T>N>A>C’s long been a fan of the Patagonia 5 panel, so when secretforts.com introduced us to the Fair Ends, we were thankful to say the least. They produce their hats in small batches, thus making them exceedingly hard to come by. Track one down, you won’t be sorry.
Get them here.
I’ve always loved Good Magazine, so its nice to see them taking on T>N>A>C’s pet issue.
Excerpt from Good.is
“As consumers become more aware of things like supply chains and product origins, the appreciation for local goods has begun to fuel a resurgence in local manufacturing.”
Excerpt from sfmade.org
“There is a concentration of unique customers in the Bay Area, and SFMade increases, the visibility of these products, which means more market share and more customers.”
-Todd Rufo, San Francisco Office of Economic and Workforce Development
Read about it here
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In the words of Marc Campbell,
“On The Road Again reminds us of a world familiar and yet distant, a place that will never exist again but persists at the edges of our consciousness like the insistent memory of an old lover stuttering in the sprockets of memory’s dysfunctional machine, an America vaguely recalled which has been buried under a tacky facade called “America,” composed of viral shopping malls, endless interstates and cookie cutter suburbs that cover our land like a scab made of plastic and plywood.” Dangerousminds.net
T>N>A>C has a ton of respect for Tellason. They do things right.
Their new collaboration with Smith & Butler takes the chore jacket is no exception. The chore jacket design is clean and modern while maintaining a reverence for source material like Ben Davis and Pointer Brand.
Be forewarned. For the most discriminating made in the USA buyer, the black and blue models are made with Italian fabric, but alas its also available in NC’s finest Cone Mill Selvedge Denim.
Get it here.
Once California gets its meathooks, there’s no turning back. One day you find yourself cruising online forums for juicer reviews and if you’re anything like T>N>A>C, you’ll be looking for one made in the USA.
Look no further than the Champion Juicer manufactured in Lodi, CA. Sure, it doesn’t look like much, but the Champion Juicer has been setting the industry standard for masticating juicers since the 1950s.
Get one here.
T>N>A>C picked up the recent Atlantic Monthly at the grocery store checkout on Friday. We’re not usually in the business of last minute impulse buys, but the cover story got us right in the bread basket. ‘Making It in America’ is full of interesting dichotomies present in new American manufacturing including skilled v. unskilled labor, man power v. machine and US v. China et al. Check it out here.
We’ve been sitting on a post for Tough Traveller for quite a while. See, we’ve featured a glut of made in America bags on T>N>A>C and frankly it was time to take a break and see what else this country makes.
Well it’s a new year, so why not start it off right with a company that’s been making luggage, bags, baby carriers and the like in Upstate NY since 1970.
Their selection is too vast to feature in one post, so as an introduction we’ve selected a few roller cases.
Check them out for yourself here.
Really digging these Owner Operator Parkas made in NYC’s Garment District. I had avoided posting these when they broke a time back because the premium NY construction came with a premium NY price tag of $440. In the spirit of post-holiday bargain hunting, Hickorees has dropped the price to a manageable $264 which by T>N>A>C’s completely arbitrary standards is nearing affordable.
Go return some of those made in China Christmas presents and get involved.
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Check out the brand here.
I received some really cool made in the USA Xmas gifts this year, but this one caught me by surprise for two reasons.
From a manufacturing perspective, I assume anything that’s made with plastic injection molding is imported. And judging by the clean and playful design, my mind instantly goes to Japan.
Goodbyn lunch pails defy both assumptions. Their fine and colorful assortment of lunch pails are a product of a mid-western design team using mid-western manufacturing! Oh, and I forgot to mention, they come with stickers!
Get one here.
