The Butt Face, The North Face Spoof, Agrees To Halt Clothing Sales
The Butt Face, The North Face Spoof, Agrees To Halt Clothing Sales The Butt Face Comes To A Noble End By Alice Hines Oct 25, 2012, 04:39 PM EDT LEAVE A COMMENT Jimmy Winkelmann from John Henry on Vimeo . In a blow to dumb T-shirt lovers everywhere, "The Butt Face" is no more. The clothing brand, a spoof on preppy fleece-maker The North Face, was ordered by a Missouri judge to shut down its operations last week, according to a court filing. The closure isn't a clear-cut loss for Butt Face founder Jimmy Winkelmann Jr., who started his, er, butt-venture back in 2007 at the age of 16, with the launch of another spoof called "The South Butt." Winkelmann has profited handsomely over the years, paying for college with the profits from The South Butt and launching another brand, Olop, a parody of Polo Ralph Lauren. With the support of his dad, Winkelmann originally sold South Butt hats, fleeces and T-shirts online and in a ...
