A fact, I’m not really a fan of short sleeve shirts. If I find thats its too warm to deal with full length sleeves, I just roll them up. This bit of information doesn’t mean I don’t own a single short sleeve shirt, it just means it better be one hell of a shirt. Enter my pick-up from the Brooklyn Circus spring release one. Thats all I have to say. If you are lucky enough to find one in stock somewhere I would advise you do so.
After a solid year, of fixed gear sprints, running to catch BART, NYC winter twice, and just plan sitting on my ass at work, today marks the first anniversary of my A.P.C. new standards. Its been a great year with them, and I can say they are as comfortable to me as a pair of sweat pants. I just pick them up without even thinking about it and go about my day. And while I can’t honestly say I wore them EVERY day, there was rarely more then 2 days in between wears. Also they required a hot soak to get them resized after not wearing a belt led to the waist becoming a little larger then I liked. At this point in their life I don’t plan on retiring them, they are gonna need one more repair soon, but they will be my seconds to a pair of Naked & Famous x Momotaro I have sitting in my closet. They are long due for a real wash, and I’ll more then likely sun dry them to lighten the color some. All that said, I <3 my A.P.C.s, they've lasted me a solid year, and I'll be wearing them well into the next year.
For those of you interested in getting into the selvedge denim underworld, I would HIGHLY recommend choosing A.P.C. as they will put up with whatever you can throw at them. The quality is great and the range of cuts is more then enough to find what you're looking for.
This past weekend I was fortunate enough to attend the launch of the Brooklyn Circus’ “BKc Academy” pop-up shop launch. The event itself was great, as is the norm with anything BKc puts on, but one of the highlights of the event, was getting a chance to see the new holiday releases. All I can say is, daaayum… The pop-up, I believe, will be open until the end of the year, check the BKc blog for location and details. For those of you that can’t make it out to the pop-up, you might wanna give the guys a ring if you see anything you might be interested in. I would before the word gets out.
I need one of these parkas bad.
The USA crew sweatshirt by Pegleg NYC, was one of the few items I actually purposely got on my computer to pick up on Black Friday. Sizing seems a little bit bigger, as I got a Large but think I could have done with a medium. Regardless, I like it a lot, partially because the design reminds me of the flag of D.C.
So usually I do fit pics if I get a request, and the Roper pants brought a couple. So after spending the past 4 days in the Carhartts, here is my my simple fit pick and a quick overview.
- The denim is pretty damn dark, makes me think that as they start to break in, that there will be some nice contrasting fades.
- Extremely comfortable. While the outside of the denim is rough, my knees aren’t being sanded, as I’ve experiences with other jeans.
- The cinch is great. I’ve had other jeans with a cinch back before and actually using it made the jeans feel awkward and sitting was even worse, but with these I don’t even notice.
- I got a 32×32 but i’m almost certain i could have done smaller, unless I’m losing weight, which is highly possible.
- Looks like its gonna be black shoes for a bit while these suckers bleed out a little bit.
- I learned to take pictures so I didn’t have to be on the other side of the camera, I need to hire a model or intern…
