Starring in one of Alfred Hitchcock’s best known films, Cary Grant can be seen wearing a grey suit in North By Northwest throughout most of the movie. If you watch closely though, you can notice in some close ups that the fabric is actually a very subtle Prince of Wales pattern in a grey/blue [...]
For the vintage fans (especially for those who have an interest in goods from the the 50’s and 60’s) – Tokyo based Archive and Style is another great visual resource to bookmark.
I would not be surprised if they sold the L.L. Bean duffel above at their asking price (36,750 YEN).
Poortvliet was a famous Dutch painter, best known for his part in the creation of the Gnome children’s books. He was also both a hunter and a naturalist, and spent a lot of time creating vivid and educational illustrations of the wildlife around him in Europe. From wikipedia: Poortvliet saw himself as a [...]
Some recent interviews with artist Polly Morgan about her first solo exhibit entitled “Psychopomps“…
From nowness:
I just chanced upon the word ‘psychopomps.’ It seemed to encapsulate a lot of what I was doing. I was reading a book called Animals, Men and Myth, which was about how humans had harnessed the power of various animals [...]
Nautical themes will have a strong influence… look for SNS Herning and Inis Meain knits this season. From the Norfolk Museums and Archeology Service on the older traditional sweaters worn by fishermen:
A fisherman’s gansey was once his most distinctive feature. A navy blue jumper, patterned on the top half and part of the [...]
There is a cool story in today’s NYTimes on the restoration of never before heard jazz recordings from the 1930’s, dubbed the “Savory Collection”:
Recorded from radio broadcasts in the late 1930s by an audio engineer named William Savory, it was known to include extended live performances by some of the most honored names [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged Jazz
I had forgotten about this piece on Miles Davis from a couple of years back and it was nice to find again after researching the Andover Shop a bit last month.
Sometime around 1954, jazz great Miles Davis walked into the Andover Shop, a small haberdashery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and single-handedly turned the world [...]
During the early history of Washington state, a man by the name of Darius Kinsey built a successful career and business out of taking pictures of wild scenery and the settlers and loggers who came to conquer it. His wife, Tabitha Kinsey would help him process the plates at home.
From the inside cover of [...]
Seattle’s Seafair festival has kicked off today and the PI has put up pictures from its archive showing off some history of the annual event, pirates included. The Torchlight Parade takes place tonight, and the air show and hydroplane races start next week.
“The 1950 P-I caption read: Stan Sayres’ Slo Mo Shun [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged Seafair, Seattle
Under a “Keep it under your Stetson” campaign, the company created a number of ads during World War 2 that were very much in line with other slogans used at the time: “Let’s bring him home quicker!”, “Loose Talk Can Cost Lives!”, “Idle Words Make Busy Subs!”. They also offered a number of “freedom” [...]
I just came across this ad for Bell Labs from 1969. Two things struck me about it: one, apparently there was a time where science was mainstream (this would have been during the peak of the Apollo Program) and two, that scientists once had some style.
Click on the image to see the [...]
Also posted in Men's Clothing | Tagged Eyewear, Shirts
Vintage polo style from between 1910-1930, long before Ralph Lauren came along.
Also posted in Men's Clothing | Tagged Polo, Vintage