A Week in Japan with Adrian Gaut

luke flynn: First question, do you have a favorite pair of underpants? bjorn iooss:  I do and I’m wearing them right now. I have a few pairs and they’re all identical. They’re the ones I reach for first. lf:  And you probably have least favorites too? bi:  Naturally. It’s always good to have a few…

In 1951, Sukejiro Kaihara established Kaihara Textile Mills Ltd. with an investment of 1,800,000 yen (the equivalent of roughly $5,000 USD back then) and 34 looms. Twenty years later, the company became the first in Japan to offer rope-dyeing in-house—a process that’s key to creating the dramatic fading effects of well-worn, raw denim. Today, Kaihara…

Chris Christenson began his shaping career making boards for the surf team at Point Loma Nazarene University. After working under shaping legends like Dick Brewer and Skip Frye, he has since gone on to establish himself as one of the premier shapers in the world. A master as making all types of boards, Christenson has…

Much of our Fall ‘18 collection was inspired by the small, family-owned shops that line the streets of our neighboring communities—whether it be Chinatown, Little Italy, or Koreatown. Walking around these places, it’s easy to miss the tiny furniture stores, flower shops, and minimarts that have been serving the same friends, family members, and neighbors…

colin tunstall:Where did you grow up? adrian gaut:Portland, Oregon. ct:So you grew up in the Northwest and then you moved to New York? ag:It was maybe a week before 9/11. I came here to work for David LaChapelle, and it was sort of an obscure connection through the university I was at. Paige Powell—who ran…

thom bettridge: Your street photography has such a candid feel. Tell me a little bit about your process. daniel arnold: From my point of view, even calling it a process seems like over-selling it. The photography part of it has almost been secondary to this habit I have of aimlessly wandering around. For as long…

Earlier this year we spent three days on the Hawaiian island of Kauai surfing, exploring, and immersing ourselves in the island’s indelible beauty.

dd: How did you end up in the record business? jk: Yeah. I felt at home here. The person that had invited me to come to the U.S. was my old friend Tim Warren, who still runs this unbelievable garage-punk reissue label called Crypt Records. I stayed in his apartment on 22nd between 1st and…