mimiTENS

Godzilla, skull and princess kids' mittens made in Canada

They don’t call Canada the Great White North for nothing—it gets cold up there. To Anna-Maria Mountfort, founder of children’s mitten brand mimiTENS, the country seems like the right place to make quality winter wear. “The way I see it, if you buy olive oil from Italy, kids’ mittens from Canada is pretty logical,” says Mountfort on her website. Mountfort started mimiTENS when she couldn’t …

Tic Sweden

Popped buttons ditch needle and thread for a quick new fix

It’s hard to find something cuter than a button. Shiny and simple, the notion serves a single, important purpose—aside from providing fairytale currency—but can be downright infuriating when it chooses to go asunder. Enter Tic, a cheeky little device developed in Sweden by Karolina Rantfors, Mats Gabrielsson and Ljubo Mrnjavac (who have wisely taken the liberty of patenting their clever invention). Tic also holds but …

Private White V.C. Factory

The family-run facility behind the dedicated UK-based menswear brand

Advertorial content: Fast becoming a well-known name in the ever-evolving menswear market, Manchester-based Private White V.C. makes sturdy, military-inspired garments with a keen attention to detail. Named for company founder James Eden’s great grandfather, Jack White (a decorated WWI veteran), the prideful brand still operates in the factory where Private White himself once worked and eventually owned. After learning of the brand’s storied history back …