Nº 02. TravelTeq Wallet / Credit card holder. [ Continue reading ]

Our first collaboration is a fact! Steve Mono made a special edition of their Tony glasses case for Another Shop. Hand made in Spain, in a beautiful heavy weight calf leather, finished with ‘Steve Mono and Another’ branding inside. Together with… [ Continue reading ]

Frenchman Olivier Abry started a workshop to assemble, create and restore vintage furniture and objects. He gave us a peak in his studio, packed with beautiful handmade lamps. Some of the materials are coming from the US and are assembled, recreated into new 'one off' vintage pieces in his workshop in Lyon. Be sure you'll visit his site and his inspirational image blog. Continue for more images > [ Continue reading ]

Our friend Sergei Sviatchenko from Close up and Private is rocking big time. He collaborated with media artist Noriko Okaku (resulting in this lovely animated collage movie), was announced the Best Dressed Man of Denmark and did a wonderful collaboration London based writer, stylist and creative director Jason Jules, the man behind the blog Garmsville. [ Continue reading ]

90 years old and still can't bust 'm! After the Buddy Lee shop window we did at Tenue de Nîmes I kind of fell in love with this little figure. The buddies we used there where the new ones, the third rebirth of this iconic puppet. His history goes back to 1920, when Chester Reynolds, a Lee Company Union All salesman, had been handing out bite-sized promotional overalls at country fairs when the idea of creating a doll to fit them sprung in mind. [ Continue reading ]

Our favorite shoe maker Saint Crispins just gave us a preview of their 2011 collection and I instantly fell in love with these beauties. Enjoy more handmade treasures here >… [ Continue reading ]

‘Autumn’s here. The nights are getting longer and darker. They are never-ending eves that peak in a mysterious dark blue: midnight blue.’ A beautiful new collection by Qwstion, only available this season. [ Continue reading ]

Helsinki based magazine and clothing brand Mashmarket teamed up with Finland’s oldest hat maker Fredrikson (est. 1887) to bring a forgotten Finnish classic back to life. This elegant cousin of Stormy Kromer goes a long way back in our history. It has been worn… [ Continue reading ]

Leffot, the NY based shoes store, made some very nice and simple wallets: ‘…just a single piece of Horween shell cordovan, three folds, and voila your cash is snugly secured in horse ass leather for safekeeping.’ The Fold by Leffot. [ Continue reading ]

Enjoying some kind of after summer here in the Netherlands it feels wrong to right about winter boots, but these are worth a post. n.d.c. just released these proper old-time mountaineering and army inspired Montblanc boots for this winter. The boots are finished with a secret… [ Continue reading ]

Check this preview for a series of films launching this fall, celebrating the collision between a Best Made axe and wood. Directed by Finn O’Hara with music by Nico Muhly. [ Continue reading ]

The iconic Ford GT40 - one of america’s most incredible racecars ever - was built because of a dispute between Henry Ford II and Mr Enzo Ferrari. The project's aim was to win long-distance-sports-car-races, which Ferrari has dominated so far.

(1, 2, 3, victory for the Ford GT40 at the 1966 24 Hours of LeMans - After Ferrari won at Le Mans six times in a row from 1960 to 1965)

Originally developed in England by Ford Advanced Vehicles Ltd., under the direction of Aston Martin’s former team manager John Wyer, the Ford GT run through several namings on the time of progress. Early cars were simply titled GT, short form for Grand Touring, later extended to GT40, representing its overall height of 40 inches, as required by the rules. [ Continue reading ]

London Undercover teamed up with Liberty and Manolo Blahnik to create five beautiful umbrellas. Manolo Blahnik has scoured through the Liberty Print archives to create this lust-worthy collection. The Umbrellas are available in-store now at Liberty and online here. Let it rain!… [ Continue reading ]

Born out of their passion for innovations, design classics and products that are built to last a lifetime, the people behind J. Panther Luggage Co. made a series of bags and accessories that are based upon the standards and construction methods of the pre-1960s U.S. yet… [ Continue reading ]

Again some beautiful work by Studio Kiki van Eijk presented this Maison et Objet in Paris. Bijoux is a glass & ceramics collection for gallery Secondome Edizione in Rome, all hand-made by some of the best craftsmen in Italy. The ‘delicate and tactile forms… [ Continue reading ]

As Menno mentioned in a previous post we love the personal stories vintage watches are telling us. After a few weeks looking for these engravings on the back of a vintage watch I found a few to share. (And I’m happy to say one of… [ Continue reading ]

Like Menno mentioned I’ve become a little addicted to vintage (in general) after working on the Red Wing Shoes store in Amsterdam. Jared and Sam, the duo behind Topsy, a blog/shop/site that launched a few months back packed with beautiful… [ Continue reading ]

Qompendium just shared this beautiful handcrafted crystal iPhone and iPod Touch stand by CalypsoCrystal with us and I instantly fell in love! Usually I’m not a big fan of crystal, but this one is made with such an elegance and restraint that I just… [ Continue reading ]

A really interesting post by Horween Leather Co. about the basic techniques to finish the leather. I remembered my days at Red Wing Shoes were we learned about the techniques of air drying, seeing all the hides moving slowly, hanging down on hooks, waiting… [ Continue reading ]

Yesterday I was introduced by the official apple accessories brand COTEetCIEL and I was really impressed! Sure, I will not give up my lovely TravelTeq, but can imagine taking this one on my two day trip to cary my computer, accessories and… [ Continue reading ]

The beauty of vintage watches is that each timepiece tells a unique story. By the way the watch aged you can tell if the previous owner treated it well, what kind of job he probably had and if he or she was really in love with it. Sometimes… [ Continue reading ]

We have been searching for a way to express our happiness that we officially stock vintage Le Labo candles (with Tenue de Nîmes label) as from today. But instead we found this quote that we could never match: “When I was a kid I… [ Continue reading ]

Last week I came across this really nice men’s leather accessories label from Spain by Gonzalo Fonseca called Steve Mono. The products are made in spain by a small manufacturer, all with a very unique and distinguished style. Like it a lot!… [ Continue reading ]

While waiting for our new stock of natural Roberu iPhone cases for Anothershop, Leather Factory Roberu just launched a beautiful canvas and leather camera strap in collaboration with the bag and accessories brand 6SHiKi. The black and white straps will… [ Continue reading ]