🧦 The Cleanest Socks on the Planet - Verified
Arvin Goods Socks, Highsnobiety X Champion, The Music Press Documented, Scottish Surf, DJ Hife Set, Take Back Bag
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Arvin News
Happy Sunday!
This week we released our latest collection of socks using Recover™ recycled cotton fiber. These are truly The Cleanest Basics on the Planet. The yarn is spun by Ferre in Alicante Spain. The socks are produced outside of Porto Portugal. They are fantastic socks from beginning to end!
In total this collection is made using 79% recycled materials, including 43% recycled polyester and 36% Recover recycled cotton fiber. Recover’s proprietary recycled fiber is one of the lowest-impact fibers available in the market, significantly reducing the carbon and water footprint of the apparel supply chain. One pair of socks made with 36% Recover fiber saves up to 18 gallons of water compared to a pair made with conventional cotton.
We have worked with Recover on different products and projects over the years, but this is the first time we have partnered to co-brand and document the product and process. Recover and the Ferre family have been a key component of Arvin Goods since the beginning, and now having a new supply chain exclusively in southern Europe, and the R on our packing is an exciting step for our company.
These are the best socks we have produced thus far, and we are very proud to be partnered with these great companies and brands to bring you this collection.
Hope you enjoy today’s Clean Up. We would love to hear from you. Comment here on substack hit us on social, or email us at info@arvingoods.com. Have a great week. Cheers,
Team AG ✌️🧦
Stories Of The Week…
Fashion
RINSE & RAVE: CHAMPION AND HIGHSNOBIETY TAKE LONDON'S UNDERGROUND - HIGHSNOBIETY
You stumble out of the tube station into the desolate labyrinth of concrete and steel. As you look around you’re struck by the alley’s devoid state. It's been a day. You’re three deep into the chaos that is Fashion Week; navigating a web of back-to-back events, from runway shows to pop-up store openings, and now, the grand finale—the Fashion Week after-party—which in London tends to look more like an A-list rave.
The barren stretch of road is home to towering structures of metal and glass, proudly flaunting its rusted facade. Layers of weathered wheat pastings and once-in-tact posters scar the wall—'Rinse FM 30th Anniversary’—catches your eye. Underneath the tremors of electronic dance music lies the perpetual hum of machinery, reverberating off the former factory's decrepit exteriors. 🚇
Design
Totally Wired is an expansive book surveying the rich and melodic history of the music press - It’s Nice That
From Rolling Stone to NME and Q magazine, the world of music music journalism has produced some of the most widely respected and revered cultural publications of the past century. However, like many print cultures, due to the rise of digital publishing the physical music press has seen a slow but steady demise. Now, being 20 years or more since “the beginning of the collapse”, writer Paul Gorman has collated its rich history in a new book, Totally Wired. The book chronologically traces the music press’ legacy, from the earliest known publication – the 1920s The Melody Maker – to its move online. But, importantly, Paul was also intent on giving a platform to some of the lesser known, more radical journalists and publications who have had their role in the music press omitted.📸🖌️
Industry
"Hireth" Finds Empty Waves and Solitude In the Remote Scottish Isles - Field Mag
Single fins and Scotland aren’t an obvious pair to most, but watching surfers Mike Lay and Colin MaCleod ride teal blue waves against a backdrop of green hills and dramatic cliffs in Scotland’s remote Outer Hebrides, you won’t soon be able to forget.
Backed by British surf brand Finisterre with award-winning director Seth Hughes at the helm, Hireth is a new short surf film follows the two aforementioned watermen as they seek untouched surf among rugged landscapes.🎥🏄🏼♂️
Entertainment
FULL VINYL | Jazzy Hiphop set | DJ Hife@Advantage Bar - YouTube
DJ Hife is from Seoul. She came to Japan to play with heavy records. Thank you! It's a Jazzy Hiphop set at a advantage bar with night view IG: / hife06