We’re very pleased to release our first Archival brand kerchief, since we consider a good handkerchief an everyday necessity. Use them for blowing your nose, wiping your hands, a fine furoshiki, tying things together, or just tying around your neck. Ours are a touch larger than usual, made of an excellent linen-cotton (LiCo? CoLin?) that …
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Alert – Archival Kerchiefs
Over the years we’ve been posting on our favorite kerchief projects. We originally declared our admiration for discharge printed kerchiefs sourced via ebay, thrifts and Japanese web shops. Two years ago, I discovered Cornell University’s collection of political american kerchiefs. Our current kerchief favorite is the wave kerchief made by our Archival friends and stockist, …
Release – Wave Pattern Kerchiefs
We’re offering a new, discharge printed kerchief made by General Quarters, one of our favorite Los Angeles stockists. Blair, owner of General Quarters, designed this kerchief with a Japanese pattern called Nami or Seigaiha. According to Blair, the word means “calm waves” and the four arcs in the pattern represent the four oceans surrounding …
Release – Dot Kerchiefs
I first spotted these kerchiefs at General Quarters, one of my favorite Los Angeles stockists. For those of you that have followed us for awhile, you know how much we love traditional, discharge printed cotton kerchiefs. Outside of Japan, they can be difficult to source. The General Quarters version is beautifully discharge printed in LA …
Archival Handkerchiefs
As documented, Archival loves kerchiefs. My preference is for discharge printed, polkadot models from Japan and the UK. To diversify my collection, I’m going to shop for a few vintage kerchiefs from Cornell University’s Political Americana Collection. When knotted, the rhetorical content reverts back to pleasing patterns and scrambled text. Cleveland-Thurman Handkerchief Benjamin Harrison Handkerchief, …
Archival Kerchiefs
(hankies above are from the highly-endorsed DISCHARGE STYLE) Handkerchief, bandanna, hankie, or kerchief. Whatever you call it, it’s essential. I keep one with me all the time, for nose-blowing, glasses cleaning, a rag for when your bicycle chain drops, tying things, bundling things, a headband, or, in the woods, as a sieve (try it – …
Shopping from John Ford: Neckerchiefs
Directed by John Ford (Bogdanovich 1971) Visual addendum: Ford Home Furnishings Ford x Bogdanovich For practical purposes, I’ve been wearing and carrying kerchiefs on longer, hot weather brevets (one for the neck, one for the handlebar bag).