On July 31st 1970, a 300 year old Naval tradition ended when the last rum ratio was issued aboard ships of the British Royal Navy – a day to be forever remembered as Black Tot Day. (Original Royal Navy records confirm that the rum used for the rum ration was most likely imported from the […]

From the mouth of Los Angeles-based designer Dr. Romanelli himself: “The DRx “DETONATION” collection consists primarily of reworked 1960’s military field shirts and G1’s. I went with an original button down shape and a classic cargo silhouette for the pants . The military tote bags and caps have a loose organic fit and all have […]

There’s more than a couple things that were better in the 1920s, and most of them had to do with design. Cars, suits, motorcycles, hats, pontoon planes, dames. About the only thing that wasn’t better was the technology and the dancing (have you seen how they danced in the 20’s?). If I had my druthers, […]

It was about time that Bell got in on the vintage motorcycle trend — really no reason to let the Frenchies over at Les Ateliers Ruby mint all the money themselves. Sure Bell dropped that Steve McQueen replica last year, but this is their first widespread reissue. Based on their original 1954 “500” helmet, this […]

Just in time for all your summer traveling, Globe Trotter and Hackett have united to design a portmanteau capsule collection of luggage. The impervious hard cases are each lined with a little something special: for the black Mayfair group a Prince of Wales checker liner, blue and white bengal stripe for the London line, and […]

Only a remainder of June gloom is left before the summer’s official barbeque-festivities set in. This transition from spring to summer calls for the clean, crisp nature of 50’s-inspired Prep in exchange for the grunge we should all be ready to leave behind…yet again. The simplicity of basics, such as ribbed tanks and collared button-ups, […]

The fourth volume of vintage Motorcycle logos collected at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering (see Vol I, Vol II and Vol III here). This week look out for the Corbin electric motorcycle, Ariel and Velocette. Ossa, Triumph, BSA, Moto Guzzi,, Norton, Maserati, Husqvarna, Mondial, Matchless and Flanders as well. Enjoy volume 4, one final volume coming […]

Since their beginnings in the 1930s Baracuta have become the patriarchs of English rainwear. This year, and with impeccable timing, the legendary company have decided to bring back a classic- the Ramsey Raincoat- which was created for the English National Team when they won their one and only World Cup over 40 years ago (take […]