Joint Custody DC Profile: Community in Crates

Joint Custody is a vinyl record store, vintage clothing shop, and in their own words “freak emporium”. Inside a narrow passageway on 15th and U Street, Joint Custody and its tight-knit staff provide one of the most genuine vintage experiences in the world. Founders and Lion of Judah bandmates, James Ritter and Gene Melkisethian, founded Joint Custody through a shared love of vintage clothing and vinyl records. This short profile details defining values of the shop, the ecological impact of fast fashion, and the community in and around the shop.

If you’re ever in D.C., check out the shop.

You start dying when you stop dreaming.