Fashion, Features Twelve Bar’s rise in its industry is a Cinderella story that replaces a glass slipper with T-shirts; a pumpkin-carriage with corduroy jackets; and ball gown with denim jeans – in less than 36 months, Twelve Bar expands to a full…
Fashion, Features Founded in Buffalo, in 1920, New Era has grown from its humble family owned roots into a multi-million dollar apparel and Headwear Company. The company transcends its sports heritage as the official hat of Major League Baseball and manages to…
Fashion, Features Since the `80s, Stussy’s clothing has been an icon for independent thinkers and youth. Although the people who grew up with Stussy apparel have grown up, a new generation of trendsetters replace the old, however, the icon that is Stussy,…
Fashion, Features When Scott Sasso, 33, is not driving his 1987 BMW 535i, the Vassar graduate is biking to 10 Deep’s office where his creative direction fuels a streetwear company that was established in 1995. When Sasso designs, he’s not thinking about…
Fashion, Features At 24, Leah McSweeney is the successful owner of the breakout female streetwear brand, Married To The MOB NYC, a clothing line that’s been in operation since 2004 and, clearly, wears the queen’s crown within its industry. In 2002, McSweeney’s…
Fashion, Features Pascal Alouidor and Derek Smith are Alador and Smith, a Brooklyn-based clothing line that draws inspiration from everything under the sun, offering concept driven clothing with accents of class. Alouidor and Smith, both 33-years-old, are grown men and together they…
Fashion, Features Owned and operated by four friends from NYC, Kilo Goods, a subsiduary of Kilo International, debuted in 2006 with fresh bright colored designs, referencing Miami culture, specifically as it relates to the American Dream. Keeping it moving in 2007, Kilo…
Fashion, Features The construction of The Zoo York Institute is like Voltron: the Zoo York skate team as its legs, Harold Hunter as its heart, OG founders Rodney Smith, Eli Morgan Gessner and Adam Schatz as its spirit, and Kimou Meyer (and…
Fashion, Features Within urban fashion, it’s rare for a female line to pop-up, unless it’s a brand extension of an already dominant male line. One of the premier female based lines in streetwear today, Mama has been putting it down, independent of…
Fashion, Features Although urban fashion has certainly been more art-driven recently, with the prominence of large graphics on tees and hoodies in both streetwear and more hip-hop centric brands, the industry is still generally concentrated on a design-driven aesthetic. Marrying art and…
