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Howler Brothers

jrose — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:28:24 +0000

Really impressed with the products and folks behind Howler Brothers. Pearl snap fishing shirt? Yes, yes please.

Saturdays in December – Off the Hanger

heyhansen — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 17:11:30 +0000

The Synchilla
Topo Designs Shelter Shirt
Toddland Flannel lined Shipwreck pants
North Face Down slippers
Lady Grey loose leaf (that’s, right, the Lady wins)
PG Wodehouse Jeeves Book – if you haven’t, you should
Charlie Brown Christmas Soundtrack

Kapital – Colorado Hippies

jrose — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:41:54 +0000

More looks at Kaptial.

Maharishi

heyhansen — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:27:30 +0000

Old news for UK street wear fans, I’ve been curious lately about Maharishi. Anyone have any experience with their patented Snopants? And no, that’s not Sno as in “snow”. It’s a patented example of those convertible pants that change from pants to clamdiggers to shorts. I’m usually not a fan of the “all in one” thing, pretty much no matter what it is. Always seems that it just means it doesn’t do any one thing well. But, it’s not always the case, the Swiss Army Knife – which often gets used as the generic term for anything that does this – is pretty great as is the similar Leatherman tool. I’m also interested in designer Hardy Blechman’s story – just seems like an interesting, if not odd, guy – and success in multiple disciplines (clothes and a published book) is always impressive.

Manastash

heyhansen — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:27:10 +0000

I can’t seem to stop looking at Manastash stuff. Available at Hickoree’s Hard Goods and Jungmaven (great place to find organic t’s btw) in the spring. That camp shirt at Jungmaven? I’m going to have to figure out how to get my hands on that. A lot of the jackets are reversible so you can decide how wild a color scheme you want to go with depending on the day. Looking forward to seeing more of this stuff. Especially in person….

Hlaska

heyhansen — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:27:41 +0000

Sunday night internet shopping leads to finds like Hlaska. Next time I’m in the bay area, I’ve got to remember to stop by this store. Some nice shirts here and all made in the USA which is always fun to see. The diving bell reminiscent belt is fun too, might be the kind of thing I tire of quickly, but nice to have a fun belt once in a while.

LASCO Shoes

heyhansen — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:50:20 +0000

These images probably won’t be new to most of you, but it’s an interesting story so I couldn’t help but post. A new shoe company where everything – all the way down to the foam, soles, threads, is made in the US. That’s a pretty difficult task I’d imagine. It’ll be interesting to see how these end up looking, feeling, wearing, and going over once they release.
For more info as well as a somewhat depressing video, head to their site where they promise more info soon.

Chasing Rainbows

heyhansen — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:07:44 +0000

With a tagline like “Ethereal wardrobe pieces for the futuristic Zulu Princess” you know the pieces from Chasing Rainbows aren’t going to be boring. Hand crafted by two lovely and talented sisters all these pieces make a statement. It seems to me somehow a mix of sci-fi, Native American, and maybe a little Mad Max thrown in – but strangely, maybe miraculously, it all seems to work really well.

I think their pieces would perfect for the photo stylings of Brandon Harman so I’m going to have to figure out how to get them together.

At any rate, if you have a zulu princess in your life, or maybe if you want one, check them out.

Feltraiger

heyhansen — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 18:36:33 +0000

I’ve been checking out the wares of the awfully nice brothers over at Feltraiger lately. While I think they’ve had good traction with that T – gotta love it’s called “California Girls” – I really like the shirts, the White LAX in particular. I like the simple straightforward things they are doing and am looking forward to seeing more.

Outlier

heyhansen — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 12:27:16 +0000

A while back I posted about Outlier and our plans to check them out. We got our hands on some a while back and have been putting them through the paces. In the photos above, Jedd took his 4Season OG’s to Belize and snapped a few action shots. As suspected they are perfect travel pants, easy to wear day/night, dry super quick, resist dirt – transitioning from boat, to beach, to hike, to chilling on a dock w/ a beer is a lot of work for a pair of pants!
For me, I gravitated to the Keirin’s, I have a hard time getting a way from the 5 pocket pant so these were an easy transition for me. They were the only pants I took to SXSW this year so they endured 4 days of show after show, beer spilled – in some cases poured – on them, the OFWGKTA pit, the nightly 4 mile walk back to the airstream we were staying in, all in all pretty much the most brutal test possible. And this was after a straight 15 days of wear in Denver biking all over town.

Long story short, for my upcoming trip to Sayulita Mexico, the only pants I’m taking? The Outlier Keirin.

Oh – and those wondering about how they compare to Nonetheless from my first post, more on that soon – short answer is they aren’t similar things at all – and that’s not a bad thing.