Dan Ives Collabs with Brooklyn Fashion Designer for Funky Shirts

Whoa, nice duds.

Dan Ives, the tech analyst and Wedbush executive known for his colorful and funky attire, is taking his love of fashion to the next level. Last week, Ives dropped a set of shirts he created in collaboration with Brooklyn designer Doobie Duke Sims, a.k.a. Snow Milk. The shirts feature colorful recreations of Ives’ favorite emojis — goats, popcorn, paperclips, trophies, flames and a disco dancer — as well as a cartoon of Ives himself on the sleeve. This latest endeavour comes just two months after Ives and Wedbush launched the IVES ETF, a fund that focuses on the picks and shovels of the AI industry and which has grown to $441 million in assets.

Always one for a little eccentricity, Ives said his taste in fashion and this new project mirror his team’s approach to business and their perma-bullishness on tech. “Many investors were laser-focused just on valuation, and they missed every transformational tech stock over the last 20 years,” he told Advisor Upside. “I think we definitely stood out as a tech investor, but it’s similar to how we dress in terms of the way we stand out.”

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Whether on a convention panel or one of his regular guest appearances on CNBC, Ives can often be seen wearing a pink, purple, or teal jacket on top of a floral shirt, swirling with bright neon colors. There have been plenty of client meetings over the years where Ives wore an unconventional hat or pair of sunglasses that had investors looking twice, but ultimately it’s his stock picks that they care about, he said. “If I dressed non-colorful and wore a Brooks Brothers suit, investors would view it extremely bearishly,” he said.

Ives’ goal is to spur some change in the Wall Street fashion status quo, and he plans to expand further into the business, with hats, sweatshirts and leisurewear.

GRWM. When leaders in the world of finance pursue ventures totally removed from the industry, it can sometimes be met with head scratches *cough* DJ D-Sol *cough*. However, Ives isn’t overly concerned. “I’ve never been one that focuses too much on others’ opinions,” he said. “It’s about being comfortable in your own skin.”