“Dude, I can’t imagine we’re right here now!” So mentioned a starry-eyed Colm Dillane earlier this week as he walked me via his new KidSuper retailer and dream manufacturing unit in Williamsburg, which is formally open tomorrow after “years and years of dreaming and planning.”

It was virtually two years in the past when Dillane, who’s 31, first gave me a tour of the situation, pre-renovation, on 158 Roebling Avenue, simply an eight-minute stroll from the Bedford L prepare cease. Again then, Dillane had simply procured the constructing (with a five-to-15 yr lease), which takes up simply over half the block, and was within the early levels of outlining what to do with it. He shared plans for an artwork gallery, a recording studio, a display screen printing store, a retail house, an out of doors espresso space, a non-public bar house, a photograph studio, an out of doors mini soccer discipline, the KidSuper places of work, and—phew!— even his personal house. Sure, the constructing is that massive—round 10,000 sq. toes—and sure, Dillane has made most of these components occur. Save for the soccer pitch and the out of doors space, all of them will probably be open from tomorrow. Consider “KidSuper World” as his very personal model of Ken’s “Mojo-Dojo-Casa-Home” in Barbie.

So, who’s funding the dream? “I feel everybody has seen what number of partnerships I’ve finished over the previous two years,” mentioned Dillane, “however I additionally don’t flex something.” He’s proper about that. Dillane doesn’t have a Lamborghini, nor does put up pictures of himself with a Birkin in a non-public aircraft. “KidSuper is doing properly, so the model pays for the model, however all that different cash is getting used right here,” he mentioned.

His spring 2024 present was offered by Meta, and there was a Canada Goose capsule on his fall 2024 runway. There’s additionally been a Stuart Weitzman collaboration, a Coca-Cola mashup, an ongoing Jägermeister partnership, a Superplastic toy line, a Creatively sponsorship, and a LoveSac deal that helped furnish the house. “Louis Vuitton was the good factor ever, and it was unimaginable, nevertheless it didn’t pay for this constructing,” mentioned Dillane of his flip as visitor designer for the label in 2023, “if folks suppose I’m promoting out, they need to a minimum of know the place the cash goes.”