A true pioneer in western clothing, Rockmount Ranchwear have been producing Western looks for three generations. “Rockmount is a 3 generation business started by Jack A. Weil (1901 – 2008) who worked daily until age 107 years old.” The company is famous for their “signature shadow plaids in the classic sawtooth make with Diamond snaps.” All their pieces are handmade in Denver, Colorado and they offer custom shirts as well as leather goods. You have to see how many famous musicians this company has done shirts for. It’s available at Rockmount.

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Curated turns us onto this news:

“German designer Manfred Kielnhofer has produced a new series of sculptures, named Light Guards, that incorporate polyester figures with energy saving light sources. The result is pretty spectacular.”

See more over at Curated.

The Marmot brand was once originally a club for mountain climbers before it became a major outdoor apparel company. “In April 1971, University of California Santa Cruz students Eric Reynolds and Dave Huntley were in Alaska on the Juneau Icefields on a school project in Glaciology. It was here on the glacier, amongst these students, that the idea of a Marmot club began.” And in 1976, the guys decided to only make all their products in Gore Tex Fabric and the rest is history. The “Alpinist Pant” offers a full waterproof shell that will keep you dry in any snowstorm. Some of the features: three layers of stretch fabric, 100% taped seams, water-resistant zippers, internal-gaiters with gripper elastic and Cordura Scoff Guard. I’ve taken it to Northstar, California and back and it has served me well. It’s available at Marmot.

Dazed Digital have a short interview with Adam Kimmel about his upcoming collaboration with Carhartt. Carhartt, who’ve been quite the collaboration hussy of late, have recently teamed up with the likes of Junya Watanabe before – so the Adam Kimmel collection isn’t that big a jump. One interesting answer was when Kimmel was asked about the similarities between himself and Carhartt. He also answered the question that we wanted to ask, which was where the pricepoint would be.

“Workwear could be found in all of my collections—like the jumpsuit which was inspired in part by the uniform of painters and mechanics. And as I said durability and wearability are also big staples of mine. I’ve always appreciated clothes that you can wear everyday, and I think both my brand and Carhartt supply that. While the AK product is handmade in Italy using very high-end fabric, the Adam Kimmel/Carhartt collection is made in Carhartt workwear facilities. The price point will be somewhere between Carhatt’s and my own.”

Read the full interview over at Dazed.

Does Chris Paul wear Common Projects? We’re just wondering because that’d be a hell of a marketing campaign. Random thoughts aside, these are handsome and you could wear it with other clothes and look good. Say what you want, but we give advice you can’t get anywhere else. Next week: how to put on your trousers. (The Corner)

We’re tempted to make one of those plaid/played jokes that everyone makes when mentioning plaid but we decided against it. Instead we’re just gonna admire this jacket and hope we find a sugar mama/daddy (we’re not fussy) so we can afford it. Hopefully we’ll get it before it’s plaid out! Sorry, we couldn’t resist. (Farfetch)

Adding to the long list of brands who straddle the lines between this site and our streetwear-clad big brother is Gourmet. We could wax lyrical for ages about these, but we just like them because they look good. And because they’re on sale. We’re simple like that. (Flatspot)

01. Ryan Babel charged by FA over comments on Twitter

“The Football Association has charged Liverpool forward Ryan Babel with improper conduct after he criticized referee Howard Webb on Twitter.” (BBC).

02. Planter Table by Emily Wettstein (Above)

“Emily Wettstein is a 25-year-old designer living in Brooklyn, NY who built this planter table as part of her application to grad school for architecture. The table is made from reclaimed walnut and steel with a removable planter that can hold a variety of plants, in this case wheat grass (very cat friendly!).” (Design Milk).

03. NYC Auction House Holds Judaica Sale

“On Monday night, Manhattan’s J. Greenstein & Co. will hold the first of this year’s biennial Judaica auctions at the Herald Square Radisson Martinique Hotel. It’s the only auction house in the United States that exclusively sells Jewish antique ritual art.” (WNYC).

04. Quahaugs and Uncle Quentin

“I can never think of one but I think of the other. As sure as my Uncle Quentin conies into my mind, quahaugs come, too. Whenever, to this day, I roll out the living, trembling, tawny mollusk from his pearly shell, splashed with purple dabs and edged with tiny crenulations, and lip back my head to take the tender creature down, my stout Uncle Quentin comes rolling back across the years, plump and tawny as ever he was in my boyhood. My uncle was shaped, as well as colored, like the quahaug. The quahaug was his first and only real love. He lived on the shellfish mainly, when I knew him. I believe they had much to do with his colors and his contours.” (from the Gourmet archives).

Slews of new looks for Autumn 2011 will begin to pour in this January and as usual, Selectism will be on-hand to cover as many of them as we can. Here’s an early preview from one of the best Italian fashion upstarts in the last few years: CAMO. While misplaced initially on the Bread & Butter “Street” floor a few years ago, they quickly came to the forefront of what is the modern menswear movement. Absolutely solid brand. (cs)

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About once a year, we seem to remind you all about the beauty of Japan Loopwheeler goods. While in Tokyo, I myself tried to visit the shop more than a handful of times but it always remained closed. Somehow this blog got through. “Known for a number of years throughout Japan with the help of an ongoing successful partnership with Beams (for over a decade now) Loopwheeler continues to innovate on home soil at a very, very steady pace. Though having recently evolved into homewares in the form of pillows and experimenting with some water repellent fleeces, they remain in stark contrast to founder Satoshi Suzuki’s admission of his companies’ deliberately, slow process.” For those who know the story,  just continue onto the next post. Thanks.