Fred Perry

The Space Between

Some stories are best told through contrast; two people, two spaces, one shared pulse. That’s the idea behind “The Space Between,” a portrait-driven feature connecting Roberto and Jaxx TMS through the threads that tie them together: music, records, style, and community. Two voices, drawn from one shared culture, sitting down to talk about the scene that shapes them both.

Roberto anchors the everyday Store Manager at HHV, he embodies the rhythm of the record store, the shop floor as a meeting point for culture and conversation. Across town, Jaxx TMS moves through a different but related world: a Berlin-based DJ, broadcaster, and curator, Tresor resident, and founder of Inner City Expressions. Her chapter unfolds in a more intimate setting, her own music environment, where sound takes shape before it ever reaches a crowd.

Together, their stories trace a route from HHV’s shop floor to Jaxx’s home studio, two distinct vantage points on the same creative pulse. Rather than a conventional fashion narrative, the piece is built as a portrait, closer to conversation than campaign, with Fred Perry threaded naturally through both settings rather than imposed on either.

What emerges is less an interview than an exchange, a look at what keeps the city’s creative pulse beating, from sound to style, and a reminder that in the end, it’s always about letting the music speak.