🧦A New York Travel Story
A Trip to NY, David Lynch is weird, The Hundreds closes Fairfax store, Dinner Service, Drum & Bass bike ride down under, Arvin Goods...
Happy Sunday,
Just got back from a few days in NYC—half work, half personal, but mostly an excuse to walk the city, soak in what’s new, and eat way too much.
The trip started as a work thing for Finisterre, but stuck around to catch up with friends and get a feel for what’s happening in the city. Spent most of the time bouncing between Lower East Side, Nolita, West Village, Williamsburg, and Greenpoint—all special in their own way.
Checked out the Aimé Leon Dore to see what they’re up to. Their flagship is gorgeous, and the whole vibe there is new and unique. But the real find this trip was Dinner Service in Nolita—a brand doing limited-run collections with plant-based fabrics (recycled cotton, lyocell, even banana fiber). The store itself feels more like a creative hub than just another retail space, which is refreshing.
For February, the city had a surprising buzz. Maybe it was the food, maybe it was the fact that everyone was bundled up like an REI catalog, but it felt good. Ate our way through Eel Bar and, out of pure tradition, visited McSorley’s Old Ale House to experience the legacy. There are so many options for things to do and see it can be overwhelming, at the same time you can’t really miss, everything is so good!
Fashion-wise? Hard to call trends when everyone is layered up to survive 0°, but there’s definitely more workwear creeping into the scene. Less "downtown cool," more "I might actually own a farm" vibes. Maybe that’s just winter, or maybe people are leaning into functional, long-lasting pieces more than ever. Either way, it made us feel like Arvin Goods is on the right track. We’re making a product that holds up, fits the aesthetic, and, frankly, is on par (if not better) than some of the biggest names in the city. Hope people are starting to notice.
All in all, a solid trip. Will be back for more.
Enjoy the news below, and have a great week!
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Stories Of The Week…
Design
How David Lynch Gave Generations of Artists Permission to Be Weird - Art News
Rare are the artists whose last names become adjectives synonymous with their distinctive sensibilities: Kafkaesque, Warholian, Lynchian. To honor the recent passing of that latter adjectival artist, Art in America spoke to seven artists influenced by David Lynch’s work—though we could have easily spoken to hundreds. Lynch was, for many artists and outcasts trapped in suburbia and dissatisfied with the confines of a normative American dream, something of a gateway—an entrypoint to the realm of all things dark and strange. He gave generations permission to express the repressed. Read about how his impact lives on in the work of other artists below. —As told to Emily Watlington🎥👨🏽🎤
Industry
Bobby Hundreds on the End of Streetwear’s Fairfax Era and What Comes Next - GQ
It all started with a phone call last Thursday. The decision to close the store was years in the making, but actually doing it happened quickly. By the weekend, The Hundreds had shuttered their Los Angeles storefront on Fairfax Avenue, ending a decades-long run on the famed street that the Los Angeles Times once called “the Rodeo Drive of streetwear.” The news sent shockwaves around the streetwear-centric corners of the internet—and then the comments and posts came pouring in. The Hundreds was the last of the original group of brands that turned the street into the epicenter of a scene and a global shopping destination. By holding out, the label’s storefront had also come to symbolize the last beacon of a specific era of streetwear.
“At the moment, we just didn’t want to deal with what we’ve been dealing with the last three days, which was the onslaught of emotions,” said designer Bobby Kim, who waited a few days before announcing the closure online. Kim co-founded The Hundreds with Ben Shenassafar in 2003 and watched their brand grow as Fairfax turned from a sleepy street into a red-hot retail hub, alongside the rise of streetwear at large. During the aughts, brands like Supreme, Diamond Supply Co., Huf, Crooks & Castles, and others all opened flagship stores on that same stretch of Fairfax. And then, one by one, each left the block until none of the originating brands remained—except The Hundreds.💣❤️
Brands We Love
Dinner Service
DSNY is committed to only using upcycled, plant-based fibers, eliminating the use of plastic material inputs in our production. Microplastics entering our oceans from wash cycles of garments made from polyester (and other synthetic fibers) have a significant impact on the global carbon cycle, and over 900 marine species are affected by this plastic pollution. There is an urgent need to stop the continued flow of plastic into our oceans, and we are starting with making better choices around our material inputs.🍽️🗽
Entertainment
Drum & Bass On The Bike - ADELAIDE - YouTube
Don’t know if this is stupid, weird or totally awesome, but it looks like everyone is having a great time!🔊🚲
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