What better way to spend a summer afternoon than with Raul Lopez as he spins stories about underage partying in the old Downtown scene, being openly gay in a third-world country and the inspiration he finds in the male species. Perched on a bench on the idyllic Willamsburg water front, we spoke of the growth of Luar Zepol, Lopez's reversed namesake brand, and the rigors of manning production in New York and the Dominican Republic.