Ashish

London's King of Sequins puts a fashion shine to pop culture

A Delhi-born fashion designer living in London, Ashish Gupta‘s East-meets-West approach all comes down to sparkle. Runway shows might resemble Bollywood productions with parades of theatrical ensembles splashed in vivid color, but there’s nary a sari in sight. Instead Ashish, known as “The King of Sequins,” interprets pop culture cliches—from preppy knits to Hawaiian prints—with the dazzling material. The Central Saint Martins grad describes the …

Levi’s Made & Crafted

An Amsterdam offshoot puts a modern twist on a denim legend

Borrowing their logo from a sample piece of denim a salesman could leave with a customer in the early 1900s, Levi’s Made & Crafted is “a journey to define what modernity is within Levi’s,” explains M&C’s Samuel de Goede. At its core is history over heritage with garments that look to the future while retaining elements of the past—qualities that come through mostly through hidden …

Rapha Bicycle Collection

Rapha partners with renowned bike-makers to produce a limited run of four classic models

As purveyors of some of today’s top cycling gear and accessories, it’s completely logical that Rapha would foray into the world of bike building. What makes the move interesting is how they chose to do it. Like all their products, diehard cyclists helped conceive the newly-launched bicycle collection, and they partnered “with four masters of framebuilding to offer four distinct, hand-made bicycles.” While each of …