Levi's®

Kalen Kaminski and Astrid Chastka are the girls behind Upstate. One afternoon this Spring we went to hang out with them and their friends, listen to Stevie Nicks, eat pizza, and watch them do their thing. 

Based in Brookyln, New York Kalen and Astrid make some of the most covetable sarongs, scarves and wraps with their unique take on Shibori and dip dyeing. An ancient Japanese technique of dyeing cloth, Shibori uses different methods of binding, folding and compressing the fabric. Small changes in the combinations of binding and dyeing make for an endless array of patterns and textures, allowing each hand dyed garment to be one of a kind. Check them out at our neighborhood stores in Malibu, Meatpacking and Newbury.