The Rite Record-Journal — made in japan
Heracles and the Heroic Tasks
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No, we won't slay the Hydra, or take Cerberus for a walk in the park today, but we will return to the Heracles shirt and the wait I was enduring while it was in production. Again, waiting, but soon I had an estimated delivery date: the first week of June. I counted off the days, and when the shipment went out I tracked it online, waiting for it to clear customs (and rueing how much they'd want to charge me). "Wait, I thought this blog post was about me." The first box finally arrived in a heavy downpour that threatened to...
The Sample Has Landed
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We left off last time with me returning from Sendai back to Taiwan in early February, production on the sample of the Heracles shirt ready to begin. Now it was time for me to simply wait, and wait I did, until right at the mid-point of April. That was when the first sample arrived. It's been a while since I was an actual kid on Christmas morning, but this was pretty darn close to replicating the feeling. The first Heracles sample in all its glory. . The first sample was stellar; John Lofgren said it needed a slight collar adjustment,...
Making the Heracles, a.k.a. to Sendai we go
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After designing an initial shirt, I decided against becoming a one-man brand and believed it best to instead have my products made, but only to the highest standards in the industry. Go big and go West or go home, right? The next question was whether to have the Heracles shirt made in the USA or Japan. The former proved fairly simple at first, with factories responding readily and willing to work. But still, I hesitated over concerns that the construction quality wouldn't be up to par, and the shipping from there to me in Taiwan would be too high. A popular...
Das ist der Anfang, mein Freund
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Hallo alle! Ich habe mich entschieden, hier einen Blog zu starten, nachdem ich einige kluge Ratschläge von einem Freund erhalten habe, um mehr über The Rite Stuff, den Prozess und die Gedanken und Ideen hinter den Produkten zu erklären. Anfangs war ich eigentlich damit zufrieden, andere bloggen zu lassen (und ich will deren Leserschaft sicher nicht wegnehmen!), aber ich weiß, dass es auch gut ist, manchmal etwas aus dem Maul zu hören. Zu der Zeit kaufte ich hauptsächlich neue Klamotten, fing aber an, mich mit Vintage zu beschäftigen, und kaufte diese Sears Hercules aus den 1950er Jahren. Gehen wir zurück...