Brixton’s ReStitched Collection

Salvaged materials from canvas mail bags to indigo kimonos are given a new life as handmade premium hats

As the cliche goes: when life gives you lemons you make lemonade. Alternately, when you find a great vintage piece that doesn’t fit, Oceanside, California-based Brixton will make a hat for you. With their new “ReStitched” collection, the brand scoured premium vintage pieces from indigo kimonos to leather flight jackets. Inspired by a love of all things worn and weathered, the limited line embodies a …

The Book of Life’s Lil Pleasures

Following up on “The Mini Book of Major Events,” illustrator Evan Lorenzen has gone back to pint-sized publications with “The Book of Life’s Lil Pleasures.” A look inside the tiny booklet reveals pages of doodles detailing the small pleasures in life including the smell of rain, chirping birds, riding on the back of shopping carts and, um, eating cereal out of your enemy’s skull? Anyway, …

Mosher Originals Action Packs

A new line of bags that are minimally branded, durable and proudly handmade in Canada

Few companies start out making dog products then segue into products for their owners. However that’s exactly what Toronto-based Mosher Originals is doing with their new line of bags (for humans), currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Initially inspired by the lack of durable, waterproof jackets on the market for dogs (essential for long walks in the Great White North), founder Tom Mosher is now taking the …