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'S STORE VISIT - GANT RUGGER, LONDON

Gant Rugger opened it's doors on Beak Street a year or so ago.

 Inside it's more like a relaxed New York loft than a store: brick walls, cracked original tiling, exposed brass pipes and a concrete floor, complete with sleek Sixties furniture and vintage fixtures.

The store was already packed with new arrivals from the Pre-Fall collections, but also some items of the FW15 collections. Man I love that wind breaker with the waves.

CHAD'S STORE VISIT - SON OF A STAG, LONDON

 

Last week, I visited Son of a Stag, called the number one denim store of the UK. They are specialized in rare Japanese & American denim, with brands like Red Wing boots, Edwin, Spellbound, Tanner Goods, Tellason and many many more.

They have an in-house Jeans shortening service using the Union Special 43200G Chain Stitch machine and with original threads from Edwin, Lee etc. So let your favorite selvedge hemmed here.

The store and the personal is all about denim, not just the fabric but also the memorabilia, like 

the old displays, Buddy Lee's, advertisements etc. etc. It was stepping into denim heaven - I love it.

Make sure the next time, you go to London visit Son of a stag at the Truman Brewery in Brick Lane, Spitalfields/ Shoreditch. 

CHAD @ JACKET REQUIRED, LONDON

Jacket Required @ Truman Brewery

Scott NYC

Lfant NYC, Penfield & Didriksons 1913

Barbour X Deus

Deus

Poler Outdoor gear

Dickies Work Clothes

Buddy Lee & Eat Dust

The Duffer of St. George

Mark McNairy & The Polo Bar

The Earth

The Critical Slide Society

Last Wednesday, I visited the Jacket Required Show in London. I had the first flight of the

day from Amsterdam to London. We took off at 7 o'clock and arrived at 7 local time at Gatwick.

Time enough to enjoy a real English breakfast, this meal last for a day. The Tradeshow was in the Old Truman Brewery, a great selection of brands presented their Spring/Summer 2015.