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Woolrich Woolen Mills “Dark Hunting” Fall 2010

story Chioma Nnadi

The buzz on Woolen Mills, Daisuki Suzuki’s capsule collection for Woolrich, has been insane since the beginning, and his newest designs have been literally blowing the socks off fashion critics left and right. The praise though, is totally deserved—entitled “Dark Hunting,” Suzuki takes Americana on a spell-binding jaunt into the woods at night with his fall collection, mixing a bold midnight palette of black and blue and adding leather for a rugged finish on the buttoned-up tailoring. Plus—URBAN WOODSMAN ALERT—there are plaid capes! (via Coolhunting)

Big In Japan: New North Face Purple Label

story Alex Frank

How many times a day must we bemoan our inability to convert dollars to yen? High Snobiety brings us images from The North Face’s Purple Label, sold exclusively in Japan. It’s just the latest in a string of American labels (Levi’s, Woolrich, among others) that give their best off-shoot lines to the Japanese market and keep us Yankees in the dark. Japanese store Nanamica has the entire line, which includes essentials like color-block velour backpacks and floral duffles.

Stylee Fridays: Black Frame Spring 2010 Men’s Preview

story Chioma Nnadi

If we had to pull together a dream team of the best and brightest in menswear today, we would recruit just about every brand represented by Black Frame. The New York creative agency opened their doors to the press this week, and Malkiel (pictured and wearing Acne shirt, Woolrich shorts and OC boots) and Poppy (too shy to be pictured) gave us the tour of their spring 2010 menswear collections, with new offerings from Opening Ceremony, Adam Kimmel, Woolrich Woolen Mills and Acne. Besides digital lookbooks or catwalk pics, previews like these are the first time we get to run our fingers along the racks, and see a collection front to back. Check out the styles we’ve have pegged for next year after the jump.

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