OBEY
An icon started as street art by the now famous
street artist Shepard Fairey in the 80's. This poster, with an image of
andre the giant and the words OBEY written in large red print underneath became extremely popular and eventually was put onto clothing. For a good amount of time, the OBEY clothing brand was mostly worn by hipsters, skaters, punks, and other counter cultures, but has recently (in 2012) started being worn by douchebags who in 2006 would all be dressing like 50 cent. This is quite unfortunate. for a further definition of the type of people who now wear OBEY, see swagfag and yolo
obeyed
by vinny q on Jan 24, 2008 05:55:40
To
plagiarize or bite someones already established style/idea in regards to art, fashion, music etc. This is done most notably by
Shepard Fairey with his
OBEY "art". See also bite
Example:
Mike did you see that
painting on
the 405? It looks just like one of your pieces, you're style totally got
Obeyed!!
obey
by Kaiser Soza on Jul 19, 2005 14:13:37
The obey sticker/drawing is a hypocritical attempt used to manipulate people into not being manipulated by making them begin to question they're surroundings(government, leaders,
idols,
caste system,}
the whole thing has turned into a pretentious
inside joke for a-holes...but you can't argue with results, or can you?
Example:
"What's with that
wrestler,
Andre, on all of those obey signs"
"
beats me, you up for bowling"
"totally"
Obey
by Nick Melon on May 30, 2003 12:35:31
poster/Sticker/
stencil/regime/club founded by shepard
fairley in 1989. His posters are almost everywhere and his character
andre the giant is on clothes boards and bathroom walls. Shepard is god my friend.
obey
by natalie298755 on Oct 10, 2009 05:54:29
Obey
by realskin1488c18 on Oct 30, 2009 09:31:49
dumb posters and shirts trying to make eveyone think that their actually individuals and piss of "the man" by doing drugs. remember, you are an individual. just like
everybody else. there is too much "independent"
propoganda and think that everyone is an individual by following certian styles and doing certain things. but the truth is that if everyone "hates" one thing, follows the same style, and accepts all
the bull shit that is fed to them, that makes them sheep.
obeis
by Richard Korgan on Apr 02, 2008 21:49:50
Obey
by kaywhyelleay123 on Jul 20, 2008 13:19:22
Obey
by Get the hell out on Apr 01, 2019 02:10:24
obey me!
by Kaz00 on Aug 14, 2020 04:35:58