“Damn, I really was a fool.”
— Mike Cherman, founder of Chinatown Market and ICNY
Mike Cherman’s
Contingency Plan
At the age of 25, Mike Cherman has been through more business highs and lows than most entrepreneurs twice his age. After exiting his own label, ICNY, two years ago following an ugly falling out with his former investor, Mike packed his bags and moved to LA. A native New Yorker, Los Angeles provided the clarity he would need to plot his next moves. He took time off, bought a Volkswagen and figured out that in fact he actually didn’t give as many fucks about fashion as he thought.
“Damn, I really was a fool.”
— Mike Cherman, founder of Chinatown Market and ICNY
“It was really a crash course. […] I’d have to sit there and mock it all up and then in five minutes show it to them.”
“I own being immature about my own design stuff.”
“It’s the bastardization of the original idea that makes you lose love for what that original idea was.”
“I came from a streetwear world. I came from a streetwear mentality.”
“If you don’t ever fail, then what the fuck is succeeding?”
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