Christopher Raeburn Talks About His Favorite Hangouts in New York City

In this brief interview with WWD, UK-born designer Christopher Raeburn, who designs for Victorinox as well as his eponymous menswear label, reveals a little bit of his history with New York, as well as some of his favorite spots around the city, such as flea markets and the city’s numerous galleries. Read an excerpt below and head over to WWD for the full interview.

Do you take any inspiration from the city?
I have more opportunities to go to galleries here more than when I’m in London. I had the chance to escape New York and go to the Dia Bea- con, beautiful. Again, when I think about my philosophy as a designer and this idea of remaking and reusing, I love that Dia is an old biscuit factory, you would never know everything has been completely reappropriated, there are so many different textures and quality and craft.

Have you learned a lot about retail through Victorinox?
With wholesale, the buyer buys what they want and while it’s a relationship or a conversation, ultimately it’s their buy, they are not rep- resenting the whole of your collection, so having your own retail is quite an amazing opportunity.