Tweedgasm! Tweed Appreciation from Japan's Free & Easy mag (image heavy)

[gravenimages]

From the November 2009 issue of Free & Easy

 

[Wrenkin]

Reica? I like the grey RRL and the Mallory. The E-in-C is on crack with his selection.

 

[tsaltzma]

Originally Posted by Wrenkin

Reica? I like the grey RRL and the Mallory. The E-in-C is on crack with his selection.

Looks like a Leica to me... yes the Mallory is great.

 

[DocHolliday]

The Black Fleece is nifty, but many of them are too gimmicked up for their own good. I don't get the fad for distressed tweed -- the artificial distressing never looks authentic, and there's plenty of the real deal in thrift shops across the country.

I liked seeing the article. Thanks for posting it.

 

[cold war painter]

Yes, thank you, some interesting stuff there.

The fad I don't get is the one for faux school blazers though. It was bad enough being forced to wear the real thing at school.

 

[JTA]

The 45rpm is divinely tempting. Thanks for sharing the article.

 

[radicaldog]

Cotton tweed? Looks like a Donegal of sorts. Interesting.

 

[robin]

The January 2010 issue will be all about tweed: http://www.east-r.co.jp/book/index.html

I also have some more scans from past issues up here: http://mistercrew.com/blog/tag/free-easy/

 

[gravenimages]

Originally Posted by robin

The January 2010 issue will be all about tweed: http://www.east-r.co.jp/book/index.html

I also have some more scans from past issues up here: http://mistercrew.com/blog/tag/free-easy/

Nice, I didn't realize you had scans up! Glad I didn't accidentally overlap any more pages. January's issue looks pretty great.

 

[Mr. Walter Trent]

Originally Posted by gravenimages

From the November 2009 issue of Free & Easy

Thanks for posting these. I checked this issue at the bookstore yesterday. An amazing issue!

 

[false]

Thanks for the pics! I saw this at the store the other day and particularly liked the fit pics/model shoot stuff they had (the section with the different models wearing tweed jackets). Any chance you could post those?

Edit: If anyone has the magazine, can you tell what the jacket the model on page 72 is wearing is. Its labeled as a WWM shooting jacket but I think its a mistake as it looks nothing like the shooting jacket on WWM site, has the straps of a Norfolk jacket, and is in the Norfolk section.

 

[The Swede]

The patchworked jacket is described as standard.

Standard is not built in a day?

I want to be a rugged hunter!

 

[dsmolken]

I want FNB's opinion on the patchwork jacket.

 

[robinsongreen68]

love these tweeds. there does seem to be an affinity between the tweed jacket and the denim shirt

i really hate that patchwork stuff though. classic is best

 

[Flambeur]

Thank you for this, great stuff.