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Home for Christmas. Obligatory trip to the suburban New Jersey shopping malls.

If anyone has seen @Kasi tell him he left his shorts in Unit 2.

Since @Kasi couldn’t make it to Bremen, the 2025 meet up of the upside down pineapple club was cancelled. Let’s hope for a revival next year.

I made it to the shop yesterday. Using Google maps makes the journey painless, except for the fact that it takes almost an hour and a half to get there from west Tokyo.

Here you can see the location of the bus stop at Hachioji station.

And you can follow along as the bus drives.

I can confirm that they don’t do tax free.

A few pics.

Getting ready to fly.

A few photos of not so great quality from last night.

I actually preferred when the crew were used as models in the lookbook. These professional models remind me of the guys I see in every clothing advertisement on social media.

My annual trip to suburban NJ shopping malls during the holiday season.

I’m in Heathrow dead tired waiting for my flight. Once again, thanks to @Alex , @Giles , @Madame-Buttonfly, and the IH crew for a wonderful weekend. See you all soon

Here we go....

(1) Letting Self Edge repair my IH-301s-07-bk. Every time the darning changes direction there is a little ball of thread. The crotch is now a cheese grater.

(2) Not buying more than two beach towels

(3) Not getting the small duffel bag in addition to the medium. The medium can hold lots of stuff but it's not so practical because it gets a bit too heavy for my shoulder.

(4) Not getting an additional old style belt with the silver buckle. You can see the old one on top, which has over 10 years of wear, and the new one on the bottom, which has about 3 years of wear. The new one has a wrinkled effect that I don't like.

(5) Getting my first IH cordovan wallet stollen. I replaced it right away and have had the replacement for about 12 years, but it still pains me to think that some thief probably just took the money and trashed the wallet. Here's the replacement with the current amount of wear.

(6) Not figuring out how to get an IH Camo beach chair. Nobody else except for Giles has one, but still....

I’ve been doing some thinking about why these models rub me the wrong way. I believe it’s because their hipster vibe is so strong and the association between hipsters and false, or at least purchased, authenticity. I don’t want to think of IH as just another accessory to go along with a fixie and a pork pie hat.