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Finefolk boutique and lifestyle shop in Kansas City thrives on personal connection, and owner Leslie Fraley has curated a space that prioritizes community, comfort and vulnerability.
“Right now, in my art life, I almost feel like I’ve caught up to myself. I’m not looking over my shoulder. I’m looking forward,” says Peregrine Honig. “That is very powerful. I feel that everything that I’ve done—it’s like falling in love."
"I think appreciation for art comes from introspection. It’s about being open and being honest with yourself. It takes some grit to take on that examination, and that’s the kind of man I hope my products target."
A natural soap and body care company in Kansas City committed to moral business practices as they continue to scale.
Designer Bill Barton was restless and in need of a passion project. This time, he wanted to accomplish something he never could while working for someone else: craft the best eyewear in the world. But first, he had to make a phone call.
The story of Kansas City-based ceramic artist Emily Reinhardt begins like this: she graduated from Kansas State University with a BFA in ceramics, stayed in the college town of Manhattan, Kansas for two years, and then moved to Wichita for six months before heading to Omaha for a relationship. “We have since gone our separate ways,” she says, openly and without melancholy.
It’s 5am on a late summer night in 2009. Matt Baldwin is on his hands and knees in the basement of his Kansas City home. He’s hovering over dozens of jeans splayed out over his unfinished concrete floor.