a guide to heritage clothing, canvas bags, steel bicycles, and Japanese web shops
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 …
Under quarantine, I’m consoled by livestreams of apartment concerts with Ceceile McLorin, free access to Met Opera broadcasts and Blossome Dearie playlists on YouTube. Soundtrack secured, I’m browsing comfort print catalog content and ephemera via Google Books, Flickr Commons and the Library of Congresss Digital archives. Beyond that, I’m turning back the clock to a …
Searching for generic images for a U/X personas project, I happened upon the Exactitudes project featuring typologies of people who wear similar uniforms. My fave typology from Exactitudes is the one featuring a group identified as “farmcore.” From afar, the only thing that seems to identify someone as farmcore is wearing a Barbour jacket. Things that …
Shopping from 2001: Barbour Keeperwear Jacket I don’t hunt but I love the purpose-built features of a well made shooting jacket. Juliette, owner of Hub & Bespoke, recommends the Barbour quilted nylon Keeperwear, a jacket that has been in the Barbour product line for over a decade. The Keeperwear resembles the classic Liddesdale but comes …
Aspirational layering (zippers, webbing, waxed cotton and wool) For a little winter cheer, I’m reprinting pages from my favorite Barbour print catalog from the early 1990s. Compared to current offerings, the catalog presents a minimalist collection of jackets. Each has a specific, distinctive feature making it unique to the line. Once you memorize this catalog …
Archival clothing excavations from Sierra Trading Post (discontinued and close-out items soon to be disappearing from view). Wool Donegal Sweater Keeperwear Quilt Jacket (for Women) New Classic Eskdale Jacket Newfoundland Quilt Vintage Wax Beaufort Linhope Shooting Vest (for Women) Barbour Beauchamp Waterproof Country Tweed Pullover John Partridge Linchfield Vest John Partridge Tuareg Hooded Jacket John …
Waxed Silk Utility Jacket One more submission to the archives, a Barbour waxed silk jacket on clearance at Country Attire.
Wool Cardigan New Hampshire Jacket Newhampton Jacket Newmarket Mac Jacket Beauchamp Hooded Jacket Newbury Coat A few discontinued, waxed cotton Barbour jackets (for women) salvaged from STP for inclusion in the permanent archives.