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People Shared This Article Levi’s Vintage Clothing has made time travel possible, without getting anywhere near 88mph. Their 1922 501 Rigid is a stitch-for-stitch reproduction of their original 501 from 1922, the first pair of Levi’s jeans to introduce belt loops after World War 1. It’s always exciting when LVC digs into the 20,000-piece archive at their San Francisco HQ, and these 501s are definitely no different.

People Shared This Article Getting a belt that fits right can be tough, and we all have times when we feel like we need a bit more room around the waist. Rose Anvil has made just the belt we all need, one that can expand and contract as we do. Their Micro-Adjust Belt does exactly what its name suggests: instead of the traditional 5 holes, its custom track buckle engages the leather strap at fine intervals, so you can adjust around your size as and when you need to. Post-Holiday dinner? Long flight?

Reverse leather often comes refined, trimmed down, or even oiled, but Chinese bootmaker Lousjiet has kept things raw with particularly hairy reverse cowhide, deployed on their lovely interpretation of the classic Boondocker boot. Lousjiet has named their Boondocker T.G. Escape, inspired by Steve McQueen’s boots that he wears both on his feet and round his neck in the 1963 classic The Great Escape.

People Shared This Article We are currently in the midst of the US Tennis Open being held at the Arthur Ashe Arena in Queens, New York, named after one of the most stylish tennis stars of the 20th century, and believe me, there were a lot of them. It’s also supposedly the end of summer, but it is still 99 degrees where I am in Los Angeles, and tennis wear- it’s very nice when it’s hot out! But it wasn’t always that way.

For over twenty years, HAVEN has been offering quality clothing through both its globally sourced curation of brands and its eponymous in-house line. Through both of these ventures, HAVEN highlights its complex yet cohesive array of influences that span outdoor clothing, workwear, tailoring, and more. Based in Vancouver, Canada, HAVEN occupies a unique space in the menswear Venn diagram that has earned it a loyal following that keeps folks coming back season after season.

People Shared This Article Together with Meermin is already one of the most affordable welted footwear brands in the game. Manufacturing in their own facility in Shanghai and using a direct-to-consumer model brings costs down, allowing them to deliver the best quality product for the fairest price. So when Meermin goes on sale, there are some serious, serious bargains to be had.

Japanese-made ballcaps don’t come cheap, but when you see how pieces like this POTEN Rudeback Cap age, it’s clear brands aren’t just using ‘made-in-Japan’ to charge you north of $100 for headwear. Coming from an anonymous reader in the U.K., this POTEN cap has been worn for 5 years, morphing into a completely faded lid, full of patina and stories to tell.

People Shared This Article Ready to make the jump to cowboy boots, but don’t want to look like you’re cosplaying Butch Cassidy? Unmarked‘s Juan Boots are the perfect bridge between the Western look and something more refined. Unmarked’s Juan Boot is all built up from their Snip Toe last, which gives them that classic cowboy silhouette. “What is a snip toe?” you ask. A snip toe is one of the cowboy boot toe styles, whereby the last has a small, narrow squared-off tip.

The German Army Trainer is the type of shoe that kinda sneaks up on you. Fitting, I suppose, given its martial origins; but I always counted myself as someone unswayed by the gospel of the GAT. I couldn’t wrap my head around why this seemingly simple pair of kicks garnered so many plaudits and an eye-watering price tag (for its most sought-after version) of $500 or more.

People Shared This Article We spend an awful lot of time and spill a lot of digital ink discussing the finer qualities of leather, and arguably no cut is finer than shell cordovan. You may have seen it on a pair of loafers, a wallet, or a watch strap and immediately recoiled at the fact that it cost more than double the price of the calfskin or Chromexcel equivalent.