After spending a good 20 minutes searching for the WM boutique in Daikanyama, I somehow ended up finding the HQ where I was greeted by Thomas, White Mountaineering’s International Account Rep (pictured below). He then brought me to the shop where I got to shake hands (and perform a bow of respect) with Aizawa himself. He went through the SS11 line with me as I snapped away. Finally, I was given the rare chance to shoot some images of the shop.
One of the pleasures of my not so recent, but still relevant trip to Japan, is meeting the folks at NEXUSVII®. I got a peek at their upcoming offerings from head designer Tomohiro and his right-hand man Tsuyoshi who was also my Shibuya tour guide!
The goods are now available!!!
With the release of the fourth issue of Inventory Magazine just around the corner, here are some outtakes from the shoot I did at the DLXE/BEDWIN offices. Hue and Jey were some of the nicest people I met on my trip. Big thanks to the Inventory crew for making it happen.
Did you pre-order your issue yet??
Had the pleasure of taking a peak at the upcoming Pendleton Fall/Winter 2011 collection with the OTH crew. Everything is looking great, I’m especially feeling the Shetland crews, which are not pictured but the swatch of melange wool is a little foreshadow of what’s to come.
When it comes to ballcaps the dipset in me still holds the flat brim at heart, but there’s an undeniable charm to these vintage shorter brimmed fitteds that are making a resurgence in the hat-o-sphere. Ebbets, a research driven company, have been the front runner of the vintage-inspired caps for…well, 20 years now. And they’ve yet to taste the effects of this renaissance. This Negro League, Brooklyn Eagles cap was purchased on my last trip to Japan. Concurrently and not to be outdone, Baldwin Denim have made their own vintage-inspired Kansas City cap to rep their home-team.
Developped in conjunction with Koki, the Buddy frame from Deluxe is an hommage to 50′s mogul: the wayfarer. In fact, the S/S collection that is set to release conveys everything that is jazz, blues & Muddy Waters. While I’m eager yet unallowed to reveal photos of my trip to the Deluxe/Bedwin offices, these are little souvenir Hue kindly offered me; you’ll have to pick up the next issue of Inventory to peek behind the scenes!
I’m currently working on a few projects out in Tokyo for several media outlets. One of them includes Japanese label White Mountaineering. I had the rare opportunity to meet and take photos of head designer Aizawa and his Spring/Summer 2011 collection. While the actual photos from the shoot are to be released elsewhere in due time, here are some random flicks from the day with Thomas (International Sales) and Suzuki the Shop manager who made sure I didn’t leave empty handed…
