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Mississippi Cotton Fields Print
20×200 have a nice print of cotton fields. The large version would look good on the wall of your denim shop. http://www.20×200.com/art/2008/09/cotton-field-mississippi.html
Lee Baby Bib – Hickory Denim
Here’s my daughter’s fake denim bib. We got this in Japan… I can’t remember where.
J.Crew have the Mister Freedom Denim Pea Coat
http://www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/MensBrowse/Men_Feature_Assortment/NewArrivals/outerwear/PRDOVR~20654/20654.jsp
Replica Pea Coats
Buzz Ricksons pea coats are coming back in stock. http://www.buzzricksons.jp/product/us_navy-0018.html And it looks like the Real McCoys have a pea coat too. https://www.realmccoys.co.jp/catalog/products/detail.php?product_id=2357 I wonder if there is a difference in quality to justify the difference in price.
45rpm Sorahiko under the microscope
Looking at the denim with a rather cruddy USB microscope. Back pocket fading above hidden rivet. Edge of backpocket. … stay tuned for more microscopic adventures
Nautical: Necklace
My office is near the workshop of William Llewellyn Griffiths, who makes some really quite spectacular jewelery. Items like this ship with crossed pistols keep me visiting his store like it is an art gallery. You can view more of his works on his web site metalcouture. Whilst I like the mariner themes with ships, [...]
Herringbone
Bad news for Australian brand Herringbone. http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,27753,24770985-462,00.HTML Herringbone make world class men’s clothing, and are probably the best Australian brand in men’s clothing. My favourite work shirt is Herringbone. I hope they can get through these troubles and still produce some great products in the future.
Distressed Cordovan
Augusta have some very interesting cordovan shoes and boots. I was going to call it “raw” because I don’t think it is tanned, but the cordovan is treated/distressed which would make it the opposite of raw for denim. http://www.augusta-shoes.com/ http://www.ateliernewyork.com/ I wonder if all this splotchy coloured (tortoise) cordovan might be the rejects from Alden [...]
Varsity x Blazer
It’s not traditional, but I like the twist. http://men.style.com/news/blog/2008/11/varsity-blues.html
RHR – OOE Yofukuten & Co. (updated)
OOE Yofukuten is a small Japanese denim brand from Nagoya. http://ooe-yofukuten.com Their awesome blog can be found here http://rhr.blog105.fc2.com/ There are 74 pages of 400 blog posts, starting back in may 2007. I can’t read the Japanese, but it’s well worth trawling through. There are lots of interesting pictures. The blog tracks the progress of [...]