junya watanabe via yvgeny

Remember those Carhartt chore coats from last year that were reworked by Junya Watanabe? Awesome. I guess he has been doing "reconstructed workwear" for a few years, collaborating with iconic (usually American) brands and resewing, overdying, adding -generally fantastigating the items. The British shopping site Yvgeny has a bunch of these (and other v cool) pieces and they have kindly given permission to reproduce their shots below. Thx Eugene. Yes, pricetags in the high NorthPole region. Further reading over at Interview.

Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons Man x Brooks Brothers








Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons x Post O'Alls






eYe Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons x Lee 91J Loco Jacket



Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons x Baracuta Jacket


Junya Watanabe Comme des Garçons x Pointer

tom -the house where nobody lives

This ain't wordpress... you don't get gypped when you hit the tom_waits tag below and see other idiots external user's thoughts on Tom Waits.... any tag in blogger simply takes you to more posts on that particular blog. Good stuff...

important stuff -wings

Brilliant article from at least a decade ago... 15 years even?? by family friend Bill Reed written for the Manchester (VT) Journal. The image of firing up to Bromley in your Saab while wiping greasy chicken-wing-hands on your socks... so classic. Thanks Bill. The Grand Onion (Grand Union, the GU) is now a Shaw's. At least my swipey key thing works there too...