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Harris Tweed – From Land to Street
From the forward to Harris Tweed – From Land to Street: “Harris Tweed has always resonated in the minds of the few. But increasingly the people of Harris and their traditional ways are striking a chord...
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Lock & Co’s Tweed Caps
I was glad to see that Mr. Porter is now carrying a small selection of wool caps from Lock & Co. Hatters, including several made with Harris Tweed. Compared to caps that I have from Wigens,...
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Nautical Stripes
The weather is now cold enough for heavy knitwear and I was able to finally track down a Saint James Matelot in my size thanks to the team at Archival Clothing, which carries a good selection in its...
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La France Travaille – The Seafarers
Published during the early 1930′s to highlight the various trades and professions in France, La France Travaille captures a snapshot of time with photography and essays by a number of noteworthy French...
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Corgi Fair Isle Socks
Now in the stock for the season, Corgi’s fair isle socks have the right dash of colors and patterns for those who are looking for something more interesting to go with their winter footwear. Mr. Porter...
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Game Day
Vintage football photography via the Library of Congress (largely from a collection that came from the Chicago Daily News).
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New Scarves for the Season
Instead of resorting to my usual plaid scarves this year, I thought I’d try something different with two new unusual patterned scarves from Drake’s and Nigel Cabourn. Arriving just in time for the...
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The Aran Islands – Another World
My first introduction to the Aran Islands was through the photography of Bill Doyle. Doyle, who passed away last year at the age of 85, was often referred to as Ireland’s Cartier-Bresson and had a...
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Gary Cooper – Enduring Style
Enduring Style is now out in stores as of today and I was able to find a copy after work. The team at Powerhouse did a great job on this one – aside from the nice slipcase and binding, the page layouts...
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Engineered Garments Spring/Summer 2012
The lookbook for the Engineered Garments Spring/Summer 2012 collection is now available online via nepenthes.co.jp, and some early deliveries have already made it to Japan (Nepenthes, Engineered...
View ArticleThe Distant Music of the Hounds
Skimming through a new book of E.B. White quotations led me to a short essay he wrote about Christmas, which is luckily available online in The New Yorker’s archive section: To perceive Christmas...
View ArticleBoxing Day Hunts
The first images from today’s Boxing Day hunts over in England are starting to show up on flickr and other news sources, with strong turnouts being reported all over the country: Grafton Hunt Boxing...
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The Winter Tough-Guy Book
A few scans from last month’s issue of Free & Easy, which focused on tweed and leather jackets. Unionmade has some copies left if you don’t have a Kinokuniya book store nearby.
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Climbing the Alps in the 1940′s
Scans from “Images D’Escalades,” a collection of mountaineering pictures covering climbs in the Alps – most of them were taken by André Roch, who was both a well respected climber and avalanche expert....
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Recent Publications for the Adventurers
The Ice Balloon, by Alec Wilkinson. In 1897, a Swedish man by the name of S.A. Andrée famously made an attempt to explore the Arctic in a large balloon – he and his team did not make it (perished) but...
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Shackleton’s Whisky – Revisited
The finding and reproduction of Ernest Shackleton’s whisky has been well publicized over the past two years, with the the most recent PR blitz happening last summer to support the start of sales in...
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Men’s File – Issue 6
The sixth issue of Men’s File is now available, and you can also preview the entire magazine on their website. This one is full of motorcycle related content, but you’ll also find pieces on Hitoshi...
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King of Vintage – Heller’s Cafe Part 2
Rin Tanaka has continued his King of Vintage series with another volume showcasing more pieces in Larry McKaughan’s collections – like the first volume, the book opens with a great section on workwear...
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Checking out SS12 at Jack Straw
Spring is slowly arriving in Seattle and my favorite store downtown has received just about all of its SS12 shipments. From Engineered Garments, there are lots of great jackets, ties, and shirts...
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