MadeWorn
The designer, the brand
Born and raised on a farm in Montana, Blaine Halvorson is a hands-on creator with artistic talent across multiple mediums. He first launched Junk Food Clothing in 1998, a global leader in vintage and music nostalgia apparel, which he led to its successful public offering in 2005. He created MadeWorn in 2013 in Los Angeles as a luxury lifestyle brand that harks back to simpler times. Composed of fine art, ready-to-wear apparel, customized footwear, accessories and beauty products, the collection reflects Halvorson's aesthetic of using vintage materials to craft goods with a modern, edgy twist. Focusing on sustainable manufacturing and locally sourced materials, MadeWorn is one of the few companies that can boast that all their creations are absolutely and entirely American made. Halvorson oversees every aspect of production, from the weaving of organic cotton T-shirts at his downtown Los Angeles factory, to the setting at his Fairfax District showroom.
The showroom
The space is part of Halvorson's "experiential retail" model encompassing art, music and fashion that he hopes will trigger innovation in his clients. Anything can be purchased in the private, appointment-only location, which keeps the space changing as things sell, creating a new experience every time customers return. The 12,000-square-foot, indoor-outdoor compound houses MadeWorn clothing and lifestyle brand in addition to a taxidermied giraffe and lion, a butcher fridge packed with fake raw beef made of a rubber and plastic mix and a room styled to look like a bathroom —non-functioning but complete with graffiti— that replicates the Rolling Stones' "Beggars Banquet" album cover. Each of the rooms of the space has its own theme and accompanying merchandise for sale.
Hollywood
Not only does he host appointment-only visits for numerous A-List celebrities, he also welcomes Oscar and Grammy parties as well as other elite private events in his West Hollywood studio. In the last years he designed the costumes for the movies The Revenant and Aquaman.
731 N. Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046*