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Spring/Summer 2012 shirt sale | May 11-13
This weekend only, pick up a Yorke, Taylor or Pulley shirt from the new collection and save 25% with code: SHIRTS
Milk Magazine (Honk Kong)
Latest issue of Milk Magazine features a really nicely styled spread of
our jewelry.
The Green Jacket
It's Master's week, coupled with a holiday weekend. Love this time of year. In homage to the yearly chase for the emerald blazer, we're running a sale on our own Green Jacket. The waxed cotton brigadier will keep you warm & dry when the spring showers hit (hopefully not this weekend). Twenty per cent off through Sunday afternoon with the code: MASTERS.
X-Ray Magazine
X-Ray Magazine out of Germany names 18 Waits as one of their picks for best new menswear brands. And we're in good company so thanks for the salute.
Bob & Levon, Playing Ping Pong
Bob Dylan. And Levon Helm. Playing ping pong. In the 70s. In what looks to be the bowels of an arena. With a sweet ass cop wagon in the background. The only other person to play ping pong in white heeled leather shoes may be Prince.
18 Waits Spring/Summer 2012
We're not going to rush things or kid ourselves. It's February. And that means winter. But as the saying goes, no winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. In anticipation of those first warm days we're getting set to launch our latest collection, available in stores and online next month. Here's a first taste of 18 Waits spring/summer 2012 from our photo shoot, 'Blow-up', which takes its name and concept from the legendary Antonioni film.
This is our most diverse collection to date. It includes 18 Waits staples like the Thomson Trouser, available in a super lightweight cotton, short- and long-sleeve button-ups and Henleys, signature t-shirts and knits. For the warmer months, we've made two styles of short, one based on the Thomson, the other is a new style, the Wingman, which takes its design cues from military fatigues.
Fabrics were selected for summertime living. Lightweight cottons and linen blends. Colours are light and muted - greys, blues, creams and reds. For those wet spring days we have the waxed-canvas Brigadier jacket. The blazer-style Captain's Jacket is a great layering piece. The collection is super wearable.
Spring/summer 2012 sees a couple of collaborations, one old, one new. We teamed-up once again with the legendary Biltmore hat company to make the perfect summer hat. Using old factory hat blocks we designed the Hunter Hat, a straw fedora with a tall crown and stingy brim. It's finished with a rope band and beat up just a little bit for a lived-in look right off the shelf. Sadly, the Biltmore factory has now closed its doors so this represents our final effort with their fantastic and talented team.
We also worked with our friend, Canadian-born & LA-based designer and shop owner Heather Heron. With Heather we collaborated on a beautiful summer-weight blanket using her signature dead-stock hemp fabric. Perfect for the cottage, the cabin or tent. Trimmed with selvedge linen and our hand-stamped collaborative labels. We also worked with Heather on two new bags, a daypack and a weekend duffel. Both use a heavy-weight black canvas, trimmed with black leather and vintage hardware.
We're looking forward to getting everything to stores and in our web shop this March.
Photographer: Jen Arron
Styling: 18 Waits
Van Dyke Parks's Business Card
This is good. We may have to jimmy-up something similar over here at HQ.
Field Notes: California
Loving this photo of our friend Erich. California mountains. 18 Waits Henley. Looking old-time sharp.
PJ20 Suffragette City
We'd been tipped-off in advance but it was still pretty cool seeing Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard rocking our Suffragette City t-shirt in the new Cameron Crowe documentary, PJ20. Here's a photo. Meh-quality as it was taken with a phone, but you get the drift. We're going to re-release a few of these in our Relics section very soon.
Happy Birthday Chuck Berry
85 years today. This great clip captures the back & forth squabbling between a pioneer and a legend. From the documentary "Hail! Hail! Rock n Roll!"
Recent Press: Western Living Magazine
Western Living magazine, based in Vancouver, recently featured our antler key chain in their 'the goods' section.
STYLESIGHT: 18 Waits
Nice little round-up of the summer tradeshow action at stylesight. We're pretty blown away that their team picked 18 Waits as one of their "Editor's Choices" of all brands showing in Las Vegas this past August. Along with stalwarts Mark McNairy (New Amsterdam) and the boys from the Brooklyn Circus. Good company.
Recent Press: Antenna Magazine Summer 2011
The summer issue of Antenna Magazine features our antler tip key chain and our XONY t-shirt, modeled by actor Sebastian Stan.
Capsule Las Vegas
After stops in Berlin and NYC in July, we're looking forward to wrapping-up summer market in the desert heat. Fun starts next Monday at the Capsule Show in Vegas. Great chance to see some of our favourite people, buyers and fellow designers alike. If you would like to set an appointment in advance, please send an email to william@18waits.com. See y'all at the show.
Map | Provincetown, MA
Map in Provincetown, MA is one of our new accounts for Fall/Winter 2011. One of the great independent stores in the United States, it's been a go-to on Cape Cod for many years. We're really excited to be working with Pauline and her fantastic staff. If you're on the Cape this summer, be sure to check it out. We just delivered our first shipments for Fall and Pauline sent along a few display photographs. Spot the dark blue 'traditional' shirt, Danko hat and Bateau necklace.
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