Little did he know at the time that a few months later, many others, including Need Supply, Totokaelo , and Sies Marjan , would be gone forever as well. “We just watched an epidemic wipe out a bunch of brands,” he says. “That was the last season to see any of them.” With that realization came an even greater one: “It wasn't just me who thought that things were broken,” he says of the fashion industry whose issues range from a calendar that goes against seasons to discounting that’s harmful to brand. “I think they really were broken, and we're seeing that now. Sad as it is, it's validating in a way.”