The folks at Industry of All Nations have an interesting thing going. Sourcing their goods such as real Alpaca sweaters, Madras shirts and lightweight selvedge denim jeans from India, and sneakers with real rubber soles from Kenya, they tap into styles already made responsibly in locally owned factories in various worldy locales. IOAN brings some chic globalism to your heritage-heavy wardrobe and usually have a good story to tell doing it.

The latest from IOAN are its Batik-print shirts and shorts, which are made in Southern India of organic Indian Madras and dyed with 100% natural dyes using sustainable practices—the patterns are created by hand via a hot wax stamp. That would be pleasant enough news, but with patterns on target for SS13, the Batiks are likely to be a cool item for hot days this summer, one you don't mind talking up.

Find IOAN Batiks in stock at Industry of All Nations and Needsupply.com