Duke Mantee

40 minutes ago, Flash said:

The upside down arcs have been seen before , not sure if there is a reference in the 501xx book but there about  ( edit , the doc bet me to it )

Definitely better ways to spend $600 

#22

54 minutes ago, Facini said:

Sadly, I don't think that we are really their target group anymore. 

I’m not sure ‘we’ ever were.

’We’ are just a tiny ethnic minority with delusions of grandeur ... ‘we’ are the rugged primus (primi?) inter pares

1 hour ago, Double 0 Soul said:

Is Instagram like QVC for the digital age..?

Yep - you can buy or view shite of any odour 

It’s sad that Levi’s can’t make their own jeans

6 hours ago, JDelage said:

Or Instagram messenger.

Lol - forgot about that

8 minutes ago, buler said:

Explains the happy demeanor.

Nope - like I said to @Dr_Heech , that’s because I have my hands in my pockets 

22 minutes ago, mlwdp said:

Do they have a website besides their blog?

No - just speak to Seiichiro via e-Mail or LiNE

@Dr_Heech - your jeans doc ... ¥66,000

46 minutes ago, indigoeagle said:

Congrats to that find.

You mean congrats to my friend who hunted them down? But thank you 

Eek!

15 minutes ago, Dr_Heech said:

Shame, too small for me.

Getting bigger is nothing to be ashamed about Doc 

1 minute ago, Flash said:

That's what I wanted to hear 

never bought a piece of clothing that I didn’t want to, and then did, wear

I might call what I have a ‘collection’ but they’re not museum pieces to be kept under glass

39 minutes ago, Flash said:

You gonna keep these deadstock ? 

Nah - that’d be a waste. Naturally they might stay ‘dead stock’ for a while ... but only until I’ve got some wear out of my other gear.

11 minutes ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

That's really a gem!

They really are. The arcs especially are such a beautiful shape.

9 minutes ago, Dr_Heech said:

My favorite is the period between the war years

Yeah, I think it’s the best of times in that context ... and I guess in my particular case quite a lot of my other gear is based on styles from that era.

Ok you lot - simmer down

That isn’t my gear, that’s what FW will be issuing in the next collection. At this stage I feel merely ‘whelmed’ ... I’m getting a bit sick of the WWII fad. I do agree with @Flash , @Dr_Heech and @JMS and their individual and collective viewpoints about all the good stuff that can be enjoyed from that period of jeans making, but I’ve seen enough of it. I’m sure FW will probably recreate the designs really well but I just can’t get enthused. 

Come the time of issue I’ll probably need to search this post out again and delete it ...

1 hour ago, JDelage said:

Another nice cardigan. Is that a cotton or a wool garment?

Cotton - same as their sweats

16 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

Great fit Duke!

Looks more like you wearing it ...

Lot S601 XX 1944-45 WW2 + Lot S506 XX 1944-45 WW2

41 minutes ago, bartlebyyphonics said:

i am often offended by my own inoffensiveness....

I’m offended you think you’re inoffensive 

“What shall we call a thing anyhow? It seems quite arbitrary, for we carve out everything, just as we carve out constellations, to suit our human purposes”

People love to get offended don’t they? 

I’ve not found the soles to be any less durable but don’t go thinking they’ve magical qualities. They’re well made - probably no better or no worse than most others - but I love them primarily for the design. For me they just tick every box

1 hour ago, Geeman said:

Did the sizing work out?

Those are Mill Reef - not Warehouse. After we chatted and I was going to get the Warehouse model, by pure chance, my friend found these ... so these it is. Still very grateful to you though.

1 hour ago, julian-wolf said:

Really like the look of those—are the products shown on their web shop no longer of the same quality? Poking around, I saw some reference to them closing down operations around 2014, but their shop is still showing stock for most models…

Always on the hunt for that style of sneakers…really happy with my Nigel Cabourn / Lofgren version, but not enough so to consider paying full price

AFAIK the business is closed but there was some chat about resurrection via Chinese made shoes - that wasn’t received well allegedly and I’m not sure what’s happening now. The few that are left on the webshop look to be the original models but I’m not touching their payment process with a long barge pole