Meet the Maker
CD Originals
CD Originals was originally created as a passion project, merging my love for the outdoors with my career as a graphic designer. In 2015, two years after starting a company with my little sister, I created my first Pacific Northwest inspired designs. With a strong, positive reaction from friends, family, and colleagues, I decided to begin creating what would be the building blocks for what CD OG is today.
Beginning with just vinyl decals, CD Originals grew organically and now includes apparel like shirts, hats, and much more. My initial vision for the brand did not foresee the growth that occurred and in 2018 I made the difficult but necessary decision to branch away from the company my sister and I created and put my full effort into the brand.
As a brand, CD Originals stands for several ideals I hold very closely to my heart. My goal has always been to create affordable, stylish, and high quality goods made to be worn anywhere your adventures take you. A lot of research has gone into curating the garments I print on to ensure long lasting quality that sets my brand apart. Ensuring originality with my designs is also a hallmark (duh, it’s in the name).
CD Originals also believes in creating a safe and inclusive outdoors that everyone can enjoy. This does not happen without using my platform to call attention to injustice as well as acknowledging the history that has put these systems into place. I am unwavering on this belief.
-Dillon Crippen, Founder
Apparel & Bags
Quality clothing rooted in the Northwest
-CD Originals
The product process
Almost every CD Originals product is hand-printed in house by me, Dillon, to ensure that every product sold is of the highest quality for my customers. Quality has always been a hallmark for CD Originals and I firmly believe it's one of the qualities that sets my brand apart. I use several different, long established, high quality vendors to supply the blank garments that eventually get printed with my original designs. Once completed, each garment is hand packed with love, by yours truly, and mailed out from my workspace in Central Oregon.
CD Originals
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