CHAD'S STORE VISIT - JACK SPADE, LONDON

Thursday March 29, 2012 the doors opened of the first Jack Spade Store in Europe, based @ Brewster Street, next to Stone Island and the Woolrich Store. Jack Spade launched their collection in an environment just like their stores in New York & Chicago. The collection is presented between props like old calculators, gnomes and salt & pepper sets like hamburgers. The first Jack Spade bag was sold to a hardware store in 1997. In 1999, Jack Spade opened the first store at 56 Greene Street, New York. The concept was travel bags, trench coats and general merchandise. It was modern haberdashery mixing found furniture, model rockets, vintage Playboy magazines and classic products: Levi's 501 jeans, Timex military watches, Lacoste tennis shirts and Mackintosh raincoats. Over time, Jack Spade took their reputation for well-made, functional and stylish products and applied it to clothing. Thanks to the Jack Spade team for letting me taking these pictures!

CHAD @ CAPSULE PARIS - PART 1

Capsule Paris & Men's File

Nigel Cabourn for Filson

Filson 

Jack Spade

Museum

Hartford

Eat Dust

Billy Kirk

Gloverall

Gitman Vintage

Wow, just one word I really enjoyed my time in Paris, met a lot of nice and interesting people

and saw some amazing new FW 14 collections. Above you see the first part of a selection of pictures I took @ Capsule Paris. I really was blown away of the new Filson - Nigel Cabourn collab.

Some very interesting items for a great price. Furthermore the collection of Gloverall looks great and what to say about those Eat Dust boots. Stay tuned for more in the coming days.

CHAD MEETS JACK SPADE

Most of you already know that I have a weakness for Jack Spade, I love their products, the bags, the wallets and the collab. with Barbour etc. But what I like the most is the quirky way they display their stores and the use of props. The store on Abbott Kinney is displayed in the same way as I saw in the stores and showroom in New York & the store in London. Once they might open a store in Amsterdam, when I'm lucky! 

CHAD IN THE BIG APPLE - DAY 3

New York in the early morning

J.Crew liquor Store

An original Diner - Square Diner

Soho

GQ & Nordstrom's Pop Up Store

Schoolhouse Electric

Hudson Street - Thom Browne @ nbr 100

Jack Spade & Barbour

Jack Spade Store @ Greene Street

Onassis Store @ Greene Street

Burger Joint @ Parker Meridian Hotel

J.Crew Store on Madison - The Vault

Nike Town NFL Display

P.J. Clarke's -  great steaks

Time Square @ night

Today I made a lot of miles by foot and that's exactly what I feel right now - my feet hurts and are full of blisters, but what the hack. It was a great day, beautiful weather and great food.  Breakfast at Square Diner homemade eggs benedict, yammie. And what about lunch at The Burger Joint, a "restaurant" tucked away in the Parker Meridian Hotel, the best hamburger in town!! Last but not least P.J. Clarke's here I enjoyed a great steak with sweat potato fries. Not only the restaurants, but also the stores I saw were great today. Too much to tell, one in particular was the Jack Spade in Greene Street, they had their collaboration with Barbour on display. Great jackets and beautiful bags in the waxed cloth we are used to from Barbour. Another store I liked was the Onassis Store also on Greene Street, great display and nice people in the store. Overwhelming was the entrance @ Nike Town all those football players and a mega USA flag made of baseball balls.