Drawn from ASOS’ latest collaboration with SOKO Kenya, this vibrant wool jacket features a pattern that was actually imagined by school children (as all of this collection was). Features include a fixed hood, shawl lapels and pockets, but it’s the uncommon block patterning, reminiscent of the landscape that makes it visually distinct. Further, this piece (as well as all the others) was produced under fair-trade …
As one circles up the rotunda at NYC’s Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, a selection from the life’s work of artist Agnes Martin offers inspirational insight. The introductory piece from 1957 declares Martin’s devotion to abstract expressionism. This yields to decades worth of graphite grid work—punctuated from time to time with watercolor. This grid use nods to a lack of hierarchy and a desire for approachability. …
North Carolina’s Cone Mills (founded in 1891) was the largest denim-maker in the world over a century ago. And while the business of weaving denim has changed extensively over the years, Cone has managed to evolve with the times, but also maintain their legacy. It makes sense then that denim experts 3×1 have teamed up with the historic mill in order to create the Special …