There are six million reasons to get into skateboarding, and for Terry Kennedy it was fashion. “I played basketball at school with this kid who skated and I’d keep checking out his Vans and DC sneakers, so he convinced me to try skating,” Kennedy says. From then on he was dressed head-to-toe in skater stuff. “When me and my friend Black Mike—the only ...

Astronomers use the term metallicity to describe the amount of “metal” (elements besides hydrogen and helium) in a star, but we think it could also describe Austin Sherbanenko’s Odyn Vovk. The line’s clothes look to be fashioned for a futuristic motorcycle gang that also happens to play Nordic death metal and attends Milan Fashion Week. Odyn Vovk (translation: one wolf) is just plain ...

As Willy Chavarria and David Ramirez roamed around Ramirez’s hometown of Palmer, MA, they surveyed the decay of textile mills and knew that they wanted to bring back quality, American-made wares. Palmer Trading Company’s retail space was constructed with original wood from an old mill and houses both old and new pieces, all made with extreme care. Their clothing line is masculine and ...

Jeffrey Sebelia started off designing one-offs for rockers such as Dave Navarro and Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) with his line Cosa Nostra, and he went on to become the winner of Project Runway’s third season and a creative director for Fluxus. Now the designer has set his sights a little smaller—as in children’s clothes—with his line La Miniatura.

Above Benny Gold’s desk there is a flash set by tattoo artist Scott Althen that is “inspired by subtle jokes and popular icons” from Gold’s eponymous brand. Althen and Gold attended the same art college and now, instead of working for the man in graphic design, they are their own bosses—one a tattooist and the other an influential street clothing designer who ...