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The R.T.CO Lookbook for spring summer 2013

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It is always inspiring to visit the fairs, last week Pitti Immagine Uomo in Florence, and this week Bread & Butter in Berlin. This year we focussed on Red Wing Shoes and as a proud partner behind the Red Wing Shoes store Amsterdam it’s good to see so many people enjoying their boots. Here’s just a little preview of a huge collection of images which we will share online later this month at Red Wing Shoes Amsterdam. Stay tuned. (via Boots | Another Something & Company)

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Christopher Walken on Esquire

Christopher Walken: What I’ve Learned The actor on golf as torture, the connection between funny and scary, and why he’s sick of playing messed-up characters

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Rivers of Ice
on Red Wing Shoes Amsterdam Store

It is getting colder here in the lowlands and the Dutch start dreaming about the Elfstedentocht, a 200 km ice ride in the north of the Netherlands. We can only be happy with the cold as it is the perfect weather for some heavy and warm Red Wing boots, so we thought let’s show some real cold, some real snow and ice. And there’s only one who did that in a beautiful and inspiring way: Vittorio Sella (1859 – 1943). Vittorio was an Italian photographer and mountaineer who climbed all the tops of the earth, from the European tops like the Mont Blanc and the Monte Rosa until the K2 and the peaks of the Caucasus, and made truly amazing images during his climbs. The images above where published in the 1st edition (1941) of Encyclopedie Alpina (via warymeyers). Make sure you stay warm in pair of Red Wing Shoes 2268 Engineer Black Chrome, the Red Wing Shoes Work Gloves in Cognac, the Woolrich Arctic Cap in Olive, the Woolrich Byrd Cloth Parka Fango, the Merz B. Schwanen Long John 250 Natural and the Army Shirt Long 212 Grey Melange and enjoy the cold!

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The year’s doors open
like those of language
toward the unknown.
Last night you told me:
tomorrow
we shall have to think up signs,
sketch a landscape, fabricate a plan
on the double page
of day and paper.
Tomorrow, we shall have to invent,
once more,
the reality of this world.
…

Excerpt from January First by Octavio Paz, translated by Elizabeth Bishop.
Continue reading at Even Cleveland.

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We dress to conform: business suit, dinner jacket. We dress for fun, fantasy, fancy-dress or roleplay. Or we dress simply to be ourselves. And when we want to be authentic, we choose workwear. Workwear has been a vital element in the social revolution of the past 60 years. In 1950 it was invisible; now it is everywhere. It defies the notion that familiarity breeds contempt.

Margaret Howell, from an essay she wrote for GQ Style. via Mister Crew.

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adamferriss drawing with a grid

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A Military Fit — FANTASTIC MAN

Lacing one’s shoe is not confined to the realm of the criss-cross. In fact, a variety of lacing methods exist to cater to a variety of different footwear types – take the ladder lace, for instance, which is worn by military paratroopers. Starting at the base, the ends are run on the outside of the shoe into the next eyelet. The ends are crossed as normal, but then fed under the vertical lace before being fed into the eyelet directly above. (A full explanation and diagram may be found here.) The method is intended for taller boots, such as pair seen above made by GRENSON for BARBOUR, as it makes tightening the lower sections easier. How intriguing! They are worn with trousers by BOTTEGA VENETA.

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Keep an eye on the beautiful work of Yerin Mok (Image: Orange Tree, 2011)

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci (via The Impossible Cool)

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Sweet: Mikkeller + Bedow on Bench.li

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When a work appears to be
ahead of its time, it is only the time
that is behind the work.

Jean Cocteau

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The amazing photographs of Randy P. Martin

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33 Mackenzie Street by Elenberg Fraser on Trendland

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New spot: Soto Berlin, featured on Petite Passport

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Feather cycles
Bespoked Bristol Best Road Frame: The Rapha Continental

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Style Salvage reintroducing Nicomede Talavera

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You have to fall in love with your job.
You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill.

Jiro
on Another Something & Company

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A Most Peculiar Test Drive — Tesla Motors

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Amazing magazine covers > 多摩美術大学｜広告アーカイブ

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It’s always good to see Benjamin van Witsen’s Journal documenting the places he visit, the people he meet and the objects he stumble upon in a series of numbered notations. Here’s Nº 050

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