Askov Finlayson + Marvel Bar Candles

Three new cocktail-scented scents

Minneapolis favorites—retailer Askov Finlayson and its sister Marvel Bar—launched their first candle collaboration in 2014 and it’s graced the bar at CH HQ since. Inspired by the Marvel Bar’s hand-crafted cocktails, the team collaborated with an established Parisian scent company to capture the essence of each drink which then make their way to Minnesota to be blended with soy wax and made into candles. Three …

Customized Made-in-USA Shirts by Ratio

Button-downs crafted from a new Japanese fabric featuring multi-colored specks woven throughout

Off-the-rack is so passé. Denver-based Ratio Clothing offers quality custom-made shirts at a fair price, all the while keeping manufacturing in a North Carolina factory—a union shop where employees earn a living wage. Fill out a brief survey to determine your best size (including whether you’ll wear the shirt tucked or untucked), then select your choice of collar, cuffs, placket, pocket and buttons. Their newest …

Pikkpack + Supermundane Shoes

The already unusual flat-packed leather footwear gets a graphic kick in this new collaboration

Budapest-based Pikkpack offers a special kind of leather shoe: one that arrives at the doorstep in one flat piece, ready to be folded and sewn up with brightly colored shoelaces. Founder Sara Gulyas’ careful design uses the least amount of material as possible and engages the wearer in the making of their new slip-on or sandal. Adding some more pizzazz to the already spunky design …