WHAT'S IN A NAME: TWO STAR DOG derived its name from the Bantu tribe of Africa. Secret societies, "Dagga Cults", restricted cannabis use to the ruling men.
These shaman incorporated hemp into their initiation rights, rituals and mystical experiences. The Pygmies, Zulus and Hottentots all found hemp to be indispensable as medication for cramps, epilepsy, gout and as religious sacraments. These "Dagga" cults believed cannabis was brought to earth by the Gods, in particular from the TWO DOG STAR system (Sirius A & B), also known as Canis Major and Canis Minor; hence, TWO STAR DOG. Cannabis legend and consumption are fundamental aspects of many of the world's great societies and religions. It is our belief that in order to move forward, we must keep the past alive.
TWO STAR DOG is a microcosm of the global business village, an experiment in marketing and manufacturing democracy ... an extended family.
TWO STAR DOG was the first company to make hemp jeans and a full line of hemp clothing.
TWO STAR DOG clothing's unique style results from the company's truley international pedigree. STELLA, product of a mixed-nationality European marriage and upbringing, shares her world view with STEVE and ALLAN, two prairie boys whose international travel experiences and iconoclastic personalities produce a kind of DAKOTA meets PICASSO meets INDONESIA outlook on life. Mix these incredible influences together, unify them with stable vision and purpose and you have MAGIC.
Clothing that is a marriage of form and function, holistically designed and ready to wear in varieties of combinations as individual as the people who wear them. The best of what eco-capitalism has to offer.
It's not about money. What we are doing is really a very quiet and powerful way of changing the world. Buying hemp is an act of ecological patriotism.
What ever we make we spend on the company, getting better fabrics, improving dyes, giving full health insurance to workers. The cost of hemp is very high, which eats into our profits, and we are trying to treat our retailers, our suppliers, our customers and our employees right and produce something we can be proud of, and it removes a lot of what other people would take as profit.
