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News:
In a two year time span Doc Sizzle - The Original Designer
(formerly VIP Exclusive Designs) designs have appeared in Ebony, Jet, cover
of Rolling Stone
Magazine, and the movie "Kazaam." Please ask to see Doc's
personal celebrity portfolio.
Orlando Sentinel
"A Superstar of Style"
O'Neal sets hot pace in the fashion game. Injured
Shaq may be sidelined but wardrobe is on center stage. O'Neal comments
"I like my clothes to be unique and no one else to have them. Greg
Clopton (Doc Sizzle), does a great job with both those issues." Clopton states
"I met Shaq after a game. Shaq said he liked what I had on and asked
where did I get it. I said I designed it myself. He called the next
morning... I've been making clothes for him ever since."
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Atlanta Magazine - Insider
The Shaq-man Shoppeth"
Where does Shaq turn when he wants to dress up? Tallmen shops are
definitely out of the question. Rather, Shaq-man shops with Atlanta
Designer Gregory Clopton (Doc Sizzle). When it comes to tailoring, the only difference
between Shaq and the average person, says Doc, is the amount of fabric it
takes to make a suit for the Shaq-man!
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1995 Black Enterprise
"Clothier to Hoop
Stars"
Next time you see your favorite professional athletes without their uniforms,
they could be wearing a custom-made VIP original by Gregory Clopton. In
1992, Clopton and Ralph Walker formed VIP, working out of Clopton's Atlanta
aparment. While athletes have traditionally patronized private tailors and
designer, Clopton and Walker are among a few black entrepreneurs who have cut a
slice of this lucrative market for themselves. Clopton describes his
clothes
as "class with flash."
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