Interview: Frith Hucks of Bay & Fyfe

A "can-do Kiwi" packs her collaborative scarf collection with artist Daimon Downey's Pastel Zoo

by Vivianne Lapointe Proving that collectibles can be properly showcased beyond the wall or a shelf, Bay & Fyfe founder Frith Hucks is dedicated to creating beautifully finished and wearable art. The Sydney-based concept label first caught our eye with its dusty pink, orange and plum silk scarf featuring a quirky flamingo designed by Australian artist Daimon Downey. We had a chance to sit down …

Battenwear SS13

Corduroy, velour and duck cotton in the Brooklyn-based sportswear brand's third surf-inspired collection

Founded in 2011 by Brooklyn-based designer Shinya Hasegawa, Battenwear—formerly known as Batten Sportswear—takes a playful approach to active menswear design, favoring unconventional fabrics and colorways with a vintage surf-inspired aesthetic. Delivering all of the above and more is the recently launched SS 2013 collection, anchored by soft pastels and peppered with corduroy, cotton and velour. Although it’s just the young brand’s third season in production, …

Bridge & Burn + OMFGCO Workwear

Three of Portland's brightest—and tallest—creatives inspire a capsule collection of heavy-duty shop gear

Fritz Mesenbrink and Jeremy Pelley of Portland, Oregon’s prominent design agency, The Official Manufacturing Company, had a problem. Two of the city’s most prominent creative makers, they were both too tall and lanky to fit into standard studio overalls and jumpsuits. Fortunately, long-time friend Erik Prowell, owner and designer of apparel company Bridge & Burn, and himself rather vertically gifted, offered them a solution in …