BARE
BARE
BARE is a unique lifestyle brand inspired by art, culture and travel. We create travel accessories with a focus on innovative design, distinctive material selection and versatility. Our products cater to the stylish world traveler with an adventurous spirit and a passion to seek experience.
BARE Collections provide intuitive, functional and durable designs that highlight necessity rather than extravagancy. Behind BARE products lies an understanding that design in its purest sense arises from stripping away excess and keeping only what is necessary.
With a firm belief in timeless design and a deep appreciation for the values of classic craftsmanship, BARE combines distinctive materials with simple yet intricate details to create products of uncompromised style.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
The BARE design philosophy is illustrated through selective materials, unparalleled functionality, and an innate vision to create something uniquely different. We celebrate understated design traditions, enduring silhouettes and product versatility.
Each BARE piece is meticulously composed of materials of the highest quality which directly influence product form and function. Our travel accessories merge natural, durable textiles and lush premium leathers with solid brass hardware to create pieces built to last.
BARE designs systematically unite the synergy between aesthetics and purpose.
CRAFSTMANSHIP & QUALITY
As you explore each product, you will uncover thoughtful design elements, such as hand casted brass hardware and fine leather, all cut by hand. The products display a sense of discovery revealing precise thought in each and every detail. BARE products will age beautifully, develop uniqueness as they are worn and only gain character with age. BARE embodies contemporary chic rooted in the purity of classic design.
GRASON RATOWSKY
BARE Creative Director & Designer, Grason Ratowsky blends rich ideas with raw artistic integrity in his elaborate portfolio. His unique style is sculpted from a combination of artistic parents, global living, extensive world travel and an inherent need to experience the creative process. Ratowsky’s works of art and design are expressed with organic emotion and primitive abstract composition without regard for normalcy, as he thinks outside of the lines of formality and simply follows his internal vision. His accessory collections use creative yet timeless silhouettes, materials with celebrated textures and creative functionality. His unique ability to connect consumers with their individualistic nature is at large, a part of what he values in life himself. Ratowsky’s designs and works have been featured in numerous galleries and publications worldwide. He currently lives between Denver and New York City.