General Research (Mountain, Naval, Riding, etc..)

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So as not to further clutter the Poorly titled "High Fashion Mountaineering Boots" thread, I have decided to make a topic for The Research Group, General Research, sett inc., and their various sub-labels such as Mountain Research and Naval Clothing Factory Research

Having recently discovered them, I'm impressed by the simple effectiveness of their idea:

Take a genre of clothing, study the cuts, fabrics, worksmanship, and practical uses and faithfully reproduce it with a few small twists. I like that they are not so caught up in the "3 layer goretex paclite this and that" bullshit. That has its application, but good cotton and wool outerwear will never go out of style. Their one major failing (as with many a japanese brand) is that they sometimes go overboard with their "themes" leading to slightly embarrresing slogans such as "anarchy in the mountains". That said, who doesn't want a bright orange ash cannister with an A on it?

So without further ado...Pictures

Mountain Research

Cotton Twill Anorak

Knit Pants

Ash Cannister

Absurdely small picture of Double Knee sweat pants

Long Underwear

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Naval Clothing Factory Research

Naval M65

Seaman's Shirt

Naval Polo

Belt

Naval Chino

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A couple more Mountain Research Flicks...

Cropped white climbers pants and better pic of double-knee sweats

Sleeveless Mountain Rider and man's best friend

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Just recently, they came out with a collection called "Other colors" which from my limited knowledge seems to be reproductions of bits from other collections in new colors or slightly different styles.

Here are a couple pieces from Other Colors

Knickers

Short sleeve button down

[onemancult]

WHOA with the button down, john holmes. you can't be doing that. that is sick. you can't be doing that. put it back in your pants, sew it up, please stop. so sick. ohhhhh.

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WHOA with the button down, john holmes. you can't be doing that. that is sick. you can't be doing that. put it back in your pants, sew it up, please stop. so sick. ohhhhh.

Son I haven't "spoken" to you in so long, I don't even think I know what that means.

You Rike it?

You Ruvvvvvv it?

[onemancult]

ahahahahahaha vato said 'spoken'.

that all means that basically, i can't see shit like that and not get obsessed with owning it.

i ruv. i ruv rong time.

you still in the forest, playboy?

[Servo2000]

Seenmy has a picture of two more pieces up on thenonplace if you're into that sort of thing.

I am, so I'm posting it.

[notesee]

Good shit, RBW. I'm into the anorak that was posted first. I'm also intrigued by the sweatpants, just because I wear jeans everyday. A pair that fits me right could be interesting for my wardrobe.

[mpcec]

I really like this, especially the Naval Seamans Shirt and the short sleeve button down. Anyone have a list of stockists? Googling this brand is a nightmare.

[jpgm]

cheers, nice thread RBW.

that anorak is killer, as are the seaman's shirt, belt and button down shirt. that dog is straight fiyaaah too.

[Yardsale]

garbstore has some tacticool stuff right up this alley.

[Gabriel]

Is It Made In Japan??

I wonder what Pony: Coming soon is...

[seenmy]

i believe garbstore is only online/western stockist of the brands,they have a fairly decent selection of both naval and mountain with more naval to come later in the season i think

[Eccles]

Nice one RBW, it seems odd for this brand to have been around for so long yet it's been missed until now.

This store in Zozotown http://zozo.jp/shop/dedue/default.html has some Naval Research but otherwise Garbstore is all for now better get in before the rush

[Clockwork_killa]

Ive got this jacket, and its absolutely fucking amazing!!!!!!!!

To answer a few questions, Garbstore is the only stockist outside of Japan anywhere, so no US stockists or other euro stockists. It sells out in Japan really fast and they only make limited runs of each collection, when its gone its gone.

Im fairly sure it is made in Japan, at any rate the quality is amazing.

[seenmy]

production is a bit of a mix some is made in jp some is china,picking up my naval shirt tomo

[herpsky]

Just recently, they came out with a collection called "Other colors" which from my limited knowledge seems to be reproductions of bits from other collections in new colors or slightly different styles.

Here are a couple pieces from Other Colors

they have been doing that for a couple of seasons.

the messenger research was worst of all the research series.

general research has been around for a long time. at least 10 years or so.

i think they blew up when they ended general research and started mountain research.

in the past, they had collabos with undercover, groovision, hysteric glamour, and etc

[Charlie Delta]

Hotness!!!

Faith in sufu's original purpose restored for a little while again.

Thanks for that!

edit: styling is nuts aswell!!!

[DüM]

sexy. I want some sweatpants, and those look pretty dope.

I'm not really into the naval stuff as much.

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production is a bit of a mix some is made in jp some is china,picking up my naval shirt tomo

I ordered some Naval stuff and the Ash cannister over the weekend, and then noticed monday that practically all of the NR stuff has been taken off the site! Hope I got my order in in time. Haven't heard otherwise from them, so I should be good. Give us a lil report when your in there re: current stock if you don't mind.

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Good shit, RBW. I'm into the anorak that was posted first. I'm also intrigued by the sweatpants, just because I wear jeans everyday. A pair that fits me right could be interesting for my wardrobe.

I agree completely. I feel like both you and I tried and failed with some dropped crotch steeze sweats. I returned mine immidiately, and I remember your being FS in the market too. These look perfect. My main problem with most american sweats is that they're cut all weird, and balloon in the thighs coming to a taper at the bottom. These have some shape and the cut looks relaxed but not too baggy.

Might have got them with other stuff from Garbstore, but they were all out in M, and the L is a 34" waist.

[jcotteri]

wow some nice stuff here oui!

i have come back again to look at that A.M. Jacket with the one red sleeve. It is amazing, i would defs rock this.

[despotroast]

is the sizing on the research stuff the same as the garbstore stuff? I ordered one of those "50s workout tops" or whatever the fuck from garbstore a while back in a size xs and it was gigantic. It fit like a very oversized M. seriously. huge. if all of this stuff runs that big then I'm angry.

[herpsky]

ill check in a few weeks

my place is 10-15 mins away from general research. ill try on some stuff then.

the store's inventory is pretty horrible. It's a small store with barely any clothes for sale.

[Clockwork_killa]

is the sizing on the research stuff the same as the garbstore stuff? I ordered one of those "50s workout tops" or whatever the fuck from garbstore a while back in a size xs and it was gigantic. It fit like a very oversized M. seriously. huge. if all of this stuff runs that big then I'm angry.

No, the research stuff is Jap sized, so a medium in research fits slightly bigger if not the same as a small in euro/us sizing. I ordered a garbstore jacket in small and it was huge but my medium mountain research jacket fits great. The only problem with Garbstore's research stuff is that they only stock medium upwards, they dont have any in small, so if youre a bit on the skinny side, it might fit a bit big. Shoot them an email though and theyll be happy to measure stuff for you, theyre really friendly guys.

[despotroast]

No, the research stuff is Jap sized, so a medium in research fits slightly bigger if not the same as a small in euro/us sizing. I ordered a garbstore jacket in small and it was huge but my medium mountain research jacket fits great. The only problem with Garbstore's research stuff is that they only stock medium upwards, they dont have any in small, so if youre a bit on the skinny side, it might fit a bit big. Shoot them an email though and theyll be happy to measure stuff for you, theyre really friendly guys.

fresh. thanks. now I can get my little guy on.

[linkejeuk]

I like it, I hope Garbstore will make more interesting brands available, it's nice to see european stockists for japanese labels like this.

I might get a seamans shirt if garbstore gets those, or else a naval shirt.

[Guest]

The "Walden" tees .. obviously a reference to Thoreau?

What does the "never finished" part refer to?

Maybe this would be obvious if I had read Walden ...

And ooooooooh god do I ever want that zippo ..

[doctorgnar]

I'm temped, but it would be hard to pull the trigger on anything without trying it on. I think I enjoy looking at the pictures more than I ever would wearing any of it. Shit LOOKS amazing.