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Nonriveted ![]() ADMIN ![]() ![]() Joined: 20 Jan 2012 Location: california Status: Offline Points: 10079 |
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yup that sounds great Maynard, are you gunna be first one up for that? sounds painful by the way...haha
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Maynard Fried-San ![]() whiskered ![]() anonymous Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Location: Londinium Status: Offline Points: 17210 |
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Unfortunately I don't have much space left in that department, as it's tradition for the Friedman menfolk to have their place of birth tattooed on their manhood. It's just a little Welsh village called Llanfairpwll or to give it it's full name (as I did) - Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!
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Nonriveted ![]() ADMIN ![]() ![]() Joined: 20 Jan 2012 Location: california Status: Offline Points: 10079 |
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hahaha wowwwwww thats alot of letters man!!!
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Dr_Heech ![]() MODERATOR ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Jan 2012 Location: Mostly outdoors Status: Offline Points: 26168 |
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Didn't know where to ask this, so put it here...
@ London Bro's - where is the best place to get a chainstiched hemming service? I know there is/was 'Son of stag' or something , in the Spittafield market area. They had some Union-specials. But things change. Any recommendations?
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Maynard Fried-San ![]() whiskered ![]() anonymous Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Location: Londinium Status: Offline Points: 17210 |
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Sonofastag or send them to Carey at Dept of Works.
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Dr_Heech ![]() MODERATOR ![]() ![]() Joined: 23 Jan 2012 Location: Mostly outdoors Status: Offline Points: 26168 |
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Wiil shoot a p.m to Cary - although He's probably busy hemming sufu'ers denim. 'Sonofastag' - do they have a chainstitch-while-you-wait service, or is it days' I'm looking at? Gotta plan ahead... Cheers M
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Maynard Fried-San ![]() whiskered ![]() anonymous Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Location: Londinium Status: Offline Points: 17210 |
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It depends how busy they are. If you call in advance and explain when you plan to take them in and how soon you need them, they may turn them around straightaway, or allow you to drop them off in the morning and collect in the afternoon, etc.
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Bob Dale ![]() whiskered ![]() GRAIL Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Location: Tulsa , America Status: Offline Points: 999 |
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can i just say, after catching up ... or rather reading back and forth discussion over minutiae over on that other LVC thread i am glad I can talk and learn about LVC in a less terse environment.
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ranonranonarat ![]() whiskered ![]() Joined: 22 Jan 2012 Location: Singapore Status: Offline Points: 2031 |
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Taken from The Scout Mag. This is about Takashi Tateno from Workers. Thought it might interest some of you. You can view more pictures by visiting the The Scout Mag page.
![]() Takashi Tateno might not have been the first to introduce you to the beauty of American workwear but he probably comes close. He is responsible for the incredibly successful Workers website that documents American workwear through extensive research and historical materials. Unfortunately for us, most of his research is in Japanese, we’re only left to admire the archival photos. After designing a bag and publishing it on his site, he was encouraged by his loyal readers to make them available to the public. Since then, he has designed and created a number of garments and accessories painstakingly replicating the stitching and detailing of the originals. Tateno is the sole proprietor Workers managing every aspect of the company, we were able to stop by his store in Kurashiki, about five hours southwest of Tokyo, to talk to him about his obsession with American workwear. When did Workers start? Did e-workers begin as a blog and evolve into producing clothes? What did you do before Workers? During the evenings, I would work on my own designs, drawing the patterns, cutting the fabrics, and sewing them. I made jeans, sack coats, and work shirts. I was in search of a particular shape and silhouette and gradually was able to make the patterns that I wanted. But it was a challenge because work clothes were sewn by special sewing machines that used various attachments. I paid particular attention to the details in the clothes. For instance, the front placket of almost all old work shirts are chain stitched. Some were two, while others were four stitches. The width of the plackets are similar. I asked a lot of people as I researched. Everyone from factory workers, sewing machine specialist, to my boss. One by one, I gradually understood which sewing machines and attachments were needed. As I further researched I began to fall in love with old work clothes. Not only the clothes themselves, but the manufactures, the history, and the ads. However, during the middle of the last decade, people were not as interested about work clothes, like chambray shirts or railroad jackets. So in 2005, I started a website called “WORKERS,” to show the beauty in vintage clothes, its history, and the ads as a way to share my research. Initially, I didn’t imagine I would be selling clothes from my website. But at the end of 2006, I made a newspaper bag and showed it on WORKERS. I recieved e-mails from people telling me to sell it. I was shocked. I didn’t think people would be interested in it. By 2007, I started taking orders for the bag and was shocked again by the number of people who wanted to buy it. It was more than I had anticipated. So that’s when I decided to start making clothes. I thought about it carefully, and chose to make a work shirt referencing shirts and jackets from Reliance MFG, Railroad Jackets, and ads from HEADLIGHT. I didn’t know how to make the Wabash fabric. So on September, I traveled to the US for the first time. Went to West Virginia and the archive of J.L. Stifel and Sons. I found some reports from the 1940’s and I was able to understand the basic method of making that kind of fabric. I brought that information back to Japan and asked a fabric manufacturer replicate it. Do you have formal training in designing and producing clothes or are you self taught? When did your interest in American workwear start? What is it about American workwear that excites you? What decades of American workwear is your clothing based off of? Is there an era in American workwear that is particular interesting to you? Do you recreate and replicate original garments or do you take inspiration from and turn them into new designs? There are a lot of details in your clothing. Do you make the hardware as well? Buttons, zippers buckles? Can you take us through how you go about making a new garment? How often do you introduce a new product? Is it seasonal or do you show new designs whenever they are ready? Aside from the hats, do you make any accessories? Belts, socks, bandannas? You’re very thorough with your research. How do you find your information? Has Levi’s or any other large companies approached you to help with design or research? How big is your store? Is your workspace in another location or in the same building? In your shop, where are your customers from? All over the world? On your site, where are your customers from? All over the world? What does K&TH stand for? My company is WORKERS Co Ltd, and K&T H MFG Co is the brand of WORKERS. I also have other brands like K&T H FINE SHIRT MAKERS and Best quality clothes for RAILROADERS. These brands are used per item. Do you have interest in workwear from other countries? Possibly British? Do you have any interest in opening another store? Possibly in Tokyo? What are your plans for the future? Edited by ranonranonarat - 01 Mar 2012 at 4:30am |
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faithless, the wonderboy
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Bob Dale ![]() whiskered ![]() GRAIL Joined: 16 Jan 2012 Location: Tulsa , America Status: Offline Points: 999 |
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I don't think many (any) body else from the left field chino contest is posting over here YET... but maybe they'll eventually migrate. Until then, here is a picture of the gunk my pair ran into tonight and yesterday:
![]() paint, dust, weird ancient sugar frosting shit from the bakery shelving these dudes fade super fast. like super fast
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