Made-In-Japan Leather Goods

colin tunstall:  How was your trip to Italy? alessandro simonetti:  I was there for a little over two months. It was good. At the end of the day, in Europe, you can have a better quality of life than in New York. It’s more accessible, starting from food to the small things, like taking a…

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…

thomas schwab: On my way to your place, I ran into a friend. When I told him I was en route to interview you, he got really excited. “Ask him about his relationship with the models on his sets. He is the master of erotic photographs! To me, he’s like the ancestor of Terry Richardson.”…

Few footwear styles have withstood the fickle trends of fashion like the penny loafer. The classic design dates all the way back to 1930 when the Norwegian shoemaker, Nils Gregoriusson Tveranger, first introduced the silhouette after being inspired by the moccasins of the Iroquois. Worn religiously by men fishing along the Norwegian fjords, the slip-on…

Joya Studio is a New York City-based fragrance design studio founded in 2006. Joya designs and produces distinctive scented products with an ethos of balance and beauty using simple, locally-sourced raw materials, sustainable packaging and design, and ethical production practices. Their fragrances blend both essential oils and aromas that synthesize molecules found in nature. At…

Each year around springtime, we take a trip out to Japan to catch up with old friends, check in with our stores, and revisit a few of our favorite restaurants. This year’s trip began with an amazing event at Ba-Tsu Gallery celebrating the work of photographer Jiro Konami, carried on with our store staff as…

On a drive to the beach one day through Los Angeles’ Wilshire Blvd., photographer Adrian Gaut was struck by the beauty of the buildings lining the street. “You go from these sort of crazy downtown skyscrapers to modern stucco stuff to postmodern stuff to glass and steel,” he tells us. “There’s this whole range of…

Special thanks to Kohei Chiba and the 303 Surf Team.

miguel yatco: First question, where did you grow up? 
fernando villela: I was born in São Paulo, Brazil, and lived there until I was 11, at which point our family moved to Europe, where I shared my adolescence between Belgium, Switzerland, and Austria. 
 my: What brought you to New York? 
fv: Photography and New York….