Joanna MarshallHot on the heels of Cadet, more menswear is coming to the neighborhood: An outpost of Inventory, a Vancouver-based shop, is set to open next week on Extra Place.
Ryan Willms, a native of British Columbia, founded Inventory in 2009 after the success of his online fashion magazine, h(y)r collective (he has also contributed to Monocle and Apartamento). What began as a blog and biannual magazine reflecting the editor’s tastes in menswear, culture and lifestyle evolved, in 2010, into a store in the Gastown district of Vancouver. Mr. Willms said he and his partners curate “pieces that are timeless classics, well-made so that they last a lifetime.”
Inventory New York will sell menswear by brands like The Real McCoy’s, Ebbets Field Flannels, and Engineered Garments; shoes by Clarks, Red Wing, and Yuketen; and accessories for the home, like Japanese paper products and handmade ceramics.
Philip Watts, the magazine’s editor-at-large, will run the brand’s second brick-and-mortar location. He predicted its soft-opening would likely be next week, though Mr. Willms said it could be as early as this weekend. Either way, Issue Eight of the magazine will be published next week and will be available in the new store.
Inventory, 12 Extra Place (near First Street, between Bowery and Second Avenue); (212) 420-8900
