Post-Inpiration Spoils/American Rag had a sale.

After we went to Inspiration, we headed over to American Rag because they were having a sale.

In fact, we went two days in a row (and didn’t mind the 1.5 hour drive).

Day 1 (including stuff from Inspiration):

Breanna snatched the following:

Vintage swim trunks at Inspiration

LVC wool sweater

Levi’s Made and Crafted shirt

LVC belt

LVC selvedge shorts

Made and Crafted pants

I picked up :

2x Raleigh Nash (one rinse, one raw)

Rogue Territory chambray work pants (which are amazing)

Harley Davidson Book of Fashions signed by Mr. Rin Tanaka himself

Cabbie hat handmade out of 1950s fabric

 

We also ran into Steven and the gang from Railcar so naturally we had to get some tees to rep them.

 

Day 2:

 

Breanna ended up getting more of those Made and Crafted jeans since the first pair didn’t fit her. She also picked up a pre-distressed pair “to run errands in”.

We traded some old clothes at Buffalo Exchange down the street. The vintage Thunder tee, Crooks and Castles heavy wool sweat pants, and the Vintage Shoe Co. boots were all had for great prices.

 

I ended up with another pair of Raleigh Nash (they were 90% off…but don’t fit), three pairs of Dockers D-1 chinos (one pair is selvedge), and a pair of 1920s LVC chinos (for $20!) because Breanna loves them so much. One of these days there will be a post on them.

 

Also, we ran to Mister Freedom after Buffalo so I could grab another denim bag. We ended up running into none other than Mr. Cory Piehowicz, the man behind one of my favorite blogs. Check him out at Bandit Photographer. 

Michael Harris (author of “Jeans of the Old West” and his wife were also there but were busy in conversation.

 

06 Jan. 2013

 

 

 

 

 

Levi’s red cord trucker jacket

LVC tee

1966 501s

Vintage Harley engineer boots

Lamy fountain pen from B for Christmas

Christmas from B

This past Christmas, B was lovely enough to get me an LVC tee, belt, and two pairs of 1920s chinos (more on those later).

Needless to say, I’m stoked.

 

As soon as I saw that belt I knew I needed it. It is crafted of soft but thick leather that seems like it will hold up better than Levi’s normal mall-quality belts. It was immediately treated with Kiwi leather lotion and is easily one of my favorites.

LVC Type I Sawtooth Denim Shirt

This shirt was found at a local Ross with no tags other than the $30 price tag. It had all the right details – big E red tab and the correct materials tags. I’m assuming it was just a reject due to the fabric sewn over where the logo should be. B bought a current sawtooth so we’d match.

LVC 1966 501

I bought this pair (my third pair!) earlier in the month for a whopping $42 – the same price as a pair of current 501s that can be found in department stores everywhere.

These didn’t seem very exciting on the rack until I noticed the little details – bartacked back pockets, noticeable taper, chainstitched hem, and, my favorite part, a greencast weft. The greencast weft should produce some very nice vintage fading.

These are tagged 36×32, but since they are one-rinse, they fit to their post-soak size of roughly 34×30. A 30-minute cold soak only shrank the waist half an inch while all other measurements did not change.

One of the main reasons for picking these up was because they fit much more comfortably in the lap than the 3Sixteens. One of the ridiculous reasons was because I had already purchased two pairs a month ago and loved them so much I just wanted more.

Yolo.

Pre-soak (10 Dec. 2012):

 

~20 days of wear:

 

Styled with an LVC Type I Sawtooth and an LVC Painted Leaf belt (more on those soon).