Villages is an independent New York design studio focused on craft, heritage, and longevity. Each garment is produced locally in close collaboration with trusted makers, using carefully sourced vintage and deadstock fabrics.

Founded by Ryan Paganelli, the studio draws from life shaped between coastal New England and New York City. Growing up along the East Coast, we were surrounded by objects built to endure, remnants of a time we never experienced. They reflected care, intention, and optimism for the future.

Villages was created as an evolving project to reclaim that attitude and to build with the belief that what we make today should still matter tomorrow.