i have been curious about old town for a little while now have you any?
^ yes!
here is a photo of me in my sugar cane hawaii's (the natural indigo ones):
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I used to live in the same loft as Tara Donovan and that African guy who does huge paintings (forget his name)...until the chemical sprays and dust gave me asthma
Nah, Chris Ofili would have moved on from sharing lofts a long time ago...
Tara Donovan is awesome. love her work. do you mean Chris Ofili the elephant dung painter?
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not quite as slick as the $1,100 boots i posted on the previous page, but i love them. only thing is lack of traction, can be a bit of bother walking on slippery surfaces... but also fun: i'm the grown ass man sliding across alexanderplatz like a 5 year old...
there is a massive vintage u.s. workwear market in japan. see 'free & easy' magazine, which is an obsessively detailed monthly which pours over chambray shirts and boots down to the construction and stitching. and it's not even a trade magazine! some of it is so funny, like tips on how to wrap a scarf around your neck or 'properly' fade your 501s.
there is a store here in LA called mister freedom, which is basically the concept mentioned above, but in addition to all of that, they sell vintage midcentury japanese textiles as well as indigenous pattern-based woven & embroidered jams from central & south america, as well as 70$ back issues of free & easy. american vintage at japanese prices, what's not to love!
interestingly, there is a house brand, sugar cane, which is run by folks from japan, but is manufactured (again, on japanese looms) upstairs at mr. freedom and then sold back to the japanese market for a handsome sum.
This kinda really turns me on. Japanese workwear pron I think is something I may have to delve into further. Thank you!
So what I want to know is, is it at all possible for a youngish bloke to wear a scarf without looking horribly like a poseur/hipster type? Because I've always fancied myself in one.
scarf without coat, inside - not really, in my opinion (which it has to be said is near valueless regarding clothing in general).