Entries from April 2008

April 21, 2008

Southwick 2.0

The ACL favorite and American made clothing brand Southwick recently launched a redesigned website. The new site, along with the updated designs for fall, have me excited about the Lawrence, Mass. based clothing company. I find Southwick to be the perfect combination of my clothing preferences. Natural shoulder, traditional styling, classic fabrications and the fact [...]

April 20, 2008

Weekend Video | Alan Flusser


April 20, 2008

Weekend Video | Band of Horses


April 19, 2008

Weekend Video | American Psycho on Charlie Rose


April 19, 2008

Weekend Video | Haka

I’m in awe of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team and their traditional pre-match Haka dance.

Thanks to Marc T. for the tip.

April 17, 2008

From the Desk of…

From the Desk of… is a window into the world and workspace of some of ACL’s most stylish friends.
The second entry in the series is Ben Ferencz, the founder and creative director of The Design Cooperative and the man behind Freeman Transport. Born and raised in New York, the saying holds true, you can take [...]

April 16, 2008

Found in Middle America.

Sometimes you don’t see the things that are right under your nose. That is definitely the case with the Columbus, Ohio based American Furnishings. It is a good thing that In(side) Loop down in Texas has her eyes open. The company manufactures and sells beautiful furniture like this Post Office Organizer from their shop in [...]

April 16, 2008

Flickr Find | Dieter Rams

Flickr Find is a weekly column of interesting things found on the amazing and inspiring photo sharing website Flickr.
Dieter Rams is one of the most influential industrial designers of all time. Much of his his career was spent working for the consumer electronics company Braun. He is also sited as being one of the major [...]

April 15, 2008

Shopping Steven Alan.

On my way home from the office last week I stopped by the Steven Alan Annex in TriBeCa. If you were wondering (because I was), the “Annex” store means that it carries the Steven Alan brand and other labels. While the straight up “Steven Alan” stores carry only the house made goods. What I quickly [...]

April 14, 2008

Mills Canvas Bags.

I seem to remember saying that bags are just for carrying things - it is all about necessity people! Now, is it too late to change my mind? I saw these Mills Canvas Bags on Archival Clothing a while back and I have to say I like them. With summer showing up soon they are [...]

April 14, 2008

The Elephant’s Trunk Flea.

Last week I covered the much hyped and wildly popular Brooklyn Flea. I now feel it incumbent upon me to dedicate some space to my old-standby flea market the Elephant’s Trunk. If you aren’t familiar with The Trunk, it is a classic New England flea with all sorts of old and random things stretched out [...]

April 13, 2008

Weekend Video | The Cincinnati Kid