Jey Perie’s career began at the vanguard of Japanese menswear, where he helped shape the global footprint of BEDWIN & THE HEARTBREAKERS. Working alongside Masafumi Watanabe, Perie spearheaded high-profile collaborations with Asia’s most influential retailers, including CLOT (Hong Kong), Boon The Shop (Korea), and United Arrows (Japan). This period (2008–2012) served as the foundation for his retail philosophy, which he later brought to New York with the opening of The Kinfolk Store in Brooklyn. His work there earned widespread acclaim, including a profile in The New York Times and the opportunity to curate international pop-ups at legendary institutions like Le Bon Marché in Paris and Lane Crawford in Hong Kong.