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Michael Masterson on his Latest Release No. 50
Michael Masterson has been making cult-favorite garments for over a decade. Two years after his last release, he’s back with Release No. 50, a lightweight chore jacket made from a 6.5-ounce rope indigo-dyed jacquard fabric you won’t see anywhere else....
How The Bergmann Boot Became the Marine Corps"Raider" Boot
How The Bergmann Boot Became the Marine Corps "Raider" Boot Eastman Leather Clothing recreated the Iconic WWII USMC "raider" boot. But How did this civilian boot go from loggers in the Pacific Northwest to Marine Raiders on Guadalcanal? Earlier this...
Engineer boots are the convergence of other fundamental human technologies over time. Tanning, thread, sewing machines, sized and paired footwear, and rubber molding. This article will help us understand some of that history and look at the origins of the...
W'menswear's Lauren Yates In Her Own Words
Lauren Yates of Ponytail Journal and W’menswear on how she started designing, her love of the outdoors and vintage, and her new collaboration with Randolph Engineering – out now. I’ve been into vintage since high school, going through donation bins,...
Standard & Strange Personal Style Deep Dive with Kyle Foxworth
Men’s style can often feel prescriptive. That is doubly the case when it comes to heritage fashions that can sometimes feel weighed down by its own historical significance. But, as I am sure you already know if you are here,...
The Definitive Guide to WWII US Navy Chambray Shirts
From “Tin Can” sailors aboard destroyers in the Pacific, to members of the US Coast Guard who drove wave after wave of landing craft to deliver soldiers on Omaha and Utah beaches at Normandy, the chambray shirt was there. But,...
Interview with Mister Freedom's Christophe Loiron
Men’s clothing can often be boiled down to a handful of archetypes: The sailor, the soldier, the cowboy, and the workman. Mister Freedom plays deftly with these archetypes to make inventive designs that can slot into any man's closet. Few...
The Long Intertwined History of Indigo and Olive Drab
The Long Intertwined History of Indigo and Olive Drab The connection between Military surplus and denim has been there since the beginning. With canvas sneakers, T-shirts, and sweatshirts, jeans and military surplus are the blank canvases of American style. Guest...
Interview with Author of "Westerwear" Dr. Sonya Abrego
Interview with Author of "Westernwear" Dr. Sonya Abrego Dr. Sonya Abrego’s new book “Westernwear: Postwar American Fashion and Culture,” published by Bloomsbury late last year, attempts to unpick the history of westernwear in the twenty years after WWII. Westernwear is...