Labels, Tags, Branding and Paraphernalia

[Duke Mantee]

Part of the pleasure in getting new gear is how it’s presented to you. Some companies box things up nicely for you, nearly all put tags or labels on their clothing.

I keep all my tags - I think they’re cool and I love the designs. They also tell me about the style or era that a particular garment might be based, and they identify the specific article number (sometimes you might see variations of the same item).

It might not be tags that are loosely attached though. For example jeans have patches sewn on, and buttons might bring their own unique flavour to clothing.

So, I thought it might be interesting to start a thread where you can add and share these details - what are the details you enjoy in your favourite gear?

Here’s a pic of some of my labels to kick things off - and I can probably ‘Broark’ (that’s a thing now - right?) the sh!t out of this posting details ...

[Duke Mantee]

(Anyone throw me a bone on why colours are getting desaturated?)

 

Edited March 28, 2020 by Duke Mantee

[Flash]

Great thread Duke 

Always liked the label on my Jelado after hood sweat 

It's a great replica of the old Spalding tags 

[Flash]

Load more certificates knocking about but no idea where they are 

[Duke Mantee]

[Flash]

that guarantee ticket is class 

[Duke Mantee]

6 minutes ago, Flash said:

that guarantee ticket is class 

Quite a lot of the FW / Bootleggers stuff has a bit of humour in it - and nearly as many have typos 

[Cold Summer]

I've been keeping all my tags, flashers, etc. for the last few years. Wish I'd kept them all from the start of the denim hobby 10+ years ago.

[Broark]

I’ve got a bag full of stuff like this, will empty it out and show y’all what I’ve got. 

[Duke Mantee]

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[Geeman]

In no particular order or pattern...

Uploading these made me realise a few things...

1: I have been very fortunate to travel so much in the last few years, many of the items pictured where bought in Tokyo, HK, BKK,  Berlin etc etc  often in the brands own stores 

2: I have spent a lot of money on Beams and RMC. By far the brand's I have the most of.

3: I've purchased a fair amount of Sugar Cane but only have 2 shirts I can think of 

4:  My son introduced me to Loopwheeler, reminding me of our common interests in Japan/Japanese brands.

5: I have to many clothes 

 

Edited March 29, 2020 by Geeman

[mlwdp]

Best one is the tags on Buzz IMO .  It’s a packet with a paper receipt/info in it that was on my N-1.  Photo doesn’t do it justice as the packet is pretty big.
 

Weirdest one?  You guessed it, from Weirdo of Glad Hand.  It could double as a image for Weezer 

 

Edited March 29, 2020 by mlwdp

[Duke Mantee]

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[fresh1]

I got this weird-ass sticker with a pair of Samurai... 

 

[Broark]

I started going through my bag and realized I have way too much to photograph, so I just snapped a few pictures of my favorites.






I can think of one Roy tag I'm missing, I'm sure it's somewhere. The one from the Barbecue shirt.

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Edited April 1, 2020 by Duke Mantee

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[Maynard Friedman]

A few more non-FW tagS/stickers for balance!

[unders]

Some LVC bits.

I really enjoyed the little catalogue/info booklets  

Large info poster and cotton bags for jeans. 


A bit of bling from the Stussy 25th anniversary x LVC jeans. 

[Duke Mantee]

@Maynard Friedman They’re not all Freewheelers y’know ... some are Bootleggers or Barnstormers ‘n stuff 

[Double 0 Soul]

I tend to stuff all this 'junk' into shoe boxes

..which in this particular case is even better than the swing tickets

Dope!

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I actually prefer all the little hand written notes from Naoki, Yuichi and such which accompany the free gifts.

I once got a Kelloggs beach towel from the guys at 3&8 that certainly up'ed the shipping cost.

Edited April 2, 2020 by Double 0 Soul

[Maynard Friedman]

That’s great Neal, I think I have one where Naoki signed off as “Uncle Naoki” - I’ll see if I still have it!

[Thanks_M8]

Naoki's personal letters are so great! Really makes shopping at PSA more fun.