Tokyo’s Pass The Baton Adds a Personal Touch to Vintage

Our visit to the concept consignment shop's location in Omotesando, where items bear the owner's photograph and an anecdote

Located at the edge of the Tadao Ando-designed Omotesando Hills shopping complex, a few floors underground into basement territory, is the “new recycle” shop Pass the Baton. The space (one of two locations in Tokyo) hosts an orderly explosion of used and repurposed items, making customers feel as if they’ve walked into a wonderland where a sense of time and location dissipates. A lamp that …

Wintervacht Revives Decades-Old Blankets as Wool Coats

Two Amsterdam designers find beauty in materials that have lost their original purpose

Upon a first look at Wintervacht’s brightly hued wool coats—from plum purple and canary yellow to curious patterns that evoke lava lamps or colorful chess boards—it’s almost impossible to believe that in their past life, these coats were old blankets (and by old, we’re talking decades). Thus, you won’t find the standard outerwear shades of black, gray or even houndstooth here. While the Snuggie trend …

Low Lives Swimwear

Retro-tinged one-pieces and bikinis from the new Australian label

Melbourne, Australia-based brand Low Lives is less than a year old and their second collection is arriving just in time for summer—summer Down Under, at least. With laid-back, sporty one-pieces and bikinis that bear words like “Babewatch” and “High Fives,” the swimwear is dangerously sexy at a closer look. The deep blue “Menace Beach” has high cut hips and a thin racerback, while the red-on-white …