Emma Berg

Minneapolis' edgy art darling on curating, designing and more

“I’ve always appreciated dressing beyond the expected and creating a look for the day that is inspired, not just thrown on,” says Minneapolis-based fashion designer and curator Emma Berg. Born and raised in the small, rural town of Stacy, Berg’s fascination for clothing came mostly from watching films like Breakfast at Tiffany’s or Auntie Mame. Her move to Minneapolis found her on local fashion blogs, …

Rudy’s Williamsburg Outpost

The Seattle-born barbershop sets up a retail and coffee shop in Brooklyn

After landing in NYC earlier this summer at the Ace Hotel, Seattle’s Rudy’s Barbershop today opens their second city location across the East River in Brooklyn. Currently running as a retail pop-up, the enterprising chop shop teamed up with Portland’s Stumptown coffee roasters to set up in a historic building in Williamsburg. Once a federal bank and, a few years ago, an A.P.C. outpost, the …

Pearl+ Soaps

The Ace Hotel favorite introduces a multipurpose gift box for the holidays

Janet Jay started Pearl+ Luxury Soaps as a hobby. The former head of marketing for Diane von Furstenberg and Estee Lauder in New York—and one-half of the creative partnership behind Portland-based Studio J, with her husband John Jay, the global creative director at advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy—she thought that it would be fun to incorporate her Chinese grandmother’s time-honored beauty routine into a luxurious, ultra-modern cleanser. …