The kind folks of Engineered Garments invited me to tour their store that opens later today at 307 W. 38th St. in a space that used to repair sewing machines will now sell their collection as well as Nepenthes and Needles. In fact, the old signage is still there. Not covered or painted over, yet anyhow…
Bossman/Founder of Nepenthes & Needles designer Keizo Shimizu. I need those socks!! 
Hanging the work of Carrie Housman & Darbury Stenderu The show is based on designs they have done for Nepenthes in the past. I know its a sneak preview but Im gonna delve in a lil here. No two of the fourteen fixtures around the store are alike. There is one made of rare pieces of wood, cant remember the name of the wood but the Japanese use it for chessboards. 
favourite shirt. 
Suits insane. Love it. Costumey, yes, but I'm stuck in the 70's in my head. 
Rabbit I think. 
Made from actual Woolrich blanket fabric! 
I know some fellas who'll love this long shirt. Myself included. 
& just a few standard shirts for a more regular kinda guy. In the photo before this, that club collared black striped shirt on the left is so insanely beautiful. 
Mark McNairy for Engineered Garments. Exclusive Shit. 
Leather & Suede! 
Trickers Monks!!!!! 
Old bandannas made into patchwork pocket squares. They have scarves as well! 
South2 West8 
Dressing Room 
Vestibule Jewelry 
Yup, Engineered Garments poncho! 
All the buttons are different, and vintage! 
Lets just say pajamas, or my favorite things in the store. You may call them leggings, I call them longjohns! 
Feel that mohair! 
The crown jewel. So dope. 
More artwork waiting to be hung. Thank you much Angelo. That Nepenthes shirt is fire.
If he looks familiar, this is why
He pretty much stays dapper.
Jared Everett just joined us here in San Francisco as Master Tailor in the Levi Strauss flagship store. Love his 1920’s British workwear jacket. The buttons are just beautiful. The briefcase was previously owned by his grandfather. ALong with his motorcycle, Dude brings much flare to the city. Jared previously ran the Mister Freedom shop in Los Angeles.
We started out our trip by picking up Louisa at her home on Summit Ave. in Mt. Tamalpais.
Before you see the view from the outside, you must see the curtain!
Nice view
Eventually we got off and not soon after stopped. Yes, they had yellow mustard.
And soon stopped again and tipped our hats to a few locals
Loved these colors!
Of course we stopped at a few 2nd hand stores. These lockers were great.
really wanted to get the scoreboard for Gordon.
Ralph Lauren perhaps?
We stopped in a little seaside town looking for lodging, where were told it was graduation week, every hotel was full… So we kept driving.
This dude was shooting his friend surfing. Pretty cool piece. He shoots commercials and stuff…
We were getting tired so we checked into the Curly Redwood Lodge
In the morning we went to collect some driftwood. You know Jay loves his driftwood.
Doing Hachonos for driftwood picking.
We were fortunate enough to be invited into the home of a Cherokee woman who fitted us for some custom moccasins.
After 23 years in Berkeley, Wilderness Exchange has closed. With the friendliest sales staff, its no surprise they lasted 20 years across the street from REI! On both visits we showed up close to closing time and I of course ran around taking pictures rather than shop. Well the 3rd time I showed they had closed but an employee was selling his collection in the lot. There were new & used tents in all shapes and sizes. I was pondering this 3-man vintage North Face tent in the shape of a VW bus! There were plenty of The North Face, Patagonia and Dana Design bags and jackets. Looking at kayaks, canoes and outdoor equipment I was just so happy to be in Northern California- one step closer the great outdoors experience.
