Abe Tag

Matthew Baldwin and Michael Abe have been friends since childhood. However it took a pandemic before the 2 Los Angeles-based fashion industry insiders decided to start out working together. And on Thursday, Unity Service, their first collection of upcycled garments, will make its debut. Baldwin and his wife Emily founded the denim brand Baldwin, which was based in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2009 and built a strong wholesale business in addition to a handful of retail stores across the country. But that journey got here to an end in 2020 when the corporate’s investor group pulled the plug, and Baldwin, which had been renamed Bldwn, was dissolved. “Your complete chapter closed up,” he said. Baldwin moved back to his hometown of L.A. and reconnected...