Street Culture Is Celebrated at ComplexCon 2026

Dusaint Duvel owner of the jewelry company Dusaint Duvel showing off his favorite set of custom-made grills at the Los Angeles Convention Center at Complex Con on Saturday October 3rd, 2026. Dusaint Duvel formed a partnership with clothing brand Hotwleather, a family-owned leather tannery business since the 1940s (currently administered by Dani Loreno), and sold both tooth jewelry and clothing items at their combined booth at “The Block”, a section of the West Hall area of the Convention Center containing different brands and artists from New York. (Melissa Ochoa Garcia | The Corsair)

Popular rapper, Playboi Carti points at the camera while signing autographs during a surprise appearance to Complexcon in the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday October 4th, 2026. (Andy Garcia | The Corsair)

Ko Asante is a first generation Ghanaian American that considers himself to be a multi-disciplinary creator; content creator, designer, artist, and community organizer. He often collaborates with various fashion brands and comes up with deeply creative outfits to showcase his sense of fashion, culture, and/or any inspiring subjects that pushed him towards that creative direction; on Sunday October 4th, 2026 at the Los Angeles Convention Center he explained that his inspiration for his outfit that day was Alice and Wonderland’s Mad Hatter and the clothing brand Cross Colors, whose logo is seen on his jacket. (Melissa Ochoa Garcia | The Corsair)

Gamma Gabe posing at ComplexCon across his booth under art that condemns Consumerism at ComplexCon in the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday October 4th, 2026. (Andy Garcia | The Corsair)

Gamma Gabe posing for his brand "GAMMA MUSEUM" at Complexcon on Sunday October 4th, 2026. (Andy Garcia | The Corsair)

Jose Ramirez, owner of the Mexican fashion clothing brand LAST CALL, standing in front of his hand-sewn Mexican flag he made for Complex Con held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Sunday October 4th, 2026. Jose claims that LAST CALL’s clothing items are all hand-made and the motivation he gets to create stems from his father’s efforts when immigrating illegally to the United States at just 13 years old. (Melissa Ochoa Garcia | The Corsair)

Rapper Dc2drill poses with his chain at the I.AM.GIA x REX booth at Complexcon in the Los Angeles Convention Center on Saturday, October 3rd, 2026.

Saraah Zaidi is the owner (along with her husband) of the Pakistani fashion brand known as Motherland, their clothing items consist of graphic tees, jackets, and jerseys that in some way, shape or form through its design, pay homage to Pakistani culture, New York, and New Jersey since that is where they are from. She attended Complex Con at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Saturday October 3rd and Sunday October 4th, 2026 along with her husband while pregnant with her second child; she explained that she and her husband created Motherland back in 2023 to create a space for Pakistani people in the fashion industry. (Melissa Ochoa Garcia | The Corsair)

Tavo Diaz or also known as “The Red Guy” on instagram (_tavo777), is a Mexican Creative Director who is owner of his very own clothing brand tdomstudios. At the Los Angeles Convention Center at Complex Con on Saturday October 3rd, 2026, he painted himself red; he explained that it was his way of self expression and way of “normalcy”, painting himself red was a way to customize his character/person and invite other people to do it too. (Melissa Ochoa Garcia | The Corsair)

Kai Cenat, world renowned twitch streamer and online personality attends Complex Con at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Saturday October 3rd, 2026 in order to talk about fashion and his newly started clothing brand; VIVET at the ComplexCon(versations) Stage. He is there along with Jerry Lorenzo, American fashion designer who is the founder and owner of Fear of God: Essentials. (Melissa Ochoa Garcia | The Corsair)

Ko Asante is a first generation Ghanaian American that considers himself to be a multi-disciplinary creator; content creator, designer, artist, and community organizer. He often collaborates with various fashion brands and comes up with deeply creative outfits to showcase his sense of fashion, culture, and/or any inspiring subjects that pushed him towards that creative direction; on Sunday October 4th, 2026 at the Los Angeles Convention Center he showed off his grills, an accessory used in his outfit for the day. (Melissa Ochoa Garcia | The Corsair)

Jerry Lorenzo, the creator of Fear Of God Essentials has a public conversation with Kai Cenat, a top three twitch streamer about fashion at Complexcon in the Los Angeles Convention Center on October 3rd, 2026.

Custom Designed Porsche by Deep Lifestyles (DPLS) sits on display at the main floor at Complexcon in the Los Angeles Convention Center on Saturday October 3rd, 2026. (Andy Garcia | The Corsair)

Popular Tiktoker _tavo777 attends Complexcon and meets fans while painting himself red for his video in the Los Angeles Convention Center on October 3rd, 2026.

ComplexCon celebrated its 10-year anniversary at the Los Angeles convention center on Oct.3-4, 2026. More than 400 clothing brands represented streetwear, hip-hop culture, and music. 

Playboi Carti served as an artistic director for the event, alongside Hiroshi Fujiwara and Fragment Design. On opening day, sneakerheads at the Satoshi Madhouse booth rushed the line for the Vans x Satoshi Nakamoto shoe drop. The crowd became involved in a shoving match, temporarily forcing the booth to close. 

Landone Smith, a ComplexCon attendee, said he was shoved and pushed during his 45-minute wait on day two of the event. Despite the incident, Smith remained in line awaiting the drop. When asked how it felt to walk away with a pair of one of the event’s most popular sneaker releases, Smith said, “ It feels dangerous! It feels like there’s a target on my back. I don’t even wanna have these shoes on me right now, but I have to.”

One of the event's major releases was Playboi Carti’s Opium collaboration with six other brands, including I.AM.GIA, Bape and YVL. Attendees also had the opportunity to shop the collaboration’s products.

Shopper Evan Hughes shared his favorite Opium purchase. “It's been a dream of mine to get a Bape hoodie. There was one left in my size, so to get one that’s nice in my style, I’m very happy about that,” he said.

Rapper Quavo released his third solo album and clothing collection at ComplexCon. Although he did not perform, he showcased pieces associated with his album, “Qromelife,” at a custom booth designed by Malcolm Ransome. “He hired me to push the bar on his vision, open new doors and expose that new Qrome layer that is Qromelife,” Ransome said. 

ComplexCon brought together hip-hop artists, social media personalities and other figures in pop culture, including Kanye West, Playboi Carti, Quavo, Travis Barker, Wiz Khalifa, Ken 

Carson, North West and French Montana. Panels and conversations took place featuring DJ Akademiks, French Montana, Kai Cenat, Danny Leigh and others.

This year, ComplexCon hosted ThriftCon, a section dedicated to vintage clothing, repurposed fashion and sustainability. ThriftCon also had a pop-up shop, selling items for $10 per pound.

Carla Spencer and her son, Djay, traveled from Atlanta to Los Angeles to showcase their fashion brand, My Vintage Ways.

Located in ThriftCon’s Creative Corner, the My Vintage Ways booth showcased shawls, vests, and blazers adorned with the brand’s unique designs. Spencer said her interest in fashion began with her mother, who taught her to sew when she was 8. “My mother was in fashion and she taught me how to sew when I was eight. I taught my son and now he knows how to sew,” she said.

Food vendors at the event included Marathon Burger, The Boiling Crab, Seoul Taco, House of Wings, Wi Jammin Café, Satoshi‘s Pizza Place, offering a range of dining options.

Organizers reported more than 80,000 attendees, which they described as a record for the event. People who missed the event can look for participating brands through their websites, social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, and physical stores.

Eka Eyoh, a first-time ComplexCon attendee and self-proclaimed fashion lover, said, “This is my first year so I’m just taking it in and I’m here for the vibes, the fashion and the pop ups.”