Yaeca Ergonomic Jacket

Functional simplicity and clever detailing from a modest Japanese designer

Founded in 2002 with a focus on the symbiotic relationship between our environment and style, Japan’s Yaeca makes supremely simple and highly functional garments accented by cleverly subtle details. We recently came across one of the latest urban outerwear designs called the Ergonomic jacket, a mid-weight top layer featuring an internal carrying sling. This simple strap allows the wearer to drape the jacket on the …

Sweet Olive Soap Works

Rich, handmade soaps pay tribute to pirates and perfume from historic New Orleans

As a family-run business, New Orleans-based Sweet Olive Soap Works believes in working with fellow sustainably minded people to keep production local and customers supplied with the best ingredients available. So to make everyone and their skin happy Sweet Olive makes each olive oil-based product by hand with nutrient rich, Louisiana-grown ingredients, using the cold process method and curing each batch for a month. The …

Standard Goods

Our interview with Garrett Colton on the new Guest Buyer Series

Nestled among the nail salons, kosher bakeries and breakfast joints on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles, Garrett Colton has set up St&ndard Goods, a general store for shoppers who love high-quality goods with clean design. Step inside the small shop and the eye is immediately drawn to Colton’s favorite paintings of two brothers clad in suit and tie. Colton found these paintings, dated 1960, at …