Posts Tagged ‘The Vintage Showroom’
KINGPINS 2024
At Sugarcity, Amsterdam.
Read MoreKINGPINS ROUND UP
Amsterdam, April 2024
Read MoreVINTAGE POP-UP
In Central London, 14th – 16th Dec
Read MoreWOMENSWEAR AT THE VINTAGE SHOWROOM
Now showing!
Read MoreHONG KONG DENIM FESTIVAL
TVS takes Hong Kong!
Read MorePINK CAMO
Designed to be worn over the uniform and webbing in the event of a gas attack.
Read MoreFRINGE BENEFITS / EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’
Texan Joe and Ratso we salute you!
Read More1937 BIG TOE
These bespoke ‘big toes’ were made for a customer whom never returned to collect.
Read MoreMR HOBBS OF END STREET
The hero of the book is the proprietor of a hardware shop which is none other than the former F.W. Collins.
Read MoreDULUTH PACK – PATENTED BY C.POIRIER (1882)
The Great-Great-Granddaddy of modern-day backpacks…
Read MoreSILVER FACTORY
Industrial factory glitter glamour baroque pop underground Andy Edie Gerard silver balloons Campbell’s soup.
Read MoreBIBENDUM VS STAY PUFT MARSHMALLOW MAN
A cross between the Ghostbusters Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and Michelin’s Bibendum.
Read MoreMASLAND REVISITED
Unlike other outdoor clothing companies, Masland came to it relatively late.
Read MoreTHE ‘BEACH BOYS’ – 1st BEACH BATTALION
This US Navy Mackinaw coat has ‘1st Beach Battalion’ stencil stamped on its lining.
Read MoreSIEBE GORMAN & CO SUBMARINE ENGINEERS
In 1837 Augustus Siebe, German-born but living in England developed a Diving Helmet which sealed airtight to a rubber suit.
Read MoreREVISITING LARRY DAGGER’S MUGSHOTS
Revisiting the archive of Lawrence W Dagger.
Read MoreTHE ARROW POINTS THE WAY
Kicking off our final boots triptych, here is something for the ladies.
Read MoreREINFORCED SHOULDERS
Shining a light on recurring design details.
Read MoreSALT AND PEPPER’S HERE
What we have here is an altogether different condiment though.
Read MoreEVEREST RECONNAISANCE EXPEDITION 1951 SUPPLEMENT + YETIS
Everest pictures and Yetis, what more could you want from a post!
Read MoreBRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY
This 1980s parka was made especially for the BAS.
Read MoreKNOW YOUR MARKS #1 – HARRIS TWEED
Recognise your brands, marques to be reckoned with.
Read MoreMOUNTAIN RESEARCH
Rockall is an extremely small, uninhabited and remote rocky islet in the North Atlantic Ocean of which we had never heard.
Read MoreROYAL FLYING CORPS
A new addition to the archive.
Read MoreIN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR
Nothing like a white linen suit better evokes images of Graham Greene’s Our Man In Havana.
Read MoreSEALED PATTERN
Here’s a nice Sealed Pattern Royal navy jumper, smock, crackerjack top dating from the First World War.
Read MoreROLEX EXPLORER ‘SHAKEN NOT STIRRED’
The Rolex Explorer is significant in the world of wristwatches.
Read MoreBUM FREEZERS
Worthy of closer inspection are these two Dunn & Co. suits from the early 1960s.
Read MoreON THE ROAD
Based on the wartime Royal Navy short shawl-collared duffle coats, this civilian ladies version dates from the 1950s.
Read MoreRECOMMENDED VIEWING: CHARLOTTE PERRIAND IN JAPAN
Charlotte Perriand at the Meguro Museum of Art.
Read MoreOMERSA – YES WE CAN!
Dimitri Omersa and his wife Inge arrived in England in 1955 settling in a sanctuary for refugees in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.
Read MoreEXISTENCILISM
Not to be confused with the more famous philosophy movement, and the likes of Camus, Sartre and Kierkegaard.
Read MoreCOCKLESHELL HEROES
This one has the broad arrow on the label and interestingly is dated 1953.
Read MoreHOW TO TACKLE A GIBSON GIRL
These USAAF World War II-era survival radio transmitters were given the nickname because of their “hourglass” shape.
Read MoreAUSTERITY GAMES
Olympic and Paralympic Games in London – 1948 and 2012.
Read MoreGOOD THINGS COME IN TWO’S
While three’s a crowd, some things are just better in pairs.
Read MoreBY ROYAL APPOINTMENT
Credibility, dependability and loyalty…
Read MoreTHE URSULA SUIT
The Holy Grail of wax cotton jackets known as an Ursula Suit or Admiralty Suit.
Read MoreTORN FROM MY COAT I SEND TO THEE…
“Torn from my coat I send to thee this war worn piece of old khaki”
Read MoreALL YOU POW’s – KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
“If you should be captured, these are your rights”
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