Barneys had their Artisan Day this past Saturday at the Madison Avenue flagship. The event consisted of select designers hand crafting or customizing product throughout the store. The gentleman from Barbour were re-waxing coats live and in-person on the ground floor, which was cool to see. On the Co-Op level, the good people from Rogues Gallery were screen-printing custom tee shirts right in the middle of everything. The custom tee process was simple, grab a soft Rogues shirt in your size and color, then just select your favorite graphic from the menu of designs and place the order. Ever the patriot, I went with a navy blue tee with the blue printed flag. Check out Jay — the Rogues Gallery master craftsman — printing my order in the photos below.
The Finished product.
11 Comments
November 9, 2008 at 1:24 pm
NYC has the most tremendous events and stores. I wish Chicago would get their act together and start having some interactive events and fun concepts with their retail. BTW, Jay looks exactly like I picture everyone working at Rouges to look like…awesome.
November 9, 2008 at 5:28 pm
It’s a nice reminder that great clothes are often as much about craftsmanship as they are about design. It also reminds me why I miss New York…
November 10, 2008 at 2:20 am
I love how there’s Benjamin Bixby stuff behind them! How’d that stuff look?
November 10, 2008 at 10:18 am
silkscreening, especially on t-shirts, is passe
November 10, 2008 at 12:41 pm
That is some very cool shit.
@HerbyAlcosta – Saw the Bixby stuff when I was in Seattle. Not impressed at all, and the prices are mind-boggling.
November 10, 2008 at 4:24 pm
that’s great-looking!
November 10, 2008 at 4:43 pm
hate to say this but, Burger King Studio did this way better 2 weeks ago in Chicago.
http://www.burgerkingstudio.com
November 12, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Any photos of the gents performing the Barbour rewaxing work? Did they actually wield doubleboilers and blow-dryers ala the homestyle rewaxing method?
LL
November 15, 2008 at 4:20 pm
great concept in performance retail – but what if a splot of ink got onto a pair of $695 jeans? the end of the earth – another sign of the apocalypse!
December 21, 2008 at 7:36 pm
they always do a great job, in everythin they produce, and as far as the Burger Kin Guys, if they had cool stuff you may be able to say that, serious have you seen them! wow…
March 3, 2009 at 1:30 am
Jay is one sexy mofo. FTW.