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 designed for how we live now.
Hand-crafted and finished in New England with an excellent eye for details, these extremely functional accessories are made from high quality U.S. tanned leather and canvases.
We very much love this Aviator, named after the engineer/ craftsman who makes this item.  He has flown as a hobby for over 27 years and considers the aviator the ideal bag to take up on his flights over New England.
I’d say this is the perfect day bag to cary your essentials; a notebook, iPad, bank cards, passport, pencils and phone. What more do we need in a day?

Enter the world of J. Panther Luggage Co.

My former intern Timo Demollin designed and hand screen printed a series of 4 different heavy weight cotton totes, exclusive for Another Shop. The bags are made in a limited edition of 10, all numbered, all printed on both sides and now available in the new Another Shop.
Above the most colorful one of the series: AOC – AnOtherCompany. Timo used the old VOC logo and turned up side down, together with the Dutch flag – hand dyed – and the roman numerals MDCII -1602 – the date the VOC was established.
A nice bag to cary your magazine’s, iPad and others with you on your way to the beach, available at Another Shop.

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 wires with me.
Made by Paper Rain, designed by the creative team behind Damir Doma COTEetCIEL is almost completely produced with durable materials (from recycled PET bottle fabric to cotton canvas and high grade neoprene). I’d say the ultimate bag for the modern nomad.

In the 5th issue of Journal de Nîmes we already showed you a few ways of knotting your tie and folding you pocket square. Since the day we made the illustration I was focused on ties and since than I saw them everywhere. We’ve made a little list of our todays favorites and my former intern Mia Porter put together a nice article, sourced from wikipedia and all over the place and came up with this. A ‘little’ history of the tie, which goes back to the mid 17th century, and our favorite ties in a row.

To start with a little list of our today’s favorite ties:

Flouzen
Harris Tweet
Graham Whithers
Gitman at Dann Clothing
Howard Yount
Ben Silver
Drakes London
J.Press
Paul Stuart

Different knots
The “four in hand” knot gained its name from its resemblance to the reins of the four horse carriage used by the British upper class.
The Shelby knot or the Pratt-Shelby knot was invented by Jerry Pratt, an employee of the US Chamber of Commerce. He had been wearing his tie in the Pratt knot for some twenty years before it became popular after TV personality Don Shelby wore it on air. The New York fashion press mistakenly attributed the invention of the knot to Shelby. It uses less length than the Half Windsor or Windsor knots, and so is well suited to shorter ties. Unlike the Four in Hand knot, the Pratt method produces a symmetrical knot.
The Windsor knot, also sometimes referred to as a Full Windsor or a Double Windsor to distinguish it from the half Windsor. The Windsor knot, compared to other methods, produces a wide symmetrical triangular knot. The knot is often thought to be named after the Duke of Windsor It is, however, named after his grandfather Edward V11. The Duke preferred a wide knot and had his ties specially made with thicker cloth in order to produce a wider knot when tied with the conventional four in hand knot. The Windsor knot was invented to emulate the Duke’s wide knot with regular ties. The Windsor knot is worn on more formal occasions, and it is especially suited for a spread or cutaway collar that can properly accommodate a larger knot.

The half-Windsor knot produces a neat, triangular knot. It is larger than the four in hand knot and Pratt knot but smaller than the Windsor knot. Despite its name, it is not half the size of the Windsor knot, and there is no evidence that it is derived from that knot. It works well with light- and medium-weight fabrics.

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!

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 be available in Japan late August – early September, we expect the iPhone cases in the coming weeks.

For the rainy days to come Tenue de Nîmes is working on a collaboration with London Undercover, the beautiful umbrella label by designer Jamie Milestone. Our friend and genius illustrator Hiyoko Imai is working on an illustration for this special project and we can’t wait to show you the results. Here’s just a little preview. More soon!

Yesterday I wrote about the locker on the bank deposit bag and why it wasn’t being used anymore. But it’s still in production! Chase Browder pointed me on this bag by Freemans Sporting Club and Billy Kirk with the same lock. ‘The Bank Bag features is an authentic US made bank bag with a functioning lock. Constructed from tan waxed cotton twill and features include: brown harness leather, Swiss Riri zippers, brass rivets, interior zipper pocket, and blaze orange waterproof lining. Hand-made in the USA.’ So good!

The fantastic accessories and object makers Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons will open their first shop tomorrow. ‘Occulter will house selected works from the Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons archive as well as pieces designed exclusively for the shop. The location will also host the unveiling of new collections and debut collaborations with other eclectic New York talents, starting with Bryan Collins.’
Another good reason to visit New York!
Occulter by Black Sheep & Prodigal Sons, 83 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002.

I’m a huge fan of the Soulland Adler Fedora, the beautiful hat, handmade at Stig Andersen aka ‘The Hat-maker’, a small factory in Copengagen. Alken Film and Nahm Studio made this lovely short film about the production process. Enjoy!

A lovely little video showing Steve Opperman of Temple Bags creating his beautiful bags… Made by McManus Studios.

And another shop update
This february we wrote about it already, and now they’re finally available at Anothershop: The handmade vegetable-tanned leather iPhone case by Roberu in black, and next month in brown as well.

We wrote about them before, but just received a major update from Commune de Paris 1871. One of the new items in store is this limited edition (60 copies) exclusively created for “Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche” silk scarf. Discover and enjoy all the nicely illustrated objects at Commune de Paris here…

A bunch of beautiful new leather accessories over at Makr Carry Goods. We very much like the simple natural canvas tote, ‘perfect for a day at the beach, trip to the market or daily city use.’

I always wanted to paddle the lakes of Canada, enjoying the wilderness. And if I will go there, I’ll definitely buy some goods at Frost River. A little tent, the Camp Kitchen Pack and probably the Canoe Thwart Bag to carry all my stuff along the river… But meanwhile, far away from the wilderness, I’m thinking about the Overland Garment Bag and maybe one of the Bike Bags while enjoying the nicely illustrated goods on their website.

When you’re a regular reader you might think that we have some kind of a bag-fetishism. We’re hunting all day for the best, most practical, good looking and well crafted men’s accessories. Well, at the moment we believe we found something that will make us to end this search. A bag made of cognac-colored Florentine Vachetta leather, hand-made in Italy, bag-by-bag, with all the needed compartments and cases. Finished with water resistant nylon lining and an outside strip to attach to the trolley for comfortable traveling… We’re talking about the TravelTeq Trash. A classic bag ready for the 21st century. We’re proud to carry this beauty in Anothershop!

To jump a little deeper in the specs of the Trash; you will have a protected space for your 15″ laptop, one for your cigar tube or pen, a special place for your phone inside, as well as one on the outside plus four small compartments for business cards and likes. Outside there’s a special compartment for your phone/boarding pass and one for your sunglasses.

The bag comes in two colors of leather (cognac and black) with lining in four different colors. We prefer the classic Cognac and Fox Red version.

TravelTeq started two years ago when a group of friends decided to create beautiful and unique travel products. They announced some new products to be released in a near future including a 17″ bag, an intelligent cabin trolley and smaller leather accessories to facilitate comfortable and pleasant traveling around the globe…

After my Grenson for Tenue de Nîmes boots, now I’ll have a bag for life as well!

www.anothershop.org
www.travelteq.com