Kai D: Slow Fashion Gaines Momentum
He’s the owner, designer and janitor, and that suits Kai Fan to a tee. Or a nice blazer or linen tie. Relatively new to the domestic manufacturing market (the shop is about to turn six months old), Kai D in Brooklyn is a supple collection of simple, rugged clothing lines and accessories that seem dipped...
Saluting Small Business
“Made in America” is a tagline that can inspire patriotism or shouts of global exclusion. After talking to Brad Schmidt, Chief Everything Officer—his term—for New York-based retailer Cadet, I came up with a more unique label that I think will only induce sentimental sighs of everything we love about New York—“Made in Brooklyn.” One of...
