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This narrow menswear boutique pairs dapper vintage duds with new apparel and accessories from obscure young designers. The brick-walled, dimly lit space was conceived by Greg Armas (formerly of the similarly rustic L.A. menswear shop Scout), who peppers his shop with eclectic accents like a chirping, caged parakeet and a stack of 1930s-era quilts. The featured designers are mainly Californian and European, including store-exclusives like Raquel Allegra’s preprocessed and hand-shredded tees and scarves made of recycled shirts from Los Angeles County jails. Vintage cowboy boots, lace-up boots, and dress shoes in polished blacks, weather-beaten tans, and chocolate browns border the perimeter of the floor, and textured, tailored clothing hangs above. Skinny aqua denim from Saddlelites, knee-length jackets from Licentious, graphic tees from Chronicles of Never, and gold-flecked pullovers from So Last Season are mixed together on the racks. Miscellaneous accessories border the register including Italian-made rosaries, Henrik Vibskov eyewear, earrings from Afghanistan, and vintage beads from North Africa. — Lauren Murrow