JUST IN: BLK DNM
With perfected skinny and regular fits, and washes we love, it’s no wonder why our BLK DNM deliveries are so eagerly anticipated around here. Now the wait is over for guys to take home Jeans 25 skinny...
View ArticleINTRODUCING: DANIEL SILVERSTEIN
We’re proud to introduce Daniel Silverstein to our women’s designer page for Fall 2013. Using Zero Waste technology, Daniel Silverstein incorporates the full yardage of fabric needed to create his...
View ArticleNYFW: FASHION WEAK BY RYAN BLOMBERG #5
Our illustrated Fashion Weak series continues with Ryan Blomberg’s latest piece “Ugh, Stuck” complete with iPhone emojis. Pro-tip: While looking great for a NYFW presentation is important, don’t...
View ArticleNYFW: PARKCHOONMOO SS14
Waves was the title designer Choonmoo Park gave to her Parkchoonmoo SS14 collection, and as we waited for the show to begin in the Hoffman Hall at the Highline Hotel, there was a calm-before-the-storm...
View ArticleHOW WE WEAR IT: CONVERTIBLE STYLES FROM LD TUTTLE
The Return shoe (right) could’ve arrived as either a boot or a clog and it would’ve been great, but being the awesome brand that they are, LD Tuttle decided to make it with the ability to be both and...
View ArticleNYFW: FASHION WEAK BY RYAN BLOMBERG #6
As NYFW draws to a close, here is “Category is: walk of shame” the sixth and final illustration from our friend Ryan Blomberg’s series Fashion Weak. Stay tuned to the OAK blog as we wrap up our...
View ArticleOAK COLLECTION SS14 – MEN
What better way to wrap up our coverage of NYFW than to give you a first look at OAK Spring/Summer 2014? Our SS14 menswear collection begins with an athletic foundation, which we’ve built upon with...
View ArticleOAK COLLECTION SS14 – WOMEN
For our women’s SS14 collection we continue our exploration of sport and function by exploding and deconstructing elements of the basic. With open backs, twill tapes, slits, cuts, and elastic we’ve...
View ArticleSTUDIO SESSION: THVM ATELIER
Photo credit: Todd Weaver Our Studio Session series continues with a look inside the workspace of LA denim phenoms THVM Atelier (an acronym for “this here very moment” and pronounced “them”). The key...
View ArticleINTRODUCING: GENERAL IDEA
We gave you a look at the General Idea SS14 runway show as a part of our NYFW coverage, now be the first to take home the amazing FW13 collection from the Korean designer. Featuring extended hems,...
View ArticleRECAP: STARLIGHT GIRLS AT SHEA STADIUM
Photographs by Justin Fulton Words by Conor Riley With a cinematic sound, and a projected film montage featuring shots of diamonds, lo-fi aliens invading Washington DC, and the band themselves to...
View ArticleJUST IN: AVIATIC
Last season we introduced you to Aviatic, a Parisian-based menswear line designed with the non-conformist city-dweller in mind. Aviatic’s urban influence is back in full force for fall with a...
View ArticleINTRODUCING: KYE
Kathleen KYE’s designs are all about fun. After all, her first collection was inspired by a dream in which she was being squeezed by King Kong’s hand. Based in London and Seoul, KYE’s mission is to...
View ArticleSTYLE BY THE SMILE 09.23.13
Julien Boudet, photographer. Check out our latest installment of Style by The Smile, our favorite way to people watch on Bond St. This week we caught up with some leather-clad shoppers, as well as our...
View ArticleSUPERMODEL DOCUMENTARY HOUR: SAMI SURMA
Sami wears OAK slouch rider jacket, Laura Siegel embroidered sweater, and Mykita / Damir Doma sunglasses (coming soon). Sami Surma is a self-proclaimed “sunglasses addict” from Minnesota. She just got...
View ArticleOFF THE WALL: YAYOI KUSAMA “I WHO HAVE ARRIVED IN HEAVEN”
Yayoi Kusama’s latest exhibit I Who Have Arrived in Heaven (her first at David Zwirner’s galleries on 19th street in Chelsea), felt like a celebration of life and showed no indications that the...
View ArticleLOWER EAST SIDE: SEL RROSE
Last night we stopped into the recently opened Sel Rrose at 1 Delancey street (Delancey and Bowery) in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Named after the female alter ego of artist Marcel Duchamp and with...
View ArticleRECAP: THE FUN CONFERENCE ON NIGHTLIFE AS SOCIAL PRACTICE
This weekend, the Museum of Arts and Design in Columbus Circle hosted a three day conference called The FUN Conference on Nightlife as Social Practice, and on Sunday morning we were up bright and...
View ArticleINTRODUCING: JEREMY LAING
Toronto-based Jeremy Laing approaches his collections with a self taught design method he developed as an apprentice with Alexander McQueen. OAK is proud to welcome six select styles from Jeremy...
View ArticleSTUDIO SESSION: ANN-SOFIE BACK
Located in the “art director swamp” district of Stockholm, the Ann-Sofie Back studios were once a private garage, and later a storefront for the Danish brand Soulland before ASB took over. The space...
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