And1 Has Had Much Sucess With Clothing Because They Started As A Streetball Gruop. They Had Only About 7 Members, All Excellent Basketball Players That Learned To Play In The Streets. They Would Go On Tour To The Best Streetball Playgrounds In The U.S. Like Rucker NY Park & Venice Beach CA And Challenge The Best At That Court. Then They Would Video Tape Every Game, Some Wins Some Looses. Then They Would Make A Mix Tape Of All Of The Hilights, Fancies Passes, Best Dunks, Best Jukes, And "Ankle Breakers".
After Their First Couple Of Mixtapes They Became Huge And Started Adding Players That Would Stand Out At Their Games. Wich Meant That Anyone With Streetball Skills Had The Chance To Make It "Big". One Time A Guy That Went By The Name Of HotSauce Played And Stood Out Huge. He Became A Member Of And1 And Soon After That The Main Attraction. He Soon Began Making Money And Getting Fame, Therefore By Mixtape 6 Or 7 (Can't Remember Wich One.) He Asked For More Money Wich And1 Denied Him So He Left. And That Marked The Biggest Mistake Of And1, They Lost HotSauce And Many Fans Like Myself. Thereafter They Messed Up Even More By Adding Many New And "Skilless" Players.
HotSauce Then Went Off Making Comercials For Mountain Dew, And Even Went On To Playing A Key Role In A Hollywood Movie Called Crossover.
Watch The Trailer On YouTube.
One Of And1 Players Actually Made It To The NBA, His Name Is Rafer Alston AKA "Skip To My Lou".
And That's Why AND1 Sells Clothing Sucessfully, They Have An Active Background In Streetball.
P.S. I Was Going To Post A Link To A Video On Youtube To Showcase HotSauce's Skills, But Couldn't Find A Decent Video On Youtube. I Will Upload One Myself And Post The Link Here Soon.