AN EXCELLENT SUMMER IN JAPAN
This summer we were in Japan for work and play, and we got to spend some time catching up with the good people of Go Out Magazine. If you don't...
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SS23: A DELIBERATE CASUAL
Battenwear Time Travels to 1960s & 70s California Battenwear Cooperative Preorders are now CLOSED -- The SS23 collection will be launched online in March 2023 Battenwear Spring/Summer 2023 began over lunch with our...
THE ANATOMY OF BATTENWEAR LOCAL SHORTS: TAKE A LOOK UNDER THE HOOD
Ever since we were kids, we’ve loved classic corduroy Ocean Pacific-style skate shorts. They’re super comfortable and give off such a laidback, cool vibe.In honor of the great skate-short tradition,...
HOME IS WHERE THE CARDIGAN IS
above: Chef Kei Kojima of Beige Alain Ducasse - Tokyo in Kamakura, Japan Nomads that we are, we've lived in dozens of neighborhoods over the years. So, when we first designed...
THE VARYING DEGREES OF "WATERPROOF" AND BATTENWEAR'S APPROACH TO NOT GETTING WET
One of the many good customer questions we get is whether our outerwear is waterproof. People usually just want a yes or no answer, but the way we see...
10TH ANNIVERSARY PROJECT: BATTENWEAR X OTAKARA NYC
While a student at New York City's Fashion Institute of Technology, Battenwear designer Shinya Hasegawa liked nothing better than to walk up and down Manhattan Island, making a mental map of...