Archive for September, 2010

Indigofera australis

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I just found that my local nursery has native Australian indigo plants. I planted this one in my front garden. I have a history of killing plants, so let’s see how long it survives. I found a PDF by Robyn Heywood which talks about methods of creating dye from Indigofera australis. I think I need [...]

Jeans of the Old West: A History

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This book is seriously amazing. It’s like getting access to the best denim museum in the world. You should also visit the discussion thread on the Superfuture – Superdenim forum. I think that Michael Allen Harris has been posting numerous updates and additional pictures to the discussion thread.

Free & Easy Denim Issue

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Jobsey got me the latest issue of Free & Easy which has a focus on denim. I love these illustrations in this issue. And I want this Duckdigger 1873 Riveted Vest.

Take Ivy

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The Take Ivy book has become pretty famous. It’s a 1965 Japanese photobook of the fashion/lifestyle at Ivy League Universities. In recent years it became rare and quite collectable. Now it has been re-released and translated into English. I think there might be a bit too much hype around the book. Probably hype around its [...]

How a Watch Works (video)

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This video has one of the best descriptions of how a mechanical watch works. The first five minutes are crap, but once they start messing around with the enlarged watch parts things get awesome. (via BoingBoing)

Put this on

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You’ve probably seen these videos which have been passed around tweets/blogs recently. I didn’t learn much from the videos except for the one tip in the shoes video on how to tie your shoelaces correctly. If you tie the first twist one way, and then tie the loop twist the opposite way… then you can [...]