SPRING HAS SPRUNG...

AT LEAST WITH A WARDROBE ADDITION TO HELP INSPIRE SOME WARMER WEATHER AND GT'S.

DONEGAL TWEED

THE SCOTS AND HARRIS SEEM TO BE GETTING A LOT OF PLAY RIGHT NOW AND I HAVE TO ADMIT I CHERISH MY HARRIS TWEEDS. BUT I MUST CONFESS TO MY CURRENT INFIDELITY AND SLIGHT OBSESSION WITH VINTAGE DONEGAL FROM IRELAND. 

DONEGAL FOR CENTURIES HAS BEEN PRODUCING TWEED FROM LOCAL MATERIALS. THE SHEEP THRIVE IN THIS AREA OF IRELAND AND THE INDIGENOUS PLANTS PROVIDE THE DYES FOR THE WOOL (NOTE THE FLECKS OF COLOR IN THE WEAVE). THE LOOMS AND WEAVERS HAD BEEN SPREAD AROUND HOMESTEADS IN COUNTY DONEGAL LONG AGO TO PRODUCE THE TWEEDS AND THEIR NAMES CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND IN THE LABEL WITH THE LINE "JOY AND HEALTH TO YOU TO WEAR IT". NICE TOUCH. 

40'S WOOLRICH

I KNOW WE SEE MANY OF THESE, BUT I LOVE THE AGE AND SHOULDER PATCHES ON THIS ONE THAT MY BUDDY FOUND IN A TEXAS GARAGE SALE AND SENT UP MY WAY.

WWII WEEKEND TAKE AWAY

TRENCH ART ASHTRAY

AGNES B (AGAIN)

WHEN I FISRT MOVED TO NYC I LIVED FOR ALL THINGS AGNES B. I WOULD SAVE EVERY NICKLE I HAD TO BUY HER SHIRTS AND STRIPED T'S. MY FIRST PROPER SUIT WAS FROM AGNES B, (GREY AND I STILL OWN IT) I FELT LIKE CARY GRANT (FROM NORTH BY NORTHWEST) WHEN I PUT IT ON AND WORE ANOTHER OF HER SUITS (IN BLACK) WHEN I MARRIED MY WIFE. I HAVE RECENTLY DUG OUT SOME SWEATERS AND SHIRTS FROM STORAGE AND WAS WONDERING WHY I EVER PUT THEM AWAY.

WEDDING DAY:

INDIO COUNTY CLERK 

IN BLACK AGNES B

VINTAGE KNITS AND OTHER FINDS