, place, community responsibility, and respecting the block.

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Neighborhood Care Hoodie
Neighborhood Care

Neighborhood Care Hoodie

A community message hoodie rooted in care for your block, your people, and yourself.

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Native Tees

Respectfully, this is DC.

Respectfully I'm From Washington DC Tee
Signature Tee

Respectfully, I’m From Washington, DC

A clean DC pride tee for people who know home is more than a place.

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Respectfully This Is Still Chocolate City Tee
Chocolate City

Respectfully, This Is Still Chocolate City

A tee rooted in Black Washington, cultural memory, and the ongoing story of Chocolate City.

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DC Native Tee
DC Native

Respectfully, I’m a DC Native

A simple statement tee for DC natives, longtime residents, and people proud of home.

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Signature Graphics

Native graphics, multiple colorways.

These designs can live across tees, sweatshirts, stickers, totes, prints, and seasonal product drops.

Native License Plate design
Signature Graphic

Native License Plate Design

The classic Native license plate graphic, available in multiple colorways and product options.

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DC Smiley design
Community Joy

DC Smiley Design

A playful DC-inspired smiley design with local pride and community joy.

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Be a Nice Neighbor design
Community Care

Be a Nice Neighbor

A soft, playful design rooted in kindness, community, and neighborhood responsibility.

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DC Legends Collection

Can you name these Natives?

The DC Legends Collection celebrates iconic DC figures, local memory, and the people who helped shape the culture.

This drop is designed to spark conversation, test local knowledge, and honor the people connected to DC’s creative and cultural history.

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Native Seasonal Box

$59 each season. Four boxes per year.

The Native Seasonal Box is a quarterly youth-made product box featuring curated items from YEI social enterprises, Made By Youth product lines, and local youth entrepreneur brands.

Each box includes 5–10 youth-made products such as apparel, candles, body care, journals, stickers, accessories, small gifts, and limited-edition product drops.

Native Seasonal Box subscription

Subscription Schedule

Ships seasonally.

Winter

February Box

Ships 2nd week of February.

Billed: January 16

Order by: February 1

Spring

May Box

Ships 2nd week of May.

Billed: April 16

Order by: May 1

Summer

August Box

Ships 2nd week of August.

Billed: July 16

Order by: August 1

Fall

November Box

Ships 2nd week of November.

Billed: October 16

Order by: November 1

Accessories + Small Goods

Carry the culture.

Native stickers
Stickers

Native Sticker Pack

Small Native graphics for laptops, notebooks, water bottles, packages, and gifts.

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Native tote bag
Totes

Native Tote Bag

A reusable tote featuring Native DC graphics and youth-designed culture artwork.

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Native art print
Prints

Native Art Print

DC-inspired art prints and visual designs from the Native product archive.

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DC Culture Journals

Native stories, laser-cut into journals.

Native extends into Made By Youth Journals through DC culture journal designs inspired by local legends, Chocolate City, Marion Barry, Ward pride, neighborhood identity, and DC history.

Shop the full journal collection through Made By Youth Journals.

Featured Journal Types

  • Marion Barry quote journals
  • DC legends portrait journals
  • Chocolate City journals
  • Ward pride journals
  • Neighborhood journals
  • Custom name and word journals

Custom Requests

Need a custom Native-inspired order?

Native focuses on ready-made product drops and seasonal collections. Custom shirts, journals, group orders, event merch, banners, and special design requests are handled through You Dream We Design.

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Request custom Native-inspired apparel, journals, bulk orders, event merchandise, banners, or branded products.

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Wear the story. Carry the culture.

Shop Native apparel, Native Seasonal Box, DC culture graphics, accessories, and journal collections from the Made By Youth ecosystem.