OUR LEGACY - Best new brand I saw at capsule..
YUKETEN
Belowmight be my favorites. The ones on the left are lined a flowered fabric (liberty?)
MONITALY
MARK MCNAIRY
That brown shoe with the blucher, workboot laces are FIRE !!
AND FOR THE GIRLS
This shop is so well merchandised. Every mannequin!
I was pretty mad when my friend Peter told me he was moving to LA, after him pleading with me to come out there, I finally paid a visit and glad I did. All the years of us chatting about Balenciaga, Alden and Turnbull are finally paying off…
When they broke down the walls, they found this really old graffiti on the bricks. Im glad they left it exposed like they did. Its not in your face- you sorta have to almost look for it..
The shop has an incredible selection of vintage shoes, boots and outerwear to compliment the new pieces by Left Field, Alden, Sugar Cane and soon to come shirts by MISTER MORT.
Love a short sleeve sweatshirt, this vintage joint is no exception !
PLease click on this here military shirt jacket and see enlarged
Run by Peter, his Lady Rosa and vintage expert Bill;is this truly magnificent shop. Really a comfortable shopping atmosphere, in fact, you only get spoken to if you so desire, otherwise help yourself! No salesman following you from item to item lecturing you about the designer and all that bullshit. Just quality garments and shoes and good conversation. To borrow from a recent write-up on hyrcollective.com – http://www.hyrcollective.com/daily-blog/2009/05/craft-la/
The space is really nice and open, clean with a emphasis on reused wood and steel for the fixtures and quality on the clothing. Michael Williams wrote a great piece on Craft for GQ’s blog as well
http://men.style.com/gq/blogs/gqeditors/2009/05/go-here-craft-los-angeles-ca.html
I met him outside a trade show in Las Vegas last week, really like how he wears a chambray shirt with khaki shorts- that tank top under is of course my favorite piece.
His wife made this special necklace for him. I want it, Someone make it for me please.
A more substantial pair of espadrilles than i have been seeing on men in NYC.. not saying men should be wearing these when in the big city, but if you are going to, please wear one with a decent sole.. those skimpy ones, along with the thin soled sneaker (and im not speaking of vans or seavees here) are just not for the streets. Seeing guys in those skippies all summer makes me want to step into some timbs this fall.
