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The Flat Head X Miwa Komatsu "Year of the Monkey" Limited Edition Tee
You might still remember we once bring in The Flat Head and Miwa Komatsu's collaboration "Dream Chaser" tee a while ago. Those are some quick sold out in our stores, and we oftenly being ask if we gonna have those back in again. Unfortunately those are limited edition, but we happy to say that the second collaboration between them is in store now.
Miwa Komatsu is a Japanese aquatint artists (what is aquatint? click here). Her art work is full of pure imagination of fantasy and extreme on details. You will find out more on her personal website here. Also, Miwa is a contract designer for Chanel Japan now.
This collaboration is based on a Nagano's (which is where The Flat Head company was founded) local species - Snow Monkey. Snow Monkey is considered as the god of thunder in Japanese fairy tale. You might also want to know that snow monkeys like to sneak into spa to keep themselves warm in winter. Sounds familiar? Yes, this is also the concept of A Bathing Ape was from as well. To celebrate 2016 which is the year of monkey, Ms Komatsu and The Flat Head come together again and create this beautiful art work exclusive for this collaboration.
The t-shirt is make of TFH's classic heavy duty loopwheel fabric with their two/three needle constructions. The print will aged a little bit through using, you will see them cracking a little bit with wears. White and yellow colors are avaliable in both Corlection Sydney and Melbourne.
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S.F.K Measuring Tape
S.F.K got some really descent small leather goods. We bring in some of these measuring tape that you might need one. The tape goes with a cover that are made of thick full grain original tan leather and hand stitched with thick wax thread. Through using you can enjoy the aging of the leather. There is a stamp of S.F.K logo on one side of the cover and the other side goes with a hidden self-retracting button which make it super easy to use. The tape goes with both “cm" and "Inch" measurement unit.
This is a must have for those who like to shop online.
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Warehouse Lot 1939S Montgomery Ward Straight Tapper Denim
Warehouse Lot 1939S is based on a jeans that appears 1930s in USA. The original design is set by Montgomery Ward Store that founded in 1872 from Chicago. You can see a "Lone Star" stitching on both back pockets since the jeans were designed for 3 US Rodeo Champions during 1937-1939. Warehouse 1939S used a 13.7oz left hand twill orange selvage denim, so you will see them aged with a strong vertical texture gradually through time. Three different kind of American cotton has been used in the fabric gives the denim extra strength. The denim goes with some 1930s details like extra stitching for back pockets and belt-loops, Nickel major button and natural tan deerskin leather patch. They are in a high rise straight tapper fit. If you looking for a "relax" pair of denim, this can be a good choice.
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First Arrow's "Sunburst" Ear Pierces
In native Indiana culture, the sunburst symbol means hope and life, which is often used as a charm for good luck and health. Today we would like to introduce the First Arrow's "Sunburst" Ear Pierces, they are 100% hand crafted by First Arrow's most skilled artisans from two materials: First Arrow's signature 950 Silver and full K18 gold, the designs are Emblems and Medals.
These pierces share simple designs as well as having elegant characteristics and the "Sunburst" symbol also made them very good charms. Regardless your gender, this will be a bling that is simple but stands out and will match you very well.
These studs also come with great values as the silver ones only being priced for $55 EACH and full K18 gold starting from $154 EACH.
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Freewheelers "Lenny Bruce" Fishing Hat
The Freewheelers Company often take their inspiration from great American icons. This time they pay tribute to Lenny Bruce. Lenny Bruce is a lengendary American comedian and social critic. His liberalism style show influence a lot of stand-up comedians like Bill Cosby and also got him into troubles. He has been arrested several times for obscenity include one time by saying: to is a preposition, come is a verb. To know more about Lenny Bruce, click here.
The fishing hat is constructed with heavy weight mud dyed dobby twills. The mud-dyed twill will aged gradually through time. The hat is hand crafted in Japan with a double layer brim. You can either leave the brim as it is or roll them up a little bit for styling.
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Introducing The Freewheelers and Company
We are so excited to announce that we finally bring in The Freewheelers and Company into Australia. The Freewheelers was a brand that we admired long time ago. In Japan, they are considered as kind of legendary brand. The founder - Mr. Atsushi Yasui is considered as a genius & most talented designer in Japan. He started to work for The Real McCoy's company as a major designer when he was only around 20 something years old. He was behind of a lot of classic design for The Real McCoy's company which TRM still use them as standard items nowadays. He was unsatisfied with the purely "Reproduction" trend and leave TRM company. He then founded the brand - The Bootleggers with his friends. The Bootleggers was successful in Japan, some of their denim pants even goes more than triple for a resell price. Mr. Yasui did not stop, he wants to do something that really different. Being through years of adjustment and struggle, he then re-brand The Bootleggers into The Freewheelers.
The Freewheelers is a brand that highly influenced by American culture. Instead of reproduction, The Freewheelers recreate the classics with their own idea. Mr. Yasui is highly influenced by "The Beat Generation". He "put his importance on sympathy of drifting memories on someday, somewhere" instead of follows particular styles or era of garments. Almost every piece from TFW comes with a piece of history. From folk legend Bob Dylan to railroad billionaire Andrew Carnegie, TFW revives their spirits and styles into products. In the future we will talk you through every piece of them.
The Freewheelers puts 0 efforts on advertisement but 100 efforts on design and quality. Totally depends on the word of mouth, they become legend in Japan. Most of the Freewheelers garments are easily sold out once they release. We will try to bring in more of their products in the future. Stay tune for more news.
The Flat Head Horsehide Oxford Shoes
The boots are constructed with high density horsehide leather which has been carefully softened that you don't really need a "Break-In-Process" for a second. The specially developed "Stitching-Down-Construction" which will hold a good shape over decades of wears. We have seen many TFH customers and staffs in Japan keep on wearing them over years and they age to a definitely "Nothing Likely" beautiful look that did really surprise us so that is the reason that we decided to bring in this beauty to our stores.
If you are looking for some best boots with comforts and quality then you must give them a try!
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S.F.K Leather Key Case
A beautiful key case from S.F.K Company. It is constructed with a thick piece of vegetable tan cow hide leather and an "Omega" (Ω) shape steel shackle.
The cowhide leather has been hand cut and stitched with thick wax cotton thread. The S.F.K symbol has been stamped on the leather. Through daily use, you will see the leather gradually aged and the stamp appearing more and more clearly. A brass snap button has been studded on the leather so you can always keep your key secured.
The omega shape steel shackle is in a screw construction, so you can open it up and put things like keys (a steel key ring has been provided), usb, or Victorinox inside and hook on your belt loop. It is super functional and secured to use.
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Momotaro 0705SP 3 Years In Use
We are amazed by this pair of Momotaro 0705SP which has been well worn over 3 years with massive wears , washes & repairs. The Denims have aged to a big contrast fade even the "GTB" discharge printed double stripes do fade quite a lot as well.
The denims are made with 15.7oz medium weight selvage denim,however,with many wears,we feel them more like a pair of 12oz denims which are perfect for Australian summer time!
The Flat Head 12oz Denim Jacketed Shirt
We have come across many denim shirts, those fabrics are commonly weaved by shuttle looms that work on a faster pace than the ones they use on jeans. But this Flat Head 12oz denim shirt is totally different: the fabric is made in the same way that the jeans' and jacket's fabric were made. So you might also call it a Jacketed Shirt. The 12oz fabric is made by proper denim shuttles as mentioned before, so it has given it a more un-even surface, also the indigo was dyed super rich in colour so it will fade gradually in a high contrast as their jeans do. Also, if you look into the texture with very strong contrast in the warp, you might be thinking this might be a left hand twill denim, but it is actually a right hand denim.
Construction wise, all the structural parts were chain stitched so the garment is strong enough for your everyday wear. The other parts of the garment were single needle stitched for a neat finish, and the buttons they use is made from genuine mother pearl. Luxurious!
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Iron Heart Indigo Dyed Oxford Shirt
Iron Heart Indigo Dyed Oxford Shirt is made with 5.5oz medium weight oxford fabric which is indigo dyed in weft and warp . The shirt is so comfortable for daily wears and well constructed to guarantee a nice ageing with many wears and washes .
Also we do really love the selvaged cuffs and pleat which you can wear it in different styles and show off the hidden details nicely in different occasions and matches!
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