Bill Amberg’s Selvage line of bags is given a wool make over this fall. Using a felted herringbone woven exclusively for the project, the popular ferry, skiff, and lugger bags get the treatment. There’s also a lovely little pen bag. Each is finished, as all Amberg bags are, with leather handles and base. (via Acquire).

More from the Bill Amberg Selvage Wool Collection after the jump.

Here’s another product that would benefit from the tangible. As owners of mohair pieces will know, it’s a ridicolously soft material; the sort of thing you’ll spend ages rubbing yourself against. And as owners of mohair will also know, it does have a habit of leaving bits of itself everywhere – but that’s a price we have to pay sometimes. The things we do for fashion. (Farfetch)

More views are after that leap.

Esquire have an interview with Awaydays author, Kevin Sampson. Awaydays is noted for being the most accurate book about the casuals movement and it’s been made into a film that had the misfortune to be lumped in with Nick Love’s The Firm – in comparison The Firm is Rocky whilst Awaydays is Raging Bull. Sampson talks about his film, The Firm and his hate for the term casual, amongst other things. On the term casual he states:

“I have had an almost psychopathic dislike for the term “casual”. It’s just so wrong. In terms of describing a sub-culture that was so devoted to fine detail, it doesn’t work at all. I really don’t know how The Face happened upon such a lazy and slap dash cult phrase for that particular group of people.”

Read the full interview over at Esquire.

Apologies for the constant Warhol coverage in recent months. Exhibitions, like that at the Milwaukee Art Museum, which have generated new thought and explored under researched areas of the artists life have come as welcomed additions to the study of Pop Art. The latest chapter, or rather book, to focus on Warhol was released yesterday. Arthur Danto, Columbia University Professor of Philosophy, is the author. Simply titled Andy Warhol, his book is a tour of Warhol’s life with compact analysis of a multi-demensional career.

To borrow from Yale University Press’ release,

Danto suggests that “what makes him an American icon is that his subject matter is always something that the ordinary American understands: everything, or nearly everything he made art out of came straight out of the daily lives of very ordinary Americans. . . . The tastes and values of ordinary persons all at once were inseparable from advanced art.”

Well worth seeking out. Available now from Amazon.

Here’s one for the summer lovers. Comey seems to have cracked the secret to great summer shoes -  make them light and make them linen. Putting them on sale in a variety of sizes doesn’t hurt either. These won’t be any good when winter hits, but as the old saying goes, make hay (and wear linen shoes) while the sun shines. (Assembly)

One of the downsides of this internet thing is the loss of the tangible. If you saw this bag in person, all we’d need to say is ‘feel this bag’. But we don’t have that tangible here, so you’ll just have to trust us when we say that the leather is buttery soft. Like a bespoke suit or your best pair of shoes, this bag is too good for everyday use – just keep it for those times when you need to impress people. (Browns)

01. Covering the Good Books

“When reading was more fundamental than tweeting, Time Life Books played a significant role in getting the general public to acquire books on almost every subject, from the histories of World War I and II, to chronicles of America’s infamous criminals and the Wild Wild West, to the nuts and bolts of home improvement and auto repair…” (designobserver)

02. Evisu’s Comeback: Interview with CEO Scott Morrison

“Media coverage touting Evisu’s first collection designed by their new CEO and creative director Scott Morrison has been hard to miss. Looking back to the pre-WWII selvedge Levi’s and Hidehiko Yamane’s obsession with them that originally inspired him to found the brand in 1991…” (coolhunting)

03. Hasselblad H4D (above)

42,000$US! “From the “If you’ve got more money than you know what to do with” department, comes the Hasselblad H4D Camera. The iconic medium format camera boasts a mind-numbing 60 Megapixels and the breakthrough True Focus technology that uses highly-complex techniques and algorithms to aid in focusing on off-center objects.” (acquire)

04. We Are Hunted

The 99 most popular emerging songs in the world (wearehunted)

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A nice long sleeve cotton piece from Julius. It features details in the stitching as well as “drab green” ribbed inner sleeve. “Designed to be worn over other slim first layers, this piece is perfect for anyone who appreciates luxurious but simple garments they can wear every day. Hint: those of you who wear gray and black a lot (we count ourselves in that number, for sure) will find they can wear this neutral olive tone with everything – looks great with gray, off-white, dark purple and navy too.” Available at Blackbird.

More looks at the Julius Khaki Shirt after the jump.

Mr. Vibskov gets cheeky with this set of “piggy” patterned laptop sleeves. Running in at 99€, the laptop sleeves are the same as any good ole sleeve you can find, except you probably will not have the unique look which these hold. Consider them a statement. We love them. (cstore)

More looks at the Henrik Vibskov Piggy Laptop Sleeves after the click.