FEATURES

What’s In Store? - 3x1

By Tom Ran
Scott Morrison, founding partner of 3x1.

Photo: Daniel Bernauer

Scott Morrison is the Sean Parker of denim. Though not as ubiquitous as facebook, Morrison has had a string of successes with the launch of Paper Denim & Cloth and…

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What’s In Store? - Saturdays Surf

By Tom Ran
The Saturdays Surf crew, left to right: Morgan Collett, Josh Rosen, and Colin Tunstall

Photo: Tuukka Koski

For years surfing in NYC was reserved for the die hards. Even though the Atlantic Ocean is minutes away, the urban density didn’t make transporting a surfboard an easy task….

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Behind the Bar - Karlsson’s Batch 2008

By Craig Cavallo
A family affair, Bertil Gunnarsson with his son Bo Gunnarsson.

Photo: Stefan Andersson

Potatoes are a significant part of Swedish culture. On Cape Bjare, in the south of Sweden, the soil they grow in is referred to as farmer’s gold. The country grows…

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RESULTS FOR "Leather"

Retail

Holler & Squall

Photo: Mindy Best

Holler & Squall

Zak and Gillette Wing worked at Housing Works together before opening their store, Holler & Squall in 2009. The second part of their name “Things Unlimited” perfectly describes what this… read more »

Photo: Staff

THECAST

Metal doors hide this subterranean boutique, where partners Ryan Turner and Chuck Guarino operate THECAST. Formerly a showroom, THECAST opened in late 2007 with a line of t-shirts that quickly… read more »

Photo: Cal Crary

Hollander & Lexer

Hollander & Lexer is a covert sanctuary of unique menswear and accessories located amidst the antique emporiums of Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. The finely crafted clothing is enhanced… read more »

Features

Chris and Kirk Bray of Billykirk

Photo: Rose Callahan

Billykirk Studio Visit

Billykirk’s studio is surrounded by things, equipments, flat files, paintings, photos, and memories. read more »

What’s In Store? - Extra

Walking down Extra Place in the East Village, one can only imagine what unsavory activities used to occur in the alleyway. It’s had its fair share of notoriety being right… read more »

What’s In Store? - 3x1

Scott Morrison is the Sean Parker of denim. Though not as ubiquitous as facebook, Morrison has had a string of successes with the launch of Paper Denim & Cloth and… read more »

Videos

Chris Bray and Kirk Bray of Billykirk

Photo: Rose Callahan

Billykirk

Brothers Chris and Kirk Bray have been producing leather goods for the last ten years. They launched Billykirk from Los Angeles in 1999, learning their craft from a third generation… read more »

Blog

Left: Grandtide leather covers Right: Bruce Johnston building a kayak

Photo: Grandtide & Martin Johnston

Instagram / Craftsmen

People were either confused or dubious about the purpose of twitter during its early pivotal years. It took time for the general populous to embrace the social networking tool. Not… read more »

Trap Belt by Chris Nealon

Photo: Seth Smoot

Trap Belt by Chris Nealon

We met Chris Nealon late last fall while working on a project that we’re still keeping under wraps. Nealon was referred to us through Kelly Zaneto and Josh Vogel of… read more »

Classic ad from the Naugahyde campaign

Photo: Uniroyal Engineered Products

Nauga Monsters

Naugahyde, the synthetically fabric made to look and feel like leather, was widely used on many Eames arm shell chairs in the 60s and 70s. To promote its product the… read more »

TOURS

The Bacon Tour

By David Tez

Photo: Staff

From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…

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The Tenenbaums

By Siobhan Vivian

Photo: Staff

The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…

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