Mr Porter Shoots: Arto Saari and Sean Conway - Skate & Sneaker Aficionados

Mr Porter is proud to present the latest additions to the Journal from the realms of Skate and Sneaker culture…

ARTO SAARI – THE SKATE GREAT

Mr Saari is one of skateboarding’s legends, right up there with Mr Tony Hawk. Skilful, elegant, brave, he has all the attributes you’d expect of a former Thrasher magazine skater of the year (2001), but it’s his story that marks him out from the rest, an extraordinary journey that his house, just off Hollywood’s Sunset Strip, tells in three simple chapters.

CHECK OUT THE INTERVIEW AND VIDEO :HERE 

SEAN CONWAY OF NY STORE “KITH” – THE SNEAKER AFICIONADO

For Mr Sean Conway, a love of sneakers blossomed into obsession at the age of 13. He can describe his first serious purchase with the same breathy wistfulness that others reserve for their first concert, or their first time. “It was the Air Jordan 4 – that was the shoe that did it,” Mr Conway recalls as we sit in a café adjacent to Kith, the legendary New York sneaker and apparel store where he now works.

Check out the full interview and video footage HERE  ...