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Blue Gold: The Movie
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Michel Gondry x Levis
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
I guess I’m very late on this one. Incredible video that Michel Gondry made for Levis. It has a great feel, and really looks old.
Wikipedia:
According to the Guinness World Records 2004, Michel Gondry’s Levi’s 501 Jeans “Drugstore” spot holds the record for “Most awards won by a TV commercial”.[2] The commercial was never aired in North America because of the suggestive content involving purchasing latex condoms.
Levi Strauss & Co. by Lynn Downey
Friday, January 23rd, 2009I noticed this book on amazon:
I haven’t seen it before. It looks interesting.
Does anyone have it? Is it worth getting?
Brit Eaton: Hunting for Vintage Denim
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Outside Magazine has an article written by Steven Rinella about vintage denim hunter Brit Eaton from Carpe Denim.
Here’s the article:
http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/200901/brit-eaton-hunting-for-vintage-denim-1.html
You may remember seeing Brit in the Blue Jean Confidential documentary by CBC.
It’s quite an exciting article with interesting stories about remote places and funny characters.
Perhaps when I get through my shelf of reading material I might get Rinella’s book on the American Bison/Buffalo.
Vito Corleone Wardrobe
Saturday, January 10th, 2009The Godfather II has some great period clothing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071562/
Robert De Niro as Vito Corleone sports some nice caps, braces, long johns, shirts with a variety of collars (big, rounded, and no collar).
You should dress like this when you are starting your own underground organised criminal society.
Check out the Godfather series if you haven’t seen it before. It’s on blu-ray if you have the hardware.
On a side note: I saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which has some interesting wardrobe viewing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715/
“Filmmakers worked closely with Levi’s to obtain clothing items from their Levi’s Vintage Clothing collection to authenticate various time periods captured throughout the film.”
If you’re time-poor, then I’d recommend watching the Godfather rather than Benjamin Button.
LIFE Magazine Photo Archive
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008Google is hosting the LIFE magazine photo archive.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life
I guess that it is somewhat like the shorpy blog, but this is more commercial and more professional. You also have a search function.
Anyway, I went trawling through the archive to find some photos to show you:
Cowboy Ralph Wellard sporting some decent cuffs. 1943
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=37f64b8c05e7f9ef
Unnamed cowboy with cloth to stop lip burn. I thought it was to rob a bank. Also note his shirtcuff extension. I need something like that for Japanese sized shirts. 1939
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=5a22844ec3edffbe
Navy Pilots in flight jackets 1952
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?imgurl=f6f1eee8260e1345
More Pilots 1952
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=91a7d774dc06cf2c
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=b9a23009786d7d6f
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=f5e8295f096871e4
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=ea8a3e33310e92ba
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=daca14dcb779f873
Ranchers 1952
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=e1de635e53430bef
Col. Henry Russell Spicer. Nice pipe! 1948
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=63fdb4ab81f26f22
Gregory Peck for the movie “Twelve O’Clock High”. 1950
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=d660059041507863
More Pilots 1942 – 1961
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=007345c0fd37383d
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=8f97d4d66adc9ff8
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=2df2d9a22804ee9b
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=e38ad9f2ff38b84d
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=493750aaf35954eb
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=c7a196265900100e
Captain Bus Loane formerly of the Flying Tigers. Nice cardigan, and carrying his A-2. 1948
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=a926a341f4c4968b
Girl Pilot. I love her cap.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=fd4b9de0d2a6ea82
Excellent texture in this photo of a dude in denim overalls playing the spoons. 1941
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=27e10ffafe9bedeb
Overalls and a train cap? 1955
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=74e2128455b69006
The Overalls Band. Perhaps it’s the same dude playing the spoons. 1941
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=7acbd2bbadd67a66
Earl Nesbitt in cowboy boots.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=4f85c40239883738
Girls in Denim and Saddle Shoes. Those shoes are spectacular.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=5299f1f0e75271ee
A Girl combining those saddle shoes with the cap from further above.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?imgurl=1c43d32b09cad14b
She’s awesome. Look at the eyelets on those shoes.
Movie: Blue Jean Confidential CBC Documentary
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
If you haven’t seen this documentary you can watch it online here:
It’s quite good. It includes interviews with Adriano Goldschmied, Lynn Downey and James Sullivan.
And the makers even travelled to Kojima japan to check out the Rampuya and interview some hardcore collectors.
Furugiya (古着屋) (Update)
Saturday, August 18th, 2007Recently I received a blog comment from Ethan over at the Ethandesu blog. He’s got a great blog about some awesome clothing – his interests range into the very sartorial. It’s all very interesting stuff.
Anyway, Ethan dropped the Japanese term “Furugiya”. I hadn’t heard of this word before, so I did a bit of research:
Furugiya (古着屋)
Furugi (古着)
It seems to define second-hand clothing & vintage clothing. I’m trying to work out if the term can also be applied to replica clothing (ie. clothes which replicate vintage, but are brand new).
Post a comment if you can help with the definition.
Dan gave me a good Japanese lesson in the comments, so I’m adding it here so people don’t miss out:
i think you probably figured out that “furu” means old and that “gi” means clothing or outfit. you may have heard someone refer to their martial arts robe as a gi.”ya” means shop: soba-ya, sushi-ya, tempura-ya, ramen-ya etc.
blah blah blah.
i think the term you’re looking for with regard to reproductions is “furugi no hukusei” which translates to “vintage looking”. hukusei is reproduction.
in japanese: 古着の複製
Thanks Dan.
Makes me want to start my Japanese classes again.
100 Years Ago – Shorpy
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
The Shorpy Blog has amazing pictures from circa 1900, back when denim jeans were being invented. These pictures really get you thinking about how different our lives are compared to 100 years ago.
King of Vintage
Sunday, March 11th, 2007This guy has the maddest collection of vintage clothing…
From the subtitles the top jeans in his collection appear to be:
1880 501
1937 501XX
1902 501XX
1920 201
1910 333
1910 501XX
As Indiana Jones always said about old artefacts… “It belongs in a museum“.
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