Beams Plus..... by Shaun Dangerfield

Beams Plus has quickly turned into my most bought label of recent times, I love the quality materials and simple designs and it was only by chance I saw this dead stock piece from last summer at a heavily reduced rate.
Beams+ linen red shawl collar knit with wood buttons, I clocked it last summer but I was concerned over the structure of it from the pictures that were doing the rounds so I put it off and forgot about it until the latest browse revealed this last piece left and thought I'd take a punt on it, glad I did as its a beast, sturdy and right up my street style wise.

Albam Carpenter Shirt.... by Shaun Dangerfield

I've not bought any Albam for a while, I was having a browse (as you do) and picked this up in the sale for a ridiculous price.
Beautiful made in Portugal overhead shirt in burnt orange...... because it's important to look like a Terry's chocolate on the dance floor.

Ten-C..... by Shaun Dangerfield

"Ten c, The Emperors New Clothes, introduces the forever collection. The original fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen tells of looking beyond what you are told to see and to value what is truly there. The ability too see past the fashion media barrage is a new interpretation of the original fairy tale.

Ten c. Seven pieces that wear no labels either inside or out. They ask to be loved for what they are. Pieces that last forever. These timeless and iconic jackets are created to live and age with you, and the incredible Japanese jersey will, with time, mould itself almost imperceptibly to you."

I couldn't be more impressed with this jacket, the Ten-C Snow Smock. 

From the belt to the Japanese fabric I'm not going to lie to you it just makes me wet.... in a good way.
Designed by Alessandro Pungetti and Paul Harvey (Former Stone Island & CP Company) who have put forward a clothing range with no labels (just model tags) that will continuously run in design, you choose your desired jacket, colour and size and love it for a lifetime. Sounds good to me.
The material is a knitted nylon/polyester micro fibre that is designed to follow the shape of your body and age with you, it's a beautiful material and the only material they use in any of the outerwear they produce.
You can buy various inners and hood liners that button in which is a great feature as the jacket can be worn all year round, this is the spring summer 2013 collection snow smock and comes with all inner buttons ready for winter should I want to buy an inner.

Arpenteur.... by Shaun Dangerfield

Made in Lyon, France. Arpenteur make French military and work wear inspired clothing from locally sourced fabrics and keep all the production work in house.
Taking inspiration from the 1920's-50's period it churn's out good honest simple clothing easily wearable and of good quality.
This green duck hunting vest is a great fit, sturdy in build and a lovely colour.
(Great artwork to boot.)
The first three photos are with flash and are more of a true colour, the other photo's are no flash but taken at night so the colour isn't as nice but shows the detailing on the garment.

I've stolen these photo's from the Arpenteur blog as I quite like the highlighting of the natural dyeing process.
For spring summer 2013.

The photos below those are of this a/w2012 wool vest and jacket purely just for some clothing porn as I think they were great items.

Denimhead..... by Shaun Dangerfield

It's no secret that I love denim, the wearing in process to the first soak, the history of it all and especially pictures of the ageing process.
I know that sound's massively geeky but that's just the way it is.
One of the copies I have of Lightning Magazine has some great shot's of vintage denim and denim related pieces and I've been meaning to put a few photos up from it but I've not got round to doing so until now, they might interest you.... they might not.
The magazine itself goes right the way back to the 1800's and through all the denim labels and to be honest it was way too much to put on here although I wish I could.
Unfortunately as it's a Japanese magazine and the details are in Japanese I couldn't date anything up apart from starting up with the vintage Buddy Lee doll that after a bit of research I found out were first made in 1920 and ceased production in 1962.....

 Vintage Levis ball cap.....

 Another Buddy doll from Lee

 Front page...

 Levis squash racket cover....

 Levis raggy dolls....

 Denim clothing for dolls....

You can have a browse around the webpage through this link below....
LIGHTNING MAGAZINE

And there's a good read from the editor of lightning (and founder of 2nd magazine) Atsushi Matsushima in this link below...
ATSUSHI MATSUSHIMA

Ideas From Massimo Osti.... by Shaun Dangerfield

I've picked up a few coffee table book's of late but none as big or as good as this beast.
It was an easy selection for me this book, spending so much time of my growing up saving among other thing's to get whatever I craved week by week from labels that Massimo Osti had his magical hands involved in.
You talk about technical outerwear and innovation and most men who know their onions will pull his name out first, there are plenty of tech labels but none for me come close to what he created.
Dated ? maybe, and very debatable but if anything reading through this book has pegged me back a few years and that craving came back for a good few hours while gazing at each page with youthful memory.

I know it's just a passing phase as time move's on but the sight of a Mille Miglia with a hinged watchviewer still make's me do a double take, I've lost count of all the C.P Company and S.I that has revolved through my wardrobes over the years, and the endless amount of Left Hand and Boneville, Massimo Osti and all the various off shot labels that come with it so to open this up and see it all archived was great reading.
I've added a few photo's from the book and I think it's the perfect post to celebrate 150'000 views, enjoy....