Category: Shopping From The Present
Snap scroll: Filson Italy Jacket
Available through Rakuten. Size 40.
Spotlight: Runabout Goods Protective Masks
Props to Mike Hodis and his company, Runabout Goods, for this project to make N-95 mask covers for health professionals. Runabout is now taking pre-orders for a mask for the general public. For every mask sold, Runabout will donate one to a local hospital. I’m be putting in my own order for the denim head! …
Catch and release: Filson, Mister Freedom & Margaret Howell
It’s going to be awhile before I partake in recreational shopping. For now, I’ll be closely following my own Archival resolutions, namely, number three: Do more with less. Add a few key pieces to your wardrobe and wear them until they dissolve. Since my closet is well stocked with key pieces that are likely to …
Snap scroll: Inverallan x Allevol Donegal
I spotted this eye catching knitwear collaboration between Inverlland x Allevol on my favorite, take-me-away Instagram feed, CLUTCH Magazine. Per usual, sizing is for gents only so I’ll just collect these digital images for future reference (and to remember the easy days of internet hunting for obscure Japanese collaborations over shelf stable pantry staples).
Snap scroll: Cheaney for Toast brogues, boots & loafers
For women in search of handsome, unisex, heritage style footwear, look no further than the collaboration between Cheaney and Toast. John Cheaney & Sons, a Northamptonshires shoe company, produces a terrific line of handstitched, calf leather oxfords, loafers and chelsea boots. The versions made for Toast are slightly more playful in terms of colorways (navy …
Archival Repost: Thorogood Boots (and catalog scans)
Revisiting Archival posts from the past (published August 10, 2010) In 2010, the Archival team met with Thorogood in Denver, Colorado, to discuss a project to scan some of their historical catalogs. At the time, we were hoping to collaborating on our own Archival boot model, preferably, a Moc Toe Oxford. Here are some of …
Shopping from 2020
At the end of 2019, I’m still following the Archival Resolutions I set out for myself at the start of the decade. My favorite has always been resolution #4: “Shop from yourself and from thrift shops. Repurpose strategic items from the past.” In the past year, I’ve been trying to shop more from myself and …
Narifuri x Lavenham cycling quilt
Lavenham, a UK based brand specializing in custom horse rugs and quilt gillets, is everywhere these days (per Instagram). The predominant Lavenham visual in my feed is the new reversible quilt gillet designed in collaboration with Labour and Wait. Today, I spotted a fetching new collaboration between Lavenham and Narifuri (a Japanese urban fashion + …
Wishful Shopping: Barbour Margaret Howell Spey
I’ve seen a few of these Barbour Margaret Howell Spey jackets kicking around Rakuten and the Nordstroms rack (and more obliquely, on the MHL site). Personally, I prefer the original unisex version made by Barbour (using heavier duty brass hardware, a thick mat of a cord collar and more to-the-point pocketing) for actual use in …