Olivers
All-New All Over Short. “Sounds like a tongue twister, but it’s actually great news. The
folks at Olivers took an already superior knock-around pair of shorts and somehow made them even better.
They’re lightweight but durable. Tailored but with room to move. And you can get away with them in most
short-wearing situations, whether it’s a backyard cookout or a 500-mile bike ride—the guys actually
tested this out when moving their HQ from SF to LA by biking between the two cities for the move. I tested
the backyard cookout. Very solid shorts.”
—Najib Benouar
Killspencer Bone
Collection. “As UD’s LA editor, I’ve found myself coveting Killspencer’s black leather
goods more than a few times over the years. Now the company just released their so-called ‘Bone
Collection’ of eerily beautiful, off-white nubuck bags (plus a football), sustaining said coveting for
many more moons to come.”
—Hadley Tomicki
Maison
Labiche Print T-Shirts. “I’ve been a fan of these guys for a while. I think they do the
print T-shirt thing in a way that avoids the obnoxiousness of so many other labels. The problem in the past
has been that I haven’t found one of theirs that really spoke to me. But I like this new ‘gentleman’
one. It gives me something to strive toward.”
—Geoff Rynex
Vans for Opening Ceremony: Old Skool LX Sneakers. “Nothing screams summer
like a pair of fresh white kicks. Right? Sure. But this pair of monochromatic light-pink leather Vans for
Opening Ceremony puts a unique, just-feminine-enough spin on the summer staple. And if you’re not in the
market for pale-pink sneakers, the beige version’s nice, too.”
—Ilana Dadras
Atalaye Swim
Trunks. “Meanwhile, over at Unionmade, a bunch of tailored-in-Portugal swim trunks inspired
by a French beach town are happening. The patterns demand attention, but not obnoxiously so, and the inseam
is just right for my longer-than-average legs. All of which will likely equate to me happening with them in
the very near future.”
—Kelly Larson