A native of Southampton, New York, and a graduate of New York City’s prestigious Parsons School of Design, Sarah Reilly cut her teeth in the corporate world, designing denim for Abercrombie & Fitch and wovens for J. Crew and Madewell. Growing up, her parents helped her understand how the world around her benefits by living organically and sustainably. She says because of those experiences, “it became my dream for this line to embody the highest standard of ethic, both environmentally and socially.” Everything in the collection is made with organic materials. All of it is manufactured in New York City. She calls it Play. More »
The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem’s first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show March 17th, 1961 catapulted them to international fame. They performed for a remarkable sixteen minutes. The set included “Brennan on the Moor,” “Ballinderry,” “Rising of the Moon,” and “Jig Dancing.” They wore their trademark Aran sweaters, which the Clancys’ mother purchased from Babington, a store in their home town of Carrick and sent so they wouldn’t catch cold in the winters of New York.
To walk into St. Louis, Missouri’s Winslow’s Home is to step back in time. A general store owned and operated by Randy and Ann Sheehan Lipton, Winslow’s has fast become my home away from home. More »
I first met Seavees’ Steven Tiller this summer. Over the course of our chat, he told me about his first job working at Harold’s while in high school. He talked about all the preppy brands they carried. He mentioned Gitman Bros., but his eyes lit up with the mention of bleeding madras, “the real stuff, the Indian stuff, that gets on your skin.”
In the summer of 2008, I found my favorite pair of shoes, a used pair of cognac-colored tassel moccasins from Alden, buried in a giant L.L. Bean duffel at the Brooklyn Flea. I purchased them from my man Tutek for $30.00. I wore the hell out of them. When I found two gaping hole in the soles this fall, rather than take them to my local cobbler, I recalled the lesson my father taught me when I was a little kid. His Allen Edmonds had just returned from their recrafting service. “See, Max? Good as new! Buy a nice-looking shoe from a company you trust, and you’ll never have to buy ‘em twice.” Last month, I sent my mocs back to Alden’s factory in Middleborough, Massachusetts for a full professional restoration. They arrived this week, and I am very pleased with the results. More »
One of my closest friends, actor Alex Beh, has a new short which he’s directed and co-written. The film also stars Leven Rambin, most recently seen on Grey’s Anatomy. More »
This week in New York Magazine, writer Amy Larocca profiled one of my heroes, Andy Spade and his wife, Kate. It is a fantastic read if you’re at all interested in turning your passion into your career, and being wildly — well, the fourth place kind of wildly (more on that in a bit) — successful along the way. More »
A native of Southampton, New York, and a graduate of New York City’s prestigious Parsons School of Design, Sarah Reilly cut her teeth in the corporate world, designing denim for Abercrombie & Fitch and wovens for J. Crew and Madewell. Growing up, her parents helped her understand how the world around her benefits by living organically and sustainably. She says because of those experiences, “it became my dream for this line to embody the highest standard of ethic, both environmentally and socially.” Everything in the collection is made with organic materials. All of it is manufactured in New York City. She calls it Play.
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