Buddy Holly on the cover of Rolling Stone.
Category: Men’s Clothing (page 62 of 74)
Horween Leather is selling a small assortment of them directly.
Now for some brighter news, Paul’s Hat Works in San Fransisco is under new management. From The Chronicle:
She began a long conversation with Michael Harris, the owner, manager and entire staff of Paul’s Hat Works. Harris showed her his vast – and unsold – inventory of Panama hats, felt hats, top hats, antique hat boxes, and a backroom full of ancient machinery for blocking, steaming and molding hats. The place looked like a museum and smelled as musty as a tomb. The business was on its last legs; Harris was looking for a buyer.
Griffin, who radiates a combination of perkiness and steely resolution, immediately determined to buy the old place and turn it into a success. She enlisted three friends – Abbie Dwelle, 23, described as “a building and organizational visionary,” Wendy Hawkins, 25, co-owner of a food cooperative, and Kirsten Hove, 29, a hat designer.
The four spent months negotiating with Harris, weeks more learning some of the hat tricks of the trade, and by the end of summer closed the deal, cleaned up the shop a bit and had a grand reopening party this month.
I hope the new owners do well and I plan on stopping in next time I’m down in the area (I wonder if they would sell me an unblocked panama hat, if they have any).
Photo by Stephen Lam.
Also be sure to check out their blog, where they’ve documented the store’s transformation. This vintage head measuring device is also noteworthy: http://hatworksbypaul.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/hats-for-big-and-or-tall-people/
I was pretty disappointed to hear news that one of my favorite stores in Chicago is closing this month. Hejfina had distinguished itself from other small clothing stores with the owner’s hard work in picking out excellent selections for both women and menswear, but apparently this was not enough to save itself during a hard recession.
They will be marking things down on sale until the end of the month (even new merchandise). Be sure to check out their remaining Engineered Garments selection, and maybe pick out a thing or two for your girlfriend or wife from an assortment of women’s designers.
I found this today on my usual rounds: a rare safari jacket made exclusively for BEAMS by Engineered Garments. I would guess that only a small handful of these that exists.
Context is now selling a special version of Alden’s #309 work boot which they’re calling the “Roy Boot“. These look great, but I only wish these were on the Trubalance last instead of the Barrie.
The WSJ just published an article on Steve McQueen’s continuing influence on menswear that’s worth a read: Fashion Channels the Steve McQueen Mojo
Steve McQueen died in 1980. Today, he is a rising star in menswear.
Dolce & Gabbana has created a line of $285 T-shirts decorated with pictures of the 1960s and ’70s star for spring, building on the success of a limited-edition line in spring 2008. Thom Browne, a designer known for his extremely fitted clothing, cites Mr. McQueen’s look in “The Thomas Crown Affair” as an inspiration. Pictures of Mr. McQueen adorn the “mood” bulletin boards used in-house to inform J. Crew’s collections, says Frank Muytjens, head of men’s design. The retailer carries off-white, slim-fitting corduroy pants and Baracuta jackets like the ones the actor wore; it even styles outfits in its catalogs based on photographs of him.
I think that taking inspiration or even making replicas of what he wore is okay (see Real McCoy’s The Great Escape clothing line), but branding his name on everything like this is pretty naff.
The September issue of Free & Easy is probably the best one they’ve put out this year and the main theme is iconic American men (cowboys, surfers, fishermen, etc.). In a little over 200 pages, they’ve managed to compile a great selection of pictures showing off American culture and it covers everything from tweed sportcoats to pancakes. This is a definite pickup if you can get your hands on one (hint, keep an eye on this page).
Update: Added more pages by request – read on if you’d like to see a few choice scans.
Fall is just around the corner and I can’t wait to starting wearing these. The top two are black (the actual color is more greyish) and blue chambray, and the bottom two are the cotton twills which feel like soft flannels. I did not pick up any of the plaid workshirts this season, which were a bit too bright for me.
Now available to view on their website in catalog format: http://south2west8.com/
