I’ve been looking at Men’s accessories alot lately, seems like nothing in clothing gets me too excited anymore, I’m more thrilled at seeing a nicely worn out Makr Wallet or Corter bracelet than a a chambray button down. Anyway, I came across Made By Eugene and was pretty impressed with the stuff he does. All hand crafted, his creations are teasing a simplistic guy like me to sport on a chain and rings.
I somehow came across this video (perks of being a nerd) and saw that only 400 people had seen it. Shot on a super 8 by Amanda Krampf, the clip was done to coincide with Juxtapoz‘s feature on Shawn Stussy, but it seems that no one really saw it…At least that’s what I think. Anyhow, check it out, it’s pretty nice to see the Man doing his thing.
Many have tried but never succeeded at reproducing it and making it better. Realistically, how can you expect a repro to look any better than this. The M42 was the uniform for the 101th Airborne Division troops in Normandy for WWII, father of the M65. There are so many military jackets that have influenced fashion but the M42 has been under the radar, getting overshadowed by the M65, the MA-1, the M51 and others. It’s probably the most fashionably in-tuned military field jacket, without actually being a field jacket….From the shirt collar to the slant-pockets and the waist belt to the reinforced elbows, I feel like this could easily be found in an Engineered Garments catalog.
I wanted to archive my collection of Hiroki’s creations. So I took detail shots of everything and decided to make this (whatever this is)…I know some people may appreciate this. Use it as your wallpaper, print it, frame it…do whatever you like. I also have a high res version of it. Leave your email in a comment, and ill send u a download link.
Finding Sea Island cotton on women’s clothing made me raise an eyebrow only because I refer Sea Island Cotton to the classic mens fashion upper-tier material for oxford connoisseurs connaisseurs (that’s the REAL french way of writing it, dictionary.com doesn’t believe me). It’s kind of like seeing lace on a men’s piece. Nevertheless, for those who know (skip to paragraph 2) and for those who don’t; Sea Island Cotton is a high quality fiber produced in the tidewater of Georgia and South Carolina and their surrounding sea islands. While this rare plant is no longer harvested in the United States due to an outbreak of the boll weevil in the 1920′s, climate changes making it impossible for the plants to grow and land development which changed the typography of those areas, The British Ministry managed to salvage the production of this cotton by founding West Indian Sea Island Cotton Association (WISICA) in 1932.
And even though, according to a recently published, exhaustively researched book called The Story of Sea Island Cotton, there is no such thing as authentic “sea island cotton” anymore, Let’s give the WISICA a pass and not pose as purists about this whole thing. So, if you like a girl who is fascinated by men’s fashion, you should buy her a Sea Island Cotton Oxford shirt by Makié from Lark.
Are you a size 9 / 10 US, well fuck you because I’m not. Maybe, I might just buy these for archiving purposes. The bid is currently at 25 cents…with 3 days left
Notes:
-They would look great on my shelf in my future flat.
-The lacejob is superb
-Not everyday that the seller takes great photos like this.
Any loyal reader of this blog knows my love for NB. This video, needing no real description or introduction, accurately depicts my reasoning.
From: Aurawithanm
Seems these days, that every item on an outfit has an essential necessity of history and meaning. I’ve been searching for a belt to go with a pair of crotch rivet-ted work pants. It would be disrespectful to insert a lace or my dad’s discounted Tommy Hilfiger belt through the loops. A western stud belt seemed to fit the puzzle just right. RRL or Tenderloin have and always did have some of the best looking studded belts (Not referring to pyramid studs), but through Denim Doctor’s, I found HTC a few years back and always procrastinated on the obligation of a nice belt. The Californian brand took flight in 2000 where ’til this day, every belt and accessory is hand-made by a team of artisans sharing a same philosophy: “Similar to the collectors of vintage blue jeans that are fanatical for the jean’s faded beauty, HTC goods are made with the same low tech, artisan methods, rather than with the precise conformity of high tech, mass production.”
I found this @ L’inde le Palais for a reasonable retail price of 260$
