About Us

Undoing Silence. Stitching Together the Future

It started with a tear—the day after 9/11, a simple design of the Statue of Liberty weeping, printed in a small screenprinting shop in South Carolina. Hundreds lined up, not for fashion, but for a statement. That design turned into $25,000 raised for the Red Cross, and a community’s way to heal together.

Years later, facing a new kind of national crisis, our founder asked the same question: How can we turn anger into action? The answer: CNTRL Z.

In a landscape flooded with political slogans and endless noise, we built something different.A brand with a visual code—vowels stripped out, defiance stitched in. A brand where every piece isn’t just worn—it’s lived.

At CNTRL Z, activism doesn't start at the ballot box or end in the comment section. It’s in the streets. It’s on your chest. It’s on every door we sticker. It's one small act, multiplied thousands of times over.