Posts Tagged ‘Vintage’
WHO ARE WE
Roger and Marcel Grivec, twin brothers and denim afficionados since a very long time. We spend most of our childhood in the jeans store of our parents in the southern part of the Netherlands. Growing up with the ‘shrink-to-fit’ culture we became true denim hunters eversince. Books, movies, records and music play also big role in our life. In this photo documentary, we will try to unify with these true loves of ours. Enjoy and come back any time. Greetz Roger & Marcel
August 29th, 2011
JACK A.
Jack Arnold Weil ( March 28, 1901 – August 13, 2008) better known as Jack A. , or as Papa Jack was the founder of Rockmount Ranch Wear based in Denver, Colorado. Back in the 1940s, Jack A had realized that the cowboy shirt could be something more than a simple product. While visiting San Francisco, he saw a Chinese tailor making shirts with snaps instead of buttons. Jack knew enough about the technology of snaps to see that the Chinese tailor used the gloves snaps that wouldn’t hold up to the stresses that a cowboy shirt undergoes working at the Ranch, but the idea wouldn’t let him sleep at night. In 1946 he introduced the first western shirt with snaps and the famous saw-tooth pocket. The snaps fasteners have a break away function to let loose if the shirt got caught and hold more permanently than buttons. Rockmount shirts have been worn by countless celebrities and musicians like Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Ronald Reagan, Eric Clapton and Slash.
June 9th, 2011
MIKE DISFARMER
A true source of inspiration. For half a century Mike Disfarmer (1884-1959) was the people’s photographer of Herber Springs, Arkansas, USA. He made studio portraits at pennies a picture. His vintage prints are published in the book ‘Original Disfarmer Photographs’ by publisher Steidl & the Stephen Kashen Gallery. ISBN- 3-86521-189-5
