Interview: Wildfang

Menswear-stealing women welcome the world's first home for the tomboy

With the seemingly simple choice of what to wear each day we decide how the world will perceive us. Your personal style can often be the most important outlet in portraying a sense of individuality. While there’s certainly no shortage of budding brands speaking to all sorts of aesthetics, it seems the tomboy is often be left to fend for herself in the men’s department. …

Red Brick

Fabric and jewelry rub elbows in designer Karen Mabon's entertaining artistic vision

Emphasizing the embellishment side of scarf design, Scottish jewelry-maker Karen Mabon approaches the classic silk accessory like an artist to a canvas, creating statement pieces that are as imaginative as they are stylish. Mabon—who graduated from the RCA in 2011 with a degree in Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork and Jewellery Design—peddles her curiously-motifed scarves along with an array of necklaces and brooches under the label Red …

Brooklyn Spectacles

Faux wood etched eyewear offering the durability of acetate with a natural look

In recent years a wave of wooden eyewear has swept through the fashion world, introducing brands like Herrlicht and Drift, as well as the more accessible Shwood. Novel? Yes. But durable? Not necessarily. Addressing that important part of the equation is Brooklyn Spectacles, makers of faux wood acetate frames. Launched in 2012, the NYC-based brand’s introductory collection dons a unique wood grain-like finish for the …