Since launching in 2018, 18 East has focused on one thing—making GORP-adjacent, texture-heavy, flowing men's apparel, all by hand. With drops timed almost weekly (and that often sell out in seconds), the New York brand founded by designer Antonio Ciongoli has garnered an obsessive following and collaborated with buzzy streetwear brands like Bodega and Paterson. Riding this wave Westward, Ciongoli has linked up with Portland's own Earth Studies (formerly it.Vanishes) for a first time collaboration dubbed "East_Studies."
The six-piece 18 East x Earth Studies capsule sees two distinct brands from opposing coasts come together for a rich, tonal, and perfectly crunchy collection of everyday wear for in town and on the trail. It drops today, 20 February 2023 at 12pm EST.