Mister Crew

The first deliveries of the Engineered Garments SS11 collection are now getting to stores in Japan and one of the new designs is the field shirt which has two large inverted pleat pockets – a feature rooted in both older military and hunting gear, depending on where you look.

I would expect that stores in the U.S. will begin to receive deliveries around January, so check in with your local stockist to see what they might have ordered. The full look book should show up online around then as well.

Picture from Silver & Gold.

Monday update! It looks like the popular CPO shirts will be available in lightweight poplin fabrics. These will be great for warm weather.

Images from Second Stage.

Teaser images of the Spring/Summer 2011 lookbook – I’d expect that we’ll see it show up online around January.

From mizobuchi.co.jp. Related:

– Engineered Garments Spring/Summer 2011 Preview #1
– Engineered Garments x Golden Bear Spring/Summer 2011
– Preview: Engineered Garments SS11 [inventorymagazine.com]

Now available on Yoox, use code play@yooxmas for an extra 10% off. Made in the USA with cotton flannel, they’re perfect for this time of the year.

The guys over at Bureau have posted a short background on the interesting history of the Engineered Garments workshirt:

Daiki took the design from a shirt that originated in the 1920s by Big Yank. He introduced it in spring 2000 in Japan and then started to sell it in the U.S. for Fall 2004. Post Overalls actually had this shirt in their collection in the early 1990s but i think it is fair to say that it is the EG one that has had the recent impact.

They really did popularize the design. Side note: some Big Yank items can fetch quite a bit of money in the vintage circles.

Now in stock at the Nepenthes NYC store. They note that it’s made in Haverhill, Massachusetts, so I would assume these are being made in the new Southwick factory that is located there. Some of these pieces have showed up in previous seasons, but the retail distribution was very limited.

The Engineered Garments eight piece newsboy caps have finally shipped out to stores, and are available this season in different leathers and heavy fall fabrics. Outside of Japan I’m not yet sure who is carrying them – I’ll update this post later if I find any.

The new Explorer jackets in the Engineered Garments FW10 collection have shipped out to the few stores that ordered them and I was able to acquire a version in the olive colored ripstop cotton from Blake down in Portland. When I first pulled it out of the box, I was surprised by how heavy it weighs from the interior blanket lining and when worn it feels like armor (as much as cotton and wool can be). Read on to see more details.

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