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Woolrich

Get Back to Essential Clothes

January 30, 2012

This day in history: in 1969 the Beatles performed together for the last time, and it happened on the roof of Apple Records in London. Picture this: the Beatles are up on the roof, playing, and the police show up. Why? Because nearby office workers have complained that they can’t get their work done. Whoa. [...]

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Covering Up for All the Right Reasons

January 19, 2012

So yesterday Wikipedia went dark. And Google had a black rectangle over its logo, with just a hint of the “g’s” blue tail peeking out from below. Protest stuff, making a statement over an issue. And it got us thinking about how we cover ourselves, too…with clothes. We’re not Adam and Eve—unless your name is [...]

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Ring in the New Year

December 31, 2011

Okay. The stroke of midnight tonight is all relative, depending on where in the world you are. In Rio, you’ve got fireworks on the beach. If you happen to be in Samoa, consider hopping across the international dateline and literally being able to celebrate 2012 twice, and in real time. In Minnesota, all the shopping [...]

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And Now a Word From Our Sponsor

December 21, 2011

This blog is not in the habit of giving time or space to product placement. And yet, every year one sponsor in particular always gives us a holiday present…and a lot to talk about. We are referring, of course, to Winter Solstice: coming tomorrow to the Northern Hemisphere nearest you. Winter begins tomorrow, yes, like [...]

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Trailblaze Your Way in Layers

November 29, 2011

This day in history: 50 years ago, Enos the chimpanzee became the second chimp to orbit the earth. And his good work paved the way for John Glenn to become the first American to blast into space. It doesn’t look like they dressed Enos in any clothes we carry—and we’ll never monkey around with our [...]

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Cyber Monday

November 27, 2011

We polled some employees at some local stores about their experiences working on Black Friday. The answers: “Busy.” (We thought that was very diplomatic.) “Crazy.” (Pretty descriptive, if brief.) “Dude, it was hell.” (Very colorful.) The sales season is here, the numbers are still coming in…and we’re just getting warmed up. Because Cyber Monday now [...]

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The Language of Clothes

November 22, 2011

In a month of special days—Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday included—we draw extra special attention to this terrific holiday: today is the Day of the Albanian Alphabet. That is, there’s a holiday on the calendar that celebrates an alphabet. You have 36 letters to celebrate, including one that sounds like “Shh.” Full disclosure: we [...]

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Talkin’ Turkey

November 21, 2011

The public service department of our blog requested some space to speak frankly about the origins of Thanksgiving. Seems we might not have first landed on Plymouth Rock in 1621. Saint Augustine, Florida is claiming the first feast. And Virginia is staking a claim as well. And that’s not even folding in the Canadian versions. [...]

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Sorel and Woolrich: Clothes to Assure Winter Warmth

October 26, 2011

Happy Angam Day. In 1949, Bethel Enproe Adam was born in the Republic of Nauru, an island nation in the South Pacific. Important because Bethel became the 1,500th citizen—a number the Nauruans consider vital to assuring their survival as a race. (About that word Nauru: it’s translated as “I go to the beach,” which is [...]

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Woolrich and Carhartt: The Definition of Warmth and Style

October 15, 2011

Let’s define our terms. Clothing: “Covering with or putting on vestments of any kind; providing with garments; investing; covering.” That’s from the 1828 edition of Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language. We bring this to you because tomorrow marks the 253rd birthday of Noah Webster, the one and only, who brought us his Dictionary. [...]

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