a guide to heritage clothing, canvas bags, steel bicycles, and Japanese web shops
Since Archival closed, Tom and I have been meeting for pizza and plotting a new bag brand. We love bags and still think the world is missing a few models. Our latest project is called Handy Bag (or Handy for short). We’re keeping things simple, functional, affordable and durable. In May, we will be releasing …
Last weekend we were honored with a visit from the Japanese “hi-style” magazine HUGE. HUGE is doing a feature on Oregon manufacturers and we were pleased that they included Archival in their itinerary. On Sunday, the HUGE team visited our sewing contractor’s facility in Springfield to get some live action snaps of Terry at work. …
We are excited to announce that a new round of Archival Flap Musettes and Archival Totes are now available. We also have Archival Plain Musettes in stock. Flap musette in 10 oz. navy waxed cotton canvas Flap musette in 22 oz. ranger tan waxed twill Flap musette in 10 oz. olive waxed cotton canvas To …
Terry w/flap musette fabrics Terry Shuck of T & J Custom Sewing in Springfield, Oregon, makes all of our Archival Clothing baggage. Terry started out in shoe repair and later worked as a fabric cutter, machine technician and backup soft goods design assistant for Burley Design Cooperative in Eugene, Oregon. We had heard it was …
Backdate to 12/08 Bowling in small doses (say, once every five years) is OK since you get to wear stylistically and historically codified footwear (like an interactive module in a shoe museum). While bowling has inspired fashion oriented footwear, my minimal field research shows little evidence that streetwear has influenced bowling shoe designs. At Timber …
Lee westernwear shirt (captured, but not by me) Big Mac work boots for JC Penney (released) Paraboot derby style shoes (captured) (New old stock) Sears vintage loafers (captured) Rocsport lace-ups (released) TropiCool seersucker trousers (released) Insulated military trousers (released) A few items found, purchased from or released back to Springfield, Oregon, thrift stores on …
A few weeks ago, some friends and I ventured out to workwear supplierRobert Supply Co. to document the store’s more exotic product offerings and collect archival footage. Although Roberts is an official (and well stocked) Filson dealer, the store specializes in logging equipment, industrial clothing and related supplies (translated into the vernacular by timber framing …
A few weeks ago, some friends and I ventured out to workwear supplierRobert Supply Co. to document the store’s more exotic product offerings and collect archival footage. Although Roberts is an official (and well stocked) Filson dealer, the store specializes in logging equipment, industrial clothing and related supplies (translated into the vernacular by timber framing …