Jinx (clothing)

Jinx, stylized as J!NX, was a San Diego, California-based clothing brand started by Sean Gailey and Tim Norris in 1999 that created video game and other geek culture-themed apparel until its close in 2023.

The company remained a side-project of the two founders until 2003, when they partnered with Jason Kraus and decided to work full-time, using video game themes for the majority of their pieces.

[3] Gailey describes the multiple themes that Jinx uses in its apparel as including, "video games, art, geek culture, Internet memes, giant robots, gadgets and comics.

[5] The company hired gamers as its employees in order to remain closely linked to the video gaming community.

On January 1, 2023, Jinx.com took down their online store and replaced it with a splash page containing a "thank you" video and message from Jinx.com CEO Sean Gailey.