Freewheelers, Bootleggers Reunion, Bubo, etc.

[MJF9]

2 hours ago, okimoto said:

The background on your chat is fitting for talking with Seiichiro!

Haha. I never knew why it was like that. I remember thinking wtf's this but just cracked on, oblivious. Just looked now and can see there are themes to choose - well I never knew. Honest. But agreed... ironically very fitting 

[vlad_III]

Anyone have pics of worn in Neil Cassady or chambray shirt from FW?

[UkeNo]

On 3/14/2025 at 12:14 PM, indigoeagle said:

Isn't it funny, how one becomes very interested in items such as this much much later. I've had that many times

Very true. I only started digging after looking at the recent release of the 44/45 Jacket. 
and this is a rabbit-hole type of a pursuit.

[julian-wolf]

8 hours ago, vlad_III said:

Anyone have pics of worn in Neil Cassady or chambray shirt from FW?

I have a pretty worn-in non-chambray Neil shirt, and a non-worn-in chambray Neil shirt, and a few non-Neil chambray shirts in in various stages of wear…any preference?

[MJF9]

All of them!! 😀

[Double 0 Soul]

It's Neal Cassady

[julian-wolf]

!!!

[shredwin_206]

wwii jacket   
wwii jeans. 
1900 pullover 

[UkeNo]

2 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

It's Neal Cassady

Thought it was Kneel, Cassidy?!

[vlad_III]

11 hours ago, Double 0 Soul said:

It's Neal Cassady

Auto correct sucks on iPhone 

[vlad_III]

12 hours ago, julian-wolf said:

I have a pretty worn-in non-chambray Neil shirt, and a non-worn-in chambray Neil shirt, and a few non-Neil chambray shirts in in various stages of wear…any preference?

Yes. All please 

[Double 0 Soul]

Only photo i can offer is this white pepper Neal from back in 2012 or summat..

..worn over a Homespun henley i bought from Inventory magazine store

[vlad_III]

Thanks! Trying to decide pepper or chambray indigo. 

[Talan]

I like my FW Red Chambray shirt:

[shredwin_206]

my heavily worn and abused Neal chambray. 

[julian-wolf]

Some of my favorite Union Special shirts:

Got the first two (Neal Cassidy plus Foreman) from Seiichiro around 2020. Both have aged really well; I love the puckering on the Foreman, although the color on that one’s faded a little fast for my liking. Both are 50/50ish cotton/linen blends. The Neal is a little small on me now, but the Foreman still fits perfect. The contrast & colors are truest on the collar shots.

 

Got this salt & peppery chambray Hammersmith off Yahoo in 2019 or 2020 I think. It’s probably my most-worn cotton chambray shirt from Freewheelers, although I did just pick up a lighter S&P Neal shirt (prob. the exact same one our own Neal’s got on, above) from Yahoo a few weeks ago that I’m looking forward to. Very comfortable fabric.

 

My very favorite shirt—maybe ever—is this Rivet Gunner (the red one) that I picked up in 2022 or so. No photos that I’ve taken manage to do the fabric justice. I was ecstatic to find a second one recently (the green), not too heavily used. It just arrived in the same shipment as the S&P Neal; I still haven’t even worn it out.

Bonus shot of all of the above crumpled on the table, for color reference: