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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…

Francis Ford Coppola is a filmmaker who needs no introduction. A quintessential innovator in American storytelling, Coppola shifted paradigms with his two ‘70s epics, each of which proposed a distinct thesis on the state of the human condition. Widely regarded as one of the greatest works in cinematic history, The Godfather is an intricately woven…

Jim Joe is the progenitor of a famous tag that can currently be seen all around New York City. His marks take on many styles, but can be easily spotted by his signature use of all-caps. Many of his tags take the form of circuitous verses, like, “NOT LONG IS HOW LONG THIS TAG TOOK…

We’re pleased to announce the expansion of our Grooming Essentials line from hair care to now include two bar soaps—Moisturizing Soap and Exfoliating Soap—and a Shaving Cream. Our Moisturizing Soap is formulated with shea butter and mango seed butter to soothe and moisturize dry skin, while our Exfoliating Soap gently cleanses and repairs skin with…

Born out of necessity, the flight bomber jacket was designed to keep World War I pilots warm during their ascent into frigid atmospheric temperatures. Early iterations were constructed from thick sheepskin and leather, but as advances in jet engines allowed planes to reach higher and higher altitudes, the need for a more versatile nylon jacket…

bob melet: How should we begin? christo: First, I will not answer questions about politics, religion or other artists. I only speak about myself. I’ve been here in New York since September of 1964. My late wife, Jeanne-Claude, and I first rented out the two top floors then and we bought the building in 1973….

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…