Holiday Vintage Trip

While I was back home for the holidays, I had the chance to spend the day at one of my favorite places in the world.  This 15,000+ square foot (not a typo) appointment-only warehouse houses one of the most amazing vintage collections in the entire world. I wrote about this place before here, but I figured i'd post a few more crappy iPhone pics.  No where near as many pics as last time, I was too busy having my hair blown back.

Rad patchwork selvedge 501's

 

 This whole wall was just Levi's 501's, all merchandised perfectly by waist size

Cool Eddie Bauer half-zip pullover jacket

Amazing deadstock jeans with ridiculously raised slub denim

 Great coaches jacket with hiking patches

Wish I took a better pic of this shirt.  Amazing fabric that was kind of a woven cotton burlap

 Sea of Patagonia fleeces

Basically what my closet at home looks like

Old Ski Jackets with some amazing/unusual color combos

 Army jacket patched with leather from an unknown animal.

Found the perfect beat-up leather moto jacket i've been on the hunt for

Styling Home Run

I came across the blog of Japanese web retailer Digital Mountain the other day called IRIE Standard, and I was pretty blown away by some of the on-model styling featured when posting new product drops.  Usually sites tend to fall short in styling a product that actually entices someone to make a purchase (Union LA is an exception), but these guys do a great job in creating vision for how the item can be worn.  Here are a few of my favorite looks.  Definitely throw this on your blogroll for some constant personal styling inspiration.

JAPANESE FIRE: #1

I'm going to start a series of posts entitled 'Japanese Fire'.  Being pretty big into Japanese fashion, I'm always finding random shit or brands that I never knew existed, but are ridiculously awesome.  Todays post is fueled by stumbling upon a Japanese e-store tonight called THE CONTEMPORARY FIX.  They had a lot of dope brands i've heard of, and a few that I haven't.  So, heres some Japanese fire to kick off your monday.


Mr. Gentleman









Habanos

Garbstore Sneak Peek

Garbstore shot out a couple tasty teasers of their new line showing in Paris this week, and I must say - totally geekin' out over it.  Makes me want to move to Venice Beach and rent out beach cruisers to tourists, introduce 'Hella' and 'Stoked' into my vocabulary (possibly 'Hella Stoked!' on special occasions), and never wear shirts...fuck shirts.

So stoked to check out the rest of the collection at Capsule NYC this summer.

Good Vibes: PRPS F/W '12

First, I'd like to give a brief disclaimer that the pictures you are about to see are nothing particularly groundbreaking in terms of new ideas.   Forest.  Hiking shit.  Navajo.  Dudes that look awesome but kinda homeless.  Seen it a million times.

However, there is something about this lookbook that makes me want to grab an Axe, grow my beard out, and leave it all behind to live a burly-ass life in a cabin in the woods.  And thats really the purpose of a lookbook right? To create a mood.   So, mission accomplished PRPS.  Mission accomplished.

Brimfield Antique Show - May 2012

We took the 5 hour drive Thursday night from Philly to a small town in Western Massachusetts, not far from where I went to college.  Having never been there, I really wasn't sure exactly what to expect; I was just told to get there early, wear comfortable shoes, and bring cash.  The next morning, we took the short drive to Brimfield, arriving a little after 6am.  The Brimfield Antique Show spans close to a mile on Rt. 20, and the tents go back probably 50-100 yards on both sides of the street; so when driving down the antique-lined road on the way to find parking, all you can see are these bits & pieces of amazing shit that catch your eye, and the sheer volume of stuff tends to land an "Oh. My. God." type reaction.

The first hour of the show I was pretty overwhelmed, and couldn't properly pace myself.  But once I settled down, I started to actually spend some time doing what I love to do most...DIG!  We were on a total high the entire day, and while we originally planned to do the show in 2 days, we muscled through and finished in one long, tiring, and amazing day.

I cant express how inspiring this trip was, and I will do everything in my power to attend this show every year for the rest of my life.

I took a ridiculous amount of pictures, and tried to edit them down to what you see below.  And yes, this is the edit.

Line at 7am for the first day of one of the tents.

 Traffic heading towards the show.

My grandfathers name

This was my Great Uncle's fishing company.  Almost cried when I saw this.

Tourist pose

Rad ninja pose

Backpack hopefully made from some type of endangered species

Coolest couple in the history of the world.  Wish I got a better pic.

This hiking bro was killin it.

bomb.com

Picked up a couple of these old industrial lamp shades for the pad

Chatted with these guys for a few, apparently they have about 250 more of these chairs in storage in Miami

Hartford denim company.  These guys were rad, and making jeans on the spot.  Almost bought their Denim Kimono popover lined with vintage tablecloth fabric, but realized I wasn't cool enough to pull it off.

Vintage Selvedge 501's

Denim Chairs

These camo patterns were awesome.

See you in September, Brimfield!!