The Rite Record-Journal
The Changing Face of the Denim Industry, or Why White Oak Closing Moves the Needle
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Cone Mills is shutting down its White Oak plant; no more major mill making selvedge denim in the US anymore. Why did this happen? What does it mean for the scene? Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
Of XLs, XXLs, Henley Samples and The Heraclean Quest
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Hello again boys and girls, it's been a while since I've posted; well, I've been busy with the odds and ends of life, work, a man-flu, and grappling with The Rite Stuff's stuff.
Henleys: from the Regatta to The Rite Stuff
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Henleys: usually when we see them, we think of pioneers and prospectors, toiling and sweating in the Wild West, their buttoned-up undershirt stained with blood, coal, or worse. Your average miner in the 1890s did wear a button-up under his clothes in cold weather, but instead of a henley shirt it was more likely a one-piece "union suit," or what we call "long underwear" these days: I'm sexy and I know it. However, in the late 1890s we find examples of standalone henley shirts with a shorter placket worn as underwear: Ecru undershirt with pearl buttons - Sears-Roebuck 1897 Underwear...
The Continuing Saga of Heracles and Friends a.k.a. The Rite Stuff, Phase Two
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The Rite Stuff phase two is here, just like a hectic new phase at Del Boca Vista, but without Morty Seinfeld and his raincoat sales advice. You might not want to listen to Morty's advice for selling clothes: Case in point. Sales of the Heracles were buzzing along, people were posting online about it, I was picking up stockists, but I was getting lots of queries about XL and XXL sizes. This despite the fact that the shirt runs a bit large. You can imagine how it feels to see all these sales slip through my fingers because I miscalculated...
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...