In 1964, Narito Takeuchi’s grandfather founded eyewear frame factory “Sunoptical” in Sabae-city and has been producing authentic acetate eyewear frames since. This factory was Narito’s childhood playground and he grew up to the sound of the spinning barrels and watching buffer’s backs.
In 1995, at the age of 15 he started drawing the blueprints of his own frames and 10 years later in 2005 Narito launched Stone-d and he designs and hand makes every pair of glasses with his own hands.
Having a long history of business gave Narito a tremendous amount of precious data in making eyewear but also left him an irrational system and tradition that he needed to break with his new blood. Most of the factories are closed to public and many processes where kept in secret for decades, but he thought it was important to open a door to his family history and started work-shops and factory tours in order to receive direct feedback from his customers.
We have teamed up Decka this Summer for a custom take on their staple 80’s Skater sock. We have flipped the striping with a 2 custom orange outer stripes and a large black middle stripe.
Made on vintage sock knitting machines these socks are highly durable, very comfortable and keep their shape really well.
Check out the short clip above featuring Dee Collins and shot and edited by Benen Dillon.
As The Wire celebrates it’s 20th anniversary, Method Man hosts an official HBO podcast series looking back at the highly influential series. First episode below and check the rest out wherever you get your podcasts.
A Photo Book by Jason Dill.
Photos from Africa, People Remembered, Places Forgotten.
Prince Street marks Jason Dill’s first monograph in more than a decade and includes never before seen 35mm photos from the Fucking Awesome cofounder’s archive, which comprises of 20 years of travels and experiences.
276 Pages.
Astro Boy was created in 1951 by Japanese cartoonist and animator Osamu Tezuka and ignited the imaginations of millions of Japanese children.
In 1966 Astro Boy’s image was adopted as the symbol for the professional baseball team Sankei Atoms and his cultural relevance remains as strong as every today with a long of collaborations including the artist Kaws.
For Spring/Summer 22 Ebbetts have produced a one of a kind Summer series Sankei Atoms ballcap which has been hand-sewn from genuine cotton twill cloth and features the infamous Astro Boy.