022: Toronto Meet Up and Update

John and Kobe talk with Dana Lee Brown about her eponymous label and approach to fibre development, responsible design, and her farm-to-hanger approach. As long time fans of the brand, we’re thrilled to talk with Dana about the return of her label as Dana Lee Brown and future plans. Follow us on social media: ⁠@raincheckpod⁠, Dana Lee Brown: ⁠@danaleebrown_official, Kobe:⁠@rc.kobe⁠, John:⁠ @johnn_gal

Cole, John and Kobe recap their recent trip to Toronto and review their recent cops.  Check out our site: raincheckpod.com Follow us on Instagram: @raincheckpod, Cole: @yakultist_, Kobe: @rc.kobe, John: @johnn_gal 

Cole, John and Kobe do a patented jpg review and critique Acronym’s first FW23 release and Veilance F23 (starts at 28:00). They also discuss some other brands and what they’re buying these days. Follow us on Instagram: @raincheckpod, Cole: @yakultist_, Kobe: @rc.kobe, John: @johnn_gal

Kobe and John talk with Iain Granger of HHV and advanced.research. We discuss Iain's career, style and plans for expanding advanced research into a fully fledged fashion and outdoor community. Iain has great taste and an infectious passion for clothes and curation, and we're honored to get a chance to talk with him and pick his brain about new brands.  Follow us on social media: @raincheckpod, Iain: @ixgranger, advanced.research: @advanced.research Kobe:@rc.kobe, John: @johnn_gal

John and Cole talk with Zeke Hemme of constant-practice. Constant-practice sells some of most unique pieces of clothing we’ve ever seen, with all kinds of fun and innovative technical features. We talk with Zeke about his interest in clothes and how he established and develops his shop.  Follow us on Instagram: @raincheckpod, Zeke: @constant-practice, Kobe: @rc.kobe, John: @johnn_gal, Cole: @yakultist_

We’re talking with Nathan Finkelstein of mucha(c)arne about creating his brand and how he integrates his personal philosophy into his work.  Follow us on Instagram: @raincheckpod, muchacarne: @muchacarne, Cole: @yakultist_, @Kobe: @rc.kobe, John: @johnn_gal

We’re joined by Patrick Stangbye, whose work and style we’ve admired for a long time. We discuss Patrick’s background in fashion and the outdoors, his current projects, industry stuff and our overlapping interests in brands and outdoor fashion. Follow us on Instagram: @raincheckpod, Patrick: @patrickstangbye, Kobe: @rc.kobe, John: @johnn_gal

Cole, John, and Kobe are back with a short update on FW22. They discuss leaked Arc’Teryx System_A photos, Arc’Teryx LEAF’s suspension of non-government sales, recent Acronym drops and more. Follow us on social media: @raincheckpod, Cole: @yakultist_, Kobe:@rc.kobe, John: @johnn_gal LEAF news source: https://www.reddit.com/r/arcteryx/comments/yx6ih9/arcteryx_leaf_to_suspend_all_nongov_sales/ Kobe LEAF IG Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CXt_mmvPcCk/?igshid=Zjc2ZTc4Nzk= Jean-Luc Ambridge: https://sabukaru.online/articles/jean-luc-ambridge-lavelle-interview

Cole, John, and Kobe discuss Acronym’s first FW22 drop, FW22 Veilance men's and women's, Arc’Teryx and some other bits and pieces. Follow us on social media: @raincheckpod, Cole: @yakultist_, Kobe:@rc.kobe, John: @johnn_gal

John is joined by Charlie Duong, Digital Product Director of @BYBORRE Create™ to discuss his transition from creative agency to digital product, his thoughts on merging technology and textiles and building new systems with Create™. Follow us on social media: @raincheckpod, John: @johnn_gal, Kobe: @rc.kobe, Cole: @yakultist, Charlie: @charliecduong, BYBORRE: @byborre