The $50 JW Anderson x Uniqlo Jeans
Plus May Hong’s eBay favorites.
To clear up some confusion from last week, Susan Orlean faves Y-Y and Open YY are two different brands. (Open YY was also ID’d in our item on the animated film Bouchra.) They are different from Y/Project, which shuttered last year when designer Glenn Martens was hired at Margiela. Yohji Yamamoto diffusion lines Y’s and Y-3 are still going strong as is Super Yaya. Why all these Ys? We don’t know, but let us know if we’ve missed any. —Simone Kitchens, Winnie Yang, Lauren Ro, Erin Schwartz, and Michael Zhao
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* The internet quickly pointed out Leonardo DiCaprio’s Altra Lone Peaks in One Battle After Another. We noticed Teyana Taylor’s Brooks Ghosts.
* Michael and Lauren tried on a bunch of stuff from the JW Anderson x Uniqlo collaboration and found the jeans to be one of the standout items. They have a baggy, early-’90s straight-leg fit. Lauren recommends sizing up to wear them slung low on the hips. Both the men’s and women’s Pufftech jackets were also quite nice.
* Ceramics company Bauer will no longer produce Russel Wright pottery, effective October 31, and it’s selling off its stock of salt and pepper shakers, fruit bowls, and plates for 50 percent off.
* Erin had a life-changing trip to the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival, a haven for soft fibers from rare sheep. Also great for holiday gifts: hand-carved wooden spoons and handwoven baskets, cashmere baby booties, quilted origami totes, and ceramic mushrooms and pig crocks. They bought the softest, sweetest alpaca baby cardigan from Provenance Mill in Fairfield, Virginia, and some freaky cotton yarn from Loop of the Loom (which is located in NYC and holds weaving classes).
* Cast-to-order porcelain flush mounts: quatrefoil, eight-faceted cyma curve, 1930s-esque concentric steps. Choose from classic clear gloss to custom glazes including Lavender Gray, Potting Soil, Boiled Lobster, and Mottled Yellow.
* KPop Demon Hunters star (and longtime Eckhaus Latta model) May Hong told Michael about the things she can’t live without, and we saved a few tidbits to share with you here. “I buy all my clothes (and almost everything else) on eBay, which is common amongst my friends but seems to perplex a lot of other people. Some recent purchases of note, all unused and unopened — rare vintage Sailor Moon T-shirts from 1994, a Sony Dream Machine alarm clock, a vintage travel Scrabble set, and a T-shirt that I only wear at home that says ‘That’s Mr. Asshole to you.’ I have a saved search for Think Big NYC, which was a store that used to be in New York that sold super-big versions of things. I actually bought a big Bayer aspirin pill that I keep on top of my toilet tank. I’ve always wanted the No. 2 pencil, but it’s legitimately huge, and shipping is always crazy. The Pink Pearl eraser is another classic that often pops up. I wish we still lived in a world in which a store like that could exist and just be there.”
“My friend Erika Ceruzzi makes the best merino socks. And my other friend Nikko is a jeweler who made this spiral spike necklace. It looks like a nautilus and has two attachment points to prevent it from spinning around, but it really is spiky. Sometimes it hurts me a little bit.”
Hong also likes Porter-Yoshida & Co., especially the Heat series, which she uses for travel. The B4 tote is a home away from home for her travel companion, Linus, a GUND stuffy (recently featured on the Strategist Instagram). And she recently ordered the messenger and waistpack on eBay, but they’ve yet to arrive.
Alex Crowder is the founder and lead florist at Field Studies, a Brooklyn-based floral-design studio that prioritizes sourcing within 200 miles of the city. We recently spoke with her about Kallmeyer jeans that fit garden tools, 6 a.m. incense rituals, and her new line of clay vessels she designed for arranging in collaboration with ceramicist Danny Kaplan.
* “My two best friends live in Massachusetts, and I spend a lot of time up there foraging. There are also some great used bookstores nearby, like Montague Bookmill, an enchanting shop in an old watermill, where I’ll hunt for the reference shelf in my studio. In the city, I’m either starting my days at the flower market, at my studio, or a collaborator’s space. I get up between 5 and 6 a.m., light Astier de Villatte Tucson incense and a beeswax candle, then write for at least 20 minutes in a Nippon Note journal. I make a cup of matcha (I like Matchaful) and drink it with a glass of water. Recently, I’ve been using this gorgeous Yoshihiro Nishiyama glass that I saved up to buy from the Roman and Williams Guild. I also use it for trying out small arrangements.”
* “I’ve come up with a flexible uniform that can get dirty in the studio yet looks nice enough to wear to meetings. I particularly appreciate Rachel Comey’s wide-legged Tany pant. Daniella Kallmeyer actually made a pair of denim pants with me in mind, called the Winona. They have a really long pocket down the leg that fits my tools. I’m usually wearing an oversize Everlane Air Tee with a Camiel Fortgens shirt or jacket over it, like this track jacket.”
* “I wear silver jewelry only. I have all these pieces by Dunton Ellerkamp, who used to work as a freelance florist for me. His pieces are organic-feeling and weighty. I love the hook clasp on the Elevine necklace that lets me change the length from a high choker with a long tail to a low chain. There’s a matching bracelet that’s also adjustable, and I also have a few rings. This snake ring is by my friend Opie who runs Octave Jewelry, and the small diamond eyes are actually reset from a ring I inherited from my late grandmother.”
* “As a florist, I meet all these incredibly talented potters, but I’ve found that some of the most gorgeous vases are actually so difficult to arrange florals in. They might be too heavy and difficult to clean, maybe they’re too big to fit in the sink, or the shape just isn’t supportive enough for long stems. I took all this intel to ceramicist Danny Kaplan, and we sketched together. He showed me some of the shapes he was interested in creating, and I suggested modifications based on my experience. The result is geometric yet soft — still very Danny Kaplan, but in service of flora. Danny’s collections often have mythological names, so we named ours Kloris, after the ancient Greek god of spring flowers.
The Bookmill is probably my favorite place on earth <3
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