Second Layer releases limited Firme Rolas cover edition

Second Layer has created a singular object for the culture of the moment: one cover design, two pressings, fifty pieces made in the USA. The tee arrives tomorrow at Maxfield in Los Angeles, rendered in charcoal grey cotton with vibrant coral sleeves that offset the graphic like clips holding the whole thing together. The front carries the magazine cover aesthetic Firme Rolas has made its own, text layered across image in electric blue against black, with hand drawn figures and pizza illustrations that speak to the specific Los Angeles nocturne the publication documents.

The two versions sit at the heart of this release: blue and red ink options on the same garment, a democratic choice for collectors rather than a hierarchy of scarcity. Second Layer has built its reputation on these conversations between music culture, visual language and wearable design, and this partnership with Firme Rolas reflects that sensibility entirely. The shirt reads as both archive and event, a piece that collapses the boundary between looking at something and being part of it.

The event itself carries the mood forward. From one to five in the afternoon, Maxfield becomes a gathering space: Gra La will serve pizza, Jungle Jungle will handle the decks, and for the journey across Los Angeles, Second Layer has commissioned Jonny Paycheck to mix Impalaville, a 79 minute mixtape of what they describe as rolling classics. Every element has been considered not as decoration but as extension of what the label and the publication already share: an eye for the moment and the muscle memory to make it tangible.

Imagery courtesy of Second Layer (@secondlayer_us).