Send your clothes out to sea
and draw on your shoes and adorn your zippers pulls and and and ! it's a summertime smorgasbord.
Hello, good readers.
North here. For this fine Friday, we’ve got a heaping TOGS smorgasbord of tips and recommendations for you to cruise and peruse.
Our table of offerings today includes:
An out-there approach to softening your clothes at sea
A low cost way to add personality + pizzazz to any zippered garment
An aughts-era shoe customization tactic that ought to come back
A sun shirt that’s maybe changing my anti- “Trail to Town” mindset
A lightweight jacket that’s better than your trash bag
A moto-inspired capsule (and its vintage referents) guaranteed to make you faster
An Exquisite Corpse-y combo for warm days—straight from Sweden
Whether you’re here to skim and browse or sit and feast, there’s a little something for everybody in here. Enjoy :)
Send your clothes out to sea
A while ago, while walking along my favorite beach in Bellingham, my housemate told me that our mutual friend Chloe sometimes anchored her clothing to the rocks and left them there to weather among the tides. After a couple days, they’d become infused with the character of the sea.
…what?
I found the idea beautiful and intriguing, but didn’t stop to follow up—until recently.
I had a canvas trucker jacket from Finisterre that I liked but didn’t often wear. It felt a little too stiff in the arms and looked a little too crisp for workwear (in my opinion), and I worried that those factors would keep me from ever actually breaking it in and solving those issues. A bit vain? Yes, but alas, that’s me.
In any case, this jacket felt like a perfect candidate for breaking in via the tidal tactic. I texted Chloe to request a tip or two.
