Roots’ Customizable Varsity Jackets

Classic winter wear with a personal touch from a family-owned company

For over 40 years, family-owned Canadian apparel and accessories brand Roots has produced top quality, hand-crafted apparel and accessories with comfort in mind. Now, they’re letting customers voice their own aesthetic choices with a customizable varsity jacket, built upon the frame of their standard Award Jacket, much in the same way high school students direct their own jacket details upon receiving their first letter. This …

The Denim Dudes Guide to the World’s Best Jeans

The author gives us the international lowdown on where to buy the perfect pair of jeans

Amy Leverton’s passion for denim has seen her journey across the globe to find the latest, oldest and most unique denim looks around, be they vintage wonders or the very newest threads from Japan. Her upcoming book, “Denim Dudes” showcases a number of dudes working that ultimate American fabric, the blue jean, in a myriad different ways. But where do they find those deep indigo …

Design Ingenuity from New Zealand: Alchemy Equipment

From the sea to the mountains to the city, a function-driven line of versatile men's and women's gear

The concept of alchemy likely conjures images of robe-wearing bearded outcasts toiling away in a cluttered workshop over illuminati-esque texts as they attempt (fruitlessly) to transfigure the everyday into the extraordinary. Building on the alchemic concept of carefully combining materials to create something new and exceptional, Christchurch, New Zealand-based Alchemy Equipment forgoes sorcery in favor of field-tested design. The recently launched brand’s full line-up of …