SECRET FORTS | A COLLECTION OF GOOD THINGS

Sunday 02/28/2013

BEFORE BOTTLE ROCKET, BOTTLE ROCKET.

Bottle Rocket. Released 17 years ago this month. I wound up seeing it after, with a head ache from rolling my eyes too hard, walking out of “Hamlet” with Kenneth Branagh and slipping into the adjoining theater at the Kabuki in San Francisco. I became a fan immediately and have been since, minor “Life Aquatic” grievances aside.
Wes Anderson’s short, shot four years prior in 1992 on stolen film from the University of Texas at Austin Film Department. One of the cinematographers, Barry Braverman, would later be referenced in Anderson’s 2001 “The Royal Tenanbaums”.
Narrator (Alec Baldwin) : “She was a playwright, and won a Braverman Grant of$50,000 in the ninth grade.”
A few years later, in the March 2000 issue of Esquire, Martin Scorsese would announce Anderson as the next Scorsese.

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RESEARCH IN STYLE : WP LAVORI at 30.

On the occasion of their 30th anniversary, the publication of WP Lavori‘s “Thirty Years of Research in Style”. The company’s past, present and future in print. The Italian-based distribution home to such labels, and to only name a very few, Woolrich John Rich & Bros., Blundstone, Barbour and Barbour Beacon Heritage, Baracuta and of course the cult-followed, previously Daiki Suzuki-helmed Woolrich Woolen Mills, now under the tutelage of Mark McNairy. Published by Rizzoli and available for pre-order in the states now.

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J.R. CASH, b. 2/26/32.

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THEN & NOW : THE APOLIS INDIGO CHORE COAT.

Almost two years to the day of receiving it and no worse for the wear, the Apolis indigo wool chore coat. Then and now.

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IN CONVERSATION : SHINYA HASEGAWA + DAIKI SUZUKI.

As the latest issue of Pica Post, the renowned Manchester-based Oi Polloi‘s in-house zine, wraps up, the good folks there decided to give us a preview of things to come by way of “Homemade in Hell’s Kitchen“.
Readers of this site needn’t be told of our long time near obsession (ok…full blown obsession) with both Engineered Garments and what’s generally referred to as Woolrich Woolen Mills‘ “Daiki era” here at SFs.
Oi Polloi asked Daiki to sit down with friend, surf buddy, former WWM collaborator and presently, the designer of another SFs favorite, Brooklyn based Batten Sportswear, Shinya Hasegawa. HERE, the two talk influences, surfing and brand sustainability. Wonderfully shot by friend of SFs Mr. Antony Crook and styled by Nepenthes own Angelo Urrutia, click over to Oi Polloi for the interview.

(photos x Antony Crook)