GOODFIGHT FOR KATO Goodfight worked closely with Jon, Ryan, Nikki, and their staff, riffing off signature motifs from our previous collections and Jon’s own mixed-cultural background which heavily influences his culinary direction, creating pieces that would be able to express storytelling elements of both brands while keeping a focus on functionality in the restaurant & kitchen. “We were very excited to work with Kato when they approached us about designing custom uniforms for their new restaurant because as a business--and as four Asian Americans--we felt an enormous synergy between our brands that comes from a shared desire to execute at the highest level while utilizing our unique perspective as ‘Third Culture Kids.’ Our goal has always been for Goodfight to be a space where different cultures can meet and create something new. We feel like Jon Yao cooks in the same way; the end product is high end with a subtle twist of punk-rock sensibility, unrelenting in quality but also unabashed about the way certain flavors or ingredients evoke nostalgia.” - @goodfight 📷 @hahnbo