Tender Co. Denim

[rodeo bill]

thank you for the nice comments and grooveholmes, cheers!

hickoree's have just put up some photos of the new tender & The Hill-Side 129s, with beautiful Hill-Side hand-woven multi coloured linings. lovely photography, too, as always!

[Ghost Cat]

Just got that exact pair from Hickoree's last week! They're going to have to cool off in my closet until April for the HWDC, but in the mean time, I'm using the carry bag as a slip for my laptop.

[redragon]

Love the lining and the bag!

[Graeme]

Bill, I like the Hickoree's 129s, but my legs wouldn't fit into them.

The fruit bowl is fantastic though. I'm having covetous thoughts...

[rodeo bill]

ghostcat, fantastic! Looking forward to seeing what you do to them. I know another pair has gone to the nonpareil henry wong. Here he is in his:

graeme, i can't get into 129's either, unfortunately . Delighted you like the fruit bowl though! there's only one of them....

[rodeo bill]

After a lot of work, we finally have the new website up!

the new site's got a lot more content than the old one, and hopefully gives more of an idea of the range that the brand now covers. The plan is that it'll evolve with Tender itself, but also keep track of what's happened so far. It also links all the new products in the Trestle Shop, and shows previous season's collection photos. It's been a lot of work, but it's nice to see the whole lot up online in one place.

By the way, any londoners around these parts might recognise the navigation system from Earls Court tube station

[grooveholmes]

Congrats on the new site-- looks great. Still mulling over that "Seven league" mug...

[rodeo bill]

^thank you

some new lost-wax cast solid bronze buckle belts just in and now up on the Trestle Shop:

these are hand-sewn onto dark brown stained oak bark tanned leather, which hasn't been in the line since the second production. Thought it would be nice to bring it back for a special small run! The buckles will get a lot darker as the bronze oxidises. With (left to right in the photo above) 'Keeper', 'Stud', 'Wire' and 'S' buckles.

[big truck]

Great looking site, love the shade of blue on the tube signs.

[rodeo bill]

thank you BT- I love the old train indicators. There's a lot of cool stuff on the Underground (some lovely clocks, too) which it's very easy to miss when you're trying to get somewhere.

Now for something completely different....

The trestle shop now has a bear! I can't say I've been into teddy bears for the last 25 years or so, but I met the maker of this guy and thought it would be a lovely thing to do. He's completely hand sewn, from the same natural black english lambskin as Tender's vests and mittens from a couple of season's ago, and traditionally stuffed with wood wool, with steel shot weighting in the feet.

aw....

[rodeo bill]

very exciting to have a nice little interview in the favourite fives series at the excellent proper magazine. it's amazing to be in such illustrious company as Irvine Welsh and Takeshi Ohfuchi, of Post O'Alls, not to mention my good friends and Tender's stockists Lewis Hull of Superdenim, and the eponymous Daniel Jenkins.

Another nice thing today is some new scarves which are just up on the trestle shop is welsh-woven woollen flannel, used for pullover shirts and caps in the mainline AW12. The fabric was originally woven for miner's shirts, and has been bias-bound in specially made ecru cotton tape:

brown:

black striped:

ecru:

and navy:

[oranswell]

Rodeo Bill,

Just wanted to let you know I loved the interview with you where you talk about the Guernsey your grandmother handknitted you. I have one myself that my aunt made made me on condition I find and buy the special 5-ply worsted Guernsey yarn. Doing that is what taught me to appreciate real materials and the skill of the handmade, [mine took almost a year to knit for instance] and to keep looking for it.

[rodeo bill]

thank you! guernseys are awesome. I think knitwear in general is really amazing- there's something so impressive about a garment just appearing out of yarn, rather than the more understandable process of weaving, cutting, and sewing...

[xchen]

Nice teddy bear, thanks for posting that..

Just got my wife an old school handmade mohair teddy bear... Set me back a pretty penny lol.

[kimi]

Hey Will, is there a UK stockist for this belt? i'd like to get one in time for xmas if possible..

Cheers

[ThomasK]

This is one of the coolest threads on SuFu at the moment. Maybe I try and find a fit 132 unborn wide. After shrinking and stretching out with wear I would need a waist measuring a bit over 35 inches. Am I correct in assuming, that a size 5 (36) will do the job?

Thanks a lot!

[redragon]

Type 131

[rodeo bill]

^^thanks all for the nice comments . kimi, pm'd you. thomas- yes, I'd suggest a size 5 should be about right, please just let me know if you need any more info or a stockist. redragon, that fit is spot on- looks really nice on you. thank you!

[Mvk190]

William and me made it to this poster for a CPHMade event.

Edited December 17, 2012 by Mvk190

[shinobi2000]

How the hell did you run out of the teddy bears already?? I just read the post above (dated 4 days ago!) and when I went to the website it said it was sold out. What did you do? Make 5 of them? That looks like it would make an awesome gift for a nephew of mine. Make more!

[rodeo bill]

^^thank you! The numbers on the Trestle Shop are really tiny- there was only 1 made and it sold immediately. We should get another one in today or tomorrow- shoot me an email if you'd like to reserve it

[rodeo bill]

i popped in very briefly to the pop-up flea in NYC a couple of weekends ago, to say hello to some good friends who had stands there. i also realized something of a dream(!) and finally got on hodinkee, a favourite blog of mine, which I've been reading daily since pretty much the beginning. They had a stall at the P-U-F, and they just put up a watch spotting feature. There's my Tender hands-on (2nd row, right), and also Deborah's lovely little gold jaeger le coultre (3rd row, left) . very exciting here's the full post

[rampagingbarbarian]

Plautus smiles.

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Edited December 23, 2012 by rampagingbarbarian

[rodeo bill]

speaking of which!

it's been a real pleasure sharing what's going on with everyone here over the last year- thanks all very much indeed for the interest and support

[bbcapone]

Plautus smiles.

AHAHAHHA thats awesome. This guy joined just to post that.

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[grooveholmes]

Merry Christmas, William and staff. Thanks for your enthusiasm and sharing your process-- it's a large reason why I own two tumblers, two mugs, and several articles of clothing. Amazing stuff, and look forward to seeing more in the new year.

[Youthxattak]

Ohhh man. Just got my pair of Buttery Store x Tender jeans in. Wow. The beaverteen fabric is so soft yet substantial. I was a little nervous about going to a 129 fit after wearing 130s for the past year but William did a great job with this slimmer cut. He also informed me that this run came up a little smaller in the waist so I actually sized up and the fit is perfect. Ill post pics of them (and a couple other Tender gifts) tomorrow if I have time. Again, well done on this fabric and fit.

Edited December 28, 2012 by Youthxattak

[Youthxattak]

Ps. Flash sale over at context clothing. Tender Co has some good stuff at some low prices. Having trouble deciding between picking up my first Tender belt.. Or a few smaller goods like a woggle, a coffee tumbler, and a hat. Hmmm.

[Youthxattak]

Fit for the beaverteen 129

Don't normally go for the tucked in look. But for this photo.

Edited December 31, 2012 by Youthxattak

[rodeo bill]

^fit's great! thank you very much for posting

Edited January 1, 2013 by rodeo bill