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HERMÉS BROKE OUR HEART

admin — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:35:57 +0000

As solid, wistful fans of the Hermés brand and their unwavering dedication to craft and quality, we remain in mourning at having missed the Seattle appearance of Hermés Festival des Métiers. So close! Here, Hermés exports their master craftsmen and workshop experience into the public space. These photos and video make us feel the smallest bit better.

(Photos via you_have_broken_the_internet)

PROFESSEUR AU REVOIR.

Holt — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:15:43 +0000

Goodbye to one of the true French cycling champs, Monsieur Laurent Fignon. Un style Original.

ARCHIVE OF ATTITUDE

Holt — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:07:29 +0000

A collection of works and styles by English photographer Janette Beckman. At Project Space.

l’LONGO NOUS AIMONS

Holt — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:05:53 +0000

51-year old Jeannie Longo motored to her 57th national title yesterday, winning the French national TIme Trial in Chantonnay. The feisty Madame Longo, regularly beating fields of women half her age, can claim the most career victories of any cyclist in history (over 900!). Her list of titles include: an Olympic gold medal, 2 silvers, 3 Tour de France wins, 38 world records, 57 national titles and 13 world titles. More importantly, her team kits have always been most stylish. Le style et la victoire de la Jeannie!

HI-FI

Holt — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:17:56 +0000

Fantastic tribute to some of the most stylish album covers of all time. Filmed by Bante, produced by Filmatindustriali

DOUBLE DUTCH NON-STOP

Holt — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:24:12 +0000

Farewell to the most interesting of cultural explorers, Mr. Malcolm McLaren.

LA LEVER, 1970 STYLE

Holt — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:13:14 +0000

For those with dual citizenship in both the cult of lever espresso machines and the supporters club of La Pavoni (card-carrying), please observe what happens when 70′s industrial design is embraced by the warm Italian hand of LP: the Eurobar a Leva. A beautiful product of that moment’s aesthetic, restored in full by Orphan Espresso. Available for new ownership right here.

AXE, UPGRADED

admin — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:08:15 +0000

Highly superfluous and strangely covetable are these designer…axes. Hand forged in Maine then shipped to New Jersey for paint and polish in a “small workshop environment.” Upscaling an everyday utilitarian object into a finely honed display accessory….we hate ourselves for loving them, yes. (Thank you Austin)

THE COOL BEFORE THE WARMTH

Holt — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:46:18 +0000

In honor of Le Tour (and vintage wool jerseys everywhere). Weller and Talbot hold permanent residence in the soundtrack of summer. (p.s. Allez allez Contador!)

ODE TO CHAMBRAY

Rubottom — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:07:46 +0000

It’s summertime, the season of casual style. As such, there are some fabrics you should be seeking out, and putting on. One of them is chambray. Don’t know it? Sure you do. It’s all around, albeit sometimes poorly executed (and you know how we feel about poor execution, yes you do). Chambray has a rich and storied history. Simply put, it’s fine, lightweight fabric that’s woven with white threads across a colored warp. What’s a warp? Well, the warp threads combine with the weft threads to give fabric its inherent characteristics. Want to read more about this? Good.

Chambray takes it name from the town of Cambrai, in Northern France, where the fabric was first designed, and used to create sun bonnets. It’s perhaps most famous as a workwear fabric, though not as famous as another French fabric offering in that vein, serge de Nimes. You know: denim.

Meanwhile, what I’ve been loving on are the modern offerings of chambray. Few fabrics have such a wonderful ability to evoke a range of texture and history all at once. Chambray is like denim made for summer. It’s lighter than most denim, less formal than seersucker and yet it has a certain elegance and style that fits perfectly with the warmer days and casual vibe of this season. Like many elements of contemporary workwear, the Japanese are doing the most masterful offerings. That selvedge detail pic? That’s from my shirt, the one I’m wearing all the time, bocce ball in one hand and a michelada in the other.