Dear Hass
Why do you always dress like Hawkweye from M*A*S*H?
PS
I'd bang the pair of them, well wrong.
hawkeye never leaves my moodboard!
i think i had an epiphany and realised that all the coats i was wearing had a military origin and instead of buying an expensive take on the classics - stone island; cp company mainly at the time - i'd try and go to the source. the next phase was buying japanese remakes from buzz rickson and then - godhead - the real mccoy but their gear is ball crushingly expensive and my wife was going to divorce me if any more packages turned up from japan.
i still have a habit to feed so getting into technical military surplus seems a good place to end up particularly when you realise so much of it is deadstock ie brand new just been sitting in a warehouse somewhere for 30 years and that another 30 years from now some japanese kid will realise that they can do high end remakes and charge a bomb. why not get in on the ground floor?
other bits of nerd detail: goretex aren't going to work with smaller fashion brands anymore and have ended their relationship with visvim (top tier mental pricing) so people may struggle to replicate 90s military gear and though i suspect there will be some even sexier tech to come along this stuff is all about authenticity. i mean 40s and 50s deck jackets look amazing but they're quite heavy and not waterproof which doesn't seem to put anyone off dropping a bundle on them. they're also lovely, obvs.
re this canada arctic parka it has so much going on. cotton nylon mix to the exterior shell gives it a soft touch and the feel of a tough old army jacket with the bonus of water resistance. the hood is detachable and lined with wool so super warm if you want it up. also got a wire frame round the edge so you can close off drafts or focus vision straight ahead if stuck in the away end - still traumatised here after roma away in 2001 after accidentally celebrating owen's second. underneath is an insulated liner with a goretex membrane to export sweat - important in the arctic as if it freezes you will die - and that works as another wee jacket in itself. stone island still nod to this in their bigger jackets but this is the real deal and i LOVE a liner (m-43 my current favourite). i can go on and probably will after breakfast as can't be arsed going for a run yet.
re the ladies i understand they're both very good sports. myfanwy (the really fit one) came to our baby shower and decided to strip off to her underwear (black from la perla) and do some sunbathing. this errr.... captured the attention of a few of the boys there but made my wife a little cross despite it being a very hot day.
