"Clothing can be an expression of yourself. So let it be one. Just do what you want, man. Do whatever."

Izak Holder is exactly where you would expect to find him. Settled into a meeting room at New Balance, completely at ease, the kind of person who fills a space without trying to. His first Father's Day snuck up on him, he will admit that freely. In between the chaos of everything it fell by the wayside until this conversation brought it back into focus. It also happens to coincide with Marlow's first birthday, his daughter turning one on the 14th of September, which means the week ahead is carrying a lot of weight in the best possible way.

Fatherhood, he says, was something he thought he understood before it happened. He had a perception of it. A picture in his head of what it would mean and how it would feel. Then Marlow was in his arms and the picture changed completely.

"Things that you used to think mattered just don't matter anymore. There's this little human that's more important. And that's the thing you're worried about the whole time."