a guide to heritage clothing, canvas bags, steel bicycles, and Japanese web shops
Browsing eBay for second hand Sandringhams, I spotted this fetching Nigel Cabourn x Fox Brothers pack. Since I typically only admire but don’t buy bags made from tweed, I don’t need to fret over the $1,249 asking price. What I love in this bag (and what I’d buy in an all canvas edition) is the …
There’s still time to think about last minute gloves to replace the ones you lost in a snow bank over the holidays. My replacement pair is going to be these ribbed goalie gloves by Nigel Cabourn in 100% Bristish Wool & made in Scotland. On sale now at Nigel Cabourn.
Browsing the Library of Congress Flickr photostream, I stumbled upon these amazing images of female Farmerettes, first participants in the Women’s Land Army of America. Further research revealed that from 1917-1919 these women supported the war effort by filling the agricultural labor gap at home. According to this fascinating article in the Smithsonian: “Most of these …