Gear: Prologue
The New Series
The whole time I was making that series on Ivy style, I knew what the next in-depth podcast series would be about.
In fact, I had already started working on it. I’ve been working on it this whole time.
This is the first little glimpse of ankle. It comes out next week. I can’t believe it. I still don’t feel quite ready.

But how fun to launch with the most charming guy in the world, Shigeru Kaneko. Shigeru is a head collector and designer for BEAMS PLUS, a subsidiary company under the iconic Japanese clothing company BEAMS. And a huge source of inspiration for him is outdoor wear.
Shigeru’s collection of outdoor jackets is so huge, he chronicled it in a book.
The book is a font of historical research and knowledge, but the absolute best part is that Shigeru models all his jackets himself.
And you’ll be hearing a lot more about some of these brands in the coming episodes…

The “trailer” - or as I call it, the prologue- is now up wherever you get your podcasts. I’m not going to summarize it, it’s only four minutes long
(It took me so long to get it down to four minutes!!!! The short things are the hardest to make! Special thanks to my dear friend and next door neighbor and award-winning podcaster Sayre Quevedo for listening and helping me get those minutes down.)
But …essentially, Shigeru helped explain to me (through a translator), what makes American gear different from European gear. And this is what will bridge us from preppy style to our next series, and start us on our journey.

Here we go. It starts next week! Thanks for coming along with me.










oh im so stoked for this!
SO looking forward to this. And omg the phone booth! Amazing.