There are moments when New York feels less like eight million separate lives crammed into one tiny city and more like a shared, iconic identity.
The moment the final buzzer sounded and the Knicks won the championship, the city spilled into the streets. Car horns blared. Fire trucks boomed in celebration. “Empire State of Mind” played from open windows. For one night, it felt like everyone was celebrating the same thing.
I don’t follow basketball, but it was impossible not to get swept up in it. The anticipation of a win after more than fifty years felt nerve-racking, exciting, and historic. My feed has been full of Knicks content ever since: clips from the games, interviews with the players, and stories about all the doubt, losses, and setbacks that came before this monumental win.
I noticed their consistency and focus, especially when they were down by double digits and the outcome looked uncertain. They stayed locked in.
New York is hard. It can be loud, isolating, expensive, and relentless. Most days, everyone is rushing somewhere else. But every so often, the city reminds you why you live here—why you tolerate the expensive rent, tiny apartments, and overcrowded restaurants.
The timing felt especially meaningful because we were celebrating at Mixed, too.
This weekend, we launched our new Summer Collection and gathered in person to bring it to life. After months of working through prints, silhouettes, fabrics, fittings, and campaign concepts, people were finally wearing it!
The event was everything I hoped it would be: colorful, warm, and full of community. Familiar faces arrived in Mixed pieces from past seasons. New customers discovered us for the first time. Our Pomodoro print has been flying and is already starting to sell out! 🍅
Behind every visible win is a much longer story: years of hope, work, disappointment, belief, and people choosing to keep showing up.
I’ve been thinking about that a lot as we approach our five-year anniversary and I look back through old newsletters from the earliest days of Mixed.
And when the win finally arrives, it rarely belongs to just one person. It gives everyone who helped build it a reason to celebrate.
It was a very good weekend to launch something colorful—and a very good weekend to call New York home.
Hugs,
Nas
P.S Join us Saturday, June 27th for our next in person shopping event! RSVP here 🛍️
