Our Start

Akinz was founded in 2005 in a studio apartment in Houston, TX by Suzanne Akin as a clothing line for those with an active lifestyle who expect the extraordinary. Suzanne studied fashion design but hadn’t been inspired to create until she started wakeboarding. She started setting up booths at local wakeboarding competitions and events and the name started to spread. After a couple years, Suzanne felt the pull for a little more adventure and a lot more snow and moved to Colorado. After a couple years in Steamboat soaking up the champagne powder, Akinz is now based out of Fort Collins, CO.

Our Product

Akinz t-shirts are super-soft vintage wash and hand-printed. All of the Akinz beanies and jewelry are still handmade by Suzanne. The Akinz motto, “Find your wings”, which sometimes shows up in the shirts’ designs and is the foundation of the wings logo encourages men and women to find the one thing that motivates them to push life to the limit and reach for the sky. After all, life’s too short to settle for the ordinary.

Interested in selling Akinz in your shop? Please send an email to suzanne@akinz.com or call 512-924-2429 for wholesale information.