“Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk.” - Rumi. Friday opened our doors just over two months ago, and we are wildly drunk on gratitude.
Let’s keep this circle growing. Thanksgiving is a colonial settler holiday, born of stolen land and stolen “friendship.” Today, let’s feast and gather in gratitude and hope alone. May all stolen lands be returned.
To
@muzzumil_ruheel_studio , whose friendship for the last 20 years has been inspiring this collaboration. Your work is powerful.
To
@itsgeorgealexander , whose gentleness and love for scent and all things sensorial bonded us immediately.
To Rene and
@rowdtla , for making it all so smooth.
To
@anarjoshi and
@nadiagirach , and the conversations that can only exist at the edge of two worlds.
To
@simrahfarrukh , whose soulful work will grace many more walls.
To Garret and
@tealeavesco , for mastery of craft meets deep human kindness.
To
@dgruberger &
@likethehighway , fellow witchy spirits with unbearably big hearts and creative fire.
To Miguel, a master of mangos, tea, and care.
To
@houseofvivian &
@fannykahlo , whose mix of darkness and light burns deep.
To
@zohra_rahman @azrahenna @kartikresearch @naya.beat @tacapaeharvest @chukpalu @jehanonline @turnblackofficial @shama.perfumes , for being the keystones of our first concept store season.
To
@rmichaelh @clothingethics @ohmygong @jacobdominicus , for their words in our catalog, and their friendship.
To the ones who made us feel at home in LA:
@ricrafvira @feelzalot @jimmygoldblum @rajivmenon @aminoacidd @christineortizofficial @qasimofearth @aadilabedi @nabilahiman @neel.k.agrawal @berbereimports . Like knows like.
First image: People Like Us, Jeffery Gibson - a queer Native American of Choctaw and Cherokee descent.
@jeffrune
Music by
@auratband