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T-Shirt oder nicht T-Shirt
Was lustig ist – und nicht so sehr lustig-ha-ha, sondern eher lustig-huh – an dem T-Shirt hier im Workshop ist, dass es, naja, eigentlich gar kein T-Shirt ist. Oder besser... Mehr lesen …
Herdwick on the grapevine
It wouldn’t be so bad if they weren’t so nice. But then, if they weren’t so nice, it wouldn’t be so good. The pleasure-pressure paradox, that, of working alongside acquaintances... Mehr lesen …
Factory record
Consider the bumblebee. A ludicrous little fella: oblivious entirely to the impossibility of his fuzzy and rotund form being able to fly. One might wonder, if he stopped to think... Mehr lesen …
But why epaulettes?
Vestiges — they’re all around us. What's more, the more you have them on your mind, the more you see them. Nowhere is this true more than in men’s clothes,... Mehr lesen …
Shirt shrift
Sacrilege though it seems to say, wearing a shirt every day — it can get a bit much, sometimes, can't it? One, two, three, four, five, six, and seven, then... Mehr lesen …
Like tweed used to be
If you've ever set foot in a factory that makes shirts or jackets or coats, even a small one, you'll be quickly acquainted with the hard fact that there's no... Mehr lesen …
Perspiring to greatness
Three weeks in and it's starting to look how it's meant to look, the greatcoat. "Third week" is misleading, true, as while correct in a time-passing sense, only one day... Mehr lesen …
Match of the day
The machinist versus the sample. 10:15 kick-off. The style is the newest iteration of the car coat. To guide him, the machinist has to hand only the pattern — annotated... Mehr lesen …
Drafts, cuts, and leaves
If making it look easy is a tell-tale sign of mastery, then there's no argument: the pattern-cutter is a master. The evidence for this is endless and is all over... Mehr lesen …
The advent of spring
It has been an annus horribilis to end all annusses horribilis, but it seems to be coming to a close with shoots here and there of hope and of optimism.... Mehr lesen …
Scantily glad
It’s a trend which can no longer be ignored. There’s a span of several days every year — and of which today is right in the middle — when it... Mehr lesen …
Career change
You just have to admit, sometimes, that things have run their course. It's time for a change, you think, even though it's not clear at first quite why. Now, on... Mehr lesen …