The goons.

A clue.

The villain, with a double breasted waistcoat. He has some great eyeglasses.

The setup.

Conspiring.

The famous sunglasses.

The agent.

The classic scene.

A site note, in one of the following scenes Grant requests that his suit be sponged and pressed, not dry cleaned.

As in Tautz’s days, the line borrows heavily from the Hebrides Islands and includes such novelties as eight-ply cashmere fisherman sweaters and lofty wool peacoats, as well as suits and sport jackets fashioned from soft Shetland yarns and vintage Harris tweeds recently unearthed in a Stornoway cupboard and modernized with a burst of bright color. Prices start at $300 for cotton sport shirts, $600 for knitwear, $1,500 for outerwear and $1,700 for sport coats, and for the moment, the product will be sold in the U.S. exclusively through Barneys New York.

Barney’s is probably one of the worst places to sell this brand but hopefully the online store will have some promise. Some of their season’s styles:

Check out the rest of the images on E. Tautz’s flickr set.

I would not be surprised if they sold the L.L. Bean duffel above at their asking price (36,750 YEN).

Images from The Living Forest: The World of Animals.

From nowness:

I just chanced upon the word ‘psychopomps.’ It seemed to encapsulate a lot of what I was doing. I was reading a book called Animals, Men and Myth, which was about how humans had harnessed the power of various animals over the years for their own ends. The first creatures to go in a hot air balloon were a sheep and a duck—that’s what they tested it out on. They sent a monkey into space, didn’t they? I wanted to pay homage to the whims of those crazy inventors.

From the block magazine:

TB: What attracted you to taxidermy?
PM: It’s an illusion: a three-dimensional magic trick that doesn’t fade. What’s not to like?

TB: Your Facebook fan-page quote, “I hate death as much as ever.” Please explain.
PM: It must be a quote taken from a previous interview. I’m not sure what the context was. It’s probably just because people often ask about my attitude to death and I don’t see it as being any different to the next person’s; I hate it as much as I’ve ever done.

And a great video with magazine another. An accompanying book for the exhibit is available for purchase if you can’t make it person – I’ve ordered a copy, and will post a review later.

Related post: Taxidermy Artwork

Also somewhat related, I just found this older interview with Mr. Cabourn on youtube the other day, from an exhibit and presentation at University of Northumbria last year. Pictures and audio are available as well.

Related post: Frank Muytjens in Free & Easy

A fisherman’s gansey was once his most distinctive feature. A navy blue jumper, patterned on the top half and part of the sleeves was a proud possession. It was likely to be knitted by a loved one and carried a pattern characteristic of the fishing port or the family. Ganseys could be found all around the North Sea and the British coasts from the early 19th century to the middle of the 20th century and the tradition lives on with a few Norfolk fishermen today. Theirs were perhaps the most finely knitted of them all, especially those from Sheringham.

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Related posts:
- More Cold Weather Knitwear
- The Aran Sweater Story Continued – Stitches at Sea

Images from the Norfolk Museums Collection.

When I first saw pictures of these I was worried that the leather quality would be inferior, but it turns out that it is actually decent. With proper care they should hold up pretty well and overall I’m happy with them.

Above, sturdy leather soles and combination heels. The 360 degree welt design where the leather uppers meet the soles is usually referred to as a storm welt, though it’s purely decorative and does not help in water resistance.

Top view of the toe box areas. The mismatched leathers are very subtle, and someone would have to be paying very close attention to notice it.

The only negatives I could find were the cheap feeling pull tabs and some poor finishing on the inside of the boots though neither detract from the overall construction.

Engineered Garments – the Mark McNairy logo is embossed underneath.

The regular longwings are tempting now…

Look for them at Barney’s this season (Yoox has some stuff from past seasons too). Several Japanese stores have already received their shipments as well: Geek, Silver & Gold

Nigel Cabourn FW10. I went for the blue plaid naval shirt – and it’s already sold out in my size! wtf.

Alden.

A few portraits and illustrations. Check out some of the collars…

More illustrations to come later.

Images from WTD&W/E Concept Shop.

I would want to wait to see if Drake’s will sell their version again though.

A fur felt cap of mine sold by Christy’s. It has kept its shape fairly well over the past couple of years and unlike the traditional caps, this one is lined in silk. “Hand made” (in China).

Recorded from radio broadcasts in the late 1930s by an audio engineer named William Savory, it was known to include extended live performances by some of the most honored names in jazz — but only a handful of people had ever heard even the smallest fraction of that music, adding to its mystique.

After 70 years that wait has now ended. This year the National Jazz Museum in Harlem acquired the entire set of nearly 1,000 discs, made at the height of the swing era, and has begun digitizing recordings of inspired performances by Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Bunny Berigan, Harry James and others that had been thought to be lost forever. Some of these remarkable long-form performances simply could not be captured by the standard recording technology of the time. (Mr. Savory used a different format.) The Savory collection also contains examples of underappreciated musicians playing at peak creative levels not heard anywhere else, putting them in a new light for jazz fans and scholars.

There are some short audio samples of the original and remastered versions as well (you can still hear some noise and scratches in the tracks, but the quality is amazing compared to other recordings from the same time period). Continue reading more.

Button on the back of the collar.

Handy references from Men’s Ex:
- The Versatility of the Navy Sportcoat
- Navy Sportcoat, Continued

The only trouble with it is, is that you’ll end up wanting to buy an assortment of trousers in different shades of grey… and then maybe in different types of wools…

Sometime around 1954, jazz great Miles Davis walked into the Andover Shop, a small haberdashery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and single-handedly turned the world of style upside down. Just as his groundbreaking album Milestones (celebrating it’s 50th anniversary next year) changed music, that afternoon in Cambridge shifted men’s fashion.

Miles emerged from the store clad head to toe in traditional “Ivy League”-style clothing, and in so doing merged two separate worlds-those of the establishment and the black jazz artist-as if fusing two dissonant notes to create a bold new harmony. The result was a crashing chord of cool that obliterated the line between square and hip, sounding a fashion fortissimo that lasted several years before fading into the silence of pop-culture obscurity.

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I was able to check it out in person today at the flagship store in Seattle and every piece is impressive and comes with the Filson guarantee. Even better, they’re not being shy on the ‘Made in the USA’ marketing.

From the small graph paper notebook included with your purchase: ‘Both Levi’s and Filson’s brands build the highest quality products for the pioneers of today. Go forth.’

As for the pieces: the all denim cruiser jacket and upland shirt are less imposing in person and fit true to size (though still roomy), the hunting cap has a quilted interior with wool ear flaps to fold down for extra warmth, and I probably would have bought the twill/denim tote if I didn’t have too many bags already. Everything is available for purchase at the Filson Seattle store and at various Levi’s locations around the U.S. – Update: It’s now up at filson.com and levi.com as well.

The hit of the collection is the trucker jacket; made with Filson’s tin cloth it is probably the best design to come out of Levi’s since the creation of the 501. It fits slim, and you will probably want to go up a size.

Some interior shots of the Filson flagship store.

Archival pieces on display.

Since 1897.

Sidenote: the only thing I dislike about their recent direction is all of the various “collections”. What is the difference between the sporting collection, the classic collection, or the heritage collection? There is no distinction between any of them and the branding is confusing – they should just drop the titles and just focus on “Barbour”.

New quilted jackets. They’re making many of these slimmer nowadays, and it’s no longer necessary to get them tailored for a better fit.

Some wool coats. The second would be a good alternative to Nigel Cabourn’s Tenzing jacket (and cheaper too).

I now have way too many, and I hardly ever wear them. I love everything about them though; the pockets, the yokes, the snap buttons, the unfinished hems. By no means are they sharp looking shirts, but they are more fun to wear than any other shirts I have.