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December 8, 2023

How The Bergmann Boot Became the Marine Corps"Raider" Boot

How The Bergmann Boot Became the Marine Corps "Raider" Boot Eastman Leather Clothing recreated the Iconic WWII USMC "raider" boot. But How did this civilian boot go from loggers in the Pacific Northwest to Marine Raiders on Guadalcanal? Earlier this...

November 16, 2023

A History of Engineer Boots

Engineer boots are the convergence of other fundamental human technologies over time. Tanning, thread, sewing machines, sized and paired footwear, and rubber molding. This article will help us understand some of that history and look at the origins of the...

October 11, 2023

W'menswear's Lauren Yates In Her Own Words

Lauren Yates of Ponytail Journal and W’menswear on how she started designing, her love of the outdoors and vintage, and her new collaboration with Randolph Engineering – out now. I’ve been into vintage since high school, going through donation bins,...

August 30, 2023

Standard & Strange Personal Style Deep Dive with Kyle Foxworth

Men’s style can often feel prescriptive. That is doubly the case when it comes to heritage fashions that can sometimes feel weighed down by its own historical significance. But, as I am sure you already know if you are here,...

July 14, 2023

The Definitive Guide to WWII US Navy Chambray Shirts

From “Tin Can” sailors aboard destroyers in the Pacific, to members of the US Coast Guard who drove wave after wave of landing craft to deliver soldiers on Omaha and Utah beaches at Normandy, the chambray shirt was there. But,...

June 15, 2023

Interview with Mister Freedom's Christophe Loiron

Men’s clothing can often be boiled down to a handful of archetypes: The sailor, the soldier, the cowboy, and the workman. Mister Freedom plays deftly with these archetypes to make inventive designs that can slot into any man's closet. Few...

May 2, 2023

The Long Intertwined History of Indigo and Olive Drab

The Long Intertwined History of Indigo and Olive Drab The connection between Military surplus and denim has been there since the beginning. With canvas sneakers, T-shirts, and sweatshirts, jeans and military surplus are the blank canvases of American style. Guest...

April 19, 2023

Interview with Author of "Westerwear" Dr. Sonya Abrego

Interview with Author of "Westernwear" Dr. Sonya Abrego Dr. Sonya Abrego’s new book “Westernwear: Postwar American Fashion and Culture,” published by Bloomsbury late last year, attempts to unpick the history of westernwear in the twenty years after WWII. Westernwear is...

March 12, 2023

Unsung House Boot Relasting Review

Getting a pair of poor-fitting engineer boots relasted by Unsung House

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