Unionmade Indigo Collection

Indigo dyed fabrics represents something very beautiful to me. Not only is it one of the best shades of blue, but because the dye itself isn't colorfast. Most indigo dyed garments bleed. To me that makes them perfect because the colour will fade and change according to you. You can see, how you affect your clothing. In a good way.

Unionmade is the type of store that you can only love. They are on top of their game and everything they do, they do extremely well. Their indigo collection is a testament of just that. They took some of the best, mostly American, makers, designers and brands and created a small capsule collection filled with perfect, indigo dyed garments.

These are my personal favourites. And if I were to name one stand out it would definitely be the blazer. It's just perfect. But the down shirt would also add a much welcomed layer.

Down shirt by Crescent Down Works

Crewneck sweat by Farm Tactics

Blazer by Golden Bear

Button down shirt by New England Shirt Company

The Hill-Side - Guatemalan Hand-Wovens

The Hill-Side guys have a really good feel of fabrics. They use nice, crisp chambrays, which made them quite famous at first, but lately they have been adding some beautiful flower prints, camouflage and lots of different interesting weaves.

Their latest offerings of hand-woven, Guatemalan fabrics are no different. They are amazing. The colours, the weave, the fact that they are fair trade and that they are cut and sewn in the US, makes them perfect. Especially if you are feeling a little dandy or feeling, that a bit of colour might do your daily outfit some good.

Available at Unionmade and Hickorees

Alden for Unionmade

There is no leather like shell cordovan. I love it. Simply. This is also why, I feel almost ashamed, that I do not currently own a pair of shoes made of cordovan. I plan on changing this, once I come across a pair of shoes or boots, that fits my wants. Thing is, most footwear made of cordovan is equipped with leather soles. Personally I feel leather soles very impractical and rubber soles much more comfortable and long wearing. At the moment I don't think there is a cobbler in this country, that I would trust with resoling a pair of shoes, so I avoid any kind of footwear with leather soles.

This is why I was very pleased to see that Unionmade decided to go for the plantation crepe sole on this blucher. They are beautiful and will never look off or dated.

Alden really know how to put together a pair of shoes and they still do it in the US. Unfortunately they are quite expensive outside of the US, and I think that most English shoemakers are just as good, if not better at some point. However I must say, that the Alden's use of shell cordovan and other leathers from Horween gives them big star in my book.

Now I couldn't mention Alden without mentioning the now defunct blog, The Agatine Eyelet. It will fill you in on what you need to now about Alden.