A Manual on Foot Care and Shoe Fitting for Officers of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, from 1920. Read the entire thing online if you want to: http://books.google.com/books?id=3QuFX-gCuewC
Category: Men’s Clothing (page 64 of 74)
The bird shooter jacket is back again this season in a much more hardy version. The outer layer shell is a cotton/nylon blend, and it’s fully lined in wool. The corduroy collar also has a zip in hood.
Image from Nomad.
This was shown in the men.style.com FW2009 buyer’s guide, and also on one of the last few pages of the EG lookbook. It’s styled off the morning coat which was once a standard item of any gentleman’s wardrobe – today though, it has no place and there is no way you could wear this without looking like you’re on your way to a steampunk convention.
From Men’s Ex March 2009. Some people claim that Church’s shoes are no longer well made since the Prada buyout, but they’re the same as always.
It’s a new addition to their webstore. Not bad for under $200 – I might give it a go with a gift card I have at home.
Update: Review of the bag.
Filson recently switched vendors for their boots, but to whom? The new versions seem off for some reason.
“Country Of Origin: Imported” – WTF?
The styles look the same, but the hardware and leather in the new versions look questionable in their stock photos. I guess I should hold judgment until I see them in person.
Update: I just heard from someone at Filson, and they said that they’re now being made in the Dominican Republic. To paraphrase, they tried to find a U.S. vendor, but nobody could meet their quality demands [translation: nobody would make boots cheap enough for them]. It’s disappointing to hear, as there are still many great boot and shoe makers here in the states.
I think I’m going to start calling around to the mom & pop type stores to try and track down a pair of the U.S. made Highlanders before it’s too late.
Writer Wei Koh had a very nice article about Steve McQueen’s suits in The Thomas Crown Affair for a recent issue of Rake, and it’s available to view on their site: http://www.therakeonline.com/article_stevemcqueen.html. I think I’m going to have to sign up for a subscription soon, it just sucks that the cost is a bit steep.
I had some more pictures of McQueen in one of his three piece suits in this previous post.
Well, technically longboarding I guess.