Polo Country (brand within a brand) tags from various garments, mostly found on ebay but some of the more quality pieces are from a vintage dealer based in London.
Yearly Archives: 2011
Bean Boots vs Maine Hunting Shoe
With ample snow on the ground today there couldn’t be a better time to share both varieties of my LL Bean boots. The Maine Hunting Shoes were handed down to me by my father, not quite sure how old they are. The smaller eight inch boots are relatively new to addition to my closet, the leather isn’t quite as nice but they’re much easier to wear with a more modest sole.
Filed under private collection, usa, wabi sabi, wear
Ben Lamb
Illustrations by Ben Lamb for a full spread Oi Polloi advertisement found in issue 4 of Manzine. Reminiscent of the ads found in the back pages of old Backpacker magazines with a modern twist. Love the “Crampons not included!” label on the Fracap boots.. as if they could handle them!
• Oneupmanship Journal: Manzine, Oi Polloi
• Cold Splinters: CAMPMOR
Garry’s M4
I stumbled onto these pictures of Garry Winogrand’s Leica through a camera dealer’s website- talk about patina. Upon close inspection you can see exactly where his palm and fingers came in contact with the body throughout his life as a photographer. Even more impressive is the impression of film sprockets on the pressure plate- in layman’s terms: he shot a lot of film.
• Cameraquest: Leica M4 Garry Winogrand
• Garry Winogrand: Women Are Beautiful
• Getty Museum: Garry Winogrand
Filed under photography, wabi sabi
Never Let Me Go
Directed by Mark Romanek and shot by Adam Kimmel (Capote, Jesus’ Son, Beautiful Girls). I won’t get into details about what I didn’t like about this movie however I thought the photography was amazing as well as the wardrobes- chunky knits, wellies, etc.
ready for the wood
I always had a strong feeling that the author of my favorite blog was some sort of amazing creative person and sure enough Ricky Swallow, who runs Ready for the House, makes some really amazing sculptures carved from Jelutong wood.
Filed under art
boathouse
Filed under architecture, photography
A Sunday in Hell
A documentary on the 1976 Paris-Roubaix by Jørgen Leth featuring Eddy Merckx and Francesco Moser amongst other notable riders of the time. Although it’s not on netflix someone was nice enough to upload the entire film on youtube– lucky you.
• also see: Eddy Merckx The Greatest Show on Earth (1974 Giro d’Italia)
cork grips 
