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Sunday, August 24, 2014

A Few Pre-Fall Finds (reshown)

I found this great jacket just the other day and, other than taking in a bit, it should look great come the First Weekend in November!

Like the leather suitcase? I picked it recently for ten dollars. a fresh coat of Angelis brown shoe polish and it ready to accompany me and my Marley Hodgeson Ghurka bag on my autumnal travels.

Alright, alright! I give up. I'm now on the skinny repp tie bandwagon (not for me, but in concept). However, these that I 've found recently are the real McCoy. -Vintage 1980's haberdashery from old school prep shops.

This English, handwoven skinny wool repp tie is better than any that you'd find on a 'hillside.'

I saw these beauties in a downtown thrift store and I knew that I had to save them. If you've never seen Doc Maarten dress shoes (which I hadn't), you'll be amazed at the quality. These are benchmade English footwear of the highest quality. -But where will I wear them? They look smashing with blue or gray seersucker... but we're heading into fall....I'll find an occasion!

Saturday, August 16, 2014

Trailer Trad Tunes: The Music Videos of David Dean Burkhart

I stumbled upon these great videos from a guy named David Dean Burkhart while looking for a favorite single, "Painted Indian" by the Brooklyn duo Minks.

Burkharts' videos are face-paced montages of 60's and 70's commercials, vacation films, etc. set to the mood and rhythms of the songs and I think that the results are really enjoyable. I picked mostly upbeat songs that are great for a last reminder of summer as it comes to a close. However, the brilliant Future Islands' Like the Moon is gut wrenching with its strange, sad imagery and lead singer Matt Herring's heartfelt vocals. I took out Le Couleur and replaced it with School of Seven Bells because, while "Scavenger" features racing, "Femme" was a little too racy!

Minks "Playboys of the Western World"
A Sunny Day in Glasgow "Golden Waves"