I had my portrait taken at the Impossible Project’s New York store. This was shot with PQ 8x10 Silvershade film. The spot at the top is called a divot and was formed when the last of the processing chemicals failed to spread evenly all the way across the film. Even with a defect, I think it turned out pretty well! 

(Source: andshefelldown, via aconversationoncool)

This hand painted leather jacket is part of @Levis Vintage Clothing Oil and Leather exhibit at the @pop_up_flea. #skull

Snake Charmer. This hand painted leather jacket is part of @Levis Vintage Clothing Oil and Leather exhibit at the @pop_up_flea.

Just giving you a heads-up, World. This is exactly what I plan to look like in 40 years. Okay, 30 years. Maybe a little more pepper.

(via On the Street…..via San Paolo, Milan « The Sartorialist)

(via On the Street….Via San Damiano, Milan « The Sartorialist)

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On This Day In History …

This Saturday, September 15^th, marks the end of what used to be known in the United States as straw hat season. You see, in the early 20^th century, it was considered socially unacceptable to wear straw hats past this date. If you ignored the rule, you’d be ridiculed at minimum. At most, you’d have your hat knocked off and stomped on by youths. This was actually a well established enough tradition that newspapers would publish warnings of the impending arrival of the fifteenth, so that people would remember to switch to felt for fall.

On September 13^th of 1922, however, two days before the official deadline, eager youths in New York City decided to get a jump on the tradition. They started on Mulberry Street in Manhattan, knocking straw hats off factory workers’ heads before moving onto dock workers. Unfortunately for them, the dock workers fought back, and a brawl large enough to stop traffic soon erupted. The police eventually came, broke up the fights, and made some arrests.

The next evening, more youths went into the streets, but this time armed with large sticks, some with nails driven through the tips. They’d then form gauntlets and compel men wearing straw hats to run through them. Other hoodlums would hide in doorways or behind cars, then dash out, ten or twelve strong, and attack one or two men before fleeing. Along one street in the lower west side of Manhattan, attackers lined up along the car tracks and yanked straw hats off the heads of passengers as the cars passed. Even a few off-duty policemen wearing straw hats found themselves attacked.

Broken hats were strewn all over the streets where such incidents happened, and any hat store kept open late that night was crowded with people needing something new to wear. Most of them opted for something made from felt.

By the end of it, a number of arrests were made, some people were treated for serious injuries, and many, many straw hats were broken. The tradition of hat smashing continued for some years after that, but 1922 is considered to be the worst year of it (though, one man was killed in 1924 when he resisted having his hat smashed). At some point, the tradition of switching from straw to felt died off, and with it, so did the tradition of hat smashing. Today men can safely wear straw hats past the 15^th, but they’ll just look seasonally out of place.

If you wear hats, switch to felt starting this Saturday. 

(Photo taken from Wikimedia Commons)

I’m not taking my hat off til October. Kids be damned! 

I attended New York Fashion Week this year and have a few ideas on how to avoid the seasonal “must have” trends, instead opting for a classic style.

Now, I consider a different criteria when shopping:

• First, do I really need it?
• Second, am I sure I really need it?
• Third, do I need it right now?

You get the idea.

Once I decide I do need something, I ask these questions:

• Is it high-quality and built-to-last?
• Is it a classic piece that will remain in style for many years?
• Is it built in a way that allows it to be repaired? (ie. leather-soled shoes)
• Is this an heirloom piece? Could I pass it down?
• And, of course, I will consider the origin of the materials and the circumstances under which it was manufactured.

Read the rest: Classic Style or Seasonal Trends? Viewing New York Fashion Week Through a Sustainable Lens

Requisite airport bathroom self portrait. I’m not mad. I’m just in the bathroom. #fashion #style (Taken with Instagram)

Blue suit. Black shoes. Always in style. #nyfw #fashion #style (Taken with Instagram)

#nyfw #mbfw #fashion #style (Taken with Instagram)

#nyfw #mbfw #white #fashion #style (Taken with Instagram)

Classic cool. #mbfw #nyfw #fashion #style (Taken with Instagram)

@MrFlyyCampbell is time machine-ready. The accessories help it feel like 2012, but the foundation of this look could work for many decades in either direction. #nyfw #mbfw #style #fashion (Taken with Instagram)

If I ever need to rescue a kidnapped heiress, track down stolen historical artifacts or travel in time to solve a murder mystery, I want him on my team. #nyfw #mbfw #fashion #style (Taken with Instagram)