From an ad in the late 70’s, part of Pierre Cardin’s pret-a-porter collection. It was also recently featured in Fantastic Man (along with a great interview with him).
I wonder what gives them their shape. Specially structured shoulder padding?
Category: Men’s Clothing (page 63 of 74)
Paul Stuart has begun to update their site with fall merchandise and everything looks great as usual. There are some more additions of lower cost suits around the $1500 mark as well, which never seemed to show up on their site in previous seasons.
Some of the styling on the Phineas Cole collection continues to be bizarre however – who is their customer for this line? The mid-century British dandy vibe is interesting, but not very wearable.
Most stockists here in the U.S. have been receiving their Engineered Garments over the past several weeks, and a few listed below have updated their websites with inventory. Many pieces are selling quickly already, so I recommend not waiting long to buy something.
- Hefjina: http://www.hejfina.com/men/designers/Engineered-Garments/
- Odin: http://www.odinnewyork.com/
- Barney’s: http://www.barneys.com/Mens/MENS04,default,sc.html?prefn1=designer&prefv1=Engineered Garments
- Farinelli’s: http://www.shopfarinellis.com/ms-16-2-engineered-garments.aspx
- Context: http://www.contextclothing.com/brand.php?brand=Engineered%20Garments
There are still a few things that stores haven’t received yet (like the down vests). With summer ending, those will hopefully go out soon.
On Cool Hunting, by Kiya Babzani: http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2009/08/sonny_barger_x.php
As we turn onto the dirt road to Sonny Barger’s house outside of Phoenix, AZ, the fear starts to sink in. I mean, he is Sonny Fucking Barger, the man that helped found The Hells Angels, the world’s largest and most notorious motorcycle club. Photographer Clay Gardner and I are there to shoot Sonny for an upcoming ad campaign for Self Edge (currently running on CH), but standing at his front door with three rabid-sounding dogs barking furiously at the mesh gate, we momentarily contemplated running back to the car.
I can’t wait to see what the ad campaign ends up looking like.
According to this piece in the NYT today, Alex Carleton of Rogues Gallery will be helping L.L. Bean out with a new low cost line with better silhouettes. The first pieces will be available in Spring 2010. I’m looking forward to how this will turn out, and I really like that they’re not trying to do another Woolrich Woolen Mills:
Chris Vickers, a vice president in charge of L. L. Bean Signature, said the prices have not been determined but that you can expect a woven shirt to cost $50 to $70 and a sport jacket about $200. The biggest difference from the classic sportswear will be a fit that is closer to the body.
“We’re not looking to be sold at Colette,” Mr. Carleton said, referring to the avant-garde fashion emporium in Paris. “This is for modern, everyday dressing. My goal is not to challenge you. My goal is to make your life better.”
More great looking items for fall are up on J.Crew’s site today, along with the addition of the September catalog. The plaid and tartan flannel shirts are interesting, and many of the sweaters from last year are back just in case you didn’t pick any up then. Some of the other new items include Stan Smiths, a Rogues Gallery tote, and Red Wing work boots.
I was browsing through my usual blog list and came across a recent post by the Rogues Gallery guys showing some looks for what I would guess was a photoshoot for GQ. I’m assuming that they’re not actually going to use these pictures in the magazine, but I think they’re great in that they’re over the top and fun to look at. (note that I don’t advocate dressing like this.)
A couple of scans from Men’s Ex showing examples on how sportcoats can be worn both formally and casually. You can see some more in this previous post as well.
I was a bit disappointed by the special Mister Freedom Mariners Tote that I received today from J.Crew. Overall it looks great, and the hand painted work is excellent, but I was let down by the quality of the bag itself which seems like one of the regular totes that they sell in their stores for about $60.
There’s nothing particularly good about it from what I can tell, and it does not compare well to my Filson, Superior Labor, or Engineered Garments totes. Even worse is that it has an unmistakable odor of an industrial strength laundry detergent that I would guess J.Crew used in washing it to give it a vintage look.
Unless you’re a die hard Mister Freedom fan, I recommend just buying a plain canvas tote from L.L. Bean or similar and painting it yourself. Read on if you’d like to see more pictures.
A documentary on denim.