ALPHANUMERIC x 18 EAST
After years of drawing inspiration from Alyasha Owerka Moore’s Alphanumeric, we present a nine-piece collaborative capsule as part of our fall skate collection. Referencing the brand’s original design language, we reinterpreted familiar silhouettes and details through hand block printing, handwoven cotton, organic fleece, and hand embroidery, bringing traditional craft to Alphanumeric’s distinctly technical aesthetic.
146 Elizabeth St, New York City
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Launched in 2018, Eighteen East® is a New York-based brand that utilizes handcraft as a through-line to connect the refined reliability of more tailored, classic clothing with the functional, purpose-driven textiles and detailing of skate and outdoor gear. Primarily produced in India, we strive to include an element of non-mechanized handwork into each garment we create. From cutting a cargo pant from handwoven Khadi cotton, hand-dying oxford shirts with mud-resist dyes, printing deep pile cotton fleece with hand-carved rosewood blocks or hand-embroidering graphics on heavy cut & sew knits, we utilize a wide variety of handcraft techniques to add an individualized, idiosyncratic touch to familiar, utilitarian silhouettes.