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.
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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.
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.
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.
Olive fatigue pants from the Workaday line, available at Drinkwater’s Cambridge. Here are a few examples of how you can wear them: Daily Wardrobe with Daiki Suzuki. I prefer boots and a chambray shirt myself.
The knit bedford jackets are back this season in argyle patterns. This would be a tough piece to wear, and is likely something that your kids would pull out of the closet 20 years from now and laugh the same way we laugh now about our parents’ clothing from the 70’s and 80’s (my dad wore a baby blue tuxedo with a ruffled front shirt to his wedding…).
Context has it in the navy/black version and Hejfina in the black/grey. There is another version in a brown/green, but I don’t have any good pictures of it yet.
These saved my ass in the 100F+ temperatures that Seattle had this last week. The fabrics are light and breathe fairly well (and even better than my linen shirts).
They’re sold out at a few places, but Drinkwater’s Cambridge has a few left in the blue/yellow plaid version on sale for about $110. Give them a call to place an order in the next few days, as they’ll probably go quick.
Looking for a store that sells Engineered Garments online in the U.S.? There are not many: Odin, Barney’s, and Hejfina (which just got in their first shipment).
The reason why the list is so small is that stores that signed up with the line after the SS2007 season are not allowed to sell directly online. As a customer, I sometimes get a bit frustrated over this policy as it makes it more difficult to track down or purchase certain pieces but I can understand their standpoint in trying to limit this.
A few retailers do try to sneak by this issue by selling through other means (sorry, not naming them here), and of course Yoox will occasionally get in a few items from past seasons. The other and more expensive alternatives are to go through ordering from Japan or one of the European stockists like Oi Polloi or The Bureau.
I think these two are the rest of the knit vests for this season. Unlike the argyle versions, these are a bit more safe to wear and would look great layered under one of the Bedford or Andover jackets. Images from nalu.co.jp.
