Chances are you’re not sure where the top or pants you are currently wearing was made—or who (or what) made it. Matter is a new socially motivated business that wants to change all that by documenting every step of their attire’s journey; from being dyed and woodblock-printed in Jaipur, stitched and finished in New Delhi and woven in Bihar on hand-looms. There’s a story behind …
Whether you choose to recognize it or not, it’s happening—sweats are having a moment. From the cozy boy and goth-ninja menswear movements of seasons past to the tech-sweat-driven warm-up fashions of fall, sweats are now as likely to be seen in SoHo and on streetstyle blogs as with ice cream stains on a dorm room floor. To take a look at some of the many …
After funding their first selvedge denim jeans with a successful Kickstarter campaign in early 2013, NYC-based Parke is at it again with a more innovative idea in mind: A pair of raw denim jeans woven with one percent elastane for enough stretch to encourage and enable an active lifestyle. While the “active denim” lacks selvedge, it is made by renowned Cone Mills in North Carolina, …
