ALOCS Mesh Shorts Buyer Guide Pros and Cons

The label

That’s A Awful Lot Of Cough Syrup got its start in Los Angeles. This opening run of five answers handles the basics. Everything rests on brand pages and public records. Not one line of it is a guess. Claims that stay unconfirmed are marked as such. The same rule governs all twenty-five entries.

What kind of brand is it?

Put simply, this is a streetwear label out of Los Angeles. The line cough syrup shorts runs to tees, hoodies, sweatpants, shorts, denim and workwear. On a count, the catalogue came to roughly 154 products. The price band falls in upper independent streetwear. A yellow woven label goes into the garments. Search traffic often arrives as awful lot of cough syrup.

Who set it up?

Credit for founding it goes to Desto Dubb, a rapper. Watts in Los Angeles is where he is from. The clothing followed the music career. The name Joshua Kashif Taylor holds the US trademark. That name also bylines the brand’s blog. Beyond that name, other founder names circulate but stay unverified.

What year did the label begin?

Take 2018 as the year. The trademark lists first use in November 2018. A feature from 2023 marked a five-year anniversary. Those two records agree. Instead of that, one interview suggests a pandemic-era start. Weighed up, 2018 is the stronger case.

Where did it begin?

It started on the street. Desto Dubb is out of Watts, Los Angeles. Selling from a van is described on the brand’s about page. A downtown Los Angeles parking lot is where that happened. The company remains headquartered in Los Angeles. Its flagship address is on Melrose Avenue.

What is the registered legal name?

The entity is written THATS A AWFUL LOT OF LLC. That styling drops the apostrophe and adds an ellipsis. The footer and product records carry it. The apostrophe stays in the trading name. ALOCS is what the brand itself uses as shorthand. Cough Syrup by Desto Dubb is another.

The name itself

The label is carried by the name. That same name is also what people get wrong. Five questions take in spelling, meaning and origin. A clean answer does not exist for one of them. The brand’s spelling is used in headings. Only in body text do the search variants appear.

Why is it A and not An?

In the brand’s own copy it is A, not An. Grammar would want An before a vowel sound. The brand picked A and kept it. The trademark is registered that way too. thats a awful lot of cough syrup is the right form. The tidied version is a habit of searchers.

What is behind the initialism ALOCS?

Spelled out, ALOCS is A Lot Of Cough Syrup. The initialism is the brand’s own. The brand uses it in press releases. It appears in product names too. Lowercase alocs is a common search form. Whichever form, one label is behind it.

What is the name actually about?

The phrase points at promethazine-codeine cough syrup, known as lean. That is said once and left there. The subject of this article is clothing. The brand’s banner reads PLEASE DO NOT SIP DRANK AND SHOOT FIREARMS. It is vernacular turned into a wordmark. It is printed on the garments large.

Can the origin story be verified?

That story credits a police officer’s line. It travels on a viral clip. The claim in circulated material is that the clip was staged. That claim comes with no primary source. So the safe wording stays narrow. Nothing here asserts a documented arrest.

How do people spell the name?

awful lotta cough syrup is a common one. Another is that’s an awful lot of cough syrup. Words get dropped by some: awful lot of cough syrup. Some others enter that a lot of cough syrup. Lowercase alocs is frequent. Not one of them is a variant the brand uses.

The products

This section covers what is for sale. Pricing were checked in September 2026. Since pricing moves, the figures are snapshots. Fabric weights come from published product copy. Because the brand sells in drops, stock changes. Availability shifts with every release.

What is in the range?

The core is tees, hoodies and sweatpants. Around that core come shorts, denim and puffer jackets. Alongside that runs a Dickies workwear line. The belts, socks, boxers and bags make up the accessories. Women’s and kids pieces also exist. Front and back, cough syrup shirts carry jumbo prints.

How much do core pieces cost?

These come from the brand’s store, September 2026. The core tee ran about $150. Hoodies and sweatpants ran about $150 to $200. Shorts occupied about $60 to $150. The jackets and the workwear occupied about $200 to $350. Prices change, so check before buying.

Which fabric weights are published?

The classic tee’s cloth is 6.5 oz organic cotton. On the classic hoodie it is 16 oz organic cotton. Classic sweatpants use 14 oz fleece. 80 percent cotton, 20 percent recycled polyester is the blend. On the denim cargo shorts it is 14 oz denim. A weight is not given on every product.

Where are they made?

The product copy carries the words Made in Los Angeles. Hand-dyeing and the printing of the classic hoodie happen there. Tees are screen-printed in Los Angeles. The copy also sets it out as a Black-owned business. The company keeps its headquarters there. Much of what the pricing reflects is domestic production.

Does the brand do denim shorts?

The word jorts is slang for denim shorts. At no point does the brand use the word. The denim collection carried one style. That is the Double Cup Cargo Shorts. It is mid-rise 14 oz garment-dyed denim. Waist sizes run 28 to 44.

Sizes and fit

The commonest worry before buying is fit. Guidance is published per product. It is not uniform across the range. There is no single chart to use. It is necessary to read each product page. These answers state what is published.

What is the size range?

XS to 3XL is the apparel range. Small through XL cover nearly every style. XXL covers most of the range. 3XL appeared on around 48 products. Waist sizing of 28 to 44 is used for denim and workwear. Kids sizes run 2/3, 4/5, 6 and 8.

Is there a proper size chart?

A global size chart is not published. You can find sizing-chart pages, but they render empty. As a result there is nothing brand-wide to measure against. Some product pages carry flat measurements. Those are the only numbers available. The product page is the thing to go by instead.

Does the whole range fit true to size?

No, and the difference matters. The wording true to size applies to many staples. Among them sit the classic tee and hoodie. For a looser look, some suggest sizing up. Two lightweight tees state that they run small. Ordering one or two sizes bigger is what those advise.

Are any measurements published?

On some products, yes. Two lightweight tees list flat width and length. For small, that is 20 by 17.5 inches. For medium it is 21.5 by 19, large 23 by 20.5. The 29.5 inch waist is the smallest on the denim shorts. Most products carry no measurements.

How should the pieces be washed?

No washing instruction is published anywhere. None appear on product pages, the FAQ or sizing pages. It is worth saying plainly that this is unusual. Ordinarily, hand-dyed pieces would warrant care. The brand does not say so. Go to the sewn-in tag on the garment.

Buying it, and knowing it is real

Fakes are a genuine problem here. The founder has posted publicly about fakes. No web address appears in this article. The advice rests on garment signals instead. Price, product name, weight and label all help. The last answer lists what stayed unconfirmed.

Where does the label sell its clothes?

Its own online store is what the brand runs. Beyond that, it trades from stores in Los Angeles and Houston. It has no department-store wholesale network behind it. Drops in batches are the way stock arrives. Routine across sizes are the sellouts. Direct buying is the simplest route.

What are the store addresses?

Three addresses are confirmed from brand accounts. The flagship is 7669 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles. A second is 312 West 5th Street. 5410 Almeda Road is Houston. The current opening hours could not be confirmed. Whether all three are trading today stays unconfirmed.

How quickly does it ship?

For domestic orders, delivery is up to five business days. Up to fourteen covers international. The free shipping reaches large domestic orders only. International orders do not receive it. Inside a month of purchase, refunds are accepted. Covering return shipping is the customer’s job.

How do I tell if a piece is real?

Most of the work comes from four checks. Look for the yellow woven label first. It sits at the hem on tees. Second, weigh the price against about $150. Then, the product name should match the live catalogue. Fourth, the published fabric weight wants checking.

What could not be confirmed?

Several popular claims failed verification. Confirmation of a celebrity wearer could not be had. The identity of the YSL capsule partner stayed unclear. The brand publishes nothing about NFC chips in tags. No reliable resale prices could be read. Zero products was returned by the hat collection.

Area	What is put out	Whatever is not made public
Price	Each product carries a list price	No rate card that stays fixed
Cloth	Weights on the key pieces	No stated weight on every product
The sizing	Every product has fit guidance	Not one global size chart
Care advice	No content on it at all	No washing instructions
The stores	Its own accounts post addresses	No trading hours or store locator
Delivery	Delivery and refund windows	Not free international shipping
Source	A stated Made in Los Angeles	No named factory list