Category: Shopping From the Past
Time Capsule: Barbour x Margaret Howell
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 …
Revisited: ColumbiaKnit Revisited
I’m reviewing some old posts about a few of our first Archival factory visits to Columbiaknit here and here. At the time, around 2010, we were working with Portland brand Winn Perry on a line of made in USA, cotton t-shirts and rugby jerseys. These products marked our first move into apparel from bags (our …
Grab bag: Shopping from Yahoo! Auctions Japan
Here are some recents finds from my search for Filson Japan and Filson Black Label items on Yahoo! Japan auctions. Also, if you want to wax nostalgic about what you wish you had purchased from the Filson Italy, here’s a 2010 blog post from Mister Crew with more details. In trolling the Yahoo! Auctions, I …
From the archives: Rivendell Knits
I’m thrilled to see Rivendell offering a new batch of UK-made knitwear. I still adore and wear my original WoolyWarm tweed vest (first offered in the Rivendell catalog in 2002). In case you missed out on the Rivendell Cheviot (now sold out), you can always shop from these catalog scans from the earliest days of …
Patchwork Review
Patchwork (and multi panel) garb is hard to find these days. A few cool examples kick out of eBay, Etsy and Japanese web shops. For me, these items live as visual reminders of the endless ways to create variations on a classic design. Lesson learned: don’t bring out a million products, just find ways to …
Filson Italy People
This Fall, the Filson catalog rolled out a steady stream of gents (and a few women) jumping snowmobiles, fighting fires and toying with chainsaws (a far remove from the old glass plate snaps of early 20th century Filson-garbed lumberjacks posing beside an almost apologetic axe gash). Tech fabrics are now actively mixing it up with …
From the Archives: Skookum shooting sweaters
Here are a few fetching shooting sweaters from Centralia Knitting Mills (our old Archival knitting mill). I’m a huge fan of this style and these examples nicely illustrate how well the style holds up over time; the leather shooting pad and trim develop a nice wear pattern while the wool knit still looks new. Of …
Aspirational Aviators
I’m swooning over the French aviators (and their uniforms) found in a new Flickr album uploaded by archival image maven, Pillpat. Check it out, noting all the new-to-my-eyes, sartorial details: unique pullovers, cool tunics, curious collars, striped socks and military-duty clogs. Sign me up for any branch of service that issues such lovely off-duty garb (off-duty, …
Heddels Item Number One: Filson Mackinaw Cruiser
Heddels asked me to identify my “item number one,” that is, the thing I’ve owned the longest (and still use semi-regularly). Read about my rare Filson Mackinaw Cruiser for women and follow the complete series here. And reference snaps below. What is your item number one?