Just went you thought you have seen all the heritage inspired backpacks, along comes Tim Adams Bags. Tim is a solo designer and manufacturer from Portland Oregon who makes all his bags himself in his downtown Portland studio. After learning to sew 5 years ago he designed his first bag 2 years later and the rest is history. Really digging the classic roll top styling and simple color combinations, something for everyone.
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Tilak is a Czech outerwear line producing some of the best looking technical jackets I’ve seen in a minute. Designed in conjunction with Acronym at their Munich studio, the pieces are then manufactured in the Czech town of Šumperk. A mix of Gore-Tex, Ventile and Windstopper, Tilak produces a focused range of mountain, hiking, and city-focused product, well-styled as a secondary benefit, high functioning as the primary goal. Such rad looking pieces, click through for more.
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Posted in accessories, clothes, technology
Tagged Acronym, Czech Republic, Germany, mountaineering, outdoors wear, Tilak
XLARGE Japan have teamed up with Colorado’s Mountainsmith for this run of 5 packs, a good look for both companies. Mountainsmith are OG’s in the domestic manufacturing game, with a wide range of outdoors products built to top standards. XLARGE do the styling right on this run, and I’m especially messing with the backpack and hip bag.
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Posted in accessories, collaborations
Tagged bags, Colorado, Japan, Mountainsmith, XLARGE
New York based accessories company The Hill-Side has released this lookbook for the spring/summer 2012 season. They always put together an impressive lookbook boasting some familiar NYC fashion faces and a few hounds for good measure. I am a fan of their simple products and designs, and this season they threw in a few bolder patterns and colors which I can do without but then again I am a simple dude. Read through for the rest of the shoot (via Selectism).
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Yes! This is hype on a few levels: one, we really like rad socks. For serious, quality-made socks with good height+weight and solid pattern/color are the best, and more difficult to find than you might think. Second, we like motorbikes/skateboarding/getting shredded in general, so the combo of the two is on point. Stance is a California brand doing it big in the sock game, and props to them. Enjoy this vid featuring their spring ’12 product.
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Posted in accessories, motorcycles, music, video
Tagged California, getting rad, Stance socks
Here is another new addition to the Topo Designs family, the Hip Bag. I am a fan of waist/hip bags (but I would only wear one over the shoulder), they are very functional on the bicycle or motorbike, fitting just the essentials and allowing for a place to put sunglasses, gloves etc after getting off the bike. I really like what the folks over at Topo Designs are up to, quality products all made in the USA with really classic designs.
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From Chrome, ‘The Cardiel Attack Series is a three bag travel system designed in collaboration with skateboard legend and track bike destroyer, John Cardiel. Made for John’s simple, resourceful, and self-sufficient travel lifestyle, the system was created with his demanding attention to detail and commitment to living on his bike. The three signature bags can be used in tandem or on their own answering to every need from a two hour ride to a two week trip. The series includes the Cardiel Fortnight, the Cardiel ORP and the Cardiel Shank.’
Great looking bags with that high quality you expect from Chrome… video is great too.
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Posted in accessories, video
Korean bag + accessory makers VAGX have been on our radar for a while now for their super tech bag designs, namely the backpacks. Here are some new(ish) items from the line, from basic black through to messenger bags with illuminating strips. The best part about VAGX, unlike most other rad lines from Asia, is that you can actually order in english and get shipping to North America… keep reading for more.
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