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 The Weejun the choicest… Continue reading Vintage Clarks Desert Boot Ads
Month: December 2010
Bob Peak – The Art of Hand Drawn Ads Pt II
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 example of his graphic… Continue reading Bob Peak – The Art of Hand Drawn Ads Pt II
The Sociables – The Art of Hand Drawn Ads
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 using cheaper black and white photography. Until the advent… Continue reading The Sociables – The Art of Hand Drawn Ads
Merry Ivy Christmas!
Merry Ivy Christmas to you one and all! The Weejun
G9 x Drizzler
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… Continue reading G9 x Drizzler
Vintage 1950s Paraboot Poster
Vintage Poster for Paraboot c 1950s specially for Fred.
LL Bean Maine Hunting Shoe
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,… Continue reading LL Bean Maine Hunting Shoe
Voyles ‘Bumpers’ Early 60s
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 had more stitching detail that the… Continue reading Voyles ‘Bumpers’ Early 60s
The Return of The Weejun (Updated)
Well, I took a short holiday. Turned out to be about 18 months. I didn’t really have time to keep the blog going. In that time a lot has happened. The whole Ivy League Look has gone seriously overground. Not necessarily a bad thing by any means, as we’re currently in one of the rare… Continue reading The Return of The Weejun (Updated)
JSA Goes From Strength to Strength
Yesterday I was in town in the morning with some time to kill so I thought I’d drop in and see how John Simon’s new store at Chiltern St was doing. This was only my third visit since he’s opened a couple of weeks ago and the shop is getting ever more stock and slowly… Continue reading JSA Goes From Strength to Strength