Form Follows Function

USNR Ensign L. D. Houser’s  1940’s US Navy flight jacket, cloth helmet, M-1944 goggles, leather name tag, WW2 ribbon bar, silk fliers scarf and Composition Squadron 66 patch. L.D. Houser enlisted in the US Navy in 1943 served first as a air crew gunner on a torpedo diver plane, and later as a commissioned offer and TBD pilot. 

Champion Running Man Reproduction Hang Tag.

Waiting in anticipation. 

oddmodsarchive:

WW2 B-24 pilots grouping, 454th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force.
Log books indicate his pilot took his crew through multiple raids against the Polesti oil fields.

christopheloiron:

Unusual label placement on vintage clothing (1940’s J.C. Penney Co. “Super Ox Hide” denim railroad jacket/chore coat) 

(via rivet-head)

tresbienshop:

Jacket from the Junya Watanabe Autumn / Winter 2012 collection at the Comme des Garcons HQ in Paris. Photo: Très Bien Shop.

www.tresbienshop.com

(via scottxjones)

Nigel Cabourn Expedition Clothes Fall 2012

via http://www.mensfile.com/

Nigel Cabourn AW12 

mistercrew:

Nigel Cabourn SS13 preview:

The Nigel Cabourn Spring Summer 2013 collection is an in depth study of clothing worn during sporting activities while serving in the Army.

The SS13 collection is a culmination of cricket, athletics, soccer, rugby and gymnastics through style and fabrication.

This SS13 season Nigel Cabourn will be collaborating with Converse on a specially developed gym shoe and Merz B Schwanen on gym style sweat shirts.

Filson Red Label

theoinglis:

Aaron Draplin, designer and co-founder of notebook company Field Notes has shared his extensive collection of vintage notebooks, which formed the inspiration for the style of the brand. You can see them all here.

There is also a short documentary to go with it, called From Seed to Brand.

(via jeanfivintage)