You know those street shots from Pitti Uomo: double-breasted jackets, pin-stripes, double four-in-hand knots, blooming pocket squares, and a serious disdain for buttoning shirts? That’s Italy, that’s spezzatura, and that is Domenico Vacca. The former lawyer (he represented the Italian … read more →

In 1904, a Polish immigrant named Isaac Spiewak opened a garment shop in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn and began to manufacture sheepskin vests for New York City dockworkers. By the time WWI rolled around, Spiewak was making pea coats … read more →

In the 1950s, Robert Mitchum, Orson Welles, and Burt Lancaster were all doing the same thing at Cannes: staring at Bardot on the beach. Also on occasion: visiting Jean Goldberg’s shop. Goldberg’s prowess as a tailor had the stars lining … read more →

In the spring of 2008, Nau was dead. Not struggling, not floundering, but belly-up. The Portland, OR-based company—founded in 2005 with an admirable, if lofty, mission to “unf–k the world” with its environmentally and socially conscious business model—had fallen victim … read more →

When the Band of Outsiders x Sperry Top-Sider collaboration dropped in 2008, everyone realized why they needed to pay $300 for boat shoes. Wool, corduroy, nylon, shearling… the resulting footwear was as far away from the cowhide camp classic as … read more →

Doug and Ben Burkman grew up together in Canada (being brothers and all), designed together (at Gap Inc.), and now, helm an eponymous line perfectly suited to the ex-pat prep schooler, dharma bumming it through post-colonial India. Think oxford-lined madras … read more →

If not for fashion the world might have only found out about Patrik Ervell through WikiLeaks. The Swedish-born, Cali-raised Ervell came to New York looking to take the Foreign Service exam and become a diplomat, but instead ended up as … read more →

Most stories that begin with a group of friends working on projects together don’t end with the creation of a multifaceted media, design, and fashion house that spans three continents. But that’s how Surface to Air got its start in … read more →