8 Sep
Celebrating 75 years of Yoshida & Company

The 75th Anniversary Duffle Bag by Yoshida x Kitsuné is the stuff of collector’s dreams. Created to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the much acclaimed Japanese luxury label Yoshida, which launched its Porter sub-label in 1962, they teamed up with French fashion and boutique music label Kitsuné. The off white canvas colorway is bright enough […]


24 May
Keep your glossies neatly organized

This simple magazine strap reminds me of that chairless strap seat, only its made by the esteemed triumvirate of British magazine Monocle and Japanese labels Porter and B YOSHIDA. The olive, orange and navy blue canvas strap features a Monocle branded leather joining and Porter label. Sure the days of having 20 magazine subscriptions clogging […]


It’s always hard to tell what’s real in these wacky interwebs, but this marketing ploy by Argentinian beer company Andes sure seems to be legit. Not only legit, but really quite inventive. In this think-inside-the-box, free-social-media, scantily-clad-promotional-girls world of beer advertising you have to take your hats of to Andes if they really pulled this […]


12 May
Fine Japanese leathers from Yoshida & Co.

Yoshida & Co.‘s Porter label perennially makes some of the best luggage and bags around, so the quality behind their new Soak collection is obviously top tier. The highly refined Soak collection features supple leather in tan, brown and black tones. Very classic in silhouette, what separates the Japanese boutique label from its competition is […]


10 May
Like angels dancing on your tongue, but better

I was recently deployed on a mission to Maui. It was my first time in Hawaii, which is sort of surprising considering my espionage work dispatches me to the far corners of the globe. I was surprised by many a discovery, not the least of which was that the east half of the island is […]


20 Aug
Pretty much a collector’s dreams come true

It’s not so easy to get excited about collaborations these days, but this one has me wiping the drool away. Adidas heads are going to go nuts. Adidas, as part of their Five-Two-3 Concept, are re-working some classics in conjunction with Stone Island, Nom de Guerre, Porter, Maharishi and XLarge. That’s a damn respectable list, […]