


“Sometimes they just need a little push.” He and Galasso are opening a long-term pop-up in downtown Manhattan this summer. “We’ve done a few pop-ups, and you see girls dragging their boyfriends into the store, and the guy’s like, ‘I don’t think this is for me,’ but then he tries it on and you see this change come over him, and suddenly he loves it,” Sard adds. “It’s a small leap from a typical button-down, and from there you can dive into more prints.” “We have this shirt we nicknamed ‘The Training Wheels’ because it’s in more of a simple, muted geometric print, and that’s what a lot of guys will try first,” Galasso says. Aside from injecting a bit of Hawaii-in-the-’50s style into their own summer wardrobes, Galasso and Sard are hoping Tombolo will inspire other guys to break out of their button-down uniform and try something with more personality.
