Not Couture

Nice site (http://notcouture.notcot.org) to keep up-dated in general on everything from fashion (also check it in Flipboard http://www.flipboard.com for those with ipads) - we popped up there with thanks

Woot

Big thanks to Thijs (and Lotte) for putting up with the cold - there where some great shots for Fall/11. Check out Woot up and coming indie/Rock band on myspace.com/wootdenhaag and wootdenhaag.hyves.nl/ good luck with the China tour!!! 

This Hearts on Fire

Thanks for the support from thisheartsonfire great blog check the link above - Fall/11 info will be on it's way

The Invisible Party

Big thanks to Ned and Viv for the invite to a great party, good crowd, good music and great location success with the new collective - will be in contact see what we can do!.

Inspiration 2

As we work towards fall/11 look books and collections books we looked back over the inspiration boards for colours, mood and feel in order to used some of the images to support the collection and the theme.

An Afternoon with Vintage Pieces

On a rainy day last week after a long morning we needed a bit of a break, so spent the afternoon going through our vintage pieces and deciding to photograph them. A bit of an insight into the afternoon and one of the results a 1980's Carhartt jacket with a beautiful dirty and sun bleached look. We like the way the pockets have kept their shape and the jacket has been lovingly cared for by it's previous owners with repairs and patching, but it is still in a good state. 

US Registration

In the land of the free and the home of the brave another step forward as we now have trade mark registration of Jack Flynn Brand in the United States of America. We look forward to all the possibilities of showing our brand in the US and seeing what we can do on the other side of the pond.





Inspiration

In our research for inspiration we came across these images - shot in the 60's of a family holiday (thanks great story behind it) - They have a true rawness and explorer feeling to them as well as feeling strangely modern - especially like the images of the levi's jeans, hat and sweat shirt. More info will be in our Fall/11 collection.

GOAT - Greatest of all time

It has been on our wish list for sometime - but the larger version at 3K was a bit of a stretch. Now released the smaller version at a much more tolerable price (until we can afford the big one) - GOAT - A tribute to Muhammad Ali - bought from Mendo  - www.mendo.nl

China - Fabric Fairs, Samples, Mad fish, Expo, Fashion Week & Good DJ's

Over the last few weeks we have been working hard and roaming around China to source new fabrics, meet suppliers, see prototypes, work on the collect and take in a few other sites - Expo, Mad fish lunches, Shanghai Fashion Week, Racing driver taxi's, Neon highways, good DJ's and dinners, not to mention the odd panda or two - here are a few pictures and we are more than happy to recommend a few places to go.

Swipelife

Further thanks to swipelife for the coverage - great blog from someone who shares the same passions as we do. Further coverage of some great stuff go to swipelife.com 

Continental Divide - Down Body Warmer

With the resurgence of down body warmers and Autumn sweeping into Europe we dug into our outerwear archive to see what we had and came up with this great we think 1950/60's down body warmer from Continental Divide "the Denver" (although we can not find the company). The body warmer has a tough nylon outer shell and fine soft nylon canvas lining, filler is 80% Down and 20% feather. Interesting is the care instructions when drying the vest after washing they recommend to "tumble dry with a clean tennis shoe". The snaps are copper and metal fastenings and still functioning.

This got us thinking and we then had a bit of a dig around and found some Jan Sport Ads for down jackets. We liked the context to real life people versus staged advertising and the reference to "try them at your local Jan Sport purveyor". The second advert you see printing cost are kicking in as it is the 25 cents for a catalogue.

Fashionminded blog

Thanks to Fashionminded for the support (great blog check out the link) 

more Fall/11 info coming your way 

Denimaniac

As we start to spread the brands awareness our coverage is spreading out on the internet - thanks for the support to Denimaniac 

Fall/11 images will be on their way 

For more check - http://denimaniac.com/2010/10/06/brand-new-jack-flynn-outerwear/ 

Wide Range Photo

As part of the inspiration for Fall/11 we have been looking into the right outdoor images to support the mood and theme of the collection (like the below from our inspiration boards). 

 Similar names and similar passions with have had initial contact with photographer Jack Brauer of WideRange Photo, His eye for photography of wilderness mountains is a perfect match for what we are looking (you can see his work on http://www.widerange.org)

Jack we will be in contact further !