Form Follows Function

The Boss

www.kyjunker.blogspot.com

jcrew:

Made by the defunct New York textile company Davis and Catterall from the l920s–1970s, Elephant bandanas have been highly collectible in the Japanese vintage market for decades—not only for the beauty of their prints but also because of their significance in worker, cowboy, farmer and rebel culture.

Collectors of Elephant bandanas note that the Elephant logo went from trunk down to trunk up during the ’50s to make the brand’s logo easily identifiable as an elephant when compared to the many other animal bandanas during that time period appearing on the market. 

Collectibility is often dictated by the print, logo version, condition and color, with sun-bleached blues, polka-dot and advertising variations being the most collectible. Check out the book series by Kazuhiro Hirata, created by the creative director for the Japanese clothing brand Kapital (our designers love their stores), carried at 1040 Madison Avenue.

(post by Jamie Sabuda)

a

(via rivet-head)

Elephant Bandanas

1bohemian:

Weldon Wycoff models the sweater of the Philadelphia Athletics Baseball Club, 1913.

White Elephant

(M422 cuffs hanging down, top center)

Some classic Americana from Justin

j-surplus:

Lot of 7 Vintage Bandanas. All Selvedge Edge, USA Made, & Color Fast. One Elephant Trunk Up that’s New Old Stock. One Wrangler. The other 5 are unbranded wash/color fast ones. All the others are in very good/one-two wash condition. Great, fairly uncommon patterns on all of them.

Available on eBay now. Click the pic for the link.

(via j-surplus)

j-surplus:

New Old Stock Vintage Elephant “Trunk Down” Bandanna. Fast Color. Selvedge edge. All Cotton. USA Made. Measures 21 3/8” x 21 1/8”

Available on eBay now.

To India’s Coral Strand

Labour

Leader

The Boss