A-Ron Doesn’t Own aNYthing
A-Ron with aNYthing crew/Photo: Clayton Patterson for The Villager
This has been simmering for a while now, but it’s official: Aaron Bondaroff aka A-Ron, no longer has anything to do with aNYthing, the very brand he created and that was profiled extensively in both the New York Times Magazine and the Post, not to mention numerous magazines and blogs. The ‘Downtown Don’ apparently didn’t have any kind of deal ironed out and somehow managed to hand his entire company over to an investor he took on. Locked out of his own store and website, he’s suing KlemanKiernan Costello and his own company, Anything Corp. for trademark infringement, and according to the IRAK blog, the suit was filed on September 11 in Manhattan Federal court.
Mind you, this isn’t the first time that the coolest kid south of Delancey Street has gotten jerked. Last year A-Ron was suddenly locked out of restaurateur Serge Becker’s 205 Club, after thoroughly hyping the hell out of the spot and working for almost a year as the “creative director.” With things going sour at 205, you would have thunk that A-Ron would have had shit all buttoned up when it came to his own brand.
But aNYthing is way more intimate, since he birthed it himself and begs the quintessential question for the fast crowd about the perceived coolness of aNYthing now that A-Ron doesn’t have anything to do with it. This could in fact create an existential crisis for aNYthing fans and downtown hipsters alike who already bought in. Do they rock the gear or shelve it for now, in honor of the “Don”? For those who still want to pay homage to the latter, head over this way: The NY GLOB lives.
Ace Boon October 11, 2007 at 3:12 pm
I support A-ron. The brand issue is non-existant.
I no rocky.
OLD JEEZY October 11, 2007 at 3:23 pm
WAY TO BE A WEEK LATE AND ON MY DICK COMPLEX
ALL U NIGGAS JUST SUCK AT LIFE HOE
COMPLEX MNGMT. October 11, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Jeezy: We didn’t have our sub-Ebonics translators handy so reading your site would have been impossible. With that, it’s refreshing to see your obnoxious ALL CAPS style extends to when you comment too.
keatso October 11, 2007 at 7:12 pm
I believe that is Kiernan Costello..
wtflolbbq October 13, 2007 at 6:37 am
this makes me laugh. Maybe cause Anything is/was the biggest POS knock-off brand out there lol
Late October 14, 2007 at 3:13 am
Jack, Earsnot, Kenji, Simon, Jest, Leah, Saes (not Sace from Irak, but maybe him too), Russ, Futura, James Jebbia, Mary Ann, Timmy, Wade and the Virgins, Sarah, Vashtie, Arthur (not the one who screwed Russ, but the one with glasses), Dante, Nasty Neal, Sammy the Jew, Ricky Powell, Akira Ruiz, Akira, Charles Lamb, KS, Sammy, Agathe, Spankrock, Oxy Roxy, J$, Greg SNAFU, Danny from Kingsize, and BPMW were not late.
Bucky, you seem to know a lot of these people personally. Not saying they are down with aNYthing, but they def all knew the deal for MONTHS. Why is it that you are so late on this story?
COMPLEX MNGMT. October 15, 2007 at 10:39 am
Late: Your assumptions are hilarious but the answer you seek is a lot less complicated. Sure we knew about the riff for months, but the lawsuit was just filed. It was basically a non-story until legal action was taken. See, wasn’t that easy?
OLD JEEZY October 15, 2007 at 7:37 pm
THIS NIGGA WANTS ANOTHER INTERVIEW RIGHT BUCKY UR BLOG. ANYTHING AS A WHOLE NIGGAS JUST SUCK. NIGGAS TO BUSY RUBBING AND TUGGIN THE CANT TYPE WAT THEY WANT AND THAT WHY U ALL MY HOES.
Leila March 27, 2008 at 8:18 am
What about his drug addiction? Does that have anything to do with it. Word on the street.