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Matt Singer’s Space-Inspired Vintage Finds. These four pieces are outta this world. (Heh.) Nothing menswear designer Matt Singer does is off-the-cuff. So when Barneys asked him to pull together vintage items to sell alongside his impeccably cut shirts and smart, utilitarian bags in an installation at their Madison Avenue store, he thought long and hard, eventually landing on a NASA-fueled, space-age theme. These are four of the super-cool pieces he presented. “I really fell for this vintage Taylor weather barometer. “I’ve come across lots of rock and mineral samples, but I love how this small geode is held in place on the stand by the two brass screw heads. “For me, watches are one of those things that I have a really emotional, visceral response to. “This brass astronaut sculpture is totally rad—simple and unadorned, with a good heft to it. Get on our email list to make sure you don’t miss out on Matt’s edition release on Tuesday. Colt Miller and Logan Caldbeck of Corbra Rock Boot Company show us how they make their beautiful and unique South Highland leather boots out of thier shop in the small West Texas desert town of Marfa.
When furniture designer and maker Joey Benton of Marfa, Texas had a surplus of beautiful leather left over from a job, he made lemonade by making sandals inspired by footwear of the past, where there were no left and right. Here he explains the idea behind the sandal’s design and speaks about the wild possibilities and limitations that are part of living in the remote west texas desert town of Marfa, Texas. Primo Carrasco supplies the soundtrack and demonstrates how to break in these beautiful sandals and make them your own. Last year while touring the country with her husband Chap, Maura Ambrose had a 1970 VW camper van induced vision of what she wanted out of life and that vision was is the name of natural dyes and quilting.
Someone made sure I saw Bobby Furst’s place before leaving JT.