WOSE Shoes + Kai D.

Posted on March 04, 2014

WOSE (Working on Style Elements) was founded by Riccardo Gismondi.  He was born in Macerata, Italy, in the region of Marche, the most renowned hub of leather manufacturing and shoe making in Italy.  He inherited the art and passion for shoe-making from his grandfather, who spent all his life in a little workshop crafting handmade shoes.

 

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Posted in Footwear, Handcrafted, Made in Italy, WOSE

Brooklyn Grooming

Posted on March 04, 2014

Brooklyn Grooming was founded by McKenzie Santiago and Alfredo Ortiz Catedral with a simple notion to create authentic and natural products using trusted ingredients such as organic vegetable butters, beeswax, herbs, and essential oils.  The beard oils contain a combination of Sesame, Hempseed, Jojoba, and Argan oils. 

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Posted in Brooklyn Grooming, Grooming, Made in New York, supplies

AUSTRIAN ARTIST - DANIEL DOMIG

Posted on February 11, 2014

Since I opened my retail store, I have met so many interesting people all over the world who share similar values as me.  Daniel Domig is an artist based in Vienna, Austria. He walked into my shop during his last visit to New York.  We started a conversation which led to a spontaneous photoshoot in my studio.  You

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Posted in Artisan

Kai D Retail Store Opening

Posted on December 05, 2013

Since the closing of my last retail shop at the Lower East Side in 2011, it has been my dream to open up my new flagship store.  After many tribulations and uncertainties, my retail store at 230 Grand Street was officially open on Nov. 22.  Located in a pre-war building built in 1910, we are happy to now call this our new home to showcase the complete Kai D. collection as well as Brooklyn Grooming, Hudson Made, 

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Posted in Kai D., Made in New York

Devin Martin

Posted on November 05, 2013

Brooklyn is the home of many passionate individuals who believe in using their craft and life experience into forces of good.  Devin Martin is a perfect example.  He has spent 13 years working in the security industry for organizations such as the New York Federal Reserve and Fortune 100 companies until he became bored, unmotivated and even dreaded to wake up.  He walked away from his career to live on

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Kai D. + Pop Shops

Posted on October 03, 2013

This weekend, October 4th - 6th, Kai D. and Pop Shops are collaborating together to bring you a mobile retail truck on the road. Be sure to follow them on twitter @thepopshops to get their exact location.

Pop Shops creates multi-channel shopping events for emerging designers, online and in a less traditional retail format, through their high-end retail truck. They have taken the best-in-class business practices from pop-up retailing, high-end food trucks, and online retailers and merged them together into one model. They bring fashions top emerging apparel and accessory designers directly to you. A shopping experience like you've never seen before, as if you were shopping directly in a showroom or straight from each designer's atelier. Other designers taking part this weekend are, Michelle Vale, Nesh, Kordal Knitwear, and Cecilia Gonzoles.

Their goal is to create events that are exciting, engaging, and inspiring to customers through a unique avenue. "We want to bring amazing designers with limited distribution directly to the customer" Caryn Neary, founder and CEO of The Pop Shops.

Be sure to stop by and check us out!

Posted in Kai D., retail truck, thepopshops, weekend shopping

Kai D. Fall 13 New Arrival

Posted on September 23, 2013

It has been a long wait.  Our Fall 13 collection is finally complete.  Inspired by the Terra Nova Expedition led by captain Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole.  For this collection, we are using the compact wool felt from Bacci, an Italian artisan mill based just outside of Florence, as well as the timeless wax cotton from Japan.  Our new tie collection is made out of English tweed.  The super comfortable

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Posted in Artisan, Kai D., Look Book, Made in New York, slow fashion

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