Winternational Style :-/

Hoon's jacket/Levis (little e) from PCC this month.
*If your'e interested in the Pomona patches shoot me an email.
*cat patches too.

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*I just realized this was the first I saw of the Zuni toon stuff.

scroll Zuni here.

R|:L

Now I got worry.

R: all Carol Kee

L: mixed bag

iBowl

>Nice find-Japanese buyer with a JACK'S of Huntington Beach single fin Paipo (will it ever see the ocean again?)

>this guy got these beautiful Altec Lansing speakers, custom slate top/walnut and then a pair of old JBL's further down the aisle

>the best tag i've seen for a while

>Jungle Shorts! our friend Kathy planted this word in my head the night before the bowl, and there they were- a small litter of them...the big E's on top came home for the legs of the house, still cracking the Levi's Davinci code-hidden rivets + selvedge inside coin pocket.

Joey

Selvage edge denim apron (50's or earlier?) summer length, nice fade and pocket layout with the angled ruler holster-from LBC flea last Sunday.

USN Duffle

In house 1940's USN indigo denim drawstring duffle bags. The 3rd and 4th came as a pair, the smaller rectangular bag to keep personal items/shoes? apart from clothing perhaps. Collected from ebay & flea bays. USN relatives.

PCC/11/09

PCC loot from last weekend. Beautiful Mexican Serape, fine wool & weave. WW2 Indigo denim pullover work shirt, nice fade-wear, I love the side entry pockets on this jacket (which have been transplanted on some bad contemporary garments of late). Vintage matchbooks. Natural canvas duck apron, 1940's. 1980's Lanvin for Les (shoulder pad surgery requested). WW2 HBT daisey mae. In house relatives here, here and here.

Local Mechanic

1960's Leslie MFG Mechanics Jacket, denim w/ Talon brass zipper. I liked the functionality and comfort to this jacket, more roomy than a regular denim jacket, nice fade/wear and pocket detailing, in particular the inside pen/gauge holder. Hail local manufacturing, made in, and found in Pasadena (Rose Bowl). In house relatives.

International Style

Reference Library + Apartmento, all the details/links here. Safe Travels Andy!

Reference Library "Gets A Room"

Andy Beach, behind the controls at Reference Library, has been making an art out of losing for the past two years, with his awesome 'Items I Didn't Win' (from ebay) posts, which have proven to be a winning formula and daily stimuli for followers of the blog. So what's he been winning?...find out this Friday when Reference Library gets a room, as part of Kiosk's mini exhibition series, and if you live in New York bring your wallet!...full details here.

Photos:
American Workwear buttons
Andy's limited edition Denim Work Apron, made by Workers, Japan
Half a Fink's Workwear Advertisement sign (and part of a larger collection)

RB/Nov/08/A

Today's Japanese textile inventory from the Rose Bowl, I traded a Lee 1940's Coca Cola uniform, and some stray denim for these great pieces. Woman's or child's hand woven Noragi for Lesley, the Kasuri pattern/color is beautiful. Hemp fragment/scarf, a richer green than depicted here, some nice boro patch details. Large (7 ft tall) Indigo layered panel, made from recycled cotton, perhaps to fit around a pice of furniture or corner?.

RB/Nov/08/B

Rose Bowl November finds. U.S ARMY-P.O.W Indigo denim chore jacket, with lower pockets/flaps and donut hole buttons, 1940...my new favorite (read O.J.D, Obsessive Jacket Disorder). Canvas split leg work apron, 1950's, designated potters wheel attire. Really Blue Cordura day pack, West Ridge Designs, Portland, early 80's? (ok, this bag alone won't make me Michael Cera, but we keep seeing him sporting awesome backpacks in Los Feliz). USN woolen Guernsey, 1940's, woven tight and twisted to repel rain/spray. Message buttons...a market gift from Jed/thanks.

507xx

1950's Levi's 507 xx jean jacket...younger sibling to the 506xx, and referred to as a second edition jacket. Distinguished from a first, by the two pockets, and button tab's at the back, instead of a buckle back...still has the pleats, the big 'E' tag, lemon stitching and selvage detail on the inside. Worn in nicely and delivered to me from the United States Of Ebay (via italy).