LONDON COLLECTION MEN SS17

And we are off! Every Fashion addict is ready for SS17 and London did the kick-off.

CHADS VISITS HATCH SHOW PRINT - NASHVILLE, TN.

During my last trip I also visited the Iconic Hatch Show Print Store.

It started with the Hatch family. William H. Hatch ran a print shop in the town of Prescott, Wisconsin, where his two sons, Charles R. and Herbert H. (born in 1852 and 1854, respectively), grew up and learned the craft of letterpress printmaking.  In 1875, William moved his family to Nashville where, four years later, Charles and Herbert founded CR and HH Hatch.

The golden age of Hatch was from the mid-1920s, when Charles's son Will T. Hatch took over the business, until Will's death in 1952. It was a golden era for country music as well, and Hatch captured the magic. Will frequently turned his talent as a master woodblock carver to "chiseling and gouging" (as someone once put it) some of the most indelible images of country music performers ever made. To further secure the historic link, Hatch's home from 1925 to 1992 was right behind the Ryman Auditorium, the Mother Church of Country Music.

Hatch captured the glory of other musical genres, doing work for the great African-American jazz and blues entertainers of the day, such as Cab Calloway, Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Elvis Presley.

Today, Hatch Show Print resides at 224 5th Avenue South, in four different spaces designed and built to suit the demands and mission of such a busy icon of design, letterpress printing, and history.

And being in the store you will end up with some goodies to share your memories at home.     

TODD SNYDER X CHAMPION - HULA GIRL

Just arrived my own Hula Girl T-shirt from Todd Snyder x Champion. I will drink my Kona Longboard beer with a lot of style.

TROG - THE RACE OF GENTLEMEN 2016

 

 The Race of Gentlemen was held in Wildwood, NJ.

The weekend-long event — celebrating American racing heritage — is hosted annually by the Oilers Car Club/Motorcycle Club, which was founded in 1947. Vintage automobiles and motorcycles by makers such as Harley Davidson, Ford, Indian, and Excelsior, were raced by men and women alike as the tide rolled in by the day's end.

CHAD'S STORE VISIT - ANTIQUE ARCHAEOLOGY, NASHVILLE - TN.

I guess I'm the biggest fan in Holland of American Pickers and that said i had to visit the Antique Archaeology Store in Nashville, TN. When I arrived I saw a great old building which was once the Marathon Car Factory some real American heritage. When I entered the store I was overwhelmed by antiques, no not the junk Frank & Mike finds on their travels trough the States, but old people who made a stop with the hop on hop off trolley. They just enter the store to buy a souvenir like a T-shirt or a mug. Okay I also bought myself a souvenir but I really also enjoyed the stuff I saw and recognized from the television. Whenever you have the change pay them a visit don't let the tourist keep you from seeing a great store in an amazing building.