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About us:Ever since I was a kid my lifestyle has been influenced by skateboarding and punkrock.
It was Suicidal Tendencies’ ‘Possessed to Skate’ which made me buy my very first skateboard, Santa Cruz’ Rob Roskopp. For more than 10 years I spent all of my spare time on my deck, until an ankle accident made an abrupt end to my skateboarding ‘career’.
In my early twenties I started my own band, Juvenile Delinquents, an Ostend based punkrock trio. Only one year after that I joined Flatcat ( www.flatcatpunk.com ), the band I’ve been playing in ever since, ie for more than 10 years already. What we achieved with Flatcat is far beyond our wildest dreams. We played Belgium’s biggests festivals ( Pukkelpop, Dour, Groezrock, … ), entered the national charts of Studio Brussels and Jim, toured Brasil twice, … And all of this without compromising. Flatcat proudly is a 100% DIY band.
It was written in the stars that when my beloved wife Liesje and I got our first child Leander, we wouldn’t let him wear the average clothing you find in any baby or child boutique. Even if it would cost us a fortune, our son had to wear the same cool clothes we do. Spending most of the time searching cool goodies on the net, I was tired buying stuff overseas.
The regular skate- and surfshops didn’t have any baby and kiddy clothes. The small amount of items they offer in that segment are most of the time meant for their own children, which is logical. After all, you don’t go to a regular surf- or skateshop to clothe your little children.
That’s when I decided to risk the big step. I wanted to start the first shop in it’s kind in Belgium, ie a skate, surf, snow and music related shop for the littleones ( 0-14 yrs ). Being raised in an entrepreneur family, my parents used to run a hotel in Wenduine at the Belgian coast, It was my destiny to once start with my own business.
Finding an appropriate name was the next step. It had to be a name covering the whole concept and being cool at the same time. Being located in the medieval city centre of Bruges – the city Dr Evil from Austin Powers claims to be from – the choice was easily made: Mini Me aka the clone of Dr Evil, it would be.
Our offer is a combination of direct import from the States, England and Australia together with the cool stuff we can find troughout the distributors in Belgium.
Mini Me has also been registered as a trade mark. In the short term, it’s our goal to design and wholesale streetwear for the littleones as well.
Tyson with Santa Cruz' Jason Jessee Sungod tshirt!
Leander wearing a misfits tshirt!
Leander wearing an Independent hooded, a Rip Curl walkshort and Vans slipons!
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