I was thinking about Gibson and Pattern Recognition when I was writing about repro workwear. Buzz Rickson is right in line with the other brands I mentioned.
Brad Queens On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 4:56:41 PM UTC-4, Jay Lonner wrote: > > The Epaulet stuff looks really nice, maybe too nice for stuffing into a > saddlebag and general bike-y use. The reproduction workwear is more what I > had in mind. I’ll check out those links for sure, but in the meantime ended > up placing an order for a Buzz Rickson chambray shirt because a) it seems > like a good shirt for my purposes, and b) that brand has been on the > fringes of my consciousness ever since reading “Pattern Recognition” by > William Gibson when it first came out. I’m a little concerned about the > sizing since I’m probably a few standard deviations taller than their > domestic Japanese market, but I just ordered the biggest one they make and > we’ll see how it turns out. Agreed that the MUSA stuff is a relative > bargain, so I’ll just have to stock up if/when they ever do another run. > > Jay Lonner > Bellingham, WA > > Sent from my Atari 400 > > On Mar 29, 2020, at 1:09 PM, Brad <br...@bradparis.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > There are a handful of small companies out there making reproduction > vintage workwear. > > Check out: Left Field, Post Overalls, Engineered Garments, etc. (There's > also Iron Heart, which is made in Japan.)l > > They manufacture domestically and use high-quality materials. And they're > expensive enough that they make you realize what a good deal Riv's MUSA > gear is. I'm far from an expert on this, but it's my understanding that a > lot of these companies make clothes for the Japanese market. There's a > strong demand there for vintage US workwear. > > One of the companies (I think it's Post Overalls) is owned by a Japanese > man who studied fashion production management in the States. His clothes > are made with old machines from defunct factories in the US because > collectors can tell the difference in the stitches made with new machines > and old machines. You can really go down the rabbit hole with this stuff! > > Brad > Queens > > > > On Friday, March 27, 2020 at 1:54:11 PM UTC-4, Jay Lonner wrote: >> >> I just pulled my trusty MUSA blue chambray shirt out of the wash and it >> is on its last legs, so to speak - significant fraying at the cuffs and >> collar, worn elbows, missing buttons. I happened to get Grant on the phone >> yesterday during a call to HQ on an unrelated matter, and when I pivoted to >> this topic he indicated that new ones aren't in the pipeline. Any >> suggestions on where to source a replacement that checks many/most of the >> boxes of the original? There are commodity-grade options available from the >> usual suspects (Carhartt, Duluth Trading, etc.) but I really love the >> synergy of that supple Japanese chambray while supporting living wage >> domestic craftspeople. >> >> Alternatively, does anyone have the genuine article for sale in size XL? >> >> Jay Lonner >> Bellingham, WA >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6a8648f0-81b8-41fb-bb30-69671031e5d4%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6a8648f0-81b8-41fb-bb30-69671031e5d4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2564dec8-ebd2-4311-a024-efd01bddb088%40googlegroups.com.
