I’m not inspired by vintage clothing all that often, I guess when it has context, such as product with lots of heritage and background, I am but when it’s quite random in it’s form I can’t relate too much. What’s interesting in my opinion is the various stories that gather as clothes gain age, knitwear being one particular sector where this sort of thing crops up on a regular basis. You can see why designers like Nigel …
It’s always compelling to be able to share not only a beautiful creation with you, our readers, but a history and a heritage too. Which is why I’m rather eager to showcase the story of Nicholas Frirsz who’s a fifth generation luthier, someone who makes or repairs lutes and other string instruments. In this eight minute short film we get to hear of how he got involved in this family tradition. Now based in New York, Nicholas …
It’s not often that both me and Daniel get to sit down and watch a creative video together in the office, usually we’re sitting on separate desks and are focused on our own work but since we’ve been on a late night slog working towards the opening of the shop tonight we were lucky to see a film that caught both of our attentions immediately. We even said it was the …
So it seems like we’ve been showcasing a lot of accessories this week, the clothing has died down for a little while a lot of shops are looking onwards to spring 2012. A brand that’s not seasonal as such is Tanner Goods, a small leather goods company who have made their way onto our website many times before. As I was searching through their website I came across some really nice imagery that showcases the inside …
Filmmaker Jim Bachalo brings us this charming little story about a local bike store which has been run by the same family since 1914. In a short interview type documentary the current owner, Gary Duke, explains to us all the development Dukes has undertaken in this marathon of an existence while emphasising the importance of the store to the local community. As you can see from the image above I’m quite fond of the …
Thanks to ACL, we get an indepth look into the Barbour Heritage Store which opened its doors in September of 2009.
Located off Carnaby Street in London, the store is a two floor building that features both men’s and ladies clothing from Barbour’s unique Heritage collection. This collection includes garments that are influenced by Barbour’s long design history, an archive of some sort.
“As an authentic …
