We started Wythe searching for icons of the past — the perfect oxford shirt, an authentic denim pearlsnap, the grey sweatshirt worn to perfection. We wanted garments with a soul. We wanted the oxford shirts that Miles Davis wore, the denim pearlsnaps that James Dean wore, and the sweatshirts that Paul Newman wore. This dream of a lost Americana became Wythe. The bygone heirlooms of the past, remade to fit well and last long enough to be passed down to the next generation of dreamers.