No.One’s Triple Black Bravo Sneakers

Full-grain, vegetable-tanned leather low-tops from the LA-based independent brand

As LA’s No.One footwear company makes clear, the name of their Triple Black Bravo isn’t accurate. Really, the best way to understand just how remarkable the shoes are requires looking at all the ways they’ve used premium black materials. First, the sleek sneakers are quintuple black when you count the black veg-tan footbed with black foil embossing and the black Plonge lambskin lining. This is …

Lazy Oaf’s New Line: G.E.M.

Drawing inspiration from Cyndi Lauper and Barbara Cartland, a flamboyantly fun and frilly collection

We’ve been longtime devotees of Lazy Oaf, the fun London-based label that truly lets you wear your (even most curmudgeonly) feelings on your sleeves. Founder Gemma Shiel launches new pet project G.E.M. today, and the statement pieces are not for the fainthearted. G.E.M. (standing for Give ‘Em More) experiments with more texture, volume and frills—think dresses with furry sleeves, a sheer color-block jacket, jeans that …

Olivia Wendel’s Handpainted Scarves

Why the Brooklyn-based artist finds wool and silk to be the fitting canvas for her work

The last time we wrote about Olivia Wendel, it was back in 2014—her stained silk tapestries were a notable highlight in that year’s annual RISD graduate thesis exhibit. Armed with an MFA in textile design, the now-Brooklyn-based painter has since developed a synergetic relationship with the rippling canvases of wool and silk, resulting in her debut collection of six scarves this year. A brief look …