a guide to heritage clothing, canvas bags, steel bicycles, and Japanese web shops
Here’s a gorgeous pair of Danner “Deck Shoes” that I spotted on a Japanese auction site. These are from the Danner’s Stumptown collection which is only available in Japan. Browsing the Danner Japan web shop, I’m struck by how many of the trad Danner styles come in a low top model. I’ll add a few …
Found on Etsy: a rare, Colamatiss hunting jacket —a French brand that was never distributed in the US. I love the action back, two-way zipper, pocketing configuration and contrast cord collar. If you have any information on this company, let me know. As it were, Colamatiss made some collaboration hats for Hunting World in the …
Here are two unusual Brady bags spotted on Smith Country Pursuits, one of my fave sites for British country clothing and accessories (my abandoned cart includes a Brady Sandringham, a harking horn and a bridle leather clip lead for my pup). Brady Lana Bag
Browsing the B-Shop for fall inspirations. Every page refresh brings different combinations of web shop models sporting my favorite Japan-only brand offerings: Barbour, Danton, Brady, Tricoteur. For those who have not visited B-Shop in person, here’s a quick preview:
Browsing back through Japanese web shops for snaps of one of my favorite collaborations, Barbour x Margaret Howell for women (AW 18). Google translation of one of my favorite web shop reviews: “On that day when I wore Babour and went home with a big paper bag of Babour, I was showered with stares (excessive …
Handy Totes in beeswaxed canvas from Scotland are back in stock. Here are some quick views of the new (very) limited run along with some of the exhibitors and shoppers at the Ditch Projects holiday market.
Counter programming against Black Friday, I like to rapid scroll through the web shops of the Japanese apparel accounts I follow on Instagram. I know the lag delay of Google translating product descriptions and sizing charts will put the brakes on impulse buying one more chore coat that I don’t need. Instead, I grab screen …
Missed it! This lovely outdoor vest collaboration between Filson and Sidnaw, a Michigan-based outdoor apparel company, bounced from in-box to sold-out-in-my-size in a blink. Everything about the ingredient list for this garment is top notch: Filson deadstock waxed-cotton fabric (8-oz. oil finish Cover Cloth and the Burnt Olive with 11-oz. oil finish Shelter Cloth) for …
When it comes to Brady, I always shop from the robust, more-than-I-need department: body-width game bags with knotted nets and two inch web straps, rubber lined fishing bags that would fit a full salmon, and big, VW engine-sized totes (well, maybe e-bike sized). As a thought exercise, I started to explore some of the more …