Børk Blankets: Iceland’s multidisciplinary creative studio introduces four graphic quilts to be made by 66°NORTH

Børk Blankets


While the life of a digital designer often leads down different paths and to various projects, most work produced is often temporary and intangible. To make something more permanent, four graphic designers from Reykjavik-based multidisciplinary creative studio ); return…

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Voices of Industry: The Oakland-based label is one of the rare few to use fiber farmed and spun in the US, then handwoven into true cotton shirts

Voices of Industry


According to the American Apparel & Footwear Association report released last week, 97.5% of apparel sold in the United States is made internationally. For the past two years, this number has been in decline (albeit in…

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Threadmason: The NYC startup promises better fitting men’s T-shirts with a new custom system, consisting of 24 sizes

Threadmason


Founded by Georgetown alumni Vincent Ko (head of social business at Panda Sunglasses) and Jake Huston (former mobile strategy consultant), Threadmason—a brand which launched their Kickstarter recordOutboundLink(this,…

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CIFF KIDS: Three Scandinavian Kids Labels: From wool onesies to interior design, a look at the best offerings for little ones at the recent Copenhagen exhibition

CIFF KIDS: Three Scandinavian Kids Labels


Scandinavians have long been highly regarded when it comes to furniture, fashion and food, and some of the region’s finest children’s labels are ensuring the next generation grows up with that seemingly inherent sense of understated style. CH met with three of the best during last month’s Copenhagen International Fashion…

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Regimental Collection by Corgi: Prince-worthy socks for everyday use

Regimental Collection by Corgi


It’s no secret that renowned Welsh sock manufacturer Corgi has been a longtime provider of socks for Charles, Prince of Wales. However, their new Regimental Collection was actually Prince Charles’ idea. The collaborative range includes nine…

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Studio Visit: Araks: “Strong, feminine and demure” lingerie and swimwear that leave an effortlessly lasting impression

Studio Visit: Araks


When entering the Araks studio, you’re first greeted by their color library; a rainbow of fabric swatches and thread samples packed into an assortment of overflowing jars. It’s a display reminiscent of a technicolor candy store,…

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Sourcing Vintage Textiles with Hickoree’s : We join the Brooklyn retailer at Sri, their supplier for ancient Japanese threads

Sourcing Vintage Textiles with Hickoree's


Japanese textiles, and denim in particular, have been a long-standing obsession of mine—long-standing, but somewhat uneducated. With the goal of schooling myself on these beautiful and ancient materials, I recently joined Emil Corsillo and Mitch Frank of ); return…

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Party Prints: From “Hot Dawgs” to “Babar Paris” to “Kimono Camo,” this season’s conversation-starting shirts in myriad patterns

Party Prints


Last year as the weather warmed up, it seemed like NYC—if not much of the Northern Hemisphere—had tropical fever. The Hawaiian shirt was visible in a variety of styles and patterns, but almost always kept to a palm tree or flamingo print. This season seemingly builds off those good…

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Soxfords: From “Camel Toes” to “Space Invaders,” cheeky dress socks that go “Against the Stream”

Soxfords


Dressing for serious business often means concealing the zanier items in your wardrobe, no matter how great your Babar-themed button-down looks under a blazer. And since novelty ties are never a good idea, to expose a…

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CH Editions: T-Tech by Tumi Backpack: Our second collaboration with the trusted travel brand results in our ideal day to day travel bag

CH Editions: T-Tech by Tumi Backpack

As avid travelers, finding a single bag for all situations almost always ends in compromise, leaving us with an arsenal of luggage clogging up our closets. So when our friends at Tumi approached us to create our ideal, all-purpose bag we jumped at the chance. Having collaborated with Tumi…

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