Journal

The Big Little Things

The Big Little Things

Battenwear was born on a coffee table in Brooklyn, raised carefully in Manhattan's Garment District, and is now entering its teenage years in wilds...

Down to Earth: Battenwear Fall/Winter 2020 is coming soon!

It is a lovely pause, remembering life as it was back when we designed the Fall/Winter 2020 collection. It was early fall 2019, and we we were pla...

Battenwear Supports Black Lives Matter

Dear Friends. We are creating this post for anyone who wants to learn about Battenwear's stance on the Black Lives Matter movement. Like so many ...

Battenwear Dreams in Barkcloth

We dream of Hawaii. Stuck mainland as we currently are, we dream aggressively of Hawaii. The deep dark warmth of nights, the moon and palm tree ...

#BattenAtHome

Dear Friends, Seriously big thanks for sending us your #battenathome pictures. We always knew that we had really great customers and now we have th...

The Battenwear Madras Project

Choosing the perfect fabrics, that's where we start the design process for each new Battenwear collection. The cork-board above our design desk...

SAFER AT HOME

It's been a wild month for everyone, right? We are writing to you from our backyard, isolating ourselves along with the rest of California, and muc...

THE FIFTH POCKET

When we were first starting Battenwear in Brooklyn in the summer of 2011, you could often find Shinya on the A train with his surfboard, going...

BATTENWEAR NEW RELEASE: NYLON JUMP JACKET

Spring has sprung and we've got our new favorite jacket on. The Battenwear Nylon Jump Jacket was created specially for our Spring/Summer 2019 coll...

Travel Shell Parka

The Travel Shell Parka was the very first item we made for Battenwear and it stands for everything we set out to accomplish by launching the brand.

The Truck, John’s Pinkie, & a Killer Jacket

A friend of ours in Brooklyn, John Dermot Woods, was telling us recently about how much he liked his Battenwear Utility Jacket.

Battencords

At Battenwear, we use corduroy as a staple fabric all year round, and we particularly love it for cold weather gear.