Archives for December 2010

When my good friend Herb Lester is not out visiting the weird wonderful and downright excellent in specialist stores and entertainment, he seems to be most often found by the fireside leafing through a mountain of vintage Esquire magazines from the 50s and 60s, iPhone camera at hand, ready to email … [Read more...] about Vintage Clarks Desert Boot Ads

After posting the other day about illustrators in vintage adverts My friend Herb Lester just sent me a link to the work of illustrator Bob Peak who's images are instantly recognisable to anyone into movies - many classic 60s and 70s movie poster had their artwork drawn by Peak. Here's an … [Read more...] about Bob Peak – The Art of Hand Drawn Ads Pt II

One of the things that strikes reading through any vintage magazine is the amount of illustration compared with photography in advertising. It's hard to realise today, but paying someone (often a staff illustrator) was much cheaper than using a photographer for colour and more effective than … [Read more...] about The Sociables – The Art of Hand Drawn Ads

Merry Ivy Christmas to you one and all! The Weejun … [Read more...] about Merry Ivy Christmas!

One of the many cross breeds between the Baracuta G9 style of jacket and it's main rival the McGregor Drizzler. This model by Sir Jac from 1959 has the G9 collar but with the Drizzler style beaded seam pockets. I remember buying a similar one in tan cotton from John Simons c 1993 made by some … [Read more...] about G9 x Drizzler

Vintage Poster for Paraboot c 1950s specially for Fred. … [Read more...] about Vintage 1950s Paraboot Poster

When I started this blog back in 2009 I bemoaned the state of LL Bean and how it had slipped into a kind of evil catalogue mumsiness perhaps beyond any hope of return. Bean's PR machine contacted me and told me there was great excitement about a new 'heritage' line they were working on. Well, we … [Read more...] about LL Bean Maine Hunting Shoe

Interesting Paraboot Micheal-style shoes from early 60s showing the two eyelet deep vamp moccasin was popular in the US. In the 80s Paraboot comeback there were a lot of models that featured the split toe seam sporting a double stitiched 'cover' like this model. Paraboot themselves sold one that … [Read more...] about Voyles ‘Bumpers’ Early 60s