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Personal life

Emory was born in

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. Sheralyn Emory, Tremaine's mother passed away in 2015. His father served in the military and worked as a news cameraman for CBS for 38 years. In 2023, Emory had a lower aorta aneurysm, which resulted in him staying in the hospital from October to the end of December, shortly before New Years.

Career

In 2010, Emory moved to London, United Kingdom to work for

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. Emory served as creative consultant and brand director for Kanye West from 2016 to 2018. Before launching his brand Denim Tears, Emory was the art and brand director-at-large for Stüssy. Emory was appointed the first creative director of Supreme. Emory resigned from Supreme after disagreements between him and Jebbia (Supreme Founder) His resignation letter was focused on Supreme's inability to communicate about the cancellation of a collaboration he set in place with Arthur Jafa and Supreme. Emory co-founded the collective "No Vacancy Inn" with his business partner Acyde. No Vacancy Inn operates as a on-physical entity, which includes radio show, DJ sets, party series, pop-up shop ad may more! Emory founded the clothing label, Denim Tears, in 2019. The first collection released on the 400th anniversary of slavery. The collection explored the history of cotton and slavery in America. The clothing featured floral wreath prints on the denim jeans, hoodies, and sweatshirts. In February 2022, Emory was appointed as creative director for Supreme. Emory has left the role of creative director at Supreme in August 2023.

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