It seems we got duffle coats on the mind this week, including this Visvim version titled the Commodore. As the Glade describes, “Made popular by Royal Navy officers during the World War II, we suspect that this duffle coat by Visvim was named after Commodore Ericson, who consistently wears a similar coat in the 1953 […]

Gola and French designer Jean Charles de Castelbajac have collaborated to create some very playful and colorful sneaekers for their Spring/Summer 2011 sneaker collection. Although very kitschy and tongue-in-cheek, the sneakers still manage to retain sufficient style to work. The new collection features several high top and low top styles, as usual featuring colorful and […]

There are a lot of “heritage” products that just sort of reek of exploitation, but I have to admit I’m feeling this Air Sea Bag from Union6 and Heritage Research Project. “Handmade in England from an original WWII heavy HBT kit bag, the AIR SEA bag has original spec 50mm webbing handles, 40’s leather and […]

The nation of Russia has undergone dramatic transformations in the past decade, and those metamorphoses have been starkly reflected in its infamous prisons. Home to the second highest prison population per capita in the world (after only USA, who also claims the dubious title of most overall prisoners), the Russian penal system is a sprawling, […]