For those looking for a creepe sole alternative to the Clark Weaver, look above to England’s Native Craftworks. “Based in England, they set about bringing together the best components from around the world and the end result is mightily impressive. Native Craftworks boast of shoes made in the right way, not the cheapest or the quickest. It’s music to the ears of shoe obsessives the world over. Their extensive search for the ideal crepe took them to a plantation in Sri Lanka, where they discovered the strongest and comfiest combination to make up the sole. This provides ample support and is the ideal base for their custom made leathers and suedes.” Oi Polloi has them.

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Magculture reports with new on a new magazine for 2011 from Raygun’s David Carson. “Following designer David Carson’s mixed return to magazine work with covers for Little White Lies and Huck, news comes of a new magazine bearing his name. Carson the man will art direct and design each issue of C A R S O N the magazine, with six issues planned for 2011 Whether or not he and editor-in-chief/publisher Alex Storch can create something with the excitement of the early Raygun magazine remains to be seen..” Big news.

The holiday collection from Steven Alan introduces their take on the shawl collar sweatshirt. The 100% cotton sweater offers: single button closure, two-button detail on the cuffs and it’s ribbed how a classic sweater should be. The shawl collar has been getting tons of attention in menswear, but Alan shows us that the look truly lies in the feel of the piece. “Our shawl collar sweatshirt feels like a sweatshirt you’ve worn for years.” So the next time your looking for something that to layer over that oxford or flannel the Shawl collar sweater is it. It’s available at StevenAlan.

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Canada based designer, Richard Kidd, has been gracing the fashion runway for years now. This season, he shows us the “Pendrell Peacoat.” With the strong sentiment to the black, Kidd has created slim silhouetted pieces that have been seen everywhere. The coat is made of a thick wool blend that consists of 77% wool and 23% nylon. It features a folded collar, “concealed zip and double breasted button down and two front leather trimmed welt pockets.” The coolest detail on jacket is the “US Indian service embossed buttons.” A great one-of-a-kind pea coat from the prestigious designer. It’s available at AmericanRag.

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Thanks to our friends at Denim Demon, we know a little about Sami culture. For that reason, and for a regular guys love of dangerous objects, the Sami Knife Exhibition at the Saint-Etiene Biennale 2010 caught our attention.

Design Boom reports that the exhibition was mounted to bring attention to the past, present, and future of the “Leuku” (the traditional Sami knife). Curated by Simo Heikkilä, this exhibition finds Leuku knives reinterpreted by top designers like Konstantin Grcic and Jasper Morrison.  The intent is to reinvigorate interest in the craft aspect of knife production and highlight individual aesthetics against a tide of mass production.

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New Year (almost), new jeans. Tenue de Nimes meets with the minds of San Francisco-based Tellason for a second crack at a limited (to 24 pair) package. These slim, straight cone mills jeans feature vintage WWII cotton canvas… produced in Belgium, which doubles the EURO/USA connection here.

Process shots are above, fit shots available after the leap.

01. Scholars Say Chronicler of Black Life Passed for White

“Renown came to Jean Toomer with his 1923 book “Cane,” which mingled fiction, drama and poetry in a formally audacious effort to portray the complexity of black lives. But the racially mixed Toomer’s confounding efforts to defy being stuck in conventional racial categories and his disaffiliation with black culture made him perhaps the most enigmatic writer associated with the Harlem Renaissance.” (NYT).

02. The Ashes 2010: Australia v England – day two as it happened

“Jonathan Trott’s century set up a huge first-innings lead for England, but the day will be remembered for Ricky Ponting’s spat with Aleem Dar” (Guardian).

03. Best Food Porn on Serious Eats in 2010 (Above)

“A picture is worth a thousand words. Or calories. And that’s why we’ve got loads of them. (Photos, not calories. …Okay, calories too.) Here are ten of our favorite food porn-y photos from 2010.” (Serious Eats).

04. An Abandoned Men’s Club Is Now a Home

“As the year is coming to an end, we would like to leave the best impressions with a stunning renovation of an abandoned men’s club which is now a home!  We first read about this renovation on  The New York Times some days ago on a remarkable article written by Rebecca Flint Marx.  Furthermore, we are grateful to Robert Rausch of GAS Design Center who exclusively took the images of The Harmony Club for The New York Times and gave us the permission to publish them at Yatzer.com” (Yatzer).

If you do not own, nor have experienced this record, you should. “Twenty years after its original release, and a week before Primal Scream embark on their seven date Screamadelica tour, the extremely Limited Edition Collector’s Box Set will be hitting the shelves.” This thing is almost ridiculous in size: 4 remastered CDs including live bonus show and all the E.P.’s and remixes associated with this record, heavyweight vinyl issues, slipmats for the vinyl, a DVD, a 50 page book, and art cards – all in a 12inch can. Huge. Coming March 7th.

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Workers Japan delivers another set of authentic garments pulling from some American heritage – the old heritage, not the new stuff. This 1904 jacket features  three pockets, metal buttons, and is made from cotton linen. The real deal.

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Here’s one for the New Year. For those looking for something new that’s old. “Airstream, maker of the iconic Silver Bullet travel trailer, has lately unveiled the new 2011 Eddie Bauer Airstream travel trailer at the 48th annual National RV Trade Show in Louisville, Kentucky. The ultimate adventure travel trailer has been especially designed to bring outdoor enthusiasts closer to nature in comfort and style. The Eddie Bauer Airstream features a unique sport hatch in the rear of the trailer, which allows for easy loading and unloading of oversized equipment such as bikes and kayaks. The Eddie Bauer Airstream has been designed to meet the specific needs of outdoor adventure travel.” (bornrich)

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