Posts made by Steve

@dirtyframer printed Lookbooks are being sent out with orders from tomorrow - we wanted to offer a printed and digital version this season, as we know some people miss out on the printed version if they don't place an order while we have them in stock.

@EdH good spot - you saw my deliberate mistake!

@michael.rose0107 not at the moment, we are waiting for more fabric to arrive (as used everything on the rerun of the blazers and new jackets - coming soon!)

But they are in the plan to rerun.

@RoxRocks86 wow, that looks a great set up. I did try a wheel - but that was a looooong time ago (I mean a years and years ago when they first came out) - they weren't that good then! But look a lot better now, so will have to have a look at trying one soon!

@RoxRocks86 unfortunately never had the opportunity to have a racing rig, or even a wheel! But let me know if/when you do go for it - I do have to get at least a wheel at some point, so any reviews would be great!

@nurunuru these are original size dims. On the first run I only made M, L, XL to see how they were received. On the second run I expanded the sizing and added S and XXL.

On the next run, I am adding a Long version in all the sizes as well

@nurunuru soon, very soon - in production at the moment, and I will be chasing them up today!

Last night in Ginza area, popped out to get some night street photography - so much going on, I almost got lost concentrating on taking pics than where I was walking - iphone maps to the rescue! Again, needed more nights in Tokyo to do more of this!

Last day/night in Japan - so packing in as much as we can, first up to the Senso-ji temple in Asakusa

Then popped down to Kappabashi, renowned for their knive shops (picked up something for our son Jack, who’s moving into his first house very soon)!

Then off to Jimbocho area, which is known for its vintage books/magazines - literally every other shop! Could have spent all day in just one of those shops! Next time I will need to build some time to explore more. But did pick up some vintage cinema promos - love the typography on these.

A day of neon, old Nintendo’s, lovely fruit and cream sandwiches, very bright toys and dog shops everywhere!

Back in Tokyo now for a couple of days after our rural exploring…

oh, and a few expected shots of Takayama and its surrounding area…

Last stop on road trip is Takayama - the ‘old town’ was our stay, and well worth it - gorgeous looking building along a river. The highlight was experiencing Hida beef - a brand of Wagyu - and it tastes soooo good!

If you ever get to this area make it a point to try it.

@goosehd I know Lynne wanted to spend a day doing a weaving course, and there was also an Indigo dyeing course she had her eye on - she might still manage one, but I think we probably needed a few more days (or weeks)!!!

@Shane-B thanks mate - and also congrats to you and Maria!!!

Finally we ended up at Chirihama Nagisa Driveway for sunset - This is the only place in Japan where you can drive right along the water’s edge - in any type of car (not just a 4x4).

It is an 8-km stretch of beach road — a type of road that would be hard to find anywhere else in the world. The unique sand of Chirihama makes it possible. The sand particles are small, a quarter of the size of ordinary ones. They have a uniform, angular shape, which makes the driveway hard when it absorbs water.

Seeing fishermen’s trucks for carrying unloaded fish at Chirihama, a local bus company employee tried driving a bus there in 1955. That is how Nagisa Driveway started.

End of lesson!

From there, we drove along the Hakusan Shirakawago White Road for 2+ hours - breathtaking is the only word I can find for the views! It’s swinging mountain road, 33km long and rises to above 1400m above sea level. You really do need to hire a car to see some of these places!

Kanazawa is indeed a ‘little’ Kyoto, and with our hire car we’ve explored a LOT - big up to @Lynne for finding all these places!

First up we went to Gokayama and the Ainokura Gassho Village - there’s only about 19 houses there, and has a Swiss Alps feel to the place.

Arrived in Kanazawa late today, quick walk around and first impressions is very similar to Kyoto, with less tourists!

Bit of a foodie day today - gyozas for lunch in Jingumae, followed by a feast of Udons, sushi, grilled pork, fried corn (and more) this evening at Tsuru Ton Tan in Ginza - both places @Alex has shown me before, that I can now share with @Lynne