After working in the vintage business for more than 20 years, native Irishman Oliver Harkness has become one of the go-to vintage clothing legends of New York City. Located at Lower [...]
How do you bring hiking and camping to the people living in a concrete jungle? Gene Han is a native Brooklynite with a penchant of the outdoors. Earlier this year he opened the shop Hatchet [...]
Los Angeles eats it’s young. That’s why there’s so few heritage brands or old buildings here. We’re an adolescent town, and we purge constantly. Nothing lasts, but innovation thrives. Designers [...]
Mister Freedom was the last thing I expected to talk about when I pulled into Asheville, NC for a weekend trip. Asheville is a small city nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has a reputation [...]
Setting up shop in the historical birthplace of riveted blue jeans comes with a certain obligation to deliver something unique if you want to make a name of yourself. The San Francisco Bay Area [...]
Since the San Francisco shop opened in November 2006, Self Edge has been established as the undisputed leader in vintage styled Japanese denim retail in the US; with their webshop possibly in the [...]
A recent study by Boston Consulting Group showed that more than 80% of American consumers would choose products labelled “Made in USA” over those labelled “Made in [...]
To most denim lovers Self Edge doesn’t need any further introduction. The goal of this growing American denim empire is to sell the best jeans in the world. Period. But to Andrew Chen, [...]
Getting Denim-Heavy In The Bay Area Located on the east side of the San Francisco bay in Oakland, the shop has quickly gained a reputation as one of the area’s go-to denim destinations. But [...]
Just north of San Francisco the old defense batteries, that was build on Marin Headlands during World War II tells tales of the fear of a Japanese attack on the all important harbor and city on [...]