EDITORIALS

INTENTIONALLY BLANK 2023 SLOGAN HAT CONTEST IS HERE!

Calling all wildly creative fans and friends on the internet! It's that time of year again. Entries are now open for the 5th Annual IB Slogan Hat Contest. 

QUEER-OWNED AND PROUD: A COMING OUT STORY

I came out to my parents during Christmas break of my Junior year of college (Sorry to ruin your B-day Baby Jesus!). I was terrified. I was unsure of how it would go. I was already in the stages o...

LET'S TRIP: IB TRAVEL DIARY--BARCELONA EDITION

  We have been working collaboratively with San Diego based creative Ariana Velazquez for many years now. She recently invited us along (at least a bag of shoes that is!) on her trip to Barcelona....

INTENTIONALLY BLANK X WYETH: INGREDIENTS OF A FRIENDSHIP

If you have ever worked a trade show, or more importantly, a season of back-to-back trade shows, you know how important allyship is. You see the same faces as you travel from city to city, slan...

FRIEND CRUSH: BEN LEWELLYN

[IB Brand Friend Ben Lewellyn in IB Tie Dye Catskill, NY] When I first moved to the Hudson Valley just before the pandemic, I knew one person. I moved with a suitcase to an apartment I rented o...

Bem Vindo Ao Brasil!

[Leather Supply + Sample Room // Novo Hamburgo, Brazil} During covid, as I faced supply chain woes, shipping issues, uncertainty and fatigue from re-watching the Tiger King and repeat episodes of ...

Meet + Greet: ARIANA VELAZQUEZ

THINK SPRING: PRODUCT STILLS BY ARIANA VELAZQUEZ Creating content is something that didn't exist when I had my first shoe related job! Then, I was lucky enough to work as a creative director a...

PRIMARY VISUAL: A LOOK INSIDE OUR BEST STORE YET

WELCOME TO 504 WARREN STREET DESIGNED AND CREATED BY PRIMARY VISUAL When we found our new location at 504 Warren Street, we knew we wanted to do something high impact, bright, spacious and highly ...

HELLO SUMMER

"Being that we were shooting a concept for a summer release, I wanted to do something that would be very ’summer-y’ without being cliché. Living in Southern California, we have access to so many ...

MEXICO CITY, LIKE WOW

In November, we traveled to Mexico City––a city bustling with life, culture, art, cuisine, and style––to capture the vibrant colors of our SS22 styles.  We wanted a destination that brought this se...