About Us
A ZMF is an ideal, an aspiration. A ZMF is one living their fullest, most authentic expression of life. It is the one who is inexplicably calm in the midst of chaos. A ZMF is not passive but fully aware that they too are a force of nature to be reckoned with. A ZMF laughs loudly and joins in the celebration; they also offer a silent shoulder and grieve with those who mourn. A ZMF smirks in the face of challenge, embracing doing hard things. A ZMF knows life is who they are and says to the impossible, “hold my drink, and watch this.”
ZMF ART and Fashion was created to express the ZMF ideal. To this
end, we go halves on the profits with partnering artists. Yes, every artist we collab with gets 50% of the profit on every sale of every product featuring their work. We like to say this isn’t artists selling out; this is artists cashing in. We are cashing in on a culture that we built back in the day when we were too busy being authentic to sit around talking about it. In the 90’s we created a culture out of raw expression. That culture has been captured by corporations that are trying to sell us a broken-down, clone-like version of it. We say f*ck that! We made this cool in the first place, so we’re taking it back and doing it with style!
We are hosted on the strong and stable Shopify platform, so you can trust the store works flawlessly. Similarly, we work with print-on-demand suppliers who offer premium, Eco-friendly products. We prioritize selecting only premium, Eco-friendly products from our suppliers to feature our art on. We currently work with top-tier print-on-demand suppliers such as Printful and are always looking for new and innovative suppliers and gear/ fabrics to throw our pieces on.
While we select Eco-friendly offerings from our suppliers, we do not advertise this. We made this choice for two reasons. The first reason is that we have no independent third-party verification of the entire supply chain; if we did, we would shout it from the rooftops. The second reason is that we feel there is just too much greenwashing these days. So much so that we have chosen not to advertise our Eco-friendliness to avoid inadvertent greenwashing. This is a real problem, and we know we are not the only planet-conscious business making this type of decision. This is a problem stemming mostly from years of large, greedy corporations lying to us. We have the technology for transparency; we need only to prioritize and partner to bring solutions into being.
Artist Profiles
Delic aka Tom Hopkins
Tom is one of the founders, primary artists, and designers at ZMF. Tom is a writer from the 90s with real street cred, having paid more than one debt to society (many years ago) for the sake of his art and cultural expression. Tom is a novelist, a poet, a mystic, a business owner, an MPA, and a former Non-Profit Organization leader, Rock-n-Roll venue owner and operator. He is a hungry reader who loves movies and is a husband, father, brother, and friend. Tom smiles daily knowing how proud his high school self would be of him; he is fully aware that he is a living dream, living the dream!
Tom’s designs include, well, if it is not otherwise attributed to another artist, it is most likely Tom’s work. Each purchase of Tom’s work helps him buy notebooks and protein bars to keep him hunting for premium product suppliers and designing dope drip to wear as a reminder to always aspire higher!