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These are the “Deadgrass” pants with the finishing touches we put on last night.
Hope to see everyone at the event tonite!
6-9pm
107 S. Fair Oaks Ave #109
Pasadena, CA 91105
AB Elfelt & Co. with the Jeans of the West book
Newstadter Bros.
Julian Boots
There is an encouraging new artisan movement in Los Angeles where local products are made the old-fashioned way using the best and most authentic ingredients. Many of the craftsmen in this movement have been drawn together as a result of the common thread they share.
One particular artisan, the boot maker – Julian. He is known amongst fellow craftsmen as someone who takes joy and pride in every step of the process from hand carving lasts to hand making every single pair of boots, right here in the America. While riding in Hodis’s pre-war hot rod as the navigator on the Annual Reliability Run, meandering through the San Gabriel Mountains, the idea of the collaborative effort was born.
We took an English last (the last makes the the shape of a boot) from the time period before the First World War. This last was the shape that was used by Welsh miners in the United Kingdom during this pre-war period. We made a couple modifications for comfort and fit and then we applied a pattern that was commonplace in that time up until about 1920.
The boot that we created is all handmade solid leather throughout (100% leather sole and upper), crafted in the old-fashioned handmade way, the same way that it would have been done back in that time period.
One motivation behind this project is that we see people are becoming very serious about buying local products made with old-fashioned techniques and with the highest quality of goods. We believe some of this was born out of an intrigue with vintage products because they were always made and bought locally, and with highest quality materials. It is in opposition to most of the products we buy today that have been made in the farther parts of the world.
We made only 5 pairs of these boots which will be available for boot enthusiasts to look at, try on, and purchase at our event on August 7, along with our mine-found recreations.
Come celebrate with us the release of the much anticipated denim history book, written by Michael Harris. Covering the origins of denim in the ol’ west frontier of San Francisco from 1873 to 1890.
You will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase a few of the mine found items chosen to be recreated by “Dead Grass” & manufactured by The Rising Sun on period correct machines using period correct fabrics and hardware.
* LIMITED QUANTITY AVAILABLE *
Saturday August 7th
6pm to 9pm
Hosted by
Rising Sun & Co
107 S Fair Oaks Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105
Below is an excerpt from the book, an example of what you will learn from denim history:
In the Old West, blue jeans were one of a workingman’s tools. They protected his lower body and they carried items of use, and they were comfortable enough to wear all day long. And, with the invention of the riveted jeans, they were sturdy enough to last for years.
To me, old San Francisco-made blue jeans have functional beauty – like old steam engines with all of the pipes and workings on the outside. Not only the riveted jeans of Levi Strauss & Co., but also, and perhaps more so, the non-riveted jeans with strengthening features sewn on the outside, like the designs of B. & O. Greenbaum, A. B. Elfelt, and S. R. Krause.
Although this book is primarily about the jeans manufacturing companies in San Francisco during the late 1800’s, there were a large number of independent tailors working in San Francisco at the time who made clothes-to-fit. Work pants could be bought ready-made off the shelves of dry good stores in all of the Western towns and mining camps of the period, but dress clothes were probably mostly purchased from these independent tailors.
Remember that the first rivet denim jeans were made by Jacob Davis in his tailor shop in Reno, Nevada. In fact his inclusion of a watch pocket on work pants may have been because of his being accustomed to making suit pants, which customarily came with one. Also, Jacob’s addition of a back pocket to his work pants, something not normally found on work pants of the period, but often on dress pants, suggests that he used a dress pants pattern for his work pants design. So, the modern form of jeans, with a watch pocket and back pockets, probably owes its existence to the melding of features from dress pants with work pants by a tailor.
So don’t forget to mark your calendars for August 7th!
We had a blast at our pre-father’s day party at Rising Sun & Co. and got some photos that we really wanted to share.
Julian boots on display
The boot-maker, Julian, was there to explain his craft
We had a lot of guests bring their vintage bikes, cars and roadsters adding to the traditional workwear culture that inspires Rising Sun. Here are some of those:
The lineup
discussion
Dewalt and his custom
…nice bike
Traditional style
The music for the nite, provided by Speedbuggy, helped to set the mood, and rounded out the night very nicely.
The calm before the storm
Speedbuggy at full throttle
We also want to give one last special thanks to our friends at Wurstküche for adding a special flavor to the night with their amazing gourmet sausages.
Wurstküche, a gourmet sausage grill in Downtown LA
We want to divert from our usual banter about denim and say thank you to Maker’s Mark for providing the spirits at our pre-fathers day party. There are actually some important similarities between this distillery and Rising Sun. Maker’s Mark does not have a specific timeline for aging, and make things in small batches to insure quality, something Rising Sun Values as well. And we are both made in the USA.
Hodis and Timbo
Speedbuggy
Paul and Amber Umbriaco of Liberty Motor Wear
As we are preparing for our next event in August, you can watch this video of Speedbuggy performing at the last event hosted here at Rising Sun & Co. If you weren’t at our pre-father’s day party, here is a little taste of what it was like.
Don’t forget to mark your calendar with Rising Sun’s pre-Father’s Day bash next Saturday, June 12, 7-11PM.
