A weekend roundup.
On the street… via Manzoni, Milano by The Sartorialist (Above)
The J.Crew men’s catalougue featuring Tyler Brûlé.
Iroquois 2009 AUTUMN／WINTER COLLECTION “Be natural”
The Spades Interview in NY Magazine
Church’s – English made shoes. A Très Bien Shop Video

Enjoy your weekend!

Louis Vuitton changed their communication from showing old and erstwhile world leaders on their way down the road into telling the story of the high-end craftsman and the beauty of the details.
I saw the sneak preview of the images, shot by Desiree Dolron, a few months ago and I instantly fell in love with the brand.
Above image is the sewing of the leather with a beeswax thread to protect the stitchings overtime. Louis Vuitton: The sum of details beautifully captured by Desiree Dolron! For more images Read the rest of this entry »

This will definitely be my first and favorite iPhone case. From the 2010 collection by Roberu. (Coming soon….)

Started in Florence by Wanny DiFilippo and his wife Nadia Il Bisonte is definitely one of our favorite leather accessories brands. The nice detailed and beautiful crafted bags made of the fine, vegetable tanned leather vacchetta will only become more and more attractive as they grow older… Like this authentic 70’s vintage wallet on ebay…

While working on a special for Bright Magazine on kids, I missed the deadline to add these beauties so wanted to share them here.
Our Children’s Gorilla produce home accessories inspired by the children’s imagination. We especially love the Milwaukee Express, a handmade train inspired by the retro future stream liners of American 40’s. Available online here >

In rainy Holland we love to carry a proper classic English umbrella with us all the time. Jamie Milestone from freshly launched London Undercover ‘redesigned’ this classic icon without loosing the refined look and implementing some beautiful details. Combining this look with some very neat (and very British) prints this umbrella is already selling at Liberty, Selfrdiges & Fortnum & Mason and hopefully soon somewhere in the Netherlands as well.
In the coming year London Undercover will launch some more accessories and we’re very excited about some upcoming collaborations they are working on. To be continued…

We very much like the accessories Made by Eugene. This Brazil born New Yorker, daydreamer and craftsman creates these beautifully detailed leather straps and jewelry. Above the Balain, a large leather keychain, hand dyed, with 2 key rings in solid brass.

The new issue of Blend Magazine just hit the stores, so time for us to share our new treasures. This time featuring our favorite notebooks from Rhodia, the lovely gypsy water by Byredo, de Red Wing 6″ Classic Moc and this beautiful new bag by Ellen Truijen, the Belly in cashmere pearl leather… Enjoy

Our friend Spencer Nikosey from Killspencer just released his new collection of bags. All handmade in the US and with some very nice details you can choose between a weekender, the special OPS backpack, the track bike messenger, the utility bag, a briefcase and some very handy accessories…
There is a chance that we will sell the Utility Bag and some accessories in Anothershop. If you’re interested just tweet me than we’ll know how much we need to import…

Daniel Heer, a young swiss designer now living and working in Berlin shared his work with us. Besides his fine horsehair mattresses called ROSSHAAR and lovely seating cubes called KEIL (made from walnut wood and leather a.o.) he creates this fantastic collection of bags called CHROM. Functional aesthetics and high-quality materials all come together in these minimalistic leather bags. Read the rest of this entry »

Yujin Tsumuraya from the leather factory Roberu in Japan shared some fantastic handmade leather photo cases and accessories with us. I remember my father used to have his camera in this kind of hard leather cases ages ago and I was looking for them for quit some time now… Above the Olumpus Pen E-P1 holder.

Check this extremely beautiful heavy weight balls by the Lineaus Athletic Company. Made out of 5 oz. full grain baseball glove cow hide, double locked-stitched with 3 cords of polyester thread they come in different sizes and weights. Each custom-made and numbered… excellent!

Wow, remember Temple Bags 6 months ago, the blogger page, and Steve Opperman, the man behind it making all the bags by hand, all in single pieces.
It transformed into a real collection and an online shop. Thankfully the bags are still made of re-purposed materials and they still look great!

Freeman just came with this nice set of pouches. The ultimate set for your travels is made of waxed canvas and chambray lined.

A lovely messenger bag, hand made in England by Bedouin made from 12oz waxed canvas, top grain leather and got some very nice detailing! Inspired by the Bedouin tents, ‘a nomadic shelter, rugged and weatherproof on the outside, whereas inside they offer luxury, shelter and comfort’ it is the bag that last a lifetime.
It is made in a very limited amount, and can be pre-ordered now online at Bedouin.

A while ago, Luis pointed me to Zillion, a French boy living and working in Tokyo, and making beautiful stuff out of kimono fabric. Check some very nice belts, caps and shoelaces over at Zillion.

Only at Shoerepair is a new collection of small leather goods exclusively available at Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair. Some very nice wallets, card cases and key holders in beautiful colours.

The Billykirk studio visit of The Scout. Lovely!

Check this lovely Vinylon backpack by Fjallraven. The original was introduced in 1978 as the book bag for Sweden’s school children. In that year Fjallraven’s founder, Ake Nordin, hoped to sell 200 Kanken bags. He sold 400 and the next year sales reached 30,000. At this moment, 30 years after launch, this robust and useful bag is available at Blackbird and Oi Polloi.

Another nice collaboration: Check this plain canvas Tote by Porter and B印 Yoshida, available at Fennica and shared by Freshness. Lovely!