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Rise at shine at Handsome Coffee House

admin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:19:08 +0000

Tyler Wells of Handsome Coffee Roasters has been a friend dating back to our Old Town Pasadena days, being the passionate and driven person that he is, teamed up with two friends to open their own coffee company. Handsome Coffee sells some of the best hand selected fresh coffee beans from all over the world.

We have been watching the progress of their new coffee shop over the past few months, recently we stopped in, and were quite impressed with the look and feel of the place. The aesthetic of the coffee house is very much so similar to ours.

Our photographer was in town for a few days, we thought why not seize this opportunity to have a collaboration between Rising Sun and the boys at Handsome Coffee. They are definately a bunch of cool cats and we thank them for their support.

Lazy Sunday

admin — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:49:55 +0000

Hey guys! On the recent Rose Bowl Sunday, we had the privilege of having some of the most outstanding individuals in the industry who stopped by for a visit. We were hanging out with Aki Iwasaki who is the creative director of Red Wing Shoes, Japan. We also had Ouigi Theodor in the house… the creative director of The Brooklyn Circus! Emmett Harrell who is a longtime designer and co-founder of Akademiks and his offshoot line PRPS also joined us. Julian Imrie of Julian Boots who is well known for his well crafted boots, and Adam and Amy Lafferty from Libero Ferrero, responsible for their luxury leather bags. Here are some pics of our day!

Aki, Mike, Ouigi, Emmett, Julian, and Pete

Aki, Mike, Ouigi, Julian, Pete, Amy, and Emmett

Rye & Rivet

admin — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:26:53 +0000

Rising Sun & Co. made a new friend the other day. Her name is Emily Bihl and she runs a bright-eyed and beautiful new menswear+ blog called Rye & Rivet. She took a liking to our Duck Outdoor Vest and posted a glowing recommendation and links to our catalog. The post is located here.

Rye & Rivet is a joy to read and perfectly curated. With its dedication to quality products and old-fashioned craftsmanship, we just can’t get enough! Check out the full blog here and show Emily some love.

Jesse F. Ruoff
Rising Sun & Co.
Intern

The Intern

admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:56:36 +0000

Well hi there. I’m the new guy. The amazing underling. The gopher. The one who does the little things with pleasure while soaking up all the knowledge I can find! I’m a summer transplant from New York who is out in Los Angeles to entrench myself in LA’s vibrant denim culture. I have but one year of study left at Cornell University as an apparel design student who focuses on menswear in general and denim in particular. Denim is the love of my life. It’s that simple.

My name is Jesse F. Ruoff and this is my post.

That’s me right there, wearing our signature Engineer jacket. There are only six left so grab one if you want one! Hey, it’s no shirt off my back…oh wait, yes, yes it is exactly that. But all of our jackets go to good homes. How can they not? They’re great jackets for great people just like, hmm…oh I don’t know, you perhaps? Yes you. No, not that guy reading your screen over your shoulder, you.

A little habit of mine is to make bracelets out of the scraps of whatever I’m working on at the moment. The leather is from a personal bag project while the indigo selvage was leftover from constructing the Engineer jackets. My whole arm would be covered if the bracelets didn’t break, get lost, or become nasty. I’ll get there eventually!

Better Knot

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:56:09 +0000

Well I know that we mentioned some time ago that we were going to be getting in some special one of a kind ties by Otis James. Well they are here and they are brilliant. Ottis is a bright young tie maker from Nashville that makes all of his ties himself one by one, and goes so far as to do all the hand lettering on the ties. Mike and Ottis spent about an hour working on the basic tie designs as he wanted something exclusive and new for Rising Sun. There combined efforts produced some of the finest ties you can buy.
Notice the selvage detailing running diagonally down the tie. The unique bias detailing is proprietary to Rising Sun. This detail is available on both the chambray tie and the denim tie.

Also of note is the field bag in the display case. This is a field bag made by Archival Clothing in Eugene, Or… More info on these bags to come.

Master Roaster

admin — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:18:34 +0000

Here is our friend Christian wearing his Rising Sun selvage apron on the job at Intelligentsia Coffee.

Christian is no stranger to being photographed in Rising Sun gear.

Thanks Christian!

Pasadena’s Rosie

admin — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:12:36 +0000

When Pasadena Magazine thought up the concept to do a issue on the power women living in Pasadena they thought of Rosie the Riveter. Next they called up there resident experts on clothing from that era and asked us if we wanted to help. The idea sounded like fun, and the opportunity to meet Alison Brie… even better. We quickly sewed together a women’s chambray shirt, modeled after a vintage piece that we had, and we made one of our bandanas in a red and white version to complete the look. Both pieces turned out great and they may be something that we produce in the future. Mainly thought it was just a way for us to stay involved in the community that we love.

Building Ties

admin — Tue, 10 May 2011 21:04:30 +0000

We have a new friend over here at Rising Sun by the name of Otis James. Otis is a tie maker that believes in the same artisan values that we live by. He stopped by our shop last month and we decided to do a special line of ties with him using some of our selvage chambray as well as some other fabrics we had been holding onto. We just got some images in and wanted to share them. I am very excited to be getting these ties in the shop. Otis makes all of the ties himself and goes so far as to hand paint all of the labels. These styles are exclusive to Rising Sun and will be available for sale in our shop very soon.

Back in Blue

admin — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:16:45 +0000

We thought the day would never come, but we were finally able to get our hands on some more Cone Mills indigo dyed canvas. This indigo dyed selvage canvas is a great way to add more indigo to your wardrobe without succumbing to the dreaded “Canadian Tuxedo”. The first order of business was to make more of our all indigo Outdoor Vest. This item has only been made in small runs in the past and is something that we constantly get requests for. We are happy to have it in our line up once again. Below are some Pictures of Julian of Julian Boots in his 2 year old indigo canvas Outdoor Vest.

And finally here are some pictures of our new batch of Outdoor Vests. We have sizes XS-XL in stock now!

In Good Company

admin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:17:09 +0000

Tadd Myers has just updated his Portrait of an American Craftsman website to include our traditional denim manufacturing workshop. We are very proud to be apart of of this project. Tadd is a very talented photographer who is dedicated to capturing the spirit of American craftsmanship. I would take the time to go through all of the showcased craftsman but, if you must, you can skip right to the Rising Sun section by clicking on the small icon of the jeans (see example below).