When it comes to penny loafers, as the name of this site suggests, I am mostly a Bass Weejun fan. With beefroll loafer there are more styles and many different makers who get their own look, but, to my mind at least, nobody ever gets that deep vamp look that Bass has, creating a highwalled side to …
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Weejun Wearer of the Week Well, no specific Weejun wearing in this week's choice (maybe the girl's foot down on the bottom right) but you can sense the presence, can't you? …
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Back in the early 1981 there were very few jazz LPs from the golden age of modern jazz in print. As such we relied on the vagaries of the record companies to reissue random titles. There were almost no concerted themed reissues. Those that were most interesting often seemed to be from France or …
The 'New' Weejun Dover. Dump It Off the White Cliffs, I Say. This blog is supposed to be a positive celebration of Americana but this week there's been a bit of a negative tone about where some of the classic US brands are today. It's not really my place to have a dig at these companies. In …
Back in 2000 I was sent on a mission to LA on behalf of well known TV company to talk to Warner Bros about why they didn't really need to buy into Warner's own version of the internet, called Entertaindom, instead of using the real internet for free. Strange but true. Anyway the point is that I got …
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Yesterday's post of some wonderful vintage LL Bean hunting gear from a LIFE magazine feature in 1941, led to The Weejun being followed on Twitter by LL Bean's Head of PR. This set to me to thinking about bringing forward a piece I've been planning since first starting The Weejun, and that is the …
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Whatever you think of the mumsy style of LL Bean these days and the self-butchering of their own heritage, once upon a time it was about as hard core as you could get if you wanted a spot of upland hunting. This photo series appeared in LIFE magazine in 1941. Some elements are still available in …
Last night I lost an auction for a pair of vintage Weejuns that I'd been watching for ten days. The seller had agreed to ship to the UK, which was very nice of him, but at the last second when my bid went in I got an error message from Ebay saying seller hadn't selected 'ship' worldwide. Too late …
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'Teenager Dressing in Her Brother's Pants' - 1943 You couldn't make up a caption like that.... I wonder what's in the shoe organiser on the back of the door? …
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New Series Over many years there have been certain movies, record covers, or just stills that have captured the essence of a look that has inspired the Weejun towards a better wardrobe. Inspired by some of the great posts over at Film Noir Buff I decide to start a new series with some of the …
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