I Am Bee

IAmBee had the pleasure of interviewing Loren Entsuah, creator of Arnaqueur Clothing an Up and Coming Warren Buffett in the making. Find out below what this unique clothing line stands for and why he's not only breaking trends, but setting a few of his own. IAmBee looks forward to seeing more from the inspiring creater of Arnaqueur Clothing in the future.  

IAmBee: In a world full of designers, why did you decide to start a clothing line and what makes your clothing line unique? 

AC: It's a world full of designers, but that's all it is. Everyone sees objects, items even interpret colors different. However, I want to place my stamp with the combination of my creativity as well as common divisions that people coming from the same lane as myself can relate to. For me to elaborate on that, I have entitled every piece based on how I was feeling and current events that take place on my life that people could relate to. It's a different twist that I feel not many take advantage of if any.

That's why I have a piece entitled "Guardian Angel" and it has the camo sleeves. This relates to me because of an incident where I was in the heart of Detroit (Joy Road and Evergreen) and I was randomly shot at, therefore I could have almost been killed. The camo was a reference to the a jungle theme. And that ties into Detroit, as being considered a Jungle. The guardian angel name and actual angel on the piece relates to how the bullets missed me. As if I had a guardian angel over me during the time. I want to create pieces that are very deep and only a complex mind would understand.

I'm not into follow trends, I just want to paint experiences through the canvas of fabrics. But as far as me, I decided to do a clothing line because I have a true desire for clothes. When I was younger, maybe around 13 or 14, I begged and begged my mother to let me get a job. One of the conditions was that I had to take 10$ out of every check and save it. I agreed to but it didn't work that way. I actually worked at the movie theater (Star Southfield) and because I was so young, I couldn't work any more that 10 hours a week. So once I finally did get paid, it would be some new shoes or some new Rocawear or LRG clothes that came out. At the time those were the biggest brands.

I can even remember going to Mr. alans and just spending my entire check on Air Force Ones, back then those were the good days. But I've always enjoyed clothes and one day wanted to create my own. I actually shied away from it because everyone has a clothing line. But I know with my creativity and desire it will be placed in a different category from everyone else. It's not who does it first, it's truly who does it right. 

IAmBee: Why the name? Does it stand for something?  

AC: It's a funny story on how I got the name, I actually was playing NBA 2K when I though of the name. I was playing with Golden State Warriors and they were rebounding every miss and stealing the ball every possession even diving for dead balls. They were playing hard, and "hustling" on every possession! And it clicked, HUSTLE! That's all I do, I am a hustle junky, if that makes sense.

I take on a lot of different endeavors, knowing that it's a lot but I won't care. I dabbled in real estate, I am a licensed barber, I have a career as well as a catering business and I maintain 16 credit hours per semester, so it just made sense with everything I'm into. But of course I couldn't just stop at Hustle, I had to go a little into depth and figure out a way to be different. Because me personally it's the presentation, if someone told me they had a clothing line named hustle, I probably wouldn't entertain it. So I went and found the word hustle but in different origins of language and in French, it's pronounced Arn.oh.koer.

And I ran with it, and Arnaqueur was born.

IAmBee: Where did the inspiration come from to create you line? 

AC: I'm not even going to lie, before I started doing the clothing line, my passion was to make money, and take care of everyone who is in relations to myself. And I know that wasn't a good reason to drive myself, because anything based on money won't last long. So I went then started the clothing line, in the meanwhile , I would reflect on the hard days that I had growing up. I could remember moving a lot because of lack of funds, I would take hand me downs from my older brother, and would go days without eating. I definitely had it rough, and that's where my fire came from. Not going back into those days. I could remember eating spaghetti without ground meat, the roll of ground chuck was the difference between gas money for my mom to get to work or a better quality meal.

Seeing my mom almost be 60 years of age still working. A job. That's the real wake up call, when you look at your surroundings and realize that you have to do something to change it or it won't and that's how it's going to end. I just watched everyone around me go through rough things, and I want to create a solution for that. It's funny now that we look back on it because our situation is better than what it was, but it's struggling. Struggling and wanting a legal way out was my motivation. It just so happens to be that my passion is clothing, and fashion so it worked out this way.

IAmBee: Do you see yourself as a future "Diddy" in the making by having a lifestyle brand?

AC: I wouldn't say Diddy because he is more on the music side and Sean John is more of an upscale preppy and sophisticated look. If anything, I would say I would be the next Warren Buffett. He has many endeavors for means of income , as do myself, so if it would be anybody it would be him. I idolize my mentality and have molded my thought process around people who I can relate to such as himself. The power of what reading can do. 

IAmBee: What are some up and coming things your fans have to look forward too from your clothing line?

AC: I recently just released a new crop top for the ladies. But, I have four more t-shirts releasing before the fall gets here. They were inspired by the same practice that I have been under, but it's molded differently because I have traveled a lot more so it has given me new inspiration and a new basis to create and design from. I have gotten a lot of new direction from Toronto, CA and Chicago, IL. But I also have some more miscellaneous items releasing too like hats, pins, etc. The fall collection is something to watch for as well. I've got some heat coming. 

I want to thank my fans and supporters for supporting the "Teamwork Makes the Dreamwork" piece, including Lil Boosie. Also, I have a commemorative edition of the Virgin Mary coming out. We were featured in the Obvious Magazine so I wanted to do some work with them again. It was a great experience.