Month: January 2011

Now this is what I need at this time of the year. It’s freezing cold and pouring with rain outside today. This 1951 ad for sock makers Interwoven has just the right feel to it. Makes me want to order a couple of pairs via the time machine. I have my hand knitted Cowichan socks… Continue reading Interwoven Hut Slippers

A recent find on the ‘Bay was this beautful deadstock Sero OCBD in classic blue with a really nice ‘made for’ label showing the seller as The Fairfield Store. The collars on these vintage Seros are very subtlely curved to a point allowing a classic roll and I particularly like the oversewn pocket chevron which… Continue reading Deadstock SERO From The Fairfield Store

Today’s post is simply a link to an exhaustive test made by Mr Heavy Tweed Jacket over on his eponymous blog on the current and (recent) past state of the standard for all Oxford Cloth Button Down shirts – those of Brooks Brothers. He points out that even 20 years ago the collar material was… Continue reading The Brooks Brothers Button Down by HTJ