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The Hardest Working Jean Maker in America
The YouTube video below features Rising Sun’s own Mike Hodis, as an entry in Mitchum’s contest to find the “Hardest Working Person in America”. Click play to watch as Mike talks about Rising Sun’s story.
Continue reading...Mighty Duck
April 6, 2010
Spring is in the air and there is no better suited garment for the crafted workwear/outdoor fiend than a Rising Sun Outdoor Vest. This single needle constructed vest is made on our prized black head Singer. It is a little different than other black head single needles out there but we will get into that [...]
Continue reading...Inspiration 2010
February 24, 2010
There is a perfectly good reason for why our blog has not been updated in some time. In preparing for Rin Tanaka’s Inspiration show our good propreitor Mike Hodis reminded us how madly dedicated he is to his work at Rising Sun. Running for days with barely any sleep and lots of RS coffee Mike [...]
Continue reading...The Historic 107 S. Fair Oaks
February 11, 2010
There are a few things you may find interesting about Rising Sun’s shop besides the products. Our haberdashery’s building, 107 S. Fair Oaks, is a historic building in Pasadena. It was constructed in the late 1880′s and served as a showroom for stage coaches or horse carriages. By the early 1900′s it became the Hotel [...]
Continue reading...Manual Drip Coffee
December 8, 2009
Even French press coffee aficionados and Bodum coffee gadget obsessives may not have heard of the elegant Chemex coffee maker. For its wonderful brew it is possibly the most underappreciated coffee maker on the market (well, at least it is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian). And at [...]
Continue reading...Striking Yukon Gold
October 17, 2009
The Rising Sun Yukon jeans is often regarded as the most period-correct jeans we offer. Whereas the Blacksimth jeans exemplifies the beauty of the single needle
Continue reading...A Stitch in Time
September 23, 2009
Each stitch on a pair of Rising Sun Blacksmith jeans is at once meticulously researched and totally unpredictable before sewing. Everything from the stitches per inch to the sewing sequence are crucial to creating garments that invoke nostalgia and vintage workwear designs. Despite this careful thought process the stitches on each pair are unique due [...]
Continue reading...Dry Lake Racing Style: Jump Boots and Rising Sun Yukon Jeans
August 22, 2009
In case we did not emphasize enough how great vintage boots go with our painstakingly crafted jeans here is more evidence. Our good friend Frank Barone likes to show off his 1940s WWII Paratrooper Jump Boots worn with Rising Sun Yukon jeans in his prized Ford Model AV8 hot rod. When he throws on his [...]
Continue reading...Oddballs
August 13, 2009
Some really neat folks dropped by the shop today specifically looking for a pair of vintage engineer boots. We had it in the size they were looking for too, which is wonderfully serendipitous. Paul, Amber, and Buck belong to ODDBALL M/C (Motorcycle Club), a 40′s bike club. They live the Americana life to the fullest [...]
Continue reading...Indian Time Machine
August 10, 2009
Check out this beautiful machine that is the Indian Sport Scout. It is a rigid frame motorcycle made by Indian. The company’s official history began in 1901 when founders George M. Hendee and Carl Oscar Hedstrom unveiled their prototype crowning Indian as one of the first American motorcycle manufacturers. In 1971 Steve McQueen told Sports [...]
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July 14, 2010
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