We’re still waiting for the Engineered Garments Spring Summer 2010 lookbook to show up online, but until then Oi Polloi has uploaded a few pictures from the Pitti showroom to their flickr page. The most surprising new addition: a fishtail parka.
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From wikipedia:
The Jaguar XKSS was a road-going version of the Jaguar D-Type racing car.
After Jaguar withdrew from racing the company offered the remaining, unfinished chassis as the roadgoing Jaguar XKSS, by making changes to the racers: adding an extra seat, another door, a full-width windshield and folding top, as concessions to practicality. However, on the evening of 12 February 1957, a fire broke out at the Browns Lane plant destroying nine of the twenty-five cars that had already been completed or were semi-completed. Production is thought to have included 53 customer D-types, 18 factory team cars, and 16 XKSS versions.
Scans from “Generations of Style“, by John William Cooke.
Images for Spurr’s SS2010 collection. The suiting pieces are always excellent, but I’d like to see Simon Spurr move away from those over-stylized vests which never seem to fit in with the rest of his clothing.
More SS2010 looks for ts(s) by Takuji Suzuki. See Part 1 here.
Also, good news: The Bureau is going to be carrying ts(s) and is expecting their first shipment before Christmas!
From an older edition of Esquire’s Black Book.
Going into Christmas my work days become longer and my time available to do other things, like prepare coffee, disappears. Starbucks developed a great new instant coffee for people like me which they’re calling VIA, and unlike other instant coffees it actually tastes good (I would say that it’s even better than their regular drip coffee that they serve in their stores).
If you’re someplace where good coffee is not easily prepared or are on the go like me, give this stuff a shot. Packets of three are available for $3, and boxes of 12 for $10.
While its design is rooted in hunting, the Upland jacket is fairly versatile enough to wear appropriately in other casual situations and in most cases can be treated like a regular sportcoat if done with care. One of my more favorite combinations for this time of year with my grey wool version is to pair it up with a fair isle or black v-neck sweater and tie.
I’m hoping that this next year will bring more cotton twill versions in both black and navy for Spring.
Falconry has always fascinated me – never enough to pursue it as a hobby, but enough to enjoy reading about it. This afternoon while studying how the Kazakhs of Mongolia train their golden eagles which they use to hunt foxes and wolves, I came across some interesting photos from festivals that are held to celebrate the craft. From boston.com:
Could you imagine having one of the largest birds of prey perched on your arm? It could quite easily take something off your face and not think anything of it. In order to build their relationships, both the hunter and bird go through lengthy training together:
Young birds are kept for about a month or two during which they are fed with washed out meat from master hands and become used to the presence of humans.
In late summer they are ‘broken’ by being tied to a wooden block so that they fall when they try to fly away. During this time they are not given food. After few days they become exhausted and ready for training.
They are sat on a pole called a tugir and one of young men pulls a lure made of small animal skins in front of the bird. When she attacks the lure called shirga, they are given some meat as reward. The eagles are trained to hunt marmots, rabbits and small foxes. The hunters eventually train the eagle to hunt down foxes, even wolves.
This type of hunting has been done for supposedly thousands of years, and the practice is passed down through families.
More photos on flickr.