First written in 1914 by Captain James Moss, the manual was intended as a be-all resource for the training of new cadets and soldiers. Topics include drill formation, fitness, combat with bayonets, first aid, map/compass reading, and trench warfare.
Year: 2010 (page 41 of 46)
Designed in the 1800’s by Charles Babbage, the Difference Engine was an early concept of a mechanical computer. Babbage was never able to build it in his lifetime though, and it was not until 1991 that one was finally created using his original plans.
Here’s a video showing a demonstration of how it works.
J.Crew has begun to update its website with new items for February, and local stores should be receiving goods in now. In addition to several great looking shirts, ties, and shorts, there are also shoes and boots from Alden, denim from Levi’s, classic Persol sunglasses, and a number of other accessories. The men’s catalog for February is online for viewing too.
Written in 1966 by Steve McQueen for Popular Science, he reviews several motorcycles out in the desert.
I’ve been noticing several of these new bags show up online lately from a Japanese company called Sonic Lab; they seem to be well made, are simple in design, and have some interesting details like toggle and metal clasps. See more pictures on Dice & Dice, Chicken Shack, and Uneven.
Update: here are a few other models on Silver & Gold.
My first real tie was a vintage Paul Stuart regimental in the classic red and navy stripe pattern, which I happened to come across again this last weekend when organizing a few old boxes. Pictured below on the left, I remember wearing this thing almost daily and it went through a lot with me as if it were a close friend. The edges and tip are now frayed, and dyes from the silk will rub off into your hands and shirt if handled too much. Long since retired, it was somehow spared the fate of a trash can which is really where it belongs.
The tie’s particular pattern left a lasting impression on me though, and to this day it’s still my favorite.
The Highland jacket was a new design for this season and it features quite a few pockets inside and out. It’s a bit similar to hunting jackets from previous seasons, as well as the black canvas hunting jacket made for the Levi’s capsule collection.
In this picture: ts(s) jacket, Engineered Garments cardigan, and Woolrich Woolen Mills trousers.
Seattle Woolen Mill Co. interior, showing warp dresser (the company is long gone). Photo taken circa 1905, from the UW digital collections.
A warp dresser was the job of someone who’s duties were to prepare and manage the worsted threads for weaving.
Besides being a great name for a store, I Was Lord Kitchener’s Valet is largely credited with popularizing the wear of old military uniforms for fashion during the 60’s and was where Jimi Hendrix and a number of other rockers purchased their iconic jackets.
From vam.ac.uk:
Lord Kitchener’s sold racks of tunics, there were boas, those old fox stoles, second hand fur coats, pith helmets, Victorian dresses, bits of Victorian furniture, general junk, some good and some bad. Some people liked wearing secondhand clothes but at first it wasn’t that busy. Then, over a period of time, clothes started to take over from the furniture. Eric Clapton was the first one to buy a military jacket early in 1966 when Cream’s first album came out.
I’m sitting there one morning and in walked John Lennon, Mick Jagger and Cynthia Lennon. And I didn’t know whether I was hallucinating… but it was real. And Mick Jagger bought a red Grenadier guardsman drummer’s jacket, probably for about £4-5. They all came from Moss Bros and British Army Surplus. In 1966 it was only fifty or so years from Victorian times, when we had an empire. We used to buy fur coats by the bale… we had to throw quite a lot away.
So Mick Jagger bought this tunic and wore it on Ready Steady Go when the Stones closed the show by performing Paint it Black. The next morning there was a line of about 100 people wanting to buy this tunic… and we sold everything in the shop by lunchtime.
And from a youtube video:
“Footage showing the London fashion movement that took place in the late 60s at “I Was Lord Kitchener’s Valet”. Brian Jones was regarded as a fashion icon due to his rebellious and flamboyant style. His style of dress and manner did much to influence the fashion scene of swinging 1960s London. Including footage of Jimi Hendrix playing Like A Rolling Stone and Stone Free, in Chelmsford, England, February 25, 1967.”