The Low-Key Japanese Brand I Buy Like a Hoarder
I’m not sure if Unionmade was OrSlow’s first stockist in the US, but the brand’s legend spread fast. In the early days, I remember marveling over fatigue pants that felt truer to the reference than the reference itself, jeans that out-vintage’d half the vintage joints on the market, and chambray shirts that looked like they literally travelled in time to make it to our shelves—all of it produced more meticulously than almost anything else I’d encountered. A bunch of smaller stores eventually caught on to what the brand was doing, but OrSlow stayed relatively hard to find until somewhat recently. By now, there’s a decent chance you’ve heard of the brand, and maybe even stumbled across it in person. If you haven’t, though, today would be a great time to get familiar with it, because OrSlow is bigger and better than ever. OrSlow Model 66 1966 Denim Pants OrSlow Super Dads Drizzler Jacket To wit: the brand’s outerwear alone owns multiple plots of real estate in my head, though this corduroy-trimmed canvas jacket and Harris …
