The Perfect Bag: Interview with Steven Alan

How Steven Alan crowdsourced the perfect travel bag

When the new airline V Australia asked clothing retailer and designer Steven Alan to come up with the ultimate travel bag, the always-affable New Yorker turned to the online community for their suggestions. Traveling to Australia for inspiration, Steven blogged about his trip, using the website to tap the Twitter community. The upshot incorporates crowd-sourced high function with a clean look accented by the designer’s …

Warmi Knits

Whimsical folklore and animal imagery mark Warmi's latest knitwear collection

Now in its second season, Warmi continues to blend contemporary style with indigenous craftsmanship. A Franco-Colombian artisinal fashion label, each collection is designed by the brand’s Colombian-born, Paris-based founder, Sylvia Toth, then produced in a remote mountainous village in Northern Colombia by a cooperative of women weavers. Seemingly a funky new diminutive for “warm,” the name Warmi means “woman” in Quechua, one of the last …

Self Edge x Toyo Enterprises: SEXT11 Jungle Cloth Jeans

Soft, sturdy and weatherproof pants made from U.S. Navy spec materials.

Sometimes timing is everything. I walked into Self Edge as these beauties were being unpacked, and was fortunate enough to get the first pair. Like most Sugar Canes and Self Edge collaborations the beauty is in the details. Based on the specs used by the U.S. Navy during from the 1920s to the 1950s, Toyo has recreated the Jungle Cloth to its original specs. Woven …