It was a very good year... for looking good as hell.

Mexican Fashion: MF's a screenprinting shop operating just south of the border that slings multilingual, TJ-centric tees that have nothing to do with partying on Avenida Revolucion pinche gringo!...more

Human Time Project: HTP is using the Tom's business model to stock world health workers up on an often overlooked lifesaver, the watch...more

Crow Thief: From an Institute-educated lady and her husband, CT's a brand-new retail/custom-wear shop utilizing a continuously changing array of fabrics and patterns to construct small-batch clothing lines and custom jobs...more

Favorite Pastime: FP's a new line of minimalist surf/ casual wear that's designed for comfortable versatility, and is purportedly wearable from "the beaches of SD, to the French Riviera"...more

Tumbleweeds Odd Shop: TOS upscales and upcycles quality plastic shades into shockingly cheap wooded-out eyepieces via "old-world veneering techniques", all from a pastry chef and her long-time carpenter husband...more