I've been working with Five Four. The partnership started as one monthly collaboration, but now I'm the creative design director. There are still goi….

I really never even seriously considered a book but a few years ago someone approached me out of the blue and I said I would think about it..

As a child there was no place for adventure or experimentation. I guess that kind of freedom started in high school with punk rock. That's what enlig….

Basically for everything that comes out of Five Four, I've come up with the idea or changed it in some way. I'm also working with Putnam Accessory Gr….

Bigger brands like Shinola are capitalizing on what all of us small companies did. Shinola is just totally fake. It's a corporate entity that's takin….

I don't consider what you're wearing when I design a shoe. I don't have a particular look in mind or make a shoe thinking, "This would look great wit….

My agent came to me with a deal from another publisher and I signed a deal and got the advance with no idea of what I was going to do. I probably pro….

When I was a kid I was very particular. I was actually beyond particular. I would iron my money and spray it with Polo cologne..

I thought the Made in America men's wear push was a big revolution in terms of smaller companies taking charge, but it seems like it's gotten out of ….

When I lace my shoes I can't stand when they are twisted and dirty. It just looks sloppy. Even if it's a new pair of Chuck Taylors and the laces are ….

There are too many brands. You can start your own brand from your bedroom. It's a good thing and a bad thing..