Going Wide
Engineered Garments’ latest line of casually rumpled elegance is definitely worth a look, and it provides some prime trendcasting fodder. The big loser? Ironing boards. The big winner? The plaid tie....
View ArticleMiranda Kerr Goes to Russia
Twice as Nice: Miranda Kerr pops up in Vogue Russia. Why? Because she’s just that good. [Fashion Copious] Mr. Smith Goes to New York: The secret of Paul Smith’s success: consistency. Also, rabbits....
View ArticleLife after Americana
An insider’s tip: when Christian Audigier starts copying your style, things may have gotten out of hand. Add in a winking style guide or two, and the recent renaissance of heritage brands and workwear...
View ArticleThe Summer Tee
After the flood of graphic tees, celebrating summer with an unmarked cotton t-shirt feels pretty good. You can throw in a pocket if you’re feeling extravagant…but let’s not go crazy. Just find...
View ArticleThe XX Factor
Amoskeag XX has been one of our favorite LES boutiques since they opened—not to mention our go-to spot for vintage overalls—but lately they’ve added a few new tricks to their repertoire. Specifically,...
View ArticleCottage Industry
The gentlemen at Oregon’s Archival Clothing have been impressing us with their yen for neckerchiefs and safari pants for a while now, but this week they’ll be graduating from bloggers to bonafide...
View ArticleDickies Circa Now
Dickies have strayed from their steadfast tradition of blue-collar boxiness with a few splatters of paint. And we couldn’t be happier about it. These are the product of their latest collaboration with...
View ArticleGoodbye, Daiki
Daiki Suzuki’s final collection for Woolrich Woolen Mills just arrived at Blackbird, and it’s a pretty spectacular swan song . The watchwords for the season was supposed to be “hunting noir”—which...
View ArticleWorkwear Goes French
The Americana lovers at Hickorees are taking an international turn with their latest shipment, a bundle of vintage-sourced French work jackets. They’re the same models you’ll see on any number of...
View ArticleKempt Man of the Hour: Liam
via Stil in Berlin This week’s MOTH comes from an unlikely place: an unknown artist, casually dressed, resting on a stoop in Toronto of all places. It’s not a complicated look—or even a particularly...
View ArticleThis Year’s Throwback
Dickies’ 1922 line sees the light of day today with a handsome pair of pants and a pretty good shirt built as exact replicas of the two items they started off with 88 years ago. You can see the...
View ArticleThe Other Waxed Cotton Jacket
We’re still recovering from the sheer quantity of green, corduroy-collared Barbour coats we saw at the Pop Up Flea, so we thought it might be time for a slight variation. Maybe something a little...
View ArticleThe Toughest Pants in the World
Ladies and gentlemen, the toughest pants in the world. They’re not the perfect stylebut there’s something to be said for brute durability. They’re called firehose pants—no jokes, please—because the...
View ArticleAutumn Kendrick Has Deep, Private Feelings About Her Left Shoulder
via Photographer and Muse Our New Favorite Blanket…: …is a wool blanket from Prince Edward Island, where the sheep seem to have superpowers. [Archival Clothing] Tough as Boots: A 19th century hobo...
View ArticleThe Working Man’s Fanny Pack
Storage is never pretty. In fact, we’d probably opt for pocketless pants if we didn’t have all this stuff to carry. Our general rule is, the more discreet, the better. Which is why, for all its...
View ArticleClub Masters
As you might remember, we left the last round of shows buzzing about Riviera Club, and we’ve finally got a few lookbook shots to show you why. On the surface, it’s another line from the workwear mill,...
View ArticleHats Off
Here’s a pretty good claim on the next 30 seconds of your life: Core77 has a sharp roundup of the firemen’s helmets of the world, including some genuinely strange European models. Apparently the...
View ArticleFreedom ‘11
After carrying the flag for the Urban Lumberjack look (and, before that, the Urban Equestrian look), Freeman’s Sporting Club has learned a few new tricks. To start with, they’re locavores. Their newly...
View ArticleThings to Buy First Thing Monday Morning
Ladies and gentlemen, your workwear royal wedding… Filson and Levi’s Fall 2011 collaboration arrives online here Monday morning, so we thought we’d give you an early peek to whet your appetite. It’s...
View ArticleThe Chore Coat Wins Again
There are a couple lessons to be gleaned from A Treasury Of’s ode to fall essentials, but lesson #1 comes from that duck canvas jacket. If you thought the chore coat was a workwear relic—and we’ll be...
View ArticleFemi Benussi is Applying Makeup in a Broom Closet
via WBE A Visit to the Scrapyard: The Street Etiquette chaps indulge in some workwear with some exceedingly rugged props. [Street Etiquette] The Razziewatch: Is Clint Eastwood due for a Razzie? Judging...
View ArticleEngineered Garments, After the Gold Rush
Engineered Garments is in a tough spot. Circa 2007, they were one of the coolest brands there was—a playful riff on the workwear obsession that was only beginning to show its teeth—but as the flood of...
View ArticleDanner’s Latest
The work boot craze left a lot of guys yearning for a lighter kind of winter footwear. Our answer has always been Portland’s Danner, designed for marathon-length hikes through the Oregon woods. And as...
View ArticleKate Upton is Wearing a Tablecloth
via Fashion Copious The Sale of Sales: Sid Mashburn’s late winter sale is in full swing, and it’s moving fast. The pants are already gone, and the shirts are soon to follow. The race is to the swift....
View ArticleThe Other Kind of Workwear
It’s a small world—and with hoteliers, restaurateurs and designers all traveling in the same circles, it was only a matter of time before they began collaborating. Which is a good thing. Lately we’ve...
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