Close your eyes and think of the most thoughtful gift you could imagine your co-workers giving you on your last day at work. Following my last day at Sincerely, we headed off to a bar for farewell drinks at Rickhouse. I was handed a box full of great going away gifts: rolls of 800 ISO [...]
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Denim plant sacks hanging in the SoMa
Spotted these awesome denim bags hanging up on Mary St, near the old San Francisco Mint building. Though I haven’t been able to get a confirmation, I’d recommend that work from anywhere… I’m betting this gorilla garden has something to do with Julian and the Holy Stitch crew. Currently, Julian is teaching sewing skills to [...]
Yard Sale! Come buy my stuff!
You know that feeling you have right after moving? The “I don’t need all this stuff, I should get rid of it” feeling? I’ve finally decided to sell off my entire cd collection, a bunch of guitars, maybe some keyboards, comics and other stuff. If you wanna buy it, I’ll be at the corner of [...]
Custom made jeans from Blue J Denim
My buddy Steve Buffel, from Spyy Yo-Yos, has been quietly perfecting the art of making his own jeans… which is no easy task at all! Even during my 4 years working as a specialized denim tailor for Self Edge, I never tried making my own pair of jeans from scratch. A few months ago, Steve [...]
Shirts and Shoes For The Weekend Tourist
A few years ago I became a tailor for Self Edge denim in San Francisco. Through my experience there I learned to appreciate high quality shuttle loom denim that was coming out of Japan. Through working this intimately with denim I learned to ditch polysynthetics and embrace cotton, wool, and leather. Not only do these [...]
