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iLTHY Store Grand Opening from Jason Unoriginal on Vimeo.

The ever-burgeoning Gordon Square Arts District will get another new tenant on December 10 when I Love the Hype, a Clevo-based clothing brand founded by Glen Infante, opens its first flagship store there. (5304 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland; Hours: 12-7pm Tuesday-Saturday) iLTHY, which had previously only been available online at ilovethehype.com and select retailers like NEXT, has enjoyed astronomical growth and support in the two short years since its birth. Infante — who had previously pushed carts at K-Mart, washed dishes at The Cooker, and plied his graphic arts talents at another local company, HotCards.com — struck a chord with apparel...

BEST OF CLEVELAND 2010 Just a few years ago, Glen Infante was working at Kmart, with dreams of clothing design dancing in his head. Now he's making the sharpest Cavs T's in town, and he's prepped shirts and posters for rappers like Wale and Kid Cudi, among others. His initial stabs at Cavaliers duds took the internet by storm over the past year: At the same time Delonte West was going viral with his KFC "Hot sauce in my bag" rap, Infante was busting out the T-shirt to match, and he quickly sold out the first three batches. It wasn't...

We Love the Hype – Glen Infante of iLTHY Written by Alex Salen RECAP: iLTHY at WMC Fest 2011 from iLTHY on Vimeo. This is the first of many posts featuring the artists and designers involved at Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 2011. Some very cool people. Today we’re featuring Glen Infante, designer and illustrator and founder of I Love the Hype. If you were (or were not) at the gallery at WMC Fest, you must have noticed (or missed) two things: One of the tables had a (free) claw game on it. The picture of the nude smurfette on...

LeBron: Will he stay or will he go? Cavs' fans begin playoff run with angst and adoration by Michael Scott of the Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If supersized cartoon banners or iconic, mock presidential T-shirts have any say-so, LeBron is here to stay -- at least we Hope so. Just as the Cavaliers embark on a playoff run that has many followers daring to dream of a first-ever NBA championship, we're all beginning to bubble over with that intoxicating, but distinctly Cleveland cocktail of faith and fear. Dramatic visual statements from two of those fans might sum up Northeast...